Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-10-02
WOMAN CHAMPION
IS GAME GOLFER
Clenna Collett Shows Grit and
CIeverness in Winning
Title on Links
MARCUS GREER'S TRIUMPH

THE third member Of tho champion
l. ship triumviratc Of the links has
ascendpd 10 She pinnacle. and will stay
there for Mt least "A year.
Flow tn" nakirS and beat tho drums
in honor Of Glcnna Collett. that win
some whsr Of fomininity who can dane"
the toddle and smack golf ball for
$50 yards.
She is tho champion woman golfer
of the United States. and. If th" brand
of golf that she showed at White Sui
phur Springs during the last week is
any criterion, sh" rates rs nearly the
best golfer of her sex IN the world.
She stands with Gene Sara2cn. and
Jess SwectScr as the first in class OF
top notchcrs.
There never was bigger personal
triumph than m" on" earned by the
little Rhode Island miss, She won the
medal in the qualifying round with an
81 She defeated Mrs. Stcrrctt, Mrs
Let's, Miss Cummings and Mrs. Givin
in match rlay--and the trickiest victory
Of them all--nOt oven d!Scounting her
final triumph against the English star,
Mrs, Gavin-was that over Edith Cum
mngs.
II was a battle of beauty when they
mot. for tho OntwcntSia star wields as
mean powder puff as does Glenna her
self
The match was In the nature Of
rubber. Miss Collett had beaten her
rival twice in the South during the last
winter. and. in turn, had bowed 10 her
at Buffalo and Shenccosset.
When nine holes Of that match were
finished It looked as though Glenna'
devastating set nj clubs would be put
out Of the tournament. She was three
down at the turn. and IN an eighteen
hole match that seemed an insurmount.
able handicap.
But Miss Collett asked herself the old
question Of the British Tommy. "Are
We downheartedf and, answering in
the negative. took a grip on herself and
won the match. That last nine will
stand long time as a classic In fighting
heart and mastery Of the clubs.
Glenna took 81 on that inward trip
and won the match two UP.
Miss Collects Final Round
On Saturday she started poorly and
uns one down OF the fifth, but then she
rallied again, as Glenna knows so we'll
how to do, and turned in brand Of golf
that swept Mrs. Gavin of her feet.
She won, 8 up, hut Rt one time was as
high as up, and after the first nine
holes was never in danger.
The field through which Miss Collett
fought her way to title was the finest
that has ever appeared in woman's
tournament. Besides Miss Cummings
and Mrs. Gavin, the little champion had
10 beat Mrs. Frederick Let's, who upset
the whole golhng universe when she
In the national tournament last year.
Mrs. Let's !s fine player, but abe
met her Waterloo in Glenna Collects
match rpata'!r Mrs. ' II. D. sterrett, Of Hutch.
inson, Kan. had to be brushed out OF
the way--no easy task, though Miss
Collett did It by the rather one sided
count Of g and ;,
Jess Sweetsers disposal Of four Won
derful players In the National Amateur
was a seven days wonder, but there
should be as many pious ordinations
of astonishment over Glenna's feat as
there we're over Jesss's.
Greer's Victory
Had there not been so much interest
manifested in the Collett Gavin match
Philadelphia would have paid closer at
tention to the victory that Marcus
Greer, Of Llanerch, won at the White
marsh Valley Country Club. Marcus
will have his name tatooed on the Clar.
ence II. Geist Cup, and all that he will
have 10 do to gain permanent posses
zion OF the trophy will be to win it
two more years.
Greer, who showed lot Of class in
the national amateur at Brookline, tied
for the medal with his clubmate, young
Johnny Beudle and the pair Of them
cantered through the field, and met in
the final round,
Neither was on his game, as a num-
Der Of boundary shots and n couple Of
damp ones in the creek showed, but
Greer WAS the better linisher in spite of
three "brdies" by Beadle. and won the
honor Of having his name engraved on
silver.
Not being selfish. Marky waived his
right to n match for the medal with
Beadle, and allowed his clubmate to
take IT,. That's the spirit. Llancrch
monopoliaed most Of the honors in the
tournament, anyway, and Greer gen
erously decided that they might as well
fT split up,