The New York herald., 1922-09-18
ENGLISH ENTRANTS
IN GOLF CLASSIC
Mrs. w. A. Gavin to Play
From Huntercombe in Ma
tional Championship.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.


While the victory Of Mrs. W. A. Gavin
over Miss Alexa Stirling In the final
of the Canadian women's golf champion
ship may not have been a very pleasing
morsel for admirers OF the Atlanta star
to swallow 1t nevertheless adds q very
desirable tang to the forthcoming strug-
gle for the national honors at White
Sulphur Springs. w. Va. 1t inJects
into that event not only an added ele-
meht OF uncertainty but actually q rich
flavor OF international competition mas
much as Mrs. Gavin comes on to the
championship this time not as the rep
resentative Of an American Club but as
an entrant from the Huntercombe Club
of England. Last year. when she parti-
cipated In the national title tourney at
Hollywood. Mrs. Gavin was a member
OF the Belleclaire Golf and Country
Club of BaysIde. She resigned from
that organization early this year.
10 say that Mrs. Gavin's victory over
Miss Stirling In the Canadian final on
Saturday was shock is not overstat-
ing It. Golfers now are wondering
whether Mrs. Gavin's game has improved
with her years residence abroad or
whether the game of Miss Stirling has
slipped little. On the face OF It It
would appear as If the toning up which
Mrs. Gavins play has received on the
wind swept course Of Great Britain is
responsible for the reverse suffered by
Miss Stirling in Canada. Certainly the
latter showed no decided signs Of hav-
ing gone very back when she won the
metropolitan championship at Morris
county earlier in the year.
In addition to Mrs. Gavin from the
It'll. xs,fIl l.A IN
the meet at White Sulphur Miss Edith
Leitch, sister OF the former British
champion, Miss Cecil Leitch. The lat
ter, it is expected. will be in the party
from overseas but will not play.
Miss G. Leitch I'm Gallery.
Miss Leitch, it may be reialled. in
jured her arm in her last match In this
country last year and for a time after
her return home had to abstain from
golf. She started play again this year
and went as far as the final OF the
British championship, at whiih point
she lost TO Miss Joyce Wethered. Evi-
IDENTIFY in that tournament Miss Leitch
aggravated the injury to her arm. for
she has not played since. Nor Is 1t at
all likely that she will swing a club
again this year.
A very fine field the two English rep
rcsentatives will have to face, for. since
Hollywood, American womens golf has
come a long way forward. Miss Glenna
Collett of Providence has improved
greatly since then, while there seems to
be no comparison between the present
form of Miss Edith Cummings and last
years play of the Chicago girl. Judging
by recent performances Miss Cummings
Is to be one Of the leading favorites at
White Sulphur.
Miss Cummings is entered from On
wentsia. Not that this matters much.
But considering her change Of allegiance
to westbrook, which enabled her to COM
pete in the Eastern championship. 1t
might have been thought that Miss Cum
mings would have represented the Long
Island club in this years championship.
Possibly the mention of Onwentsia on
the list of pairings in connection with
the name Of Miss Cummings has been
made only through an oversight on the
part Of those who have made UP the
list
The reverse sustained In the Canadian
championship will steel Miss Stirling In
the American title event Now the At
lonta girl has two scores to settle. one
with Mrs. Gavin, the other with Miss
Marion Hollins who defeated her in last
years final at Hollywood.
Miss Hollins will defend the honors
which she so brilliantly won last fall.
1t Is also pleasing to note that Mrs.
Quentin Feitner has decided to have an
other try for the title. This player is
ont of the most attractive golfers in
the game from tee to green. And quite
possibly she will have something TO
show the other contestants this year on
tile ground adjacent 10 the cup.