Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-11
MRS. BARLONI'S INJURY /
DIDN'T HALT CAREER
Her Conquests on Links
Unaccountable: Won the
Eastern Title Sir Times
is REAL STYLIST

Nine years ago Mrs. Ronald Barlow
twisted her shoulder while teeing off
in friendly match Mt the Philadelphia
Country Club. Muscles were torn and
nerves injured. Pessimstic doctors said
that Mrs. Barlow would never play
again.
1t was something Of n tragedy for
the Englishwoman who had made golf
ing history in the Quaker City. For
years she had won honors on the links
and even more than the honor she loved
the clash and surge of competition, for
combat was in her blood.
That fighting spirit served her well
in the bitter days after the accident.
She would not admit defeat in the sick
room any more easily than she would
on the greens. And the proof of thai
lies in the fact that today Mrs. Barlow
still holds her place rs one of the finest
women golfers in this whole broad
land.
As Il stylist she has few superiors,
md the opponent who draws her in
match play has more than little 10
worry about.
lnnulnerablc Victories
Mrs. Barlow's conquests are almost
uncountable. and it is doubtful If even
she herself knows just how many cups
and medals she has Won in the course
of her long golfing career.
The national championship is about
the only one that she has not had to
her credit at one time or another during
those wears. Twice in the Nationals ~
wns fnalist, losing to Dorothy Camp
bell in 1909 and to Margaret Curtis in
1912. Six times the Eastern cham
pionship has fallen before her mashle
attack and on nine occasions she has
been crowned golfng queen of the Phil
adelphia district. She has won the
North and South title; the Silver Foils
1T Pinehurst; the Bcrthellyn Cup; the
Gcist trophy, and on three successive
years had her name inscribed on the
! Bumm Cup.
: It Is almost impossible off-hand to
name another woman who has built
such n record. And her success is an
! inspiration TO those golfers who have
! lacked the time or the means for con-
sistent professional Instruction.
Never Had q Lesson
d IL never had n lesson in my hfe, 7"
! said Mrs. Barlow, land I'm apt to be
nervous, and I'm frightfully supersti-
tious. too. One would think that the
combination OF those things would be
rather prejudcial to my game, but
they don't seem to be- I've played on
many courses. from Florida to Maine,
and in Europe, too, but I never lose
all Of my nervousness, and certainly
none Of my superstition - which Is
probably due TO the bit-Of Irish in me. "
Probably the most peculiar shot that
Mrs. Barlow ever made occurred on
the thirteenth hole Of her final round
with Miss Mildred Caverly for the
Philadelphia championship in 1919.
Though Mrs. Barlow was two NJ, at
the time she was slipping, and had
lost three holes in succession.
Miss Caverly drove first, and laid
her ball on the green about tel
feet from the pin. Mrs. Barlow
topped her drive. It took n sharI
dip downward, as is usual in sucl
cases, and then spin or English
such rs is employed on a billiard ball
caught 1t and carried it on q straight
line TO the green. where 1t rolled &c
within a few inches of the cup. Th'
spectators could hardly believe theil
eyes, for not once in million time'
will dubbed" drive act like that.
There is still another word to say
for Mrs. Barlow. She Is champion
but she is more than that. She Is
, mother--a mother game enough anf
, proud enough to send her boy to nigh
for the flag that had once been hers
!, Lieutenant Barlow was killed on tn
Western front in 1915, months befor'
America entered the war. -,
: He must have taken the gan will
. smile. The son Of such mother
could hardly do less.