Evening star., 1938-06-11

was the finest shot OF the match) en-
abling her to get half; of two fine
puts for consecutive 3s on the 18th
and l4th which put the champion out
in front. Nor of the phenominal finish
of the new champion.
Figures don't tell those things.
For Marion was not on that 18th
green in 8 and yet she got a 4. She
wasn't on the 18th from the tee and
yet she got a. winning 8. And she
wasn't on the; 18th in two and yet
she got q winning 4. 1t must have felt
good to her, too. to see that ball disap-
pear in the cup on the 18th and to
move over to accept the congratula-
tons OF Helen Dettweiler-a grand
sportswoman-for 1t was there at that
same spot last year that Betty Mackley
beat Marion Blown to win the mid
Atlantic. Marion is a worthy cham
pion. and a fine golfer. She has won
her first big championship, but it won't t
be her last, not by the distance of that
275-yard wallop Helen Dettweiler
smacked down the 18th fairway.
Quinter New Champion.
Slow-swinging Ralph D. Quinter,
who determined as youngsCer that
nothing would make him hurry his
backswing. not even an injunction
proceeding. is the new champion of the
Chevy Chase Club. Ralph succeeded
Page Hufty as the holder of the F.
Oden Horstmann Memorial Trophy
yesterday, winning the championship
with 72-hole card of exactly 300.
which happens to be an average of
IS strokes to the round. Hufty finished
in tie for second with 302.
Quinter wound up the tournament
with one Of those dizzy rounds in which
dub golf mingled with flashes of bril-
lance. His finishing round of "a in
cluded 6 on the par 3 fourth hole.
SIS finish, and five brides. Trolley
Wire John F. Brawner finishing with
rs, tied with Hufty at 302. Reeve
Lewis was next with a 70 finish for
3o4. and Beverly Mason, finishing with
rs. was 3l8.
But the boys at Chevy Chase. watch
ing Quinter win their club title, had
their eyes cooked toward Denver to-
day where 20-year-old Lewis Wors-
ham. the Eagle Beak" of the caddy-
pen at Kenwood two years ago, staged
Fourth of July round of golf in his
flrst national open championship for
a second-round 10.
Lewis today had place
among the first 50 pros Of the
land. for he qualified for the
final day Of play, little stunt
which h pretty good for a kid
In his first try at the big title.
The Newport News youngster started
with an 83. but his 10 yesterday put
him in front Of a lot of big name pros.
Two more rounds like that today and
he can finish we'll up in the money
Ellen Kincaid of that invincible
Indian Spring women's golf team. is
the new women's driving champion
Ellen poled tee shot a distance of
1877 yards to outstrip good field of
feminine golfers gathered at the Silver
Spring driving range last night to see
who could hit 'em the longest. Actually
Helen Dettweiler, the Maryland champ,
hit the longest wooden club wallop,
but Helen knocked all three of her
shots outside the markers. Mrs. Betty
p M6ckley the middle Atlantic cham,
pion. finished second with a shot of
1852 yards. The competition was
supervised by Virginia Mapes, with
prizes donated by Evan A. Sholl. More
than 200 persons witnessed the driv-
ing. Next Tuesday night the male
amateurs will try their lengthy wallops
for merchandise prizes. while We'd
nesday night the pros will gather to
cut loose for cash.