The New York herald., 1921-06-15
GIRL GOLFERS SHOW
ABILITY IN MEET
Miss Martha Parker Wins First
Prize i'm Novel Tourney
at EnglewOOd.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

Those who attended the first golf tour
nament for girls he'd yesterday over the
links of the Englewood Country Club
under the auspices Of the Wonen's Met
ropolitan Golf Association were reminded
Of the struggle which the founders of
the first metropolitan tournament for
boys had to overcome the scruples Of
the youngsters and establish that i'm
portant event.
When Leighton Calkins and other offi-
cials OF the Plainfleld. Country Club sent
out their first invitaAhn to boy golfers
10 years and under the lads seemed TO
think they were being spoofed. A tour
nament for them, indeed Instead of
being encouraged they had been dis
couraged. Adult golfers, particularly Of
the male persuasion. usually met them
with scowls and appeared to be anxious
to break their desire to play golf and
chase them from the links. But after
that first blushing appearance at q tour
nament all their own the youngsters
overcame their bashfulness and dropped
almost naturally into their appointed
place Now the tournament is one of the
features OF the metropolitan season,
growing year by year and giving TO the
district some very desirable golGng ma
terial.
Tn the girls tournament yesterday
there were only eight entries. but Il was
all so strange and new. such an event
the first Of its kind ever attempted in
this country. Abroad they lead us In
this respect, and the result is seen in
the calibre of the players who take the
field In the annual championships. BY
another year there will be many more
in the lineup for the girls tournament
here. and II will not be many years be-
fore American women's golf in general
benefits by the enterprise and zeal Of
Mrs. Frank Enos of Englewood and the
others, such as Mrs. L. S. Knapp. Mrs.
John Renwick and Miss Kate Bomann,
who assisted her on the committee.
But wen in field of eight IL is pos
sible 70 have talent. For instance, there
is a lot of golf in Miss Martha Parker
of Westchester Hills. the seventeen
year-old girl who won the event with a
score OF 102 over an unfamiliar course,
and there Is no doubt that fourteen
year-old Miss Maurene Orcutt of White
Beeches, who scored 116, and Miss
Rosale Knapp Of Westbroolr. who
played the course in 11S. will be heard
from in due time. And the same can be
said for the other contestants-Miss
Emily lockwood OF Dunwoodie, Miss
Virginia Cooke OF Plainfield, Miss
Marion Laughman OF Englewood. Miss
Molly Otterson of Plainfield and Miss
Katherine Lyon of Glen Ridge-all of
whom returned respectable scores. al
though not quite In the same class with
the leader.
Miss Parker had four SIS in her card.
These were nothing more than the
natural blemishes of inexperlence. This
is shown by the fact that with three of
these Ss outgoing the Westchester
Hills girl played the first half In %.
giving an average of better than 5s for
the remaining six holes. AS Instances
Of Miss Parker's skill may be cited the
fours which she scored at the fifth,
seventh. ninth and twelfth holes and
her 3 at the eighteenth.
But it was perhaps In the shot max
ing rather than in the scoring that one
noted ability. Little Miss Orcutt. for
instance, looks as If she might develop
into a veritable Cecil Leitch. She hits
a very long ball for her years and she
gave conclusive proof OF her powers in
this direction by driving into the bushes
above the home hole. a shot OF 10
yards at least.
Miss Knapp won the driving competi-
ton with shot of 1C2 yards. Miss
Lauggman won the putting competl-
tor after triple tie.