Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-08-28
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Mothers Day at Congressional

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agent and the dmnutive daughter of golf pro returned
to the sunbaked fairways of Congressional today to
1t out in the WomenS National Amateur semfnas And
where the two favoriteS picked by less than Witty
Cox? Well, you might be standing next to or both
in the gallery from here in.
Cox cast experienced eye at the field at the begin
ming of the week and guessed that the State of Washing
ton very likely would produce the winner in either jeanne
GunderSon the long hitter Anne Quasi the defending
champion. jeanne fell by the waysde in stunning upset
Wednesday and the champion all unraveled yeser-
day in the quarter-fnals
Eddie Arcaro the rider is fond of saying that if
he could make book in the Jockeys quarters at
track he would retire from the saddle Picking the winner
of the Battle of Bermuda Shorts has proved at least
risky even for a guy in the business such as Cox.
With the exception of Mrs Paul Klinefelter jr, Of
Philadelphia the survivors-MrS Dorothy German Porter
Barbara McIntire and little jeanne Goodwin-were well
rated all along. But to outast Misses Gunderson and
Quasi? Hardly.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED to be youth week at Congress
sonal but Mrs Porter, mother of three is IS and long
time tournament veteran, and Mrs. Kinefeer, also the
mother of three is 81 This leaves Miss Goodwin the
youngSter at %, year younger than Miss McIntire
AS dusk settled Congressional yesterday you had
your choice Mrs Porter the player with the
and experience, who the National Amateur 10 years
ago. Miss Goodwin the styist 5foot-3 110-pound
lady with the best hand action among the survivors AS
for Miss McIntire she has tenacious bulldog quality Mrs
Klinefeter well, she implausiby won No. II with
six to go up against 20yearold Barbara Williams then
canned 6foot putt 10 for the victory She may not
be precisely classic with her Shots but she still is alive
and having barrel of fun.
Some weird things have been happening at the River
road layout this week. especially yesterday and especially
the 18th hole This where Miss Quasi blew her chance
to become consecutive two-tme winner, and where
Miss Goodwin scattered drama all the place.
THE FLORIDA REAL ESTATE agent, Miss McIntire,
had gone up Miss Quasi after holes but the
odd champion remained unrued She wthStood all
with six to play then up after sinking 7-ron chip
No. IA for half.
"That young lady" spectator observed "s piece Of
ice wearing sun glasses"
And so it seemed until the champion lost Nos IS and
49, Then, when it all even she beat Miss McIntires
bogie on No. II to go up.
Miss Quasi may make another shot as bad as
her Akron on the 157yard 18th lake. It pushed
far to the right and lost for nearly five official minutes
in the tall grass When it found the lady could only
nudge it few feet to the pebble walking road
This time Cox called the turn. 81 doubt if she'll make
1t now, he said the players to the 10th hole
when you lose Sup lead with six to go it's bad" Miss
Quasi lost on the goth.
JUST A FEW MINUTES before Anne's tragic 18TH the
little peachcake from Haverh Mass Miss Goodwin gave
everybody lesson in pressure play She was / down to
Judy Eller Strappng girl from Old Hickory Tenn and
had watched Miss Filler drop her iron onto the 18th green
1t wasn't very close to the pin, but it safe. All she
NEEDED half.
Miss Goodwin fired away and hit a beaut some feet
from the cup then rammed home her putt with
hand style for probably the biggest birdie of the tourna-
ment 1t tied it up and the 22d hole the golf pros
daughter birdied again with 9-foot putt to end the
match. t.
Because she was the youngest, smallest most stylish
except Tor putting and because of her surprising power
Miss Goodwin had become something of the gallery favor
e-JuSt about everybodys pet She hadn't won anything
this year. jeanne wryy admitted because I've been finish
ing second, when I've played.
- That cross-handed putting STYLE" somebody asked
How long have you been using it?"
Since April maybe May" jeanne said
"But why -handed9"
Because wasn't sinking any puts the normal nav
she answered You can't argue with that kind of logic