Show SMITH LEADS US UIS UI S VETS INGOLF IN INGOLF INGOLF GOLF CLASSICS Old Timers Continue Continuo to Show Form Mrs frs Irs Hurd Huid Is Outstanding ny fly HAY Y MCCARTHY SI lal Correspondent On ot of The Tho SIAn Copyright 1927 1027 by Consolidated press Association ST Cr T AUGUSTINE Fla Pta Feb 5 t- t 5 Credit one on more record to tolf that golf that for tor longevity of ot those playing the game came and more mor re- re remarkable remarkable re of these thee durable ono ones showing Improvement as they thoy go along In no other sport can a player endure as a long lone and be b as a good tood or even better after years yc year and years yean ot of activity A check up chec up reveals players player who have havo been ot at t it for lG 15 years year 20 10 90 and 40 years year and andare andare ere are still ionic strong tronc Foremost among this thi amazing clan Is an American woman and nn an Englishman They are Mrs Irs Caleb F Fox of Philadelphia who Is over the th year 60 mark and Is still Mill playing the game Kame and Alex SanelY Sandy Herd who la Is very Iose to GO CO Sirs drs rs Fox a a grandmother has been dabbling In golf colt for tor nore than SO 50 years while Herd has ha ha been chasing tho the little white ball bail for nigh nith on 40 seasons LONG CAREER C Our own Alex Smith N New w York ork professional can claim more mor than 30 years of ot trudging over tM the links while others of o way ay back who are still able ablo to swing twin a a club with force and precision are Harry Vardon Jimmy Braid J H II Tay- Tay Tay-lor Tay the lor-the the triumvirate that has ac- ac accounted accounted ac accounted counted for 16 It British open cham cham- championships Fred McLeod Dill Bill Fownes II n Chandler Egan Eran Find Find- Findley Find ley Icy ley S Douglas and Mr Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Mrs Mr non Ronald aid II If Barlow Darlow It Is noteworthy that the three women mentioned have made their residence In phal phal phai most of ot their lives live Sandy Herd has won the British title only once one but he h has many other claims to dIstinction besIdes the tact fact that he Is probably ably the oldest champion In the tho sport At present Sandy W Is I the British professional title hol holder holer er But he be h Is the worlds world's ace oco ac when It comes to making aces No No- No less than 17 times time in his hi career has herb flopped lopped his hi tee slot shot Into the tho cup He lie i is the tho th undisputed president president president dent of ot the one Hole club And when hen ben Sandy San iy makes his hi eight eighteenth ace ece he lIe will receive from ad- ad admirers ad admirers a gold cold putter putter-a putter a fitting re- re reward reward re reward ward TAKE TITLE Of ot the tho group mentioned the honor of ot being the tho first to attain the heights must go to to Taylor Talor who 33 years ago In aro In won 1894 1194 the British open for the first time Ho He repeated the next year and won again in 1900 1100 1909 1003 and 1913 There was a gap tap ot of 19 years year car be- be between between be between tween his first and last British championships championship Mrs Hurd I comes next In this lt 11 She Sh first wo we Ameri Amen American American can national title In 1909 as well ell as the British crown If 16 years year later In 1924 4 her Game came was still good gh eno to win her the tho honor again when she defeated Miss Mary olary I K Browne Brown In the final She Is the tho only woman who has ever held both the th American and hrit- hrit Brit British ish title titles UlIes In 1910 1110 she ho success success- successfully successfully successfully fully defended her United States Slates laurels and the next year ear she went abroad and captured the tho British diadem again Mrs Mra Fox began becan to figure prom prom- prominently prominently In golf golt back in iii 1899 1119 when she was a a finalist for the th Ameri Ameri- American American can championship losing out to Miss Ruth nuth Underhill Sho She has been Philadelphia champion five times Mrs Mr Barlow Darlow who was wa run run- run up ner-up to Hurd for Cor the United state States title in 1909 1101 has hns been eastern champion six Ix lx times until Glenna Collett flashed across the golf olt horizon and has ha held the Ph Philadelphia title seven even times Mrs Mr Hurd at present Is la groom groom- grooming Inc Ing herself herselt for tor the Florida east coast tournament to be bo played at St Augustine the tho first week In March In this competition she will find among her rivals rival several of the best girl tirl golfers in the th land headed by Virginia Virginia Van Wie the year old 17 old Chicago lass who will defend her title Alex Smith stands stand eminent pro pre among the th American veterans In Inthe Inthe the Spanish war days ln day in 98 this master matter was wa up runner-up for tor the national championship ch and failed again In the th final of 1901 1101 But In 1905 he h crashed through winning a 8 tot total l of ot 25 strokes the th first firstman man to win this thi title with an sn ago ag- aggregate c under for tor 72 holes lIe won again the th next year an and at various times time has been supreme In the tho th metropolitan and western open events event Like old wine wino as a has bas ha been said aid aido so o often golfers goiters seem cm to Improve with age ce |