| Show X A Professional Profession l Golf Matches In Florida TOURNEY FOR WOMEN OPENS NEXT MONDAY Florida New Mecca For All Phases Of Sport Sy immers Compete By Ib- IS It ISY ItY Y Y YI I M CARTHY C Special 1 orr Correspondent of rho rhe L L ll r 1925 b The doled dated Press Preas Association As oi R D Fla Feb 14 O F gol golf ha has han not progressed 10 lo the he point where here a gol golf C league can be made mado a paving proposition The made In florida this winter has pro proved d a distinct tall tail fail failure ure pia plains els of ot the alibI ot of alter aller Hagen C alN V Gene Tommi Armour Leo Die Die- Diegel Die Kel gel el Bobb Bobbi cud Johnn r I ai rell Colored tn 1 a pro pro- pro I cull rs Ia Jiao 0 gon gone from bad lo to worse ors and It seems that the Clot ndel on th the the Idea luca was as as to 10 hae man man two teams team the ous rl- rl otis ouo I 1 loi Ida I and pla pia plat I lee eg- eg scheduled matches Just leg leg-I as baseball Iu leagus do doAt At first l the thc of oC the cus- cus cus 1 lom lomers ran high but lately the tho no of tho thu regular appear appear- appearances ances anees of or start star has orn orn oft and the have ilae fallen off ocr n I he professionals are seriously I disturbed OHr the turn hao taken as aa it II Indicates that E matches duet chic I of or are arc being b il g or oer- o er G enthusiasts Ila ha e e become BUI UI telle felted with C mitch h at which bleh w admission admission sion prices are r t 1 l Kh DLE J Lr s Vilh the Palm women a championship tournament ached scheduled to Mart at the AmerIcan American Amer- Amer Ican l Hi iu the counti over are rl ea awaiting a the ap appearance 1 of or Glenn Mrs Doroth Campbell HUI d Mas lIIs nice Bel- Bel nice all V SUs D Dorothy rothy Irs Sallie Sterett Mrs Irs H Ft Jackson and other oilier r I American stai stalO s In tn the first bl big bis I southern tournament of ot 1925 1926 I Miss lIss Collett the tho PI Pio 0 Idene Ih gut I IloU loU golf wonder onder has been polishing II I up her ber game In tn preparation for foran foran foran an In aslon of England net bhe Site has been traIning netI I under the keen oen ce ca C e of Walter Hagen 1 at and it will vIll b bol I Interesting to note how fai Cal she sho ho hohas ihas has ha progressed ed when she arries at aL Palm Beach The same all all- allstar star all star l field ld of women pia placers ers wIll III compete In the Ormond Beach st LeL Coast championship March 6 6 1 Gertude Ederic Edrie and Helen Helen Wainwright aIO right h two 0 of ot our greatest American women omen swimmers HelenI oar oar- lowly nar-lowly I 10 Iy escaped belr g lost in the port In which they e excel cactI Thy Th on the elge of or being kid kid- kid I reaped raped b the tho game of ot golf but the decided to stick to 10 swim swim- S swimming I minI ming ca c In the face race of expert opInion that thai the thc had bad it In them to stand among the Iho national lead lead- leaders leaders ers on the links Sporting tollo followers era know no ho lio Miss Mary Ero Browne ne up runner-up lii In Inthe inthe the omen w omens s national golf golt burn burn- tournament tournament ament at Plo last ear was as weaned from froni law la lawn lan n tennis tennis nd nd rumors aro are plentiful that I Helen t Wills Ills the natIonal and internatIonal champion ot or the courts Is thinking o of takIng up tourne play In golf Just Ju t hollIss how ho Miss and Miss Ed rIa were ere lured to the links Is a Etory stor ator told this week eel In St 81 Sl Augustine when the two stars el e pet pel forming thrilling In the tho various arlous e dents ent of ot the tho national women w omens s a Indoor swim swim- 5 swimming ming championships The rhe rh I two 0 girls by Mr Mrs Charlotte Charlolle Epstein coach of the tho New hew York omens Women s Swim Swim- Swimming Im ming association were In Ber Ber- Bermuda Ber- Ber Bermuda Bermuda muda where here a series of or exhibition tion s swimming Imming meets were ere draw draw- draIn drawing draw drawing In ing to 10 a conclusion In Iii the sum sum- sum summer mer flier of ot 1922 John MacDonald architect ot of othe the Ocean Inter cours which was as then nearing completion happen happen- happened otI I ed id to have an off oct day on the oc- oc occasion occasion oc occasion casion of ot one of or these exhibitions at Hamilton and he e droe ovet ovel to to the tho famous fous oung woolen omen ABILITY J toI I So cd was as ho 10 by Ly the strength and tural n athletic ability of or the girls that he lie In- In In in lied them to come our o to 10 the Ocean Inter link links tor for a game jame ot of I otI golf how ow ow neither 11 1 MIss MIas aIn aln Waln or 11 1 Miss las had ever I pia ed the game but they vel e willing to U Iry and ae- ae aeI accepted ac accepted the thc In ImitatIon Im Hall nation One game I eloped Into Imo several saral ae ral and Mac Mac- Mac 1 onald was as wa ama ama- ania p cl at the rap rap- rap rapidity which the oung swim swim- 1 swimmers mers mera picked up the Iho game The rhe had hd natural rh and S suing SIng Ing and made mado In all de- de de departments Becoming gr In- In Interested interested In Interested Ih cs they played tIer Hr da the they the were sere In Bermuda and nd although J could drIve a 0 a long ball not many da elapsed before both of the tIe girls 1 ele out him MacDonald pleaded with lIh the tho thoI I girls to abandon swimming and take up golf prophesying that both bOlh could bo be Ie del HI eloped Into champion pia ers within liMn a ear er And perhaps the girls might have to his haul had It 11 not been foi fot Mrs Irs Epstein theIr oa oah h hI I pointed out jo to them said ald Mrs Epstein that the muscle de eloped In s and gol golf were ere ly different It also was as aa made clear that the Ibe were taking a great risk In tn abandoning a sport In v which they were pre pre- pre eminent and taking up another In which at best their chance ot of attaining national calibre were Wro In the tho end the girls d to etick to their lat last Of Ot cour ed with a snub smile it If Helen Vain Waln-w Waln I us right succeeds succeed In an across English channel ne tl summer I 11 It let It her go so In for forI I golf golt It hr sh Ih and s-and and give her hermy hermy my illY too loo 1 |
