Word: tournament
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...first three matches, in each of which her gallery was by far the biggest on the course. She lost, in the final, to Lucille Robinson of Des Moines only when Miss Robinson sank a 6-ft. putt on the third extra hole. It was Patty's fourth major tournament of the winter. In the third, at Palm Beach last fortnight, she lost to "Maureen" in the final, after beating "Glenna" in the second round. The others, the Miami Biltmore Women's Championship and the Women's Champions' Tournament at Punta Gorda...
...four years ago, because her father, a well-to-do grain-broker, disapproved of her previous pastimes. She had been manager and halfback for a small boys' football team. Using a set of sawed-off clubs he gave her, she qualified for the championship flight in the Minneapolis tournament a year later. After this her father bought her a new set. Patty liked these so much that she took them to her bedroom every night, stacked them up against the wall before going to sleep...
Whatever disappointment Patty felt in Ormond Beach at being beaten in the final of an important tournament was alleviated by something else which happened last week. With the seven other U. S. women golfers who have performed most ably through the past year, she was named by the U. S. Golf Association to play in England next May in the Curtis Cup matches, major team event of women's golf. Critics hoped her opponent on England's team would be "Pam" Barton, who is one year older than Patty, more redheaded, almost as freckled...
Critics picked Long Island University, with Notre Dame, University of Washington, University of Kansas, University of Arkansas, University of Kentucky, which last week were also finishing successful seasons, as one of the favorites in the forthcoming tournament to select the team to represent the U. S. in next summer's Olympic Games...
Trophies will be awarded the winner in each competition, and a Freshman chess team will also be formed from the best men in the tournament to face intercollegiate rivals...