The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-25
WOMEN STARS
 TEE OFF JUNE 1
 IN SAN ANTONIO
Top Flight Players Enter Trans-Mississippi
 Tournament
BY ROBERT H. TARTAN Ry.aAmA w-~~~ nA~A fxA-,.A~As.aA.

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 San Antonio, Tex. (UP) 1.-The Women's Trans-Mississippi Golf association 1887 tournament will be played at San Antonio Country club, starting June 1.
 Mrs. Emil Mueller, secretary, announced that the entry list for the tournarnent--the second rarlk- ing golf event in the United States for womerl-probably will exceed 16O. Sixty member clubs of the association already have entered representatives and more than 100 individual entries are expected be- fore the meet opens.
 Heading the list of stars expected to compete for the title are Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky, champion in 1935 and 1936; Mrs. Opal 8. Hill of Kansas City, champion in 1884 and rnedalist in 1936; Patty Berg, Min neapolis school girl, runner-up in 1935 who tied for medal hoalors in 1886, and Beatrice Barrett, runner up last year.
 Mis- Berg and Miss Miley were picked early by experts as the two most likely to gain the final round. Betty Jameson, 18-year.old Texas wonen's champion from San An- tonic, however, is expected to fur nish able competition for the more seasoned players.
 Mrs. Hill To Be Threat
 Some golf followers look for Mrs. Hill, Kansas City veteran, to come back and place well up among the leaders, while others favor Miss Barrettv who halls from Minne- apolis and who defeated Miss Berg in the serni-finals of the meet at Denver last year.
 The country clubs rolling bent grass greens and bermuda fair- ways, wide and well trapped, have been conditioned all spring point ing for the tournament. The course is in excellent condition.
 In the event of much rain before the tournament opens, the women's distance of 6,322 yards probably will remain as 1t is. The tees can be set back however, to increase the distance up to 300 yards-which probably will be done if the fair ways are dry and fast.
 Clarence Mangham, club profess sional who will supervise the play, said that women's par would re- main at 7S regardless of changes of distance. And it will not be easy. | Extreme width of the fairway is encouraging at a glance, and ac- tually will take care of well.packed hooks and slices. But the player who, after hitting one carelessly, ex- poets to find her ball in position for the next shot is likely to find it buried in one of the 9O-odd trps fianking the fairways and greens.
 Greens Hold Pitfalls
 The championship likely will be won on the greens. They are velvet | in texture and look level, but they | actually are as bewildering in their | roll as any greens in the country. l Most of them are large, but en. trance to them with a rolling shot | can only be had from one angle--- traps guarding them from the back l and sides.
 Too, the course is a long one for | women. And four of the longest holes the third, 4o0 yards; fifth, 385; 1 seventh, 47S, and 18th, 482-are up- hill all the way.
 Qualifying rounds for the tourna- ment proper was scheduled for Tues- day, June 1. Players will be ranked, according to their qualifying scores, in the championship flight of 32, and in eight other flights of approx IS players each.
 On Tuesday night, the players in the championship flight will draw for pairings in upper and lower brackets. First and second rounds, IS holes each, will be played Wednes- day. The eight players left will en- gage in 18 holes of quarter final play | on Thursday, and the semi-finals at 36-holes will be played Friday, Sat- urday the finalists meet over the 36- hole route for the championship.
 Preceding the tournament the club course will be open to entrants for a week of practice. First activity of the meet will be Scotch foursomes to be played Sunday, while Monday will be devoted to handicap four sonnes and putting, driving and ap- proach shot contests.