Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-27
YOUNG GOLF STARS
OF PHILADELPHIA
DEVELOPING FAST
Great Form Shown in Match
Play and Tournaments by
Norman Maxwell and NJ.
NJ. Jack.

Based on the Improvement in form Of
some of the older golfers and the appear
ance Of new stars among the younger
devotees of the royal and ancient game,
the season just closing has been one Of the
most successful in the history Of the Golf
Association Of Philadelphia. While there
is no one in this district who can be
classed with Ouimet, Evans or Travers
still the competitions this year have
brought out players who, If they develop
In the next few years as rapidly as they
have in the past, will undoubtedly become
famous nationally.
The most promising OF the younger
players of whom little or nothing was
heard previous to this year are Norman
II. Maxwell, Aronimink, and NJ. NJ Jack
Merton. The former showed what he
could do in the Giest tourney at White
marsh, when he defeated S. V. Anderson
Bon Air; L. i. Deming, Whitemarsh
Walter Reynolds, Aronimnk, and then
capped the climax by defeating that ster-
ling Atlantic City golfer, Maurice Risley,
runner-up in the New Jersey champions
ship.
Jacks rise to fame has been made In
short space of time. At the time of the
st. Martins tournament but little was
known Of Jack except at his own club.
around in as in the first and winning on
the 18th hole in his second. George c.
Thomas, Jr., was his opponent in the
semifnal, and won by the comfortable
margin of up and to play. Later Jack
won the Stephenson Memorial Trophy at
the Merton Cricket Club and then fol-
lowed that up by winning the Golf Asso-
ciation's first Junior Tournament in de-
clsive fashion.
In addition to Jack, other youngsters
uhp n mt
ington and D. Rhoads, Spring Haven,
neither of whom can claim to being more
than 10 years old j. II. Cay, Jr., Phila-
! delphia Cricket Club. is another junior
who will bear Watching
Although Spencer L. Jones. Plymouth
country Club, cannot be considered a
junior, still he is quite a young PLAYER
and If he shows n fraction of the i'm
| proVement in the next few years that ha
| has made in the last two, he also will
amount to something outside of this To-
| cality.
AS far as the women are concerned we
| have nothing to fear either now or in the
future. The Philadelphia representatives
| won the Crimson Cup at Greenwich, and
were also very well placed in the East
| ern championship. In the latter event
MRS. Nanderbeck was third. Mrs. Barlow
! fourth, Miss Caverly fifth, Mrs. Fox sixth
and Mrs. Filter eighth. Five out of the
- Neii ILaSes ledNeS nOthlng to COM
| plain Of Mrs. Vanderbeck and Mrs Bar
| low were semi-finalists in the women's
| national championship at Nassau. A
| greatly improved player is Mrs. Il. H.
Filter. Merton Cricket Club. Mrs. Fitler
has the best of form and a nice feature
| OF her game is that she does not strive
| for distance.
Among the younger golfers Of the fair
sex who have by their work this season
promised well for the future are Miss
Mildred Caverly, Miss Catherine Davis
and Miss May Bell, all of the Philadel-
phia Cricket Club, and Miss f. NJ. Camn-
bell OF Overlook. Miss Bell still has a
handicap above ten. but in the past year
she had IL strokes taken Off.