The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-26
ST. LOUIS GIRL GOLFER IN
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
Miss Edith Collins of This City Will Repre-
sent the Country Club in Women's Ma
\ tional Golf Tournament on SHINE
cock Hills On. j. Links.

Hiss Edith Collins OF Tire St. Louis Coun-
TRY Club is the only entrant st. Louis will
send to ~shinnecock Hills to participate IN
the women's national golf championship OF
the United States. Although st. Louiss en-
try in the event is small. both numerically
and individually, It could not be more en-
tirely worthy. There is scarce a doubt that
Miss Collins is quite as good as the best
local woman players. Although she has
not PLAYED very much IN local tourney for
the last two years. she has been a steady
n,aye- and has been on the links PRACTICAL
~ all the year round.
Miss Collins first began playing in 1887.
Although she was always ranked quite as
hich as Mrs. Scudder. Mrs. McNair and
Miss Leigh W~hittemore. it was not until
las; spring that she achieved excellence
She spent last winter in California ana
PLAYED all season under excellent profes-
sfonal tuteiase. Returning to St. Louis,
I Miss Collins had the advantage OF MACK
4 relps tuition at the Country Club. MIS-
Sender and Mrs. McNair, who are fac'ie
princeos among the women who play soii
herea bouts. We're not playing mucn last
spriug. Hence Miss Collins did not get an
opportunity TO play against them. but III
her games she showed form that was lhuch
EUptIlOl W AaAhl lAC'h 80
local player Of her sex.
AT the Fair Grounds, which IS a nice
course for a woman to play, she mas zone
as good as 10 without the least DIT OF tTouD-
lie. Speaking truly, he IS an awful good
man who does 1t under IS. So il Will be
seen that this little woman Was playing Il
nice game Of golf last spring AS she mas
been East all summer, it is to be credlteu
that she has improved some, If not L sreat
DEAL.
Miss Collins plays a woman's game strict
IL. That is. she gets no extraordinary as
tance to her shots, either tee or fair, but
she does get 125 to her tee shots and aver
age lengths to the others. She Is very
straight. as most good women players are
being always along the center oil Inc course.
AS women always do, she puts with deadly
accuracy and precision On good greens
sne win fix a i2-foot putt with as much
surety and sanEfroid as the best procession
as will lay down a 4-foot TAP
7, style Miss Collins certainly is adj
rnirable. Her swing is de rfsueur. quite as
proper ano perfect as that OF the famous
lalfour-leslle, who Is said 10 possess me
finesr form OF any player that ever swung
q club. She Is very sure with her tee shots,
makes them without much effort or atieh-
lion. Then she is a little woman. bred 10
. be Merry, courageous and cool wRich Is
NIn person Miss Collins is petite and at
f$tctiye. She certainly makes a neat ap-
pearance on the links. She IS q WY ana
tenacious little woman and VIII lot fatigue
as larger women &c.
Collins OF No. $3.50 Page avenue, and a SIS
Ter of Mr.. Blakely Collins, The w~e!l-known
amateur sportsman OF tins city. WINE IL
would be asking rather too inuch OF the
plucky little woman TO demand that she
should win against a field OF SiHty-three
women, many, If, indeed, not all, of whom
baye been through national Championships,
it may be said that Miss Collins pays GOOD
enough golf TO have a royal chance to peat
any one. Then if she had not a chance she
would scarce enter. So 1t is certain that
she has played against women good enough
and performed well enough 10 justify her
in entering the national tournament
Even If she does not even quality Miss
Collins IL certainly entitled TO a deal of
gratitude from 81, Louis, golfers who like
10 see some Of their number go out and do
something worth speaking OF :mong the
golfers of America Like their brothers OF
all amateur sport, ST. Louis women have
been entirely too backward in striving Tor
honorable mention among the worthy
people Of the world. 1t is Inherent IN a
delicate nature TO avoid pueiicism, bu.
Objectionable. Miss Collins is setting St:
Louis girls a very worthy example and
they should be eure to follow it
Thinking and speaking of the above
brings 10 mind the old and discussed ques-
2 ton: Have we a really good golfer OF
or a woman who could hold his or her own
among the very best golfers in the country?
NuSl IL IL TelIltIlibtlGu lILdl III :. VI.
Etickney twice qualified in the National
Tournament. It would seem that st. Louis
has at least one golfer VINO should rank as
first class. Then she has a few that have
not shown form Inferior to Mr.. Stickney,s
best. We have seen Mr.. Scudder-how Of
ten, oh, how o~ften-beat Mr.. Stickney. AL
SO Mr.. Mckinnie and bfr. Kenneth. And
Mr.. Oliver. Mr.. Clay Pierce. Mr.. McKittricli
and Mr.. Adams. Mackrell believes that MIR.
Pierce IS beyond all chance of a doubt the
best golfer In st. Louis. He does not say
so. but 1t is plain he thinks so. In the East
Mr. Pierce has repeatedly sent Quincy
Shaw. the Reds and other good golfers &c
the clubhouse down pretty well. He mas
what a great many Others have not, size
power. GOODNESS and proper trnperaInent.
Mr.. Mckittirck has been playing quite as
good a game as the best of them this sum.
mer. Against so worthy an opponent as
Mr.. Pierce he cut the record CT the Country
Club course to 80 one hot day last July
when the greens were not so good. Neither
Mr.. McKinnie. Mr.. Adams OF Mr.. Kenneth
plays IN form, but they get there.
"St. Louis has three first class golfers,
eTc l rate them as follows" said a compe-
tent Judge Of play yesterday, Pierce, Scud-