New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-18
Women Golfers Sail for Title Easy Victor
-four Players
Head Invasion
|Of British Links
Mrs. Vanderbeck and Misses
Hollins, Caverly and Sher-
wood Leave for England
BY Ray Mccarthy

The first detachment of American
,alfers who will try their luck abroad
Ais season left this country yester-
s.r Miss Marion Hollins, Metropoli
.sn champion: Miss Mildred Caverly.
,unner-up IN the national tournament
saur years ago. and Mrs. Clarence H.
yaaderbeck, former national champion,
rsre among the passengers aboard the
| 8sltic when it slipped away from the
dock and headed down the Bay on it's
/ t,ip to England.
These three, with Miss Rosamond
Sherwood, OF Long Island. compose
Americas entry in the British women's
tournament next month. The date is
Nsy 20, and the course over which the
meet will be held is at Newcastle, Ire
land
There is general regret among the
United States golfers and enthusiasts
that Miss Alexa Stirling, the present
nstional champion; Mrss Ronald H.
Barlow, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. w.
A. Gavin, of this city, three of our best
women golfers, are not accompanying
the invading contingent. With the lat
ter three entered America would have
English championship.
MISS dOilinS mas finance
However, everybody is wishing the
first named trio the best of luck, and
there are many who figure one of the
three has good chance of returning
to this country with the championship.
Many experts are picking Miss Hollins
to spring big surprise overseas. They
point to the fact that her game has
shown steady improvement in the last
few years, and that she is just begin
ming to come into her own.
Mrs. Vanderbeck also is counted on
to keep up with the leaders at all times
IN the play abroad. She is an expert
enced golfer. whose play is very steady
and who has shown enough good golf
to warrant the large backing she is re-
eeiving.
It must be admitted, however. the
Americans are facing a hard task. In
the first place no woman golfer from
this side has ever won the prize in the
British tournament English women
golfers have carried off the title three
tines on this side. Second, Uncle
Sans nieces will meet in Miss Gladys
Ravenscroft, Miss Cecil Leitch and in
Miss MIriel Dodd, as we'll as several
others, golfers of high calibre, who
vii have the advantage of playing at
home and Of being used to the climate
May Spring Surprise
Nevertheless. golf is game in which
many things can happen. If the British
women can come here and win, there
is no reason why our fair ones can't
90 across and duplicate the feat.
Mrs. j. V. Hurd, nee Dorothy Camp
bell, who recently won the North and
south championship at Pinehurst, was
he first British woman ever to win
the title in this country. She captured
tne American title in 1909 on the Mer-
nu Cricket Club course, defeating Mrs.
( II. Barlow by and 2 in the final
match.
The following year, njaying over the
Honewood Country Club course at
glossmoor, ILL.,, Mrs. Hurd was again
he winner by . and /. Then in 1913,
Mss Ravenscroft came through by de-
ieating Miss Hollins at Wilmington.
Del. by score of 2 I'D.
Columbia University will open it's
golf season on Saturday, when it meets
Inc Fox Hills team over the Fox Hills
is. H. course. The local collegians
viii play eight matches in all this year,
ase with college teams and the other
three with golf clubs in this vicinity.
Speaking of the intercollegiate golf
competition, it is interesting to note
nat since 1897, when this series was
started. no other college outside of the
Big Three" Yale. Harvard end Prince
ton, won the individual champion
ship until A. L. Walker, of Columbia,
zane through last year.
The knollwood Country Club, of
White Plains, N. Y. is losing no time
IN replacing the building it lost by fire
Isst October. Ground already has been
broken and the new wing started. Work
VII De rushed on the structure, but it
Is not expected to have the building
entirely completed before September.
The new wing will contain three sto-
mes and basement, thoroughly modern
IN every particular. A part of the
Basement will be used for lockers and
saaowers. The first floor will contain
sae main locker room, lounge, reading
room and library. The second and third
uoors will contain thirty-seven bed
rooms and dormitory.