| Show Virginia Van Wie Seen As Truly Great Golfer Great Victory in U. U S. S Tourney Places Paces Title Holder in ill Class Cines by Herself Shatters Par by Tremendous Margin By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO Sept 4 By By winning her second straight national championship cham chain against the strongest field of women golfers goIters in the world Virginia Vir Via ginia Van Wie year old Chicago girl Is the weeks week's v eks ek's outstanding athletic ath I l letic figure She not only won the U. U S. S S women's I golf title for the second year in succession suc suc- cession but she put on one of the most stirring fin finishes hes in golf goIt history In defeating Helen Hicks Inwood N. N i Y 4 and 3 3 in the hole 36 final at Exmoor Country club From the second green to the tee lee Miss Van Wie was never ahead From 4 down on the she battled I her way to 4 up on the green i In retaining her laurels Miss Mis Van VanWie Wie st staked a strong claim to the title titIe of the worlds greatest wom woman n golf golf- I er Joyce Wethered of England formerly for merly mealy held that title but now is classed as a professional because of her connection with a London sporting sport ing goods com company pan Enid Wilson British champion for forthe forthe forthe the p past t three years ears came carne to Exmoor hailed in many quarters as the rightful rightful right right- ful successor to Joyce Wethered as the peer of women golfers goiters She won the qualifying medal with witha a record breaking 76 lowest score ever made in the qualifying round of the national championship and breezed through her first three matches Then she met Miss Van Wie the American titleholder in hi the hole 18 semifinal round and she was overwhelmed overwhelmed over over- whelmed under a crushing 6 and 5 i score After her victory over the eccentric English ch champion M Mis V Van n Vie Wie then disposed of Mis Hick th the 19 lOst 1 Amerlean Amer Amer- lean champion in lh th th Ad Ad- Mackenzie r Md ld d previously been eliminated in the f first round bv by another r contender Last year Miss Van lie triumphed over Mrs Glenna Collett Vare five C times U. U S. S champion in the final finn 1 of the national championship 10 Thus in the past two years Miss S SVan Van Wie VIe has beaten directly or indirectly in iii I- I directly two U. U S. S champions the English En Er L glish gUsh champion and the Canadian a champion No other current golfer golfe a ahas has a record to equal this As a child Miss Mw Van Wie Win was a l tomboy preferring to play with boys boy S rather than with girls On her tenth tent Ii birthday she received a big league C baseball a catchers catcher's mask and a football football foot L- L ball baU from Santa Claus Glaus preferring these masculine playthings to dolls doth candy and pink hair ribbons She played tennis basketball an and d showed natural ability for all sports sport The They tell a a. story about her playing b quarterback on a kids' kids football team tear a and playing her position a. a as well a 3 as 5 the boys did theirs At 12 she began playing golf I in n Florida because she had seen her he father play and thought she could coul master the game gamer At 16 she won th the western junior championship At 1 17 she beat the then Glenna Collett national na ni I- I champion in the finals of th the C Florida Florid east cast coast championship She C played in her first national championship cham chars r In 1925 and in 1928 was beaten beat bea 4 en in the final by Glenna Collett 13 In 1930 she against lost t to Miss Collett in 1st the final G 6 and 5 5 For the third time in 1931 Miss Co Collett Col Col- lett eliminated her this time in th the e semifinals 2 up Last year sh she C wiped out all nIl those defeats at nt th the e hands of Miss Collett by defeating eg g the present Mrs Vare 10 |
