Mildred Caverly

Mildred Caverly
A smiling white woman in mid golf swing, wearing a long striped skirt and matching jacket
Mildred Caverly, from a 1917 issue of Vanity Fair
Born
Mildred Irving Caverly

(1893-11-25)November 25, 1893
Washington, D.C., U.S.
DiedJune 12, 1985(1985-06-12) (aged 91)
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Other namesMildred Caverly Marshall
OccupationGolfer

Mildred Irving Caverly Marshall (November 25, 1893 – June 12, 1985) was an American amateur golfer. She won the Philadelphia city championship in 1916 and 1918, and was runner-up at the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1916, losing to Alexa Stirling.

Early life and education

Caverly was born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Philadelphia, the daughter of Robert B. Caverly and Mary Vesta Cutler Caverly.[1]

Career

Caverly was a member of the Philadelphia Cricket Club and the Philadelphia Country Club. She won women's tournaments at Shawnee in Pennsylvania and at Ekwanok Country Club in Vermont in 1913.[2][3] She won the Philadelphia city championship in 1916 and 1918,[4][5][6] and was runner-up at the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1916, losing to Alexa Stirling.[7][8][9] She traveled to Ireland in 1920,[10] and was the medalist in the British Ladies Amateur.[11] Her letters home from this trip were compiled and published as A Young American Golfer in the British Championship.[1] She competed for the Berthellyn Cup at Huntingdon Valley Country Club in 1921.[12]

Personal life

Caverly married mining engineer Edward Everett Marshall in 1922, as his second wife. Her husband died in 1946, and she died in 1985, at the age of 91, in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania.[11] Her son Ed Marshall was president of the Golf Association of Philadelphia in the 1960s, and served on the executive committee of the United States Golf Association.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Emory, Pamela (June 28, 1998). "For them, love of the game is really a family heirloom". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 50. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Eastern Pennsylvania Notes". The American Golfer. 10 (4): 381, 383. August 1913.
  3. ^ "New England Notes". The American Golfer. 10 (5): 475, 478, 479. September 1913.
  4. ^ "Miss Caverly Gets Title; Captures Philadelphia Women's Golf Championship Handily". The New York Times. May 27, 1916. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Spalding's Official Golf Guide. American Sports Publishing Company. 1924. p. 126.
  6. ^ "Favorites Win Golf Tourney; Mrs. Barlow, Mrs. Stetson, Mrs. Fox and Miss Caverly the Victors". Evening Public Ledger. June 5, 1918. p. 15. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Strong, R. H. (November 1916). "Women's National Championship". Golfers Magazine. Vol. 29, no. 5. pp. 11–17.
  8. ^ "Getting Up Form in the Sunshine". Vanity Fair. April 1917. p. 78.
  9. ^ McGuiness, D. J. (October 4, 1916). "Upsets in the Women's Golf Championship". The Boston Globe. p. 6. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Lewis, Perry (February 26, 1920). "Local Women after British Golf Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 14. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b "Mildred Caverly Marshall, 91, former area golfing champion". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 18, 1985. p. 22. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Miss Collett Wins Hard Golf Match; Providence Girl Defeats Miss Mildred Caverly in Berthellyn Cup Play". New York Herald. October 14, 1921. p. 14. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.