Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-13
rooks Easier Than Ten
mis- nis = Phila d clip hia
Women Team Looks
Rest Despite Loss
ne SANDY McN1BLICK

xotT.A BJuRSTBDT, successful
~ ,.,.ndsr of her national tennis cham
,.s,hID ~ title at the cricket Club hasned %
gV''. IN, glorious smile on her consratula-
hsi ~. 49, ctubhouse right after her record
'''' .',. = -, match with Mrs. Raymond.
49, .r.r The furry had died down around
A s.n,d herself near window where
hsf' sls s,i sos tbe teeing off on the inks or
Z khf eOnu w. ,,bo had more serious Things OF
" t.ania They were a-golhng.
han Vesbf1t Ve,.a,,tbfu1 tennis conaueror from over
Inc ..atcbed the intent golfers tee up
ne seq SaiI and whacl away In deadly
eTnes. % ,egssted that IL must be easier to
Asr ny 9ennis, There wasn't any running
~ ps.s,,rd 10 do and all person haa 10 40
w M the ball That was nothing at AL
h tennis a., a., ,,o,i and Thought
Any ~ ~ ~ and they hit It mile IL they
to.alnss tn Rut she thought golf would be
'as ~. ,houebt she would get to playing 1t
eao Sav.eyhen she couldn't play tennis
sny mOre
A Post-Mortem
,os,.nortem over the records of the
e,I.coYn Cup matches last week IS a sorrow
~ thing. If the Philadelphia team mad
Sss the second guess 1t Is most likely that
4 would have returned home with tne cup
M result hinged on the smallest Oh mar
gins vi o,,, NIT,
IA Miss Ruth Hichborn, Boston, did not,
= ~ ,ha 10Th hole of one of the foursomes on
es.,,raay II the puts had gone down the
sshsr way, Boston would have won against
v1w York by the score of IL TO lU.
Than Boston would have beaten New
vary which beat Philadelphia, which beat
ons defeat would have been chalked up
,ganst each team, and possession of the
ein would have been decided on points,
me Philadelphia team would have won
II by three matches. The result OF the
matches was most disappointing. but 1t
really leaves the Philadelphia women looking
INA the best team. 1t absolutely "smeared"
poston, winning all but of the Is singles
matches, Philadelphia won SO up and 40
10 80,
Boston's Weakness
Boston showed its weakness in foursomes
ky losing all but one out of six to New
York and Philadelphia might have made
elean sweep Of the Beantown foursomes If
they had been played instead Of divided.
Mrs. G. Henry Stetson deserved n bet
Ter fate than was hers. She showed the
greatest pluck in playing at all, for she
suffered all through the week from an at
tack Of the grip Her courage was really
Remarkable. The rain fell most of the
time and the mud was deep. But Mrs.
stetson carried one match to the goth hole
and was beaten in the other only by a
small margin
She won easily with Mrs. Fox in the
foursome. Mrs. Barlow played great
game all week. finishing third in the East
ern and winning both her matches in the
Griscom Cup by wide margins Miss Mil
dred Caverly. who recently won the Phila-
eelphia championship was also in fine form
and showed no tendencies of having been
eyergolfed, as was feared. She played No.
! On the team and won her matches both
lAgA Mrs. Caleb Fox was another star
q tha Philadelphia team, as was expected.
lis Ethel Campbell did SO we'll against
hss York that she was movad up to play