The sun., 1916-10-07
MISS STIRLING AND
MISS CAYERLY TO
PLAY FOR TITLE
Win Their Way to Final
Round in WOmen's National
Golf Championship.
ATLANTA GIRL BEATS
MRS. AUCHINCLOSS 3 UP

W pug ~ hAtst efN VI kfto
~omen's national golf championship on
the links Of tho Belmont Spring Country
Club to-day when Miss Mildred Caveriy
Of the Philadelphia Cricket Club and
Nss Alexa W. Stirling Of the Atlanta
Athletic Association were the victors in
The two seminal matches
Miss Caverly. 81 years Of age. beat
Mrs. Thomas Hucknall Of the Forest
I'LL Field Club In a runaway match by
up and 8 to play. and Miss Stirling.
who Ia Just 10. after playing the best
Golf Of the tourney. going out and piiing
M a lead Of four holes on Mrs. c. G..
Auchincloss OF the Piping Rock Club.
was carried to the home green In a thrill
Ag struggle and won by only 2 up.
Miss stirling Goes Oat In 20.
There was a stlr wine blowing when
play began this morning and no one ex-
pec'ed TO see any really good scoring.
They reckoned without little Miss Stir
ling. however. for the biggest gallery
Of he tourney saw her 20 out in 80
against Mrs. Auchincloss. and although
she did not do so well coming In. that 80
for the difficult first nine made under
such trying conditions completely over
Swallowed even the golf played by Mrs.
W. A. Gavin earlier In the week.
Miss Stirling lost no time In takinG
the lead. She won the first hole by rum
ming down a Ave foot putt for a 4. after
being outplayed up TO that moment
Mrs. Auchincloss missed a short one and
was | down. She never got back on
level terms.
Only another good putt. this time an
eight %footer, saved Miss Stirling on the
second hole. but she made the shot with
confidence and got a half In 4. Up the
hill to the third Miss Stirling again made
w for a poor second shot by holing a
6ificult putt, and as Mrs. Auchincloss.
after reaching the green with her Sec
ond. took three puts. the hole vas
haived In 8.
The man who Is supposed to know
more about the rules han any one else
in this country. NJ. Lewis Crosby Of the
executive committee Of the United States
Golf Association. took a hand In the game
: on the fourth. and nearly every one
thought that he slipped for once. When
Mrs. Auchincloss reached her ball after
den in a pile Of leaves made by 4 couple
~ workmen standing near by who had
been cndeavorinH to sweep on the fair
way. Oddly enough Miss Strings ball
was in a smaller pile on the other side
o. the course, but which had evidently
been made by tho wind n not by the
two sweeper. Mrs. Auchincloss wanted
20 drop her ball clear Of the leaves. hut
Mr.. Crosby. who was In charge Of the
match, ruled against her n she had TO
. play the ball from where II was. The
sho, fell short Of the green and Miss
Stirling won the hole In 5 to 8. becoming
: I'D. She had TO hole another four foot
putt to do It, however.
Little sostberner IL 3 Up.
The little NTH was easy for the South
srn champion. who made a 3. and in
creased her lead to 3 up. As has been
her rather undesirable custom all
through the tourney. she sliced her drive
into a trap on the sixth and lost the hole
when Mrs. Auchincloss holed a twelve
foot putt for a 4.
Down the hill to the seventh Miss
Stirling played perfect golf. while Mrs.
A~uchincloss dubbed along and had played
her hfth shot and missed the cup before
Miss Stirling was called upon to putt
,or her 4. The victory made the little
Sohtherner 3 up again and she increased
T. to I UP by nearly reaching the eighth
green with her second and then chipping
up so skilfully that her ball hit the flag
stiok and dropped near the hole. She
made the putt for a I.
After the ninth had been halved In 5
the two contestants and Mr.. Crosby held
a colloquy on the green which mystified
the gallery. 1t transpired later hat on
The eighth green Mrs. Auchincloss had
putted the two balls. which lay touching
each other and Miss Stirling. who was
away. lifted her opponents ball before
putting. Under the rules she had no
right to do 40. but should have waited
FOR Mrs, Auchincloss to pick up her W
ball. Realizing that fact. the little
Southern girl spoke to Mr.. Crosby while
they were playing the ninth and he there
fore had to tell Mrs. Auchincloss she had
Won the hole n she cared to claim II.
Mrs, Auchincloss Immediately refused
10 taxi advantage of the technicality and
insisted that the hole stand as played.
Mss Stirling therefore turned for home
! up and was out in 30 to ~ for Mrs.
Auch!nclossI
Great Golf By Mrs. Auchincloss.
With Miss Stirling playing such won
eerful golf It seemed a. though Mrs.
Auch!ncloss had no chance at all. but
little did the gallery know of what was
IN store. II Miss Stirling proved herself
great golfer by going out In 80. Mrs,
pfoNcu ueIScii ~ . Nooi anu
courageous as any woman who ever trod
The links by her magnificent struggle for
victory on the inward nine.
The tenth hole was halved in s, a
great chip shot helping Miss Stirling,
whose third had overrun the green, but
on tho eleventh she hooked out Of bounds
And eventually took 7 for the hole. los
ing II, as she deserved to. Both holed
good puts for a half in 4 on the twelfth,
Mrs. Auchincloss making the better one
IN a trying place. and on the thirteenth
smother hooked drive made Miss Stir
linss task a dificult one Mrs. Auchin-
Gloss played a weak second and each
mad a putt Of about four feet for a 4.
Miss Stirling, putting irst. hit the cup,
hut the ball jumped out. Then Mrs. Au-
ehincloss calmly holed her putt. won the
mole and was only 2 down..
Tho third hooked drive since the turn
took Miss Strings ball into q trap on
Vie fourteenth and she lost the hole.
Her big lead was reduced 10 a single
ho!e when the fifteenth began and the
gallery began to get excited. Miss STIR
Hns played the hole better. for Mrs. Au-
cnlncloss sliced her second into a trap.
eu, the latter was not TO be denied and
haiNed the hole In 6. Miss Stirling miss
tS a six foot putt for the win.
: Match u Declded.
Up 10 to-day the little six has been a
hlgbear 10 Miss Stirling. but she had to
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