South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-12-25
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ing for the first 10 is as follows:
Miss Molla Bjurstedt. nation
al champion; Mrs. Edward Ray
mond; S-Miss Evelyn Sears; a.
Miss Anita Meyers; 5-Miss Sara
Livingston; 6-Miss Marie Wagner:
Mrs. Homer s. Green; s-N1iss
Martha Guthrie; 9-Miss Eleanor
A. Sears: 1O-Mrs. Barger WallaC.
Golf Had Great Year.
The year in golf was an especial
ly brilliant one, for in every state
in the union where golf is strongly
established, there was a noticeable
increase in the number Of players
registered in championship events,
and a better grade of golf was play
ed everywhere.
All of the larger cities, and many
of the smaller ones now have NUM-
cipal golf courses where lovers Of
the game who can not AFFORD the
luxury of becoming members of eN-
elusive clubs can have their fill of
the old Scotch pastime. Many pri-
vate clubs are constantly springing
up and reports on the sales of golf
paraphernalia by big concerns
which make a speciality of such
things prove beyond a doubt that the
game is constantly growing and the
army of golfers increasing by the
hundreds every season.
feature of the 1916 season was the
winning of both the national open
and national amateur champion
ships by Charles Chick" Evans of
Chicago. Evans captured the ma
tional open title at Minnesota from
one of the classiest fields that could
have been gotten together in this
country and his great playing at
Philadelphia in the amateur cham
pionship. against one Of the best
fields that has competed since the
breaking out of the war in Europe,
was nothing short of sensational
Among the women golfers of the
country, Miss Alexa Stirling of At
lanta, Ga, stands out as the peer.
Her defeat of Miss Mildred Caverly.
at Boston, in October for the nation
al title was sensational. Women
golfers, by the way, are growing in
numbers almost as rapidly as are
the men, when it is considered that
fewer women have a natural ten
dency for such competition.
The ruling made last January by
the United States Golf association,
which classed players who obtain
indirect profits from their prof.
cheney on the links as professionals.
was a sensation, and it caused some
unrest in golfing circles. The bar
ring of Francis Olimet. the sensa-
tiOnal young Boston player, was
regretted among golfers every
where. The ruling, it is believed,
may be changed at the winter meet
ing of the association this year.
The Athletic Field.
Hundreds of indoor and outdoor
field and track meets all over the
country. not TO mention swimming
meets and the annual events in all
branches that may be classed un-
der athletics, saw the breaking of
many records. Local records in
all parts OF the country were low
cred, state records fell by the way
side, while worlds marks, national,
inter collegiate and a. A. L. rec
ords were broken or equalled.
Truthfully, the year saw all
branches in the athletic world pros
per, and the interest of the public
in athletic events in general was
noticeably increased Although the
war made a difference in the worlds
games on track and field, the senti-
ment of this country did not de-
crease. and those who are con-
stantly doing what is in their power
10 uplift such sports worked even
harder than in previous years TO
make conditions ideal
The visit Of five of the countrys
star athletes-Ward, Murray. Mere
dith, Loomis and Simpson--to Scan
dinavian countries last fall was
looked upon with national pride and
the successes scored by these ath-
letes proved TO followers of athletics
that the United States is progress
ing in such lines. turning out great
athletes in larger numbers than ever
before.
In intercollegiate. independent
amateur and scholastic athletics
there were many who stood out as
wonderful performers on the track
in the field or in the water Howard
Berry was one of the most sensa-
tional track performers in the year.
while Simpson, Meredith. Loomis.
Ward, Roth, Gianakapolis and many
lesser lights have shown brilliancy
in their various branches.
Herbert Vollmer, Ludy LANCER
and Teddy Kahn probably broke
more records in swimming events
than any three swimmers who star
red in any one previous year. while
among the best women swimmers
were Miss Claire Galligan OF New
York. and Miss Olga Dorfner Of
Philadelphia. In team swimming
events the Illinois A c. swimmers
OF Chicago, were generally cOnsid-
cred as having the best all-event
combination
In the annual intercollegiate crew
races Syracuse came 10 the fore by
winning the historic Poughkeepsie
event June Il with CorneII's team