Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-14
QUALIFY FOR CLUB
GOLF TITLES TODAY
Huntingdon Valley and Merton
Schedule Medal Shareholders
Run Gamut Of Links Events
GIRL GOLFERS BRILLIANT
BY SANDY McNIBIICK

BY SANDY McNIBLICK
Huntingdon Valley and Merton are
Doth due to start their club golf cham
plonships today and most of the other
ciubs have odd, novel and attractive
events of some sort for the week enders
seeking the competitive drill.
Two sixteens qualify at Huntingdon
valley, while Merio, will have but one
flight in the match play.
Some of the besr golfers in town
play at these two ma ,ior clubs and some
the titles. ~ VIII
Springhaven is holding its openine-
day derby. Llanerch Is having n tour
ney where one strikes out with the
IRONS only; there's a selective nine
noles events on at Lansdownc. and so
on I'll through all the local districts.
me men golfers are eager for the
START OF the Philadelphia tournament
series. nave been for couple of months,
ana the turnout for club events has
been unusually large so far. An Of
Whlch bespeaks again the biggest sea .
soh we have ever had on local links.
Inc fair sex have played themselves
virtually into mid season form. Won
might say. at this stage Their team
lnatch play Is in it's last moments and
Yesterday they played the first tourna-
nent or the year for individual honors
Miss Caverly Stars
Enough few of the leaders in the big
clubs were entered they wouldn't have
nad much chance of besting Miss Mil
dred Caverly. Of the Cricket Club. who
Is 70 nave the honor of her name on the
'elst Cup, or rather silver pitcher. by
virtue OF n really dazzling 81.
Inc conditions yesterday at Over
brook, where the event was played,
were plain bad for low scoring. Rain
lei, the night before. and the water was
s['i sr present in some, of the low spots
OF the course during the day.
Half of the course is comparatiyely
ncw. which leaves Overbrookians the
chanre of bad lies. as is natural in all
new turf. The general dampness made
the course slow. Of course, and over.
head it was murky and uninspirational,
as it were. Therefore, Miss Caverry's
~ was piece of fine golf The Cricket
Ciub player, who is eX national finalist.
ex- local champion and has won parcel
OF honors on many links. has made a
fine start. She had comfortable time
OF 1t. winning by five strokes. and had
many chances to save strokes at that.
Last year she missed most of this
play while abroad
It was conceded before the start that
honors would lie between Miss Caverly
and Mrs. Nanderbeck. her clubmate. so
that the latter's 81 was big surprise.
But Mrs. Vanderbeck simply had an
oft day. and her to the home
green was not the least Of her difficulty
She had number of puts that wouldn's
drop.
The Home Hole
That eighteenth hole. incidentally.
made lots of trouble. 1t is supposed
to be a par 4 : but n 9 was the best done
on 1t. The fairway all slopes sharply
down to a creek. with a narrow bit OF
fiat fairway running beside the water.
| In trout Of the green there is pond af-
fair. BY negotiating cleverly the fats
here and there. the ladies felt lucky
to be short OF the pond in three. on in
four and down in two puts. From the
sidelines it didn't look so good, and
might prove even harder on n dry day.
Lots Of golf was played there, lis and
13s not being very unusual.
Miss Helen MeehGn. CedarbroOk,
was quite the days sensation when she
turned in the low net of IS and was
second for the cup with a 02. It's her
second 02 this season, and it looks as
though she's going to improve on her
fine showing last year. Miss Meehan
is one of the young stars at CEDAR
brook.
The real data was forthcoming from
her father, Pater Meehan. head of one
of our very best local golhng families,
beaming with pride. explained that he
couldn't tell his daughter what he was
about to say, because his own game had
dropped below the family par.
Short Game
"She hits a long ball with the wood
and that part of it's all right he
whispered stealthily. "But she'll be two
strokes better to the green and lose the
hole. Her short game is her weakness,
but I cant say a word to her about
il because she knows that's the worst
shot | have too. How can l tell her
to 90 practice mashie shots when / ought
to practice them myself?'
The youthful talent at Overlook
had the competition for the low net
prizes more or less to themselves. Miss
katherine Hutchinson, Woodbury. S
promising expert, led for II most of the
4 day with an 81. Miss Polly Griscom.
Merton. was close Denlnd with 90 ana
then Miss Charlotte Cheston. Cricket
Club, turned in an 81 after Miss Nee
hans TS.
This city is going to continue to
figure in women e events here and afield
for some years, just with its present
players.
IL takes quite a little tranquility to say OF
thai draw for the British womens title.
We'll we might as well have IT. over with IN
tho first round as tho last As announced
Miss Stirling plays Miss Leitch In tho first
round there May 80, Everybody wanted
them 70 meet hut everybody niso wanted
that meeting to be in the finals.
A II stands one or the other will have TO
drop out the very first morning OF an eight
cen hole match, Tho result won't satisfy
Stirling viii have usVeled 5000 miles to meet
the peer rless' Miss Leitch in the hrst
round, without any champ onship match "a
! put har at ease before tho big test IT. Z
asking a lot II she comes through. shell
be even more of champion than we now
think
Sam Le,uis Eligible for
Referee job Of Big Bout