Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-10-26
MEN FAR OUTCLASSW WOMEN IN COLE I
AND TENNIS, STATISTICS SHOWING
FEMININE CHAMPIONS DISTANcEn
Miss Bjurstedt Wouldn't Rank Among First so
While Neither Miss Stirling Nor Mrs. Gavin -
Would Be Among First 500
By GRANTLAND RICE

CCATTERING epistles from various by
~ ISLANDERS and noncombatants continue
TO arrive with request for further partlc-
ulars as to the comparative status Of the
male and the female of the species in sport.
Neither in golf nor in tennis has the mat
ter officially been decided. It has been
proved pretty well in golf that no male
champion can give woman champion nine
strokes and win.
The rest of 1t IL is still a matter Of burn
ing debate.
In Tennis and Golf
Just where would n woman golf champion
rank among the masculine lineup? Or
where would Miss Bjurstedt or a Miss
Browne rank in tennis? More than one
tennis expert has written us. offering fair
proof that neither Miss Browne nor Miss
Bjurstedt would rank among the first
eighty tennis players in America.
A number seem to believe and TO have a
certain amount of proof that at least 100
male tennis players can be found in this
country capable Of winning from either of
the two ladies' named. In golf neither Miss
Stirling nor Mrs. Gavin would rank among
the first 500.
This statement can be established with
out much debate There are just about 500
golfers in the country rated as five-handi-
cap men, or lower.
There are at least 500 golfers who can
play below eighty or around eighty with
consistent effort.
Yet neither Miss Stirling nor Mrs. Gavin
very often can get below eighty-three or
elghty-four over an average hard course
/ Neither would be able to get a handicap
approaching five in the U. S. G. A. These
figures outline the situation without the
need OF debate. They come very close to
telling the entire story,
Other Games
There are no ladies' listed in the boxing
llne-up. There are none that we know
Of In football. Few go in for baseball.
But in the toughest game of them all, the
remnant counter bargain rush Jubilee, what
male person is there to be listed among
the leading 10000 or 10000 women poised
for an assault upon cut prices?
II, S. K.-Chapman led Cobb by a base
in the pilfering Observation-Disclosures
steals against fifty-two. Collins and Roth
were tied for third place with fifty each.
Carey again led the National League parade
with ffty-one steals Carey had no compe-
tition, as George Burns, in second place,
was fourteen bases back with thirty-seven.
The Revenge Sweepstakes
Does any one recall the name of the
pitcher who beat the Giants oftenest last
season?
The pitcher who stepped out against them
five times and came home with four New
York scalps?
The man who beat them more games than
Alexander, Vaughn, Toney, Rudolph OF
Cooper?
The name was Rube Marquard, tossed
| outside the Giant corral some two years
ago as being no good
Beating the Giants four out of five starts
must have annoyed the Rube immoderately
| Quite So
Dear Sir - Accomplishment frequently
comes by uncharted ways In 1917 Red
! Faber allowed the Giants six earned runs
| in three games and collected three virto
ries. In 1912 Mathewson allowed the Rec