Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-05-23
GIRL GOLFER WINS
FROM MRS.STETS0N
Miss Helen Meehan, Aged ~,
Eliminates Medalist From
: .Phila. Championship
S VICTOR By ONE UP

When Miss Helen Meehan. the sew
cntecn. year old golfer Of the Cellar
brook Country Club. defeated Mrs. G.
Henry Stctson, the Huntington Valley
star, today she furnished the first big
upset Of the golf tourney for the
women's championship Of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Stetson yesterday won the medal
with an SO.
Miss Meehan triumphed by the mar.
row margin Of 1 up in the first round
Of match play over the Huntington
Valley links. The youthful star belongs
tn a famous golfing family. She Is
daughter Of ]. Franklin MecEan.- and
both she and her sister. Miss Sara Nee.
han. qualified yesterday for the first
fight.
Miss Sara Meehan was 1 down today
to Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow. the Merton
veteran, at the eleventh hole.
Here are the cards returned by Miss
Helen Meehan and Mrs. Stetson'
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Mrs. Stetson Is the only one Of the
local championship.
Good Match Played
She has always been a better match
than medal player and has scored some
notable triumphs. particularly In ma
tional championship.
She misst her drive yesterday on
the fourth and the tenth tees, was
twice bunkered and got but two long
puts. also having a shot out or POUNDS.
To compile her woman's par..scraping
AZ IN spite Of Ave mistakes shows her
strength on recoveries and the undus-
tered. speedy gait she maintained.
II ia said 10 have been the first time
she has won the championship medal
and indeed to have been the nest score
she has turned in fot tituar medal
round.
Always Promising
Only A year or two after she took
I'm ooif she wa. playing with the best
Of them and has been knocking at the
door" these last two or three years.
BY virtue Of her low score Mrs. Stet-
son was nlaced at the top Of the upper
bracket in tho drawing. She teed OF
TODAY against Miss Helen Mechan. the
youthful Cedarbr exnert;;
The latter Is the daughter OF j.
Franklin Meehan. headmaster Of junior
golf hereabouts. This is a real golfinR
family. one Of the most enthusiastic in
town, and you can bet Pater Meehan
was out there today roofing hard.
He was also tearing his hair. for not
only was one daughter playing Mrs.
Stetson, but the other. Sara Meelian.
was pitted against Mrs. Ronald Fl.
Barlow. Merton. who was second yes
terday with an 20 and who Is the out
standing fav9rite for the ne. title; aSrorso .o
laying n little bet. but wasn't bolster
GUS about II, and you can't blame him
for that.
Other matches in the championship
flight today were Mrs. s.. b. Peck.
Country Club. VS.. Mrs. Caleb Fox.
Huntington Valley: Miss H. Dixon.
Cricket. VS.. Miss Dorothy Doyle. Tor
resdale. two coming young. players who
did well to- get in: Mrs. n. NJ. MAY
Bell! Hutchinson: Cricket. VS.; Mrs. J;
sictter. S H'nP Phiimont '" vs.. Miss Miss GSSrIotte SS
Cheston. Cricket Mrs. r. H. Ware.
Whitcmarsh. vs.. Mrs. j. q. Disston.
Jr.. Cricket. and Miss Frances Griscom.
Merton. VS.. Miss f, G. Hood, Cricket.
Some Surprises
There were several surprises In the
line .up of those who failed to qualify.
The scoring was very good for the trying
Noble course. full Of traps. pitfalls and
creeks. There was play off at 100.
three of the seven ties getting in.
These were Miss Dorothy Doyle. who
had a 4 all alone on the first hole: Mrs.
r. Fl. Ware and Miss f. G. Hood. Mrs.
r. Weiderseim. H. V. &. G.. formerly
Eleanor Chandler) and Mrs. Jerry
Hirst, Whitemarsh. dropped out at the
first. Mrs. Walter Janney and Miss
Florence McNecly falling down on the
next. Mrs. Janney lost a ball there.
Mrs. G. 8. Munson. Miss Catharine
Hutchinson. Countess Won Holstein.
Mrs. F.. H. Filter. Mrs. +. G. Betz and
several others were looked upon as can
didatcs for the first sixteen. but failed
by few missed puts and things.