Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-22
DAY IN
WOMEN'S GOLF
Miss Caverly, Mrs. Barlow,
Mrs. Fox and Others
Win Handily
VISITOR PLAYS WELL
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Not an upset marred the first round Of
match play for the women's Individual
championship Of Philadelphia at Merton to-
day. one by one the favortes came up to
the board and announced the margins Of
their victories
Miss Mildred Caverly, who is firmly bent
on retaining her crown Of champion, had
the short easy and decisive match of the
day and defeated Miss T.. c. Earnshaw,
Of Riverton. up and to play. Mrs. Bar
low ended her match with Mrs Milton
Herold on the fifteenth green by a I up and
3 to play after being hard pressed by her
Philmont opponent in the early stages of
the match Mrs Caleb f. Fox defeated Miss
Ethel Campbell, scmifnalst Of last year,
by the same margin that Mrs, Barlow de-
feated Mrs. Herold.
Mrs George 5. Munson, who reached the
finals in 1916, earned her right TO play in
the second round by defeating Mrs Ray
mOnd Slotter out of the running on the ff-
teenth green. Mrs. q. Henry Stetson of
Huntingdon Valley, had a mornings work
in eliminating Mrs. A. X. Bllstein. Mrs
Billsten clung to her opponent like a leech
and forced the play to the home green
where she lost by the scant margin of one
down. Miss May Bell of the Cricket Club
put Miss Barbara Nandergrft out OF the
running after Il snaDpy match that ended
grift, who is acting as pilot for the Whining
ton team, made a great impression by her
long drives and brassie shots
Miss Bell was in the comfortable posi-.
ton of dormie at the fifteenth green
then Miss Vandergrift stuck her third sho
dead to the pin ON the difficult sixteenth
and ran down her par 1, a feat for a femi
nine golfer, Miss Eleanor Chandler found
little trouble in defeating Mrs w j. Peck
the Merton champion in a match that stop,
ped at the sixteenth green by the margin
of 3 up and to play
Mrs. Barlow had her work cut out it
holding Mrs. Herold the Philmont captain
in the early stages of the match and was
l down at the turn.
Mrs. w S HilIes. president of the
Womans Golf Association, put Mrs. w. w
Justice, Jr., of the Cricket club out of the
running by up and l to play in the added
eight, Miss Edith LarZcerc, the youthful
Old York Road contestant, won an easy
match in the same division by defeatnG
Mrs. l.. Dannenbaum, of Philmont, on tn,
fifteenth
Two captains of the Wallngford CuI
race met in the extra division when Mrs
G. II, Vetterlein. of the Country Club beat
Mrs. J. w. Turnbull of Whtemarsh, by
the round figures of up and to play.
Mrs Caleb Fox played the most brilliant
golf of the day when she defeated Miss
Campbell. The former champion reached
the turn i'm A against her opponents A
and held lead Of two holes. She lost the
tenth, but captured the eleventh and four
teenth. A brilliant by Mrs. Fox on the
long fifteenth ended the match. Cards:
out, ,,....,...;i, ( 81 g 3 ! 3-47
out, ,'.s t,'','''., ;,''.',,, ! 90 3--4s
In j,.....i,,.:..,..i.h
In ......4s..i., ) Q, 4,6,,6
Mrs. Barlow made a brilliant finish II
her match against Mrs Herold by register
ing n trio of As on the thirteenth, fourteenth
and fifteenth holes
Summaries:
Mrs. T. II Filter. Merton. defeated Miss f.
q. Hood, Cricket club, up and . 70 play
Miss Mildred Cayerly, Cricket Club, defea ted
70 Mrs MPrsS' @. $. Munson Merton. defeated Mrs
Raymond slotter, Philmont, : up and to play
defeated Mrs. w. J, Peck, Merton, 8 up and :
TO MISS Rss' May Bell. Philadelphia Cricket defeated
Miss Barbara Nandergrih wilmington. VI
ahMS + r. f. Barlow Merton, DEFEATED Mrs
Milton Herold, Philmont. up and 3 to play.
Mrs. q, II, S{tetSIoelp1i Huntingdon, Valley de-
Mrs Caleb F. Fox. Huntington Valley, de,
feated Miss Ethel Campbell. Cricket Club
up rs &ad " g pHliiies, Wilmington, defeated Mrs
W W Justice. Jr,, Cricket Club. up anC
Mss NJ Edith Iarzelere, Old York Road, de
feated Mrs. l., Dannenbaum' Philmont' VI
anS MRS. . c g. f. ystteEein, GouRtEy, Club de.
feated Mrs ]. w. Turnbull Whitemarsh'
up and to play