The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-03
Scores Tribute
To Women S
Committee
By FRANK BUCK" O'NEILL

OJ AbfA4N~ DONA4
The real victors in the annua
Washington Herald Cup tourna
ment held at Washington Coll
and Country Club with RECORD
field of 1874 feminine golfers teeine
off, were not the low scoring
mashie wielder5. No fewer thar
10 of the contestants finished
within three strokes of each other
glowing and eloquent testi
monial to the splendid handi
Gaping Of Mrs C. P. Medley, OF
indian Spring and Mrs. G. E
Pugh, of Manor Club, who serve
on the handicapping COMMITTEES
of the District Women's Coli
Association.
One cup was won yesterday
Mrs. Bishop Hill, of Chevy Chase,
toured the hills and valleys of
Washington in 80 strokes, which
places her two strokes ahead OF
Miss Marion Brown, of Manor,
and three shots ahead of Mrs.
Walter r. Stokes, of Indian
Spring.
A handicap of four strokes
brought Mrs. Hill into a five-way
tie for the low net prize with a
78 to her credit. This matched
the cards turned in by Mrs. T. j.
johnson, of Army and Navy; Mrs.
H. W. Sharpe, of Indian Spring;
Mrs. F. K. Gygax, of Army and
Navy, and Mrs. Chester Merrill,
of Kenwood.
FIELD WELL PUNCHED
Eight of the field returned net
cards of 80, and five came through
with scores of 81. Included among
the last group was Mrs. j. F. De
Farges, a veteran who plays with
true Corinthian spirit.
These figures presented above
will attest the accuracy with
which Mrs. Medley and Mrs.
Pugh judged the respective abili-
ties of the contestants. Had a
putt dropped here and there in
stead of stubbornly remaining in
the sunlight, the field might have
been grouped still closer at the
end.
Mrs. Harry T. Sharpe, Of Indian
Spring, had fine chance to win
off by herself, as she came up to
the seventeenth tee with a pair OF
SIS needed to wrap up the cup. :.
But Mrs. Sharpe treated herself
to an extravagant on the seven
tenth, and while still steaming
over that little incident, came
through with a on the home hole.
MISSED FIVE PUTS
Mrs. Harvey Cooper can attrib,
ute her defeat to a treacherouS
putting blade. No fewer than five
puts trimmed the cup for the
Manor matron and stayed out.
Marion Brown, also of Manor rac
into an cratic streak on the greens
and lost her chance to win. She
missed the low gross prize by two
strokes.
Mrs. Betty Meckley, Middle At
lantic champion, found the green's
too slippery and scored an SO. Mrs.
Jack Scott, former Colorado State
champion also had lot of trouble,
as did Mrs. Charlotte Stern.
Heard on the course: Oh, those
hills. You have to be a mountain
goat. There should be a law
against three putt green's. L had
eight of them going around. III
have to go to church after the
things said OUT there. oh, write
down the card. It won't hurt.
I'll never win anything. Don't
YOU think that the pairings helped
a lot. The average playing time
was ~ hours, even for those who
turned in no cards. The only let
down in the play was on the par
three holes. But everyone was in
good houmor and everything was
| in tone with the spirit of the day.
COUPLE OF PALS
Mrs. Charlotte Stern of Indian
Spring rooted hard for Mrs. Betty
Meckley, her team mate. "SheS
my friend" quoth Mrs. Stern.
Mrs. Meckley telling folks that she
hoped Mrs. Stern would win,
Mrs. Jack Scott, former State
champion of Colorado, with
swing that would make the aver
age male green with envy. Mrs
w, L. Rice, of Congressional. hit
ting the first green with a nifty
second shot.
Mrs. L. jackson, of Chevy Chase,
drew the applause Of the crowo
with fine shot off the first tee.
Many a George @. Duffen would
like to have that shot for his regu-
lar Sunday wallop off the first
tee. Miss Ellen Kincaid and Mrs.
Florence Godfrey whiled away the
waiting moments by playing eaten
. And can that Kincaid girl
throw a BALL. Mrs. j. A. Ander-
son, of Argyle, was her usual
charming self as she waited for
her starting time my knees are
knocking together" said Mrs. Ed
Widmyer, also of Argyle.
Mrs. r. N. Sutton, of Washing
ton, came in with a net 80. a
broke 100," cried one delighted
contestant. Mrs. Betty Meckley
had a terrific time trying to hole
down her score. She was out in
At and back in 41-Mrs. Char
lotte Stern, representing Army and