The Washington times., 1922-06-25
BRITONS FEAR
MISS COLLETT
AS CONTENDER
Think Youthful oohing Star
WIN Be Stronger Than Miss
Holllns or Miss Sterling N
Title Play This Fall.
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~ Jock HUTcHIsoN.
Hc1ANpwICH, England, June ~.
- lin England they are do
~ cussing the pcssibiMtlss Of
the woman's titls IN America this
fall. (Ths ladies' champiopship
they call this even over here,
Strange 70 say, the gohsr
whom British experts think win
be Miss Wsthsred's most danger
ous opponent IL not the present
champion Of America, Miss Marion
Hollins, or the former sensation
and three times champion, Miss
Alsxa Stirling, but rather TIE
youthful Miss Glenna Coiistt,
whose fame as . "child.wonder,"
Ike that Of Bobby Jones, hes
spread all over the British Isles.
Both Misc Rollins and Miss STIR
ling have been seen In action In
England and Scotland and evidently
their golf failed 70 impress. Tho
English point out that both were
beaten over here by Miss LeItcn
quite easily, but reports from Amer,
lea last fall told them that Miss
Leitch met defeat st the hands Of
Miss coIiett and on another occn-
sion ths then English champion
barely defeated her.
Recent reports received here, as.
serting that little Miss Collstt has
improved 10 per cent IN the past
year, has caused the English WON
en- 10 wonder Il Miss Wsthsrsd can
Expert critics compare he tw,
players and find thsy are similar
In many ways. Both are long driv-
ers for women, Neither has per-
fected The iron club play, ~ have
Miss Stirling and Miss Lsitch. The
approach 10 Of great importance
and 20 = the putt but without the
long drive the chances Of success
II slim.
Lnng Driver.
There win be little 10 choose from
in reGsrd to the tee shot q 1ffss
wsthered and Miss Ccijstt. o.
the American siri. II 10 ssid she
has something on any women play.
er IN regard to driving, but the
golfers over here are not prepared
20 beli've this statement and must
be shown. ~
Experisnce counts Tor lot In
match play or medal play either and
the English giri may have somsthing
Of an edge In that respect, although
Miss Collett, with her steady play
In the South IN the winter and In
the North In the summer. has gained
Q lot. have Just heard that tho
providence siri won the recent East
ern championship which, addsd to
what she won last fafi and her
North and South crown won at Pine.
hurst. gives her q number Of titles.
Not In the history Of the game
has . youthful competitor. one bare
ly nineteen. had % much success on
the links In tournament play.
II Novice.
Unlike Bobby Jones or Jess
Sylvester. Miss colistt has not played
golf long. She was not . prodigy
such a. young Jones, Miss collett
according TO report. never took Up
the game until she was fourteen.
90 she has scarcely had five PEARS
stories came out Of the South last
winter telling Of the tremendous
distance she was getting with the
steel-shafted clubs, All OF her sue
cess was laid TO this fact But, after
her return North when the steel
shafts were barred. Miss Collett con,
| tinued 70 drive, with the hickory
shaft, just as far ~ ever.
This b what ] ooutended whom We
tried out the steel SHAFT at Chioaso.
could not drive any further, but
thought that ! discoversd there was
| tendency to 20 straighter. Perhaps
the Improvement In Miss Collects
game was due TO the practice she cot
with these clubs. She psrhapg
gained confidence that she Mould not
have gained otherwise.
BY the way, they win have mono Of
I, the stesl-shafted clubs hero In Ing
land, and they are banned once and
| for all, just as the Schnectady puttef
and the ribbed.faced clubs. 0oifsrs
on this side Of the Atlantic ars Dis.
eussins the new bamboo shafts. u
they are Q success. they may be the
next to be made outlawsl =. !.
Strong at Game. X
II 10 . remarkable thing whs. .
hold golf has taken on the American
woman, Years $50 one noticed the
same nanes In tournament aftsr
tournament, but now the younger
generation has taken up the game
with . vengeance. America has
plenty Of material with which amy
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