Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-23
Reynolds and Buxton
Look Best of Locals
Picked by U. S. G.. A.
Mrs. Barlow Consist
ent
By SANDY McNIBLICK

OCAL fans are having a fine time since
~ the publishie~s of the list of eligible golf
players for the national championships to
be held at Merton in September, in trying
to dope out the chances of any of the two
| score Philadelphia golfers included to come
| down anywhere near the finals.
| OF the simon-pure Philadelphians named
| on the eligible list. the only two who look
to have real chance of surviving some of
the match play are Walter Reynolds and
| Cameron B. Buxton Sidney Sherwood
George Crump, Howard Perrin. Hugh Will
| loughby and others may worry along, but
| the first mentioned two look to have the
best chance. Buxton has shown a steady
fast brand of golf so far this season. and
his friends think he is liable to cause few
| upsets on the Merton course, which he
knows almost as well as Huntingdon VAL
ley, his home course.
AS for Reynolds he is pretty sure of
| making things hum He is about the only
localite who might be called real star He
did not find much time for golf last year
except in the early part of the season.
Walter Reynolds Looks Good
When he wound up last year in the
medal round of the Philadelphia champion
ships with II at Whitemarsh, he opened
the eyes of golfers who had never heard his
name. He won the Silver Cross, and after
that dropped out of tournament play. The
week before he was beaten by Jerry
Travers, open champion, on the 33d hole
after he had shown some really startling
shots. The most notable one was that on
the 10th, when he holed out a ball from
the rough hiSh up on the mound in back of
the hole The large gallery burst into
frantic cheers, so ticlled was It at the be-
ginning of its realization that here was a
real star in Philadelphia. Reynolds is a
steady, cool expert, who knows all the shots
In the bag and Is not erratic His admirers
are whispering already that he will be |
found in the latter part of the big week un-
upset
Huntington Valley qualified eight men |
Merton, nine; Country Club, seven; Cricket |
Club, six. and Pine Valley ABOUT a dozen, |
though many Of its members play from |
other clubs.
Mrs. Barlow and No. 8
why all these other entries for the
women's golf championship OF Philadel-
phia?" asked strictly neutral today at
Whitemarsh. where the first round of match
play was fought out.
Why not have Mrs. Barlow sign the
certificate each year and let It go at that?"
The query was not without merit Mrs
Barlow has won the title eight out of nine
times. and practically has adopted It as
part or her regular name.
OF course. she has q severe task in front |
OF her In wading through the matches, but
none, not even the opponents themselves
feel that she will be beaten.
Inc BhIery rather he5itated about taking |
up the trail of Mrs. Barlow at the turn yes-
terday fearing to upset her game She
was one stroke above the pace of Mrs.
Caleb B. Fox. who went out in Az But Mrs.
Barlow seemed to thrive on spectators. She
had three shortly after. and wound up
In the fine figures OF 4-5-4.
Fame Comes Hard
Mrs Barlow led the feld by two strokes.
On the 18th she came within a shade OF driv-
ng out OF bounds but the wall caught her
ball and threw 1t up at the pin. II she
had wasted shot there. and Miss Mildred
5averly, thought 10 have 14-carat chance
had not wasted several on the third hole
he positions would have been reversed But
ne twists OF fate are what make golf the I
same It is
Mrs. q. Henry stetson and Miss Caverly ,
10Th had things to say about the third. !
Zach ran across and hoped into the rough !
n the guarding mounds Both missed one \
not cold in trying to get the ball out Mrs !
stetson had the first three holes in s-5-s i
9hieh Is often annoying for starter. !
Like a hower In the midst Of thistIes :
vas the three Mrs. Samuel Boyle shot on =
he 18th hole yesterday. 1t gllttered from :
allies 2
The driving contest resulted In an out
f-bound contest. Only about five OF those :
resent were able to keep the ball In the
hey. Miss Eleanor Chandler who won
OF the edge on the others by practicing