Show New Triumvirate v Ira te L Listed is ted In Go Golf if Pl Play Picky y By RAY MCARTHY Special Correspondent of The Standard Examiner Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association T AUGUSTINE AUGUSTNE Fla Feb Fob 26 ST S 3 A A new and powerful triumvirate triumvirate is forcing its way way to the front in women's golf It is head head- headed headed ed by Miss Glenna Collett who In the last five years has cap cap- captured captured tuned the American title twice and has been awarded number one ranking almost continuously since 1922 Its Its other members are Miss Maureen Orcutt of o Englewood N NJ J and Miss Virginia VanWie ot of Chicago For 15 IS years or so the out outstanding standing figures in women's golf were Miss Alexa Stirling now Mra Fraser o of Ottawa Canada Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd or of Philadelphia and Mrs William A Gavin ot of England and Bayshore Long Island Alexa Stirling was wasa wasa wasa a prominent figure up to two years ago being up runner-up for forthe forthe forthe the crown in 1921 1923 and 1925 after being champion In 1916 1919 and 1920 But Dut she has with with- withdrawn withdrawn drawn from the active grind as has Mrs Gavin Ot Of the old tn tri trl triumvirate only Mrs Hurd still still Is In active competition Miss Orcutt is only 19 years old but already she gives prom prom- promIse promise ise iso of ot taking rank with the the great greatest est goiters golfers of o her ber sex She now holds the Metropolitan and New titles Miss Orcutt hits G a terrific tee shot shot obtaining almost the die dis distance tance of ot some professionals and andIs andIs andIs Is a bold player always shoot shooting ing lag for the cup She is a tine fine putter and In la Iron play she can hold her own with any other woman golfer goiter I OF ATHLETIC TYPE The New Jersey girl Is o of the athletic type having played base base- baseball baseball baseball ball and basketball at New York university She also swims and rides She Is Improving her golf game each season and during a match last season she had Glenna Collett four tour up and six to go only to lose out on the eighteenth green Miss Van Vile Wie was the sensa sensa- sensation sensation sensa- sensa sensation tion of southern golf golt last season when hen she won both the Florida state title at Palm Beach and the East Coast championship at St Augustine She seemed destined to win national recognition during the summer but on her trip north she was Induced by a profession profession- professional al at to change her swing and with the change she tell fell off ott in her game I IThe The Chicago lass now Is hit hitting ting in her original style again and getting as tine fine distance as ever before Her Iron play Is not equalled by any woman player for tor forshe she cracks these shots with the tho crispness of of a pro ro Miss Van Vile Vie will arrive here arrive arrive here next Tuesday to commence commence commence- her defense of ot the East Coast cham cham- championship championship an nn honor she sire won a year ago by defeating Glenna Col Collett lett In fn an extra hole final And among her opponents will be Miss Orcutt as well as Mrs Hurd the tho thelast thelast last survivor of o the old school The duel between Miss Van VanWie Wits And Miss Orcutt should of oter ter fer an Inter Interesting comparison of their respective styles When It comes to golf golt style Miss Orcutt tops her young contemporary but butI I of Miss Van Wies Wie's some some- somewhat I what unorthodox methods she Is Isable able to hold her own with the best in the game HELD TWO TITLES Another high light of the title tiLle tournament over the tho local links the coming week will be the showing showing Of o Mrs Hurd 1 against tIre the th two budding stars The Philadel- Philadel who Is the only woman oman ever to hold both the American and British championships Is now playing In her best form Only Onla a few days dl's ago she broke Miss Van Yan Vies Wies course record at at Orm Ormand Ormond and ond Beach neach taking an excellent 78 against the old mark of o 79 19 The East Coast classic the win win- winner winner ner of ot which will also gain a leg legon legon leson on the tho Mrs W R Kenan Jr trophy has an entry list that vies vie's vies with an any national ever played Miss Collett alone of o the top is missing Besides th the Misses Orcutt and Van Wie and Mrs Hurd the starting array In- In In Includes eludes the following Mrs If H HAustin Austin Pardue the former Dor Don Dorothy othy Klotz newly crowned FlorIda Flor Florida ida champion Louise Branch an- an another an another other young star from froni Richmond Va and old cM school chum of ot Edith Cummings Mrs Stewart Hanley of Detroit runner up tor for the Canadian Ca Canadian nadian title a year ago Miss Den Der- Dernice nice Ber-nice nice Wall Vall former Wisconsin state champion Mrs J Anderson met metropolitan expert and Fritzle Fritzie h o of Wheeling W VT Va |