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...Rhode Island Country Club links at Providence, R. I. Eyebrows went up when she eliminated Louise Fordyce, Ohio State champion, in the second round. Eyebrows went higher, exclamations were heard, when she entered the semi-finals at the expense of Bernice Wall, of Oshkosh, Wis. When she carried Glenna Collett, ex-champion, to the 18th hole, squared her match with a deadly spoon-shot through trees, won at the 19th with a 15-foot caromed (lucky) putt, then jaws dropped, gasps were heard, tongues wagged long and loud. Such prowess in a comparative novice was unheard of. In the final...
...Providence, R. I., the national women's championship was put in motion. Edith Cummings was off the tee early for her qualifying round. Her most dangerous competitors were Champion Glenna Collett (1922 and 1923) and Champion Marion Hollins (1921) of Providence and Manhattan, respectively. Her most interesting competitor was Mary K. Browne of California, national tennis champion of 1912, 1913, 1914, now an able linkswoman...
...Glenna Collett, playing her home course, broke the National Tournament's qualifying-round record with 79 strokes...
Than Alexa Stirling there is no finer mistress of golfing style in this country. Glenna, masculine of wrist, short of swing, comes next. Edith's game, while steady and dependable, is more loosely constructed than theirs, but she makes up the difference in temperament. Like brother Dexter, the intercollegiate champion, she is bursting with boyish energy and spirit. Her interests are not confined to golf alone...
...Like Glenna Collett, pensive golfer, Helen masks her competitive ardors with a sphinxlike countenance. Sport writers have dubbed her "Poker Face." Also like Glenna, she has the wrist and forearm of a strongish...