Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-10-26
Pros May Battle for Big
Purse - Fem inin e
Golfers Consider
Team Match
By SANDY McNIBLICK

ENXHIBITION matches, not as yet entire
Il ly framed up seem to be tlfe main at
fractions on the golf cards for next week.
The big boutng of the week, as planned
at present, is to be a professional match
of the nature that draws thousands or
fans to gallery on the other side.
purse OF 5000 is said to be the stake
for which four OF the stellar pros OF this
district will battle either Monday or
Tuesday at Philmont.
Jim Barnes professional champion OF the
United States and Wlfred Reid, British
pro, who won considerable fame abroad as
a member of the international teams, VIII
20 forth against Charlie Hoffner, the youth
full links wizard, who tied for first place
In the metropolitan open, and was In
tie for second place, by the margin OF one
stroke. The large attraction of the battle
will be Jim Fraser the catapultic noun
tain Of beef from the seaside, who will be
Hoffner's partner. He Is the selfsame $50
pound Seaview pro who playing In MS
first tourney on this side of the Atlantic
tore home aheaG of the field for the prize
money and Philadelphia open title last week
Slight Hitch
Latest reports from Fraser are that he
has heard nothing more OF the match,
and 1t rs said that Barnes Is thinking OF
backing out Promoters of the match, how
ever, asserted today that it would be played
in all likelihood.
Another match of a different character,
being all for glory. is proposed team
match between band representing the
Philadelphia Cricket Club and another team
made up of members of all the rest OF the
clubs in the city, to be called the All-Phila-
delpha team, both teams to be entirely
feminine The All-Phlladelphla team will
have its hands full.
Miss f. @. Hood, OF the Cricket Club.
conceived the match and is trying to bring
II about.
Cricket Stars VS.. All-Stars
Among the Cricket Club members are
Mrs. Clarence II. VanderbeclS, last years
national champion Miss Mildred Caverly
national finalist this year, Philadelphia
champion. champion of the Thousand
Islands champion of the Cricket Club, and
SO forth Mrs. Caleb +. Fox. former ma
tlonal fnalist and Philadelphia champion,
champion of the Country Club. and also
so forth: Mrs. G.. Henry Stetson champion
of Deland, who qualified in the national
and beat the champion of Texas In the
match play; Miss May Bell, Miss Hood.
Miss Ethel Campbell young star who has
gotten into the late rounds of both ma
tionals in which she has qualified; and
several others capable Of exceptional golf
Miss Eleanor Chandler would add con-
sidssrable strength TO the team she played
n.WIt will be almost impossible to find
players outside the Cricket Club to oppose
| the top or It's team win success, SO that
| the outcome is almost sure to depend on
| the lower end Of the parade.
''Poor Form"
Jim Fraser. Philadelphia open champion.
| is really good on his own course, where
| heavy gales scatter the sand and bend the
| salt grass Playing the best ball OF two
Aronimnk newsmen, Dick Lewis and Hon.
| IL Harry Cornish. the seashore swatter
| knocked out a CHEEKY 10. Fraser seemed to
think nothing Of u over his seaview course
81 was not in very good FORM" he said,
apologetically.
A golfer by the name of r. Caine raised the
same as his last name over the cobb's Creek
course this week He started out with 10