Show OLD GUARD IN SELECT CIRCLE Veteran Golfers A Again ain Perform In Style In Open Competition BY IW RAY HAY lct Special Correspondent ot of rho rhe St 1 Copyright 1926 l By Dy The Consoli Consoli- Consolidated Consolidated dated Press A Association NEW YORK Oct 2 The 2 Tho old od guard of ot golf colt Is holding holdin up very well this Ms season thank you TOil It has been a 0 disquieting year for tor defenders ot of o championships in va- va various va various Iou i-Iou rious lines of ot sport or but butIn butin butin In golf colt tho the oldsters seem to bo be moving alon along alone with their old Id grace antI and success Walter lIngen Is a case caso In In point True the tho Ha Rage Hac e Is comparativelY youn young in years but ho he Is la S A 1 sea sea- seasoned sea seasoned veteran ot of the Units links his latest achievement in tho th American pr professional cham cham- championship championship tor for the third year ear In stamps as one ot of the gancs ganc's iran cs c's er test 1 Bill lIll Tilden fel Ce Bobby Dobby Jones wits dethroned as amateur king kine Jack Dempsey got Glenna Collett was vas shunted to the sidelines the th other but day but Walter Harn came camo through But ut tho the lIege is not the only I of ot tho the niblick to reach the tho this cason Iea on Ito ne- Re Remember member 01 Sandy Herd the lardy hardy Sandy will ad- ad admit admit ad admit mit to being it OS S years old yet a afew afew few days ago aeo lie ho 10 had elm golf golt left lert to win in tho British h pro championship of at 1920 defeating among others such mini mini- uni universally younger oun golfers as Abe Abc Mitchell Archie Cumpston C Duncan George Georgo Gadd and Arthur Havers havens While mentioning Herd lIerd It might be well vell to add that this old tinier timer holds hohls the worlds world's record for making holes in on one Sandy has bas experienced this rare thrill no less legs eSs than 17 times and amid when ho bags hi his eighteenth hole hoi In one a number ot of his admirers ha have hae e promised cd him Line a IL gilt ot of a golden Colden putter And then there is MacDonald I J Smith Here Her Is the th greatest golfer that never won on a a cham charn- championship championship Last season Mac ga gathered hered a halt half dozen minor titles Thia season he h failed railed to win one I ot of these again but he carried off ott six other sectional championships And now for tor the woman golf golf- colt ers era The two finalists for tor the tho th na- na na national national championships played to- to today today to today day had bad both seen long Ion service on the links Mrs Henry G Stet Stet- Stet Stet- Stetson son of ot Philadelphia i is about 45 old although she sho appears younger and her ler opponent the title Mrs of ot Glenridge N J Is the 1 children And as It If there thero weren't w rant enouGh to provo prove that the th seasoned players are doing well In golf golt olt it must bu be cited that two grandmothers ono one on ono ot of o them over o 65 teed oft oct among the who sho tried for tor the th qualify qualify- ln Ing qualifyIng medal In tile the chom last Monday Mrs Ronald Bar Bar- Barlow Barlow Barlow low whose who daughter was playing In the same round and Mrs Mra Calc Caleb Fox were vero tho the pair pall over lh three threescore score mark maric to strive against the youngsters Mrs Fox failed failed- to qualify by byone byone bone one stroke which speaks highly for tor the quality of ot her Iler golf It Iso also was the tint first tin time she ho h has railed to make the tha grade crade rade although he has hrs played in nearly every enry championship since cine the tho event was inaugurated 31 11 years ears ago ago aco Besides Mrs Stetson end Ind Mrs Smith a 0 number of ot other exp experienced rl- rl players qualified for tor match play Among these W w-iro w N Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd holder ot of the th United States Slates national na title In 1909 1309 1310 1910 and 1924 and Mrs IL Arnold Jackson American champion In 1911 1 While these two were unable to como come through In the tho latter match rounds they showed they vere still capable able ot of holding their own with tb th bach back bachelor bachelor elor girl cirl athletes |