Evening star., 1949-09-14
u. ). Women S Links
Title Is Tossup, but
Baby Is Feared
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ARDMORE, Pa, Sept. IL
Coin tossing still is considered the
best method of selecting a winner
in the 49th annual United States
Women's Amateur Golf Cham
pionship today but surviving
veterans are more than a little
worried about the baby in the
competition.
She's Is year old Marlene
Bauer, national junior champion
from Los Angeles, Calf. who
pitted her youth against the ex-
perience of six-time champion,
Mrs. Edwin H. Ware yesterday and
emerged a 4-and-3 winner over
the rain-swept Merton Golf Club
course.
The petite Californian, who was
playing with dolls while Mrs. Ware
was busy winning titles, sloshed
over sloppy fairways and water
hazards to post a Seven-over-
par 43 for the front nine. She
finished by scoring birdie threeS
on the seventh and eighth holes
and a par three on the ninth.
The best Mrs. Ware could do
over the six holes played on the
back nine OF the 6,135-yard course
was to cut the margin to two
down. Marlene, despite the ele-
ments, was just too consistent for
the Philadelphia veteran.
English Star Eliminated.
The most surprising develop
ment in yesterdays second-round
play was the elimination OF
Frances Stephens, Southport,
England, by Mrs. Julius A. Page,
1887 amateur queen from Green's
boro, N. c. Miss Stephens posed
the first serious overseas challenge
since Pamela Barton won the
crown in 1886. Even the rainy
weather was believed to be in her
favor because of the rain and
wind-swept courses she generally
played in England.
But Mrs. Page proved to be the
mudder. She held the slim Eng
lish girl even at the turn-each
had a 44-and then won the next
three holes. Mrs. Stephens never
could recover.
The rest of the favorites made
the third round of 80 although
some needed all their best drives,
chips, puts and plenty of luck.
Dorothy Kirby, Atlanta, twice
q runnerup in this tournament,
led one up going into the 18th
hole. She landed in a waterf1lled
trap just off the green and only
a spectacular wedge shot that
showered everybody near and far,
enabled her to halve the hole and
win over a game Rylma Strevel OF
Mount Clemens, Mich.
Mrs. James Ferrie, Long Beach.
Calf. who eliminated highly
rated Peggy Kirk. Findlay, Ohio,
in the first round was forced to
drop a 6-foot putt on the 18th
green to remain in the tourney.
She beat Shirley G. Spork. De-
troit, l up.
Mrs. Tracy Carries On.
Mrs. Joanne Barr Tracy, Dallas,
Tex, the lass who eliminated De-
Tending Champion Grace Lenczyk
in the first round. advanced with
a 3-and-2 victory over Marjorie
Burns, Greensboro. N. C..
Dot Kielty, Long Beach (Calif)
golfer. who disqualified herself in
last years tourney at Pebble
Beach, Calf, for accidentally
posting a wrong score. eliminated
Betsy Rawls, Fort Worth, Tex,
and 4.
The best nine holes Of the day
were turned in by Marlene Bauer's
sister Alice. She shot a 3-over-
par SO on the back nine, but lost
out in an extra-hole match to
Carol Diringer. Tifin, Ohio, up.
Helen Sigel, Philadelphia, West
ern amateur champion and run
nerup in the United States ANA
teur in 1948. advanced with a
4-and-3 win over Eileen Stub,
Augusta, Ga.
Helen Stetson, Abingdon. Pa.
who won the crown in 1936-last
time it was played at Merion-
bowed out, 6 and S to Jean Hop
kins, Rocky River, Ohio. Mar
garet Gunther, Southern cham
pion from Memphis, Tenn. moved
into the third round via 2-and-1
decision over Mrs. John H. Bartol,
Greenwich, Conn.
The field will be reduced to
eight quarter f1nalists today with
two 18-hole rounds on the sched-
ule. Two of the leading matches
send Miss Kirby against Mrs.
Tracy and Miss Sigel against Miss
Kielty.
Mrs. Maurice Click, Women's
Golf Association champion of
Baltimore from the Woodholme
Club, was the Middle Atlantic sec
tons only survivor going into
the third round of play.
Mrs. Click defeated Mrs. Dwight
r. Anneaux of Prairie View, ILL.,,
and 2. in the second round
yesterday and today met Mrs.
Reinert M. Torgerson of Garden
City, N. Y.
Betty CARRIER of Argyle lost, 3
and /, to Mrs. Harrison Flippin
of the host Merton Club. Mrs.
Claude Richards of Baltimore lost.
and 6. to Mrs. Earl Scott of
Philadelphia in a second-round
match.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
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