Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-25
Several Can Lay Claim
to American Woman
Championship at Bos-
ton" Heavy" Scorers
By SANDY MeNIBLICK

By SANDY MeNIBLlCK
-. re now definitely announced that Mrs.
/ clarence II. vanderbeek woman golf
.s.mp,on Of America, win not 10 to Boston
80, week TO defend her title In the ma
tionsl
,,,. vandcrbeck subjected herself to the
,,,t m the Berthellyu Cup matches AZ hunt
,nedon Valley last week ana uec,ueu tna'
4 ~ tremendously greater strain OF the hA-
.,s,s, ~. would be too much for her physical
health.
en-. was threatened with breakdown at
49, md Of last season as the result OF too
rnnch golf and for many months she did
not touch a golf stick. she played ohly
+ -. .,onally up to last month and at her
shwslcIan's advice had virtually decided
rot 10 play in the national
!, WAS bitter disappointment TO feel
Mi ahe had 10 relinquish her crown WITH
ami even making n stand Tor Y ana h'uuen
mav she had the faint suspicion that II
fhe were able TO weather the ,,' ber.ne'lyn l,,n
s,tnout noticeably taxing her strength she
,,,sht he tempted 10 golf at Boston But
matches which we're as much OF test es
,he national were too much Of task for
her
Made a Powerful Showing
co she will give up her ttle,' despite the
ronderfuI showing she made considering
Mar physical condition. Mrs, Nanderpeck
Asd low medal rounds every day, except
she finals, when she was 81. She was OUT
snlendidly that day In a., and was three up
~ the tenth, but after that she could not
:. ho,d the pace set by Miss Alexa Stirlng'
q the enineteen-year-old Atlanta marvel whom
she played in the finals. and who IS now
thought TO have about the best chance 10
come into the national title
Mrs Vanderbeck has been popular
UNx-an worship
her heels.
ON Saturday her caddy, Charlie Welsh,
,ed with rope a big iron horseshoe to the
b,lt Of his breeches under his coat.
I'VE don't need 1t, but l amt takin' no
chances in no finals" he said determinedly,
40 other caddies who helped him ADJUST MS
solemn omen of good fortune.
Charlie squeezed prayerfully the left
rrong of his pig iron spellbinder all during
the fatal last half of the journey. but all
his efforts could not work against the ",
which Miss Stirling shot on the first eight
holes of tho inward journey.
Golf like that for a woman Is unbeatable
and II was simply the fate of a national
champion TO be stacked against 1t. Plenty
of masculine stars would have withered
before that blasting, deadly fire.
Quaker Hopes
3 Philadelphias best hopes in the national
are now Miss Mildred Caverly, the brilliant
local champion; Mrs. Caleb F. Fox, who
once before has fought Il out in the finals
for the national crown Mrs O. Henry stet-
ron, who gave Miss Stirling one of the
best runs of the Noble tourney and who Is
the champion of all Deland; Miss Eleanor
Chandler and Miss Ethel Campbell. They
will make n "do-or-die" effort to bring the
I crown back to the Quaker City.
Miss Stirling. southern champion, Is one
Of the most finished woman golfers that has
ever performed in this city
Her chief noticeable weakness last week
was her putting. She~tried to improve the
long ones by using her mashie, but had to
put II back in her bag.
'If l didn't show her the line for every
putt" said her caddy, discouraged-like,
"she wouldn't come any nearer than NY
ing"
tee and her iron shots are very fine. Her
iron shot from behind the bunker before
the fourteenth tee to the green OF the 32S-
yard hole will long be the subject Of
gossip.
A monument should be erected at the
spot with this inscription thereon:
Here Lay Miss Strings Ball-She
Poked 1t on the Green"
We stood with bowed head at the spot
yesterday and measured the distance
II was a wallop, sure enough.
Miss Stirling likes very stin shafts In
her clubs. and fans wonder how she ac-
eomplishes many of her shots.
Feminine "Jess Guilford"
Her biggest rival in the national, many
feel, will be Mrs. w. A. Gavin, the Eng
lishwoman whom Mrs. VanderbeclS beat
last year in the finals. Mrs. Gavin hits a
tremendous ball, according to those who
have seen her play, and is proclaimed as
the Jesse Gulford" OF feminine ranks
There is, however. a possibility that she
will not play this year
Miss Stirling has won twenty cups In her
golf career, which represent most OF the
Journeys she has entered since she began
70 star as little girl with her golden eurls
down her back.
The spectacle OF two youths. still in their
minority, fighting 1t out as the last sur
vivors of a field of nearly a hundred bat
tiers for the priced Gelst Cup was pre-
sentsd in the thrilling 22-hole finals or
Saturday at Whitemarsh.
Meredith Jack, junior champion OF Phil
sdeiphia, was too good for all Nthose hs
faced till he found himself in the same rims
with Norman Maxwell, who proceeded tc
back up his victory when he won the cur
Tor the first time two years ago, as a seven
tsen-ysar-old schoolboy.
A Master Shot
Jack was too confident and did moi
seem TO realize that fireworks were about
10 begin TIL the sixteenth. Jack was on for
three and mayhap the match. Maxwell
was far down the terrace OF THE green, ant
could not see the hole from his stance. III,
examined the outlying hills, slopes anc
other green combinations against him.
y think ] can just hole this out" h'
said
Then he rolled his ball right up thai
slope till II went down for a two will
the well-known jolly klup-kiup give ear
r. j.. L.
Maxwell showed new side Of his nature