Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-05

ANA IL lS rather dangerous 10 HdHdlu d
guess as to who is going to win any
event
Incidentally it might be said that the
Hrst sixteen was n matronly affair, as
every one Of those who qualified for the
championship is married woman the
exceptions being Miss Mildred Caverly
and Miss Mildred Gates.
Some Curious Figures
Yet in the twenty-five national cham
ptonships only three were married at
the time they won the title. and only
eight Of the finalists runners-up were
married In fact. from 1896, when the
championship was first decided by match
play, the first married woman to win
the national championship was Mrs. H
Arnold Jackson. who captured 1t in 1914,
having first won it as Miss Kate Harley
in 1908. Mrs. Nanderbeck was the sec
ond.
Perhaps the most delighted woman at
Huntingdon Valley yesterday was Mrs
II. {. Smith, Of North Hills. who won
from Mrs. w. NJ. Weaver. of the home
club. Mrs Smith has played the course
on innumerable occasions, but never un-
til yesterday had she been able to get
under a hundred strokes. Huntingdon
Valley is "A stiff course. and any one
who makes a low score on it has reason
TO be proud of his golf And for Il
woman to get under hundred is most
credltable. for no course around Phila-
delph!a is better trapped or has more
water hazards to catch golf balls
A Creditable Score
on the quail ling day only five of the
women were able to break q hundred
and two of these did 1t by single
stroke. The scores of ninety-onc made
by Mrs. Barlow and Miss Caverly were
particularly fine and If either had had n
little bit of luck--Mrs. Barlow on the
ninth where she took nine strokes for
hole that she played in five yester-
day or Miss Caverly who had two sevens
for the last two holes--the women's $
record for the course would have been
beaten. So in honor of the score that
beat hundred here is Mrs. Smiths 8
| tally:
Out ... 49, 4 5-79
In .... 5 4 6 5--+9-ss
! II took Mrs. Barlow six strokes TO
reach the ninth green on Monday, Yes
| terday she was on in two. And that is
one of the reasons why men and women
keep on playing golf. Mrs. L. Fl. Ware
| had visions of winning or at least
halving this hole, for she was nicely on
in three. and the ninth is one of the
|
drive must be well placed If the player
expects to reach home on the second
and very few women get on the greer
in two strokes Mrs. Ware. by the way
like most of the Whitemarsh women, II
exceptionally long from the tee. They
are all pupils of Jim Barnes and II HI
did not teach the women at the clut
another thing he certainly made lont
drivers OF them all
Long Woman Driver
And one Of the longest drivers in thi
city is Mrs. ]. W. Turnbull, a clubmst
of Mrs Ware. She has wonderful pos
abilities and II is Almost certaint,
that before long she will be recognize'
as one of the hest players In the Phila
delphia district. AS sample of he
long driving she has on several occa
sions driven over the big pit in from
of the tenth tee at Whitemarsh an
these drives have all been carried owe
that hazard. Mrs. Turnbull furnishe,
one Of the surprises of the day b.
/ taking Mrs. @, II. Stetson to the eight
4 senth hole befsre the match was wo
~ the Huntinedop Valley p,ayersi