Evening star., 1942-06-26
BY WALTER MeCALLUM.

II any one had any iGfas that Mrs.
Walter r. Stokes isnt the woman
OF the year In golf around Wash
ington 1t can be tossr6 o,it nov.
Some might have claimed that the
two-time District champion had
hot streak at Chevy Chase last
week, particularly the day she licked
Mrs. Betty p. Meckley. S and 4. In
fact, we heard yarns 10 the general
effect that Mrs. Stokes had d great
day that day and one she wouldn't
repeat. Toss EN- out the window
as SO much near-beer. And II you
still think the other way look over
Baltimore way today where the same
Virginia Stokes is the sole remain
ing Washington woman in the
Maryland State feminine cham
pi0nShip, again victor over Betty
Meckley, and by the same S and 4
margin.
Due For High Rating.
Come what may later on. in
cluding the Middle Atlantic cham
pionship and the Maryland medal
play tournament, Mrs. Stokes has
won q high spot on the local links
ladder this year. and probably will
be rated the No. feminine golfer
Of the year.
For quite q stretch now Betty
Meckley has been the one woman
to lick in the Journeys around this
sector. She hasn't often been
whipped and she has won all the
titles so many times probably she
couldn't recall them all, and the
winning years. But Mrs. Stokes,
on the crest of powerful game
licked her in championships twice
in successive weeks, with all the
championship pressure on. and yes
terday with Mrs. Meckley defending
the Maryland crown.
That win established Mrs. Stokes
as the ranking favorite to win the
Maryland title. She met slim Eliza
beth Bonthron of Baltimore today
in one semi-flnal at the Country
Club of Maryland, while two Bal
timore women opposed each other
in the opposite bracket. Mrs. l.
G. Pray of Manor was licked yes
terday by the Bonthron girl, sue
cumbing on the last hole in a hard
fought match. =
Men Playing at Five Farms.
Meanwhile at the nearby Five
Farms course of the Baltimore
Country Club, five Washington anna
teurs started match play in the
chase for the Maryland mems title
in ratio of less than 3 to l against
Baltimoreans in the top flight. Two
more from the Capital were scat
tered through the second and third
flights.
Tied for the medal with two 9TH
ers was Eddie Ault, Indian Spring
sharpshooter, who scored a 2-over-
par 73 to deadlock with former
champion Spencer Overton and Ken
Scales, a newcomer from Mount
Pleasant. Ray Swearingen. Colum-
bia Club champ; volney Burnett,
the defending titleholder; Gene
Pittman. Congressional champ, and
slim Dick Melvin Of Kenwood all
made the championship fight,
where the deadline was u.
Top-hight pairings for the first
round today we're:
Eddie Ault Indian Spring., 73. VS.. L.
Misner Mount Pleasantly. =; Don Nc
Mount PLEASANT. rs; Dick Melvin ken.
wood. IS. VS.. Edgar Lucas tBCCl, II;
Eddie Meyer Clifton Park. II VS. Spen-
Ger Overton tRolling Road. 73; Ken Scale
Mount Mount Pleasant,, p, vs.. Ray Helms
teonb, tMSunI Plea sanp: Ray swea5ngeI
View, ~ Bill Cole Mount Pleasant
-, VS.. c. Bassler CRolhng Road. 76: Gene
Pittman tCongressionaD, IS, VS.. Volney
Burnett Indian Spring., "A.
Second hisht-Joe Barse fColurbial
~. VS.. Owen Mackin mount Pleasant, So
Third hight-Art Myers (Manor), S4
vs.. c. johnson Mount PleasantJ, S4
With the strength apparently