GOLFER’S DOUBLE

Evening Star, Issue 22516, 8 December 1936, Page 4

GOLFER’S DOUBLE

TWO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS SUCCESSES OF HISS BARTON A iittle over two years ago . Miss Pam Barton’s name was unknown in golfing circles, says an English critic. Now, wherever the game is played, enthusiasts are discussing her latest triumph—the winning of the American ladies’ championship. Such a rapid rise to the front rank is almost without parallel in recent years, and certainly no one deserves success more than she does. She has emulated the example of Airs Hurd, who, as Aliss Dorothy Campbell, won both the British and the American titles in 1909. The only other British golfer who has been American champion is Mrs Temple Dobell. The latter, who was before her marriage Miss Gladys Ravenscroft, was succeesful in 1913. Twenty-three years have gone by before another British lady golfer could capture the second most coveted title in feminine golf) It is indeed very rare for one golfer to win the amateur championships of Great Britain and America in one year. Those who have accomplished this wonderful feat in the past had been prominent before. They had gained much experience and been among the leaders for years—among the nien H. H. Hilton, R. T. Jones, and Lawson Little' can bo cited. Each in his time was really outstanding. - Now little Aliss Barton, only 19 years of age, has . placed herself among that small, select band of notables, and has given us further welcome consolation for the defeats of our international teams. It is surely a sign that, indidividually, British amateur golfers are becoming players of first-class importance, when first Jack APLean reaches the final of the men’s event, and then Mi ss Barton goes one better and carries off the ladies’.

These performances are distinctly encouraging and should spur on all those who have the ability but who do not often produce it when required. They also jolt, the long-established American supremacy, and will make the authorities in the United States search for new talent.