Caroline Fraser Manice
{{Short description|American golfer (1871–1929)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Caroline Fraser Manice
| image = CarolineFraserManice1901b.jpg
| alt = Formal portrait of a white woman in 1901, wearing a beaded gown, with flowers attached to the bodice.
| caption = Caroline Fraser Manice, from a 1901 publication
| birth_name = Caroline Fraser
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|6|10}}
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1929|1|11|1871|6|10}}
| death_place =
| nationality = American
| other_names = Mrs. E. A. Manice
| occupation = golfer
| years_active = 1898–1909
| known_for =
| notable_works =
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Caroline Fraser Manice (June 10, 1871 – January 11, 1929) was an American golfer.
Early life
Caroline Fraser was born in New York City, the daughter of William Andrew Fraser and Lena Appleton Fraser.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OG49AAAAYAAJ&q=Lena+Appleton+Fraser&pg=PA158|title=Biographical Record of the Class of Fifty-eight, Yale College|date=1897|publisher=The Class|pages=158|language=en}}
Career
File:CarolineFraserManice1901.jpg
Manice, a member of the Baltusrol Golf Club, was considered one of the top ten women golfers in the United States in 1901, with a strong long game and an orthodox full swing. She won the driving competition at Ardsley in 1898.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofsport00patt|quote=Manice.|title=The book of sport|last=Patten|first=William|date=1901|publisher=J. F. Taylor|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bookofsport00patt/page/34 34], 38|language=en}} She played several years at the U.S. Women's Amateur; in 1899 she was disqualified for taking advice from a caddie; in 1900 she was described as a "dark horse".{{Cite news|title=Champion Women Golfers|date=August 19, 1900|work=The New York Times|page=15}} In 1901, she lost in the semi-finals to the eventual champion, Genevieve Hecker.{{Cite journal|date=November 1, 1901|title=The American Women's Championship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmM6AQAAMAAJ&q=Mrs.+Manice+golf&pg=PA88|journal=Golf Illustrated|volume=10|pages=87–88}}{{Cite news|title=Women Play Close Golf|date=October 11, 1901|work=The New York Times|page=7}} She lost at the Nationals again in 1902.{{Cite news|title=Women Golf in the Rain|date=October 2, 1902|work=The New York Times|page=6}} She won the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association Championship at the Apawamis Club for three straight years, from 1902{{Cite news|title=Mrs. Manice is Champion|date=June 15, 1902|work=The New York Times|page=7}}{{Cite news|title=Mrs. Manice is Champion|date=June 19, 1904|work=The New York Times|page=9}} to 1904.{{Cite journal|date=July 10, 1903|title=Tee Shots|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=To4XAQAAMAAJ&q=Mrs.+Manice+golf&pg=PA24|journal=Golf Illustrated|volume=17|pages=24}}{{Cite journal|date=1905|title=Sporting Records: Golf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8MWAAAAYAAJ&q=Mrs.+Manice+golf&pg=PA190|journal=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac|pages=190}}{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb86AQAAMAAJ&q=Mrs.+Manice+golf&pg=PA675|title=Golf|date=1905|work=Collier's Self-Indexing Annual|access-date=July 8, 2019|page=676}} In 1902 she also won a championship in Florida.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33695968/caroline_fraser_manice_1902/|title=Mrs. E. A. Manice Wins Florida Golf Honors|date=March 5, 1902|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1904 she was president of the Women's Metropolitan Golf Association.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wmga.com/past-presidents/|title=Past Presidents|website=Women's Metropolitan Golf Association|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-09}}
Manice was also an amateur swimmer, sailor, and tennis player.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696198/caroline_fraser_manice_1903/|title=Untitled new item|date=February 7, 1903|work=Brooklyn Life|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} "'Sportswoman' is a term that does not appeal to me," she told a newspaper in 1904, "but it seems inevitable in these days, to describe the women to find health and rational enjoyment in open-air games."{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696309/caroline_fraser_manice_1904/|title=Mrs. Manice Gives View of Golf|date=May 9, 1904|work=The Berkshire Eagle|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1905, Manice experienced health problems described as "extreme nervousness," attributed to her golfing. She sailed to Europe for rest and recovery, and announced that she would never play golf again.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696051/caroline_fraser_manice_1905/|title=Mrs. Manice, Victim of Golf|date=September 9, 1905|work=The York Daily|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=4|via=Newspapers.com}} However, she played again in 1906{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696875/caroline_fraser_manice_1906/|title=Untitled news item|date=September 1, 1906|work=Brooklyn Life|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=22|via=Newspapers.com}} and in inter-city competition in 1909.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696768/caroline_fraser_manice_1909/|title=New York Golfers Win|date=June 12, 1909|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=10|via=Newspapers.com}}
Personal life
Caroline Fraser married stockbroker Edward Augustus Manice in 1891. Their daughter, Dorothy Jean, was born in 1892.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NY8xAQAAMAAJ&q=Caroline+Fraser+Manice&pg=PA630|title=Who's who in Finance, Banking and Insurance: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries|last=Leonard|first=John William|date=1911|publisher=Who's Who in Finance, Incorporated|pages=630|language=en}} In December 1905, Caroline Manice was injured in a fatal automobile accident in Flushing, New York.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33695753/car_accident_1905/|title=Several Receive Injuries|date=December 28, 1905|work=Hanford Kings County Sentinel|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33695839/caroline_fraser_manice_1905/|title=Killed in Auto Crash|date=December 25, 1905|work=The Morning News|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}}
Caroline Fraser Manice was widowed in 1925{{Cite news |date=July 28, 1925 |title=E. A. Manice, Once Resident Here, Dies South |page=9 |work=The Berkshire Eagle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696633/edward_a_manice_1925/ |access-date=July 9, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com}} and died at 57 in 1929.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33696524/caroline_fraser_manice_1929/|title=Mrs. E. A. Manice Dies in New York|date=January 12, 1929|work=The Berkshire Eagle|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1937, her daughter, Dorothy J. Manice,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33695620/dorothy_j_manice_1960/|title=Titleholders Set to Celebrate 21st Birthday|date=March 6, 1960|work=The Tennessean|access-date=July 9, 2019|page=51|via=Newspapers.com}} founded the Titleholders Championship, one of the early tournaments for women professional golfers in the United States.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Elufk6tsuOQC&q=Mrs.+Manice+golf&pg=PA73|title=The Golf Book of Days: Fascinating Golf Facts and Stories for Every Day of the Year|last=McCord|first=Robert|date=2002|publisher=Citadel Press|isbn=9780806523088|pages=73|language=en}}{{Cite news|title=Women in Sports|last=Orcutt|first=Maureen|date=March 23, 1947|work=The New York Times|page=S10}}
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Category:American female golfers
Category:Golfers from New York (state)