Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-27
MISS M. CAVERLY
WELL DESERVES
NEW GOLF CROWN
Battled With All Contend
ers for Phila. Champion
ship-Has Splendid Shots
PLAYERS SALUTE QUEEN
By SANDY McNIRLICK

4 hbuIe lOudy On Iue lOChl LeIHlIlHe BOll
throne. Her kingdom is broad and her
| subjects number hundreds. The new ruler
won her sceptre by right of might.
Long live the Queen"
A long putt on the wicked 18th" for
par won the women's championship
| crown of Philadelphia for Miss Mildred
Caverly, the fair 23-year-old captain of the
Cricket Club team, yesterday at White
| marsh. The coronation of the new con-
queror saw the downfall of Mrs Ronald
| II. Barlow, champion for so long that she
| had almost come to be considered in
vincible.
Crushing Defeat
Miss Caverly absolutely swamped Mrs.
George S. Munson in the finals. only giving
her one hole in the match This was the
first. when Miss Caverly got in the bunker
and needed 7 to the others 6. Mrs.
Munson, who had beaten Mrs. Barlow the
day before, thus considerably smoothing
the way for the youthful champion, was
| badly off her game.
The large. fan-shaped gallery burst into
prolonged and happy cheering when the
12-foot putt on the 18th marked the
coronation OF the new queen, and the quick
congratulations of Mrs Munson made the
pleasure of the fans unanimous. The de-
feated finalist showed her good sports
| manship by giving all credit to the deadly
shots of the new champion and saying
ilSNSl a "Olu aboul IlCl OWN "aNSAlib
shots.
Mrs. Munson can play much better golf
than she did. and I just happened to catch
| her when she was badly off her game"
| said Miss Caverly today. IF she had been
going at her usual speed 1 wouldn't have
| had 1t so easy"
Long Struggle
The triumph of Miss Caverly follows a
| period of five years in the field of golf
endeavor. Her first tourney was in WASH
ington four years ago while she was still
| schoolgirl. She began playing regularly
instead of once or twice a month. as she
had done previously, and soon made the
Cricket Club team She has never won
a medal for qualifying rounds though she
has won many prizes. The only title she
has ever won until the glittering cognomen
she now possesses is the championship OF
the Cricket Club which she annexed last
fall. This was really the beginning of her
rise to fame.
Last summer her game was in a terrible
state. She was capable OF fine golf, but
could never get going consistently Her
victory at her home club, even IL Mrs. Clar-
ence H. Vanderbeck, champion of America
and member of the dub, didn't play, was
just what she needed to encourage her, and
she has proved tartar" to the opposition
ever since.
Has Battled Big Three
Miss Caverly was beaten by Mrs. Wander
beck last year at the Country Club, but only
after most perverse match. Not a break
OF the whole round favored Miss Cayerly
Her long drives found puts. while the shots
OF Mrs. Vandsrbeek all seemed TO bring up
IN the good lines. III fate was with her n
the 18th, where she was beaten. on the
west course at Merton last year Miss Cav
erly took Mrs Barlow to the 18th hole,
where she lost 10 6. She had led Mrs
Barlow at the 18th by a margin Of two
holes. She was physically weary at the last
hole and could not drive the long carry
over the auarry-iike rough up the heights
Getting out OF the rough cost her two
strokes Otherwise she would have beaten
Mrs. Barlow. Miss caVerly won from Mrs
Caleb +. Fox at Huntingdon Valley this
year after a round OF fast golf. She has
beaten most of the other players that have
any claim 10 the title
When her game was Yabbly last year at
the time OF the BeTthellyn Cup Miss Cav
erly was an easy mark" for Mrs @. Henry
stetsOn who ousted her but the new cham
pion showed her comeback" this year by
beating Mrs. stetson at Whitemarsh this
week.