Women's Western

Western women found a stranger in their midst. Polite to her, they did everything they could to undermine her position. They played on her every trick that strength and skill devise. Over the golf course of the Lake Geneva (Wis.) Country Club, the stranger matched them trick for trick. She was Mrs. Harry Pressler of Los Angeles, playing and winning her first tournament for the Western Women's Golf Championship.

Early in the matches the strong, deft arms of Elaine Rosenthal Keinhardt, wife of Sylvan Louis ("Spider") Reinhardt (onetime footballer), eliminated Dorothy Page, defending champion. Mrs. Reinhardt, three times Western champion, became the favorite. But Bernice Wall, Oshkosh, Wis., suppressed Mrs. Reinhardt in the semifinal. In the other half, Mrs, Pressler squeezed out an early match with an eagle to beat a birdie and win, one up. Soon she trounced Virginia Van Wie, ranking player; broke par by a stroke to trounce Mrs. David C. Gaut in the semifinal.

The strain joggled putters in the final match, and neither woman could tap the small white ball unerringly into the small round hole. Mrs. .Pressler, far longer off the tee, less erring with her putter, led throughout to win the title.