Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-02

conducted by an organization o
If at all.
The reason for these exr
simple---only "a entries for the
42d championship. not the
smallest field in the tourna-
ment's history, but not the
largest either.
This lack Of response by
women golfers invited to COM
pete for the championship Of
Maryland is az least irritating
to the men who run the organ
ization.
"Why should we bother"
they say. with trying to con-
duct a tournament when the
people 1t is beng held for sim
ply aren't interested"
Women appear to be inter-
ested only in one-day tourna-
ments such as the class events
staged by the Women's District
Golf Association throughout
the year. The MSGA has dis
cussed reducing its tournament
to such q level. but not seri-
ously.
The MSGA holds the un-
swervable belief that a major
championship cannot be de-
cided In one 18-hole round. 1t
states firmly. and at least pub
ncly, that as long as 1t spon-
sors the tournament 1t win not
be q field day. Officials say
they would rather see 1t ex-
tinct.
While 1t Is true that only "a
women showed enough inter-
est to enter this weeks anna
teur, 1t will be the biggest upset
of the year if more than 100
don't enter the mems amateur
later this month at Columbia.
But perhaps the women are
more realistic.
Look back over the results
Of the last 10 years and see
how many surprises appeared
In the finals. The only one is
Mrs. Charles Enrich who lost
to Mrs. Maurice Click Of
Woodholme when the tourna-
ment was held at her home
Rolling Road course.
Now compare it with the
mems amateur. Last year Of
course, 1t was Bogart and
Brownell in the final. an en-
tirely practicable development. !
The year before Dick Latimer
came out of obscurity to defeat
Jerry McFerren ct Chevy
Chase.
And in 1860 at Baltimore's
Five Farms course Harold |
Ridgley climaxed o brief stay
in this area by defeating q
young public parks player
Billy Klages Of Baltimore-for
the title.
CHANGING through the entries
for Tuesdays qualifying round.
only those grossly uniformed
can fail to pick out five or six
women who will decide the
title among themselves.
From the Washington area
there is Mrs. Frank Cush and
Georgia Mae McKeever Of
Argyle. From Baltimore will
come Mrs. Click, Mary Ann
Downey Of the Baltimore Coun-
try Club and Mary Alice Saw
yer, the 17-year-old defending
champion from Clifton Park.
For q dark horse take Mrs.
Bruce Bollermann Of the Coun-
try Club Of Fairfax. Neither
Jane Schiller Of Salisbury, the
defeated finalist last year. nor
Mrs. Thomas Konopa Of Argyle
entered.
There are some who probably
believe that Miss Sawyer's VIC
tory last June was an upset,
and 1t was in way. She came
on more quickly than expected.
but everyone closely associated
with women's golf knew she
was coming.
NOTES - Robbye King of
Army Navy will defend her
Military Dependents champion
pionship at Andrews Air Force
Base. Thursday and Friday,
against q field Of 143 other
women representing IL States
and 2 foreign countries. It Is
a 36-hole handicap event open
TO dependents Of active or re-
tired service personnel. Of
ficials Of the Argyle Invitation,
scheduled Thursday through
Sunday. believe they have one
Of the strongest fields in the
tournaments history. Included
are Ralph Bogart and Bobby
Brownell Of Chevy Chase. YER
non Novak and Terry Campbell
Of the University Of Maryland.
plus Frank Clark. the defend
ing champion, and Bob Mar
tino Of Argyle.
Among those expected for the