The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-04-19
CHICAGO GIRL
WILL BE BOBBY
JONES OF SEX
Maureen circuit Expected to
Surpass Canadian Champ,
Helen Payson
CANADA HAS sTANDBYs
England Has Greatest Woman
Golfer in Joyce Wethered
and Others
BY MARY K. BROWNE

Women's golf season of 1928 prom
lses to bring out some spirited COM
petition among our younger players.
Fighters with amazing speed, char
acteristic of the times, and are vieing
with each other for the leading role.
l class Glenna Collett among the
veteran golfers. She is not old in
The sense of actual years, but old in
golf experience. She has reached the
national goal twice and will doubt
less hold the title again before she
Is through, but each year finds the
yoing harder.
Mrs. Miriam Burns Horn Of Kan.
las City, the present titleholder, has
,nly an outside chance to defend sue
:essfully her national title of 1923.
She won her title as the result of a
brilliant short game, thought by OBJ
servers to be more Of a flash than
permanent asset. She is great
Fighter but not particularly great
,olfer.
Miss Virginia Van VIE of Chica-
20, who has just defeated Glenna
Collett at Pinehurst, is in my opin-
on Americas most promising young
.olfer. have chung to this convic-
ion for the past two years, during
which Virginia has made splendid
progress. She is a stylist and will
prove, / believe, to be the Bobby
ZONES" Of women's golf.
Must Battle Self
Her greatest handicap has been her
easy going and Indifferent attitude
toward winning. She is much like
G,enna; both lack that acme of con-
,entration and will-to-win spirit
which is so essential in this age of
keen competition. Bobby Jones
greatest battle was with himself, so
it is with Virginia Van Vie. They
both have naturally beautiful form.
consider Maureen Orcott the next
best possibility among the younger
Golfers, even though she has been
twice defeated by Helen Payson,
hsldcr of the Canadian title. Maureen
is younger and more versatile than
'iclcn Payson, though Helen is at
resent a far more dependable golfer.
Nfaureen reminds me of wild" Bill
''ehlhorn and Leo Diegel, who are
az. brilliant but unsteady perform
IS among men. They 60 crazy for
! round ar two, then fly higher than
olcnel Lindbergh on the next.
...arcen is the longest driver among
1, women of the world, but she sac
fees accuracy for distance, which
,..o.S not and never will work to her
advantage.
Pays0n Looks Good
Helen Payson of Portland, Me-, had
a very successful season in 1927 and
ill DO her share of "giant-killing"
uring the 1928 season, but ! do not
look to see Helen carry away the ma
tional title. Helen Payson deserves
great deal of credit, for she has
worked very hard at the game, an
alyziag the technique and practicing
hour after hour. If some of the
youngsters with more natural ability |
were better students of the game
and showed Helen's perseverance and
intelligence their games would make |
even greater progress.
Mrs. Pressler Of Los Angeles, |
present western champion, is q de-
tcrmincd, steady and businesslike
golfer, who has the ability to follow
through" to the top. Her weakness
lies, believe, in her tendency to un-
iarestimate the standard of women's
golf and to aim too low.
There are q host Of other young
golfers who show promise but are rs
yet too untried to consider for the
rational crown. Among them are
Marie Jenney Of New York, Helen
Lawson Of Los Angeles and Peggy
Wattles of Buffalo,.
Foreign Stars Strong
So much for home talent, which
must make q sufficient appropria-
ton for ammunition to defend sue.
:essfully against an ever probable
foreign invasion. Canada has the
standbys, Mrs. Fraser, former ma
tional champion and Ada Mackenzie.
many times Canadian champion, both
dangerous contenders. Canada also
has q coming youngster, Helen Pag-
get, who defeated Glenna Collett in
last years Canadian championship.
Overseas the golfing talent is so
strong that II England were to per-
suade the greatest woman golfer in
the world, Miss Joyce Wethered, to
come to America, I believe her game
is so much superior to any other golf
er that she could accomplish what no
other foreigner has ever accom-
plished-win our national title on her
''1 Miss s''e Cecil feitch. several times
British and French champion, q web
as Mile. Simone de Ia Chaume. Brit
ish and French champion, both failed
in their attempt to take our national
title.
The difficulties Of competing in q
foreign land are so many and varied
that the game Of the invaders must
be several notches higher than other
contestants to begin with in order to
allow for the inevitable fluctuation.
Miss Wethered Is in . class by her.
self, both on her record a. Z golfer
and her distaste for publicity, which
Is largely her reason for never hav-
Ing competed in America. She 10 our
great loss.