Evening star., 1935-04-03
Joyce WETHERED
TO INVADE JUNE Q
Armour Calls British Girl
Best SHOEMAKER, Man or
Woman, in World.
BY w. II. McCALLUM.

Joyce WETHERED, the English
girl whom Bobby Jones ac-
claims as the finest golfer in
the world" and the only player
Of his knowledge who never looks as
If she can miss golf shot, is going
to appear here on Sunday, June 9, in
an exhibition match at the Columbia
Country Club.
Definite arrangements for the match
were being completed today by Martin
r. West Columbia golf chairman, as
details of the tour to be made by Miss
wethered in her first American ap-
pearance were being cleared up by her
managers in Philadelphia. Miss Weth-
ered's appearance here will come only
a little more than week after Sne
lands in the United States. She never
has played in this country. although
she swept every woman's golf event in
Britain before her in the years be-
tween 1928 and 1881, when she re-
tired from competition.
The girl from England is due TO
sail for this country on the Berengarla
on MAY %. to arrive at New York on
Nav %. She will play some matches
around New York during the following
week. The contract for her appear
ance here Is to be signed in day
or two.
With Miss Wethered will appear
Fred Mcleod, Columbia pro, and Ro-
land Mackenzie, Congressional pro.
Negotiations for the appearance OF
Glenna Collett Ware, the Philadelphia
matron, who lost to Miss Wethered IN
the final of the British Woman's cham
pionship of 1880, now are in progress.
If Mrs. Ware cannot come here TO
play, her place will be taken by some
other American top-notch player, pos
sibly Maureen Orcutt.
Works for Golf Concern.
ZONE time before the redoubtable
Joyce lands on American soil the
inevitable build-up will start, Tor
she now works for British golf con-
Germ which sells an extensive line OF
equipment in this country. But over
and above the commercial ballyhoo
which always accompanies tour OF
this kind, the girl must be real shot
maker, to Judge by the unsolicited
comments of those who have played
with her and admired her style and
her methods.
Sandy Armour, erstwhile Congress
sional pro, always insisted that Miss
wethered. in his opinion. was the
finest golfer he ever had seen, man
or woman.
With the natural limitations of
any female golfer as to distance"
Sandy said, II think she is the finest
SHOEMAKER in the world today. And
she isn't so short from the tee. either.
I have seen her many times play
the leading British courses in IS and
better"
Even Bob Jones. who isn't given to
airy flights of rhetoric in describing
a golfer, conceded under his own sig
nature in a magazine yarn that Miss
Wethered has more on the ball than
any woman he ever has seen hit a
golf shot. "She not only doesn't miss
a shot" Bob said, but she doesn't
look as II she ever would miss one"
Tall and 1.-THE, and a smooth
swinger, the Wethered girl dominated
British feminine golf for many years,
winning every tournament she entered
until her retirement in 1929. She
came out of retirement in 1880 to
aid in repulsing the formidable Amer
ican invasion of that year. whipping
Glnrno rn1lnft in the final round
after Glenna had piled up a six-hole
lead. She must be everything they
say she Is In golf way.