Evening star., 1954-05-17
Prince Georges Win
Gives Babe incentive
To Keep Competing
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Gen. Floyd L. Parks, who pre-
sented the prizes, she said she
had a word for the women.
II had cancer and I'm out
here playing golf." she said. "It
shows it can be beat. Go and
get checkup, it's easy, it won't
hurt a bit, and If they get it in
time it can be cured"
Earlier, however, the Babe had
conf1ded to intimate friends here
of her condition. It's an ordeal
for her to play golf. She dis
plays tremendous, unlimited
courage.
Misses Hurried Puts.
The Babe would have won by
more than a stroke if twice she
hadn't stepped up to tiny puts
on the back nine and missed
them instead Of marking them.
she was playing with Miss
Jameson, who is very deliberate,
and The Babe just didn't want
to take time to mark the ball
and wait for Betty to putt out.
When she missed a little putt
on the 14th hole, Mrs. Zaharias
made a move to throw her club.
A couple of years ago she would
have let fly. Now it doesn't make
that much difference. On the
10th hole a gallery marshall
asked the fans to get out of
Babes way. Let 'em alone" she
yelled. "It's when they're not in
my way that I'll know I'm not
doing so good"
Miss Jameson one-putted six
straight green's on the back nine
to slip into second after the un-
expected letdown by Miss Suggs,
who at their respective points on
the course had passed the Babe
at one time yesterday. That was
before Babe made a spectacular
birdie 3 on the ninth (she was
the only player to reach the
green in two) and followed with
another on the 10th.
Talk of Tourney Next Year.
The tournament did not draw
well. For three days it was hit
by poor weather conditions. How
ever, there's talk of bigger tour
nament next year, with at least
one sponsor interested.
Mrs. A. H. Allen, the Marine
colonel's wife from Norfolk who
will be an Army Navy Club men,
Der this fall, won low amateur
honors by II strokes with an 80
in the final round for BIT. Her
rounds of 75-82-80-80 would
have been eighth among the
pros.
Mrs. Allen will be a welcome
addition to Washington women's
golf and her sound shotmaking
indicates there will be a sharp
revision in the rankings if she
plays much tournament golf.
She has distance and an excel
lent short game.
Mrs. Ferr'day Second Amateur.
The last two District women's
champions. Mrs. E. c. Ferriday.
jr. of Chevy Chase and Betty
CARRIER of Argyle finished second
and third among the amateurs,
Mrs. Ferriday posting creditable
1892 rounds in her two pairings
with the pros. She had 334 and
Miss CARRIER 339.
Mary Ann Musser, daughter
of Johnny MuSSer, the All-View
pro, showed promise for a Is
year-old with her 85-90-88-87
for $50 to win the division for
5-8 handicap players over Vir-
ginia Edwards Of FrederickS-
burg by a stroke. Mary AIMS
father said he would be satisfied
with her progress if she didn't
shoot worse than 80 and she
didn't.
Mrs. Lee Patterson of Ridge
wood, N. j., won the 9-12 handi-
cap division with 367. while Mrs.
Frank Cush of Argyle was Sec
ond with 376. The special So
hole winners were from Argyle,
lucille Busch with 90-87 in the
6-8 group and Dorothy ONO
aecki, 1896, in the 9-12 handicap
class.
The top 20 scorers and prize
money: