Evening star., 1936-09-27
HOME BREEDS FACE
DANGER IN BARTON
Invader in Trim to Battle for
U. S. Crown Champion
Will Not Defend. -
BY BOB CAVAGNARO,
Associated Press Sports Writer

By BOB CAVAGNARO,
Associated Press Sports Writer.
n YEW YORK. September 26.-In
nj more ways than one the
Y United States women's golf
4 championship, to be played
next week at Summit, N. j., resembles
the recent mems title tournament in
advance calculations.
There'n be no defending champion
when q field Of 18s tees Oh in the Ia
hole qualifying round bright and carly
Monday morning in the free-for- all
battle for 64 berths in the match play
competition.
Mrs. Glenna Collett Ware, the Phil
adelphia matron who came back last
year and won the title for the sixth
time, just to prove she could take
time on to raise two children and still
be good enough to beat youngsters who
spend all their time on the links,
will be on the sidelines.
Thus the door is wide open, as it
was in the mems tourney, and the
prospects are 1t will be a close fight
among several promising young home
breds against the dangerous challenge
from Pam Barton. freckle-faced, red
haired ls-year-old British champion.
At Garden City, almost from the start
it was Uncle Sans Johnny Fischer
and Johnny Goodman gaainst Scot
lands Jack Mclean.
Battle Of Red Heads Looms.
| A S A after of fact. the women's show
might easily develop into q bat
tie Of red heads, provided Miss Bar.
ton passes the qualifying test. which
she terms a psychological barrier. a"
She somewhat fearfully recalls her
failure to make the grade in the 1884
preliminary medal round. played at
Philadelphia.
| However, she's much improved
player since then, as witnessed by her
victory at home, after being runner
up for two successive years. She's been
taking lessons steadily from Archie
Compston, the rugged and prominent
British pro, and. she said. hes done
a lot TO help me"
While Miss Barton looms as the best
bet among eight foreign contenders,
red-haired Patty Berg of Minneapolis
rules favorite on the American side.
Patty lost to Mrs. Ware in the 1885
finals at Interlachen, and with such
stars as Mrs. Ware and former cham
pion Virginia Van VIE not competing.
it looks a golden opportunity for the
Minnesota youngster.
Standing out prominently in the list
Of domestic entries are Beatrice Bar
rett, Pattys hometown rival, and
husky Dorothy Traung Miss Traung
beat Miss Barrett in the final OF the
1886 Western championship and was
runner-up to Miss Van Vie in the
1884 United States tournament.
Other "Name" Golfers Listed.
OTHER name" golfers include the
South Carolinians, Jane Cothran
of Greenville and Kathryn Hemphill
Of Columbia; Marion Miley of Lexing-
ton, KY; Betty Jameson of Austin,
Tex: youthful Dorothy Kirby Of
Atlanta; Jean Bauer Of Providence.
r. l.: Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite of Fort
Worth. Tex. and Mrs. Opal Hill Of
Kansas City.
There is only one former champion
in the field. Mrs Helen B. Stetson Of
Philadelphia. who defeated Mrs.
Wright D. Goss, jr., Of Springfield.
N. j., In the final 10 years ago. Be-
sides Mrs. Goss and the Misses Berg
and Traung the field includes four
runners-up. the other being the vet
eran Mrs. Maureen Orcutt Crews OF
Englewood, N. J.
7 The championship will be played
over the Canoe Brook Country Clubs
south course, where women's par is
77-3s out and 80 in. The battle
| ground Is situated in q shallow, roll.
ing, wooded valley. Due to recent rains
1t has been playing heavy and the
| consensus is that unless some one
strikes hot" round in the qualify
ing test, 30 will not be broken.