Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-04-17
FAIR GOLFZNG PARTY
IS NOW CUT IN TWO
Mrs. Bmlow, Mrs. Gavin and Miss Stirling viii Not
Play-for British Ladies' Championship According
to the Latest Decision
BY SANDY McNIRLICK

MRS. RONALD II. BARLOW,
At1 Philadelphia women's golf cham
pion, and Mrs. W. 4. Gavin, fnalists
for the championship of America last
year. announce they will NOT go
abroad to compete in the ladies' cham
pionship of Great Britain.
They had previously decided to go.
Today's announcement is final, 50
that settles that.
Miss Alcxa Stirling. women's golf
champion of the United States since
1915. will also not invade.
Meantime. Mrs. Clarence H. Van
derbeck, Philadelphia Cricket Club,
'015 champion Miss Mildred Caveriy.
1916 finaliSt and Philadelphia cham
pion the same year, and Miss Marion
Hollins. metropolitan champion, sail
today at 3 o'clock on the good ship
Baltic from New York to try their for
tune in the British championship.
This accounts for the six American
stars who were originally announced as
planning to make the trip. All six had
made up their minds to invade and the
secret leaked out when they booked pas
sage and so forth.
But three have changed their minds,
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Though we have Mrs. Barlow's and
Mrs. Gavin's decision at first hand, that
of Miss Stirling is almost as definite.
J. Douglass Says So
J. Douglass Edgar. the sensational
Canadian open champion and psycholo-
gist, is tutor at Atlanta, and is now
the guiding hand for her game. He con
fided that Miss Stirling wouldn't so.
1T was my advice that deferred her
from going" Douglass told us. Since
the national she has played no golf and
she would not be in any shape to COM
pete with Miss Cecil Leitch, the cham
pion over there, at this early season.
Eve are going to do year of strict
golf training, Miss Stirling, Bobby
Jones. and myself. and next year we're
all going over to try our luck.
J. Douglass went abroad last fall
and was greatly impressed with the
game Of Miss Leitch.
II do not think Miss Stirling could
beat her over there" J. Douglass
stated. II never saw any woman play
golf so much like a man as does Miss
Leitch. She is big, strapping Eng
hits the longest wooden shots have
ever seen a woman make, and her game
throughout is we'll nigh faultless.
But / expect Miss Stirling to reach
the same heights this summer, and then
we shall see what we shall see over there
next year.
Perry Adair, the youthful Albanian.
who completes the famous Jones Stir
ling Albanian trio. confirmed Douglass
so far as Miss Strings going abroad
was concerned.
That Fool Fiddle
"Her father wants her to give UP
the game" he said. ''She has been
fooling away her time all winter driving
q fool ambulance or something for the
Red Cross instead of playing golf shots
Nights she fools away her time fooling
with fool fiddle. Gosh - snorted the
exasperated youngster. "A champion
fooling with fool fiddle"
Mrs. Barlow and Mrs. Gavin reached
their decision following the North and
South, and a careful examination into
the physical difficulties involved in the
trip as well as the golf to be played
there.
The party sailing today will arrive
about two weeks before the champion
ship to be played at Newcastle, Ire
lGhd, May 10.
They will go at once to George Dun
cans lair for final instructions.
Miss Caverly particularly is anxious