The New York herald., 1921-10-25
MISS CECIL LEITCH
FACES BUSY WEEK
British Golf Star to Figure in
Four Interesting
Matches.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

DeNlsen to-Qay ana saturday next
metropolitan golfers viii be afforded an
opportunity Of seeing Miss Cecil Leitch.
the British star. in a number OF inter-
esting matches. As a feature TO a
tusrol to-day Miss Leltch and her sister
Edith. will play against Mrs. w, A.
Gavin of Belleclaire and Mrs. G.
Maurice Eeckscher of Piping Rock, and
Rock tomorrow. The name OF Miss
Marion Hollins has been mentioned in
connection with the Daltusrol contest.
but there seems 10 be a doubt as to
whether the national champion has yet
sufficiently recovered from the illness
which has kept her out OF competition
since she annexed the u. S. G.. A. honor5
at Hollywood to be able to play. The
Baltusrol match Is to begin at o'clock
While both the fourball matches
should serve to show Miss Leitch at her
best. linksmen are perhaps more inter-
ested in the Series which she Is 10 play
at Pelham Country Club on Friday, be-
ginning with round against the former
American titleholder Miss Alexa Stir
ling, and finishing with handicap
match against the home professional
and national open champion, Jim
Barnes
In the latter event 1t is understood
that Barnes will allow Miss Leitch
something like half" or. nine strokes
on the round of eighteen holes. Rumor
has had il that Miss Leitch Is to start
with no better than a third" but in
asmuch as 1t was the half that OBJ
tained in the now famous series of
sex" matches in which Miss Leitch
engaged with number of the leading
British amateurs and professionals It
would seem that the plan of stroke
every other hole Is the more logical
especially SO since Barnes will have the
very considerable advantage of playing
over his home course. whereas Miss
Leitch will carry into the fray the severe
handicap of playing over a difficult cir
cult of which she has little or no local
knowledge
Pelham should Favor Barnes.
Golfers here are not unfamiliar with
matches between leading representa-
tives of mems and womens golf About
1917 Mrs. Gavin and Jerome ID. Travers
engaged. in an interesting series for
various war funds and later on Mrs.
Gavin carried the battle into the camp
successful against Travers but against
George Low at Baltusrol she met with
sharp reverse.
Miss Leitch. too, has not had an un-
broken string of successes in these
handicap affairs, and 1t will be interest
ing TO know IL Barnes is to be classed
with j. II. Taylor and Harold H. Hill
ton. who were defeated by Miss Leitch,
or with Abe Mitchell. who trounced the
Silloth girl by and in thirty-six
holes. At Pelham Jim ought to win
even allowing n half" but there are
not many who followed the British
woman champion in her matches in the
Belleelaire tournament who would fee
ike wagering against her in o. nine
stroke handicap match against Barne.
or any other player over that Long Isl
and course.
incidentally in the records of Mis-.
Leitch has been found bit of balm fol-
the feelings of Mrs. Thomas Hucknall
who lost in the BclleclaIre final to the
English girl by IL and 10. Whether Mrs
Hucknall did not extract sufficient solact
from her victory over Mrs. Gavin of the
day before is another question but ir
any event IL is on the records that Mrs
Temple-Dobell. who as Miss GIadys
Ravenscroft won the American title in
1913, once went down before Miss Leftci
In the English championship at st
Annes-on-Sea by 10 and g. Further.
more. that was only q matter of tw,
years ago.