Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-13
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
FAIL TO DRAG GOLF BUGS
FROM THEIR HOME LINKS.
Philadelphia Has Been Favored With Best Men and
Women Players in Country, but Golfers Apparently
Would Rather Play than Watch
BY WILLIAM H. EVANS

SoMEoNE at the Cricket Club satur-
~ Day said that golfers were the most
sehish of all followers of sports. There
Is lot of truth in the remark. In
stead or crowd of thousand, there
should have been three times the at
tendance. 1t was the fourth of the
series of Red Cross matches played
mere. Just consider for a moment, who
nave been playing here for the benefit of
me Red Cross: Chick Evans. national
amateur and open champion: Jerry
Travers, four times amateur and once
open champion; Jim Barnes. the best
oI the professional golfers: Walter
laseh. former open champion: Oswald
hirkby, former Metropolitan and New
Jersey champion Max Marston, former
rational semifinalist Bobby Jones and
FERRY Adair two of the most remark
aple youngsters in the world Cameron
s' Buxton. Philadelphia champion: John
q. Anderson. twice a national finalist
Miss Alexa Stirling, national champion
MISS Mildred Caverly, national runner
up Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow. twice a ma
tionai runner-up. and Miss Elaine
hosenthal. former North and South and
western champion.
And the Echoes Answer. why?
Yet in spite of this wonderful array
or talent the attendance has been dis
appointingly small. No finer aggrega-
.ion OF men and women players could
nave been brought together than last
saturday. Yet there were hundreds who
preferred to dub around their home
course rather than watch these experts.
1t is true that hundreds are now away
at the shore and in the mountains, but
every one of the thirty odd courses Sat-
| uruay was filled with players. It is
diilcuit to convince golfers that they
can get better results watching real
golfers play than by playing.
one of the attractive features was the
score cards and another was the badges
worn by the gallery and the men who
paid for the privilege of caddying. The
score cards were particularly fine and
were illustrated with pictures of the
eight players, which were used through
the courtesy of the EVENING PUBLIC
LEDGER. geographically all this print
ing could not have been better, and the
badges for the honorary caddies con-
tained the name of the player. The
posters. too. We're very artistic and
Francis b. Warner. who was responsible
for all this. Is to be congratulated.
Miss Caverly's Popularity
The bidding for the caddying privi-
leges was done mostly by the Cricket
Club members. 1t is the home club of
Miss Mildred Caverly, and, as she is
one Of the most popular women playing
golf any where. no one was surprised
| when one of the club members. Everett
Crosby. paid $500 for the privilege of
walking around in her wake. Buxton
brought the highest prices of the men
players~-Sl10-S. b. Peck backing the
local champion. T. B. Shrver Jr., paid
500 for Bobby Jones, and the other
amounts were as follows: Miss Stirling,
l.. E. Adams, $50; Mrs. Barlow, Billy
NIorice. $50; Miss Rosenthal. Francis
B. Warner, $50; Perry Adair. Joseph
Potsdamer $50; Max Marston, ]. A,
Janney. Jr.. $25. The Cricket Club paid
$3.50 for the artistic golf poster by
William Willett.
Mrs. Barlow's Fine Finish
There was an error in the report of
the nineteenth hole. This hole went to
Mrs. Barlow and Marston by two points,
and not one, Mrs. Barlow having bird
8, Marston and Adar and Miss Ro-
senthal 5.
Mrs. Barlow and Marston contributed
the greatest number of par holes, with
a total of 81. Miss Stirling and Jones
were second, with 10; Miss Caverly and
Buxton had II and Miss Rosenthal and
Adair had Is.
Perry Adair had nine pars and three
) birds. Jones eleven pars ana one bra,
Marston ten pars and one bird and BuX-
ton eleven pars.
Mrs. Barlow led the women with
eleven pars, Miss Stirling had eight and
| Miss Cayerly and Miss ROsenthal had
six each.
. Miss Stirling was up on Miss Cav
erly, up on Miss Rosenthal and : down