The sun., 1916-10-08
RECORD GOLF
GIVES TITLE TO
MISS STIR
Atlanta Girl Displays Re-
markablc Game. I)cfeut-
ing Miss C'aycrly , and l..
GAINS TOP \
COVERING COURSE IN 80

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HcsroN. oct Mics Alcxa " STIR.
hhs ~ Atianta. Ga, a little girl w,in
doc not even look tho nineteen Years
which must have passed lightly over her
LEAD is the woman golf champion Of The
United States. She won the title to-
gay by defeating Miss Mildred Caverly
IN Philadelphia by 2 up and I to play
on the links Of the Belmont Spring
Country Club.
II was a well deserved triumph tina,
Miss Stirling gained. When the mattel,
ended on the seventeenth green she had
a. Tor an So. u 'ieurr that never has
been approached before in the history
o. women's golf in the United states.
n, To Miss Caverly belongs a full share
q the credit, for II was hcr fine golf
That forced the nov champion (, play
~ well. The young Philadelphia giri
was a worth. runncr-up. She had AN
~ and carried the fight far enough to
cause even Miss Strings most devoted
@dh.rents to wonder whether the
ipatch was 10 be LIST after all.
Leading Woman Golfer.
1'By her victory Miss Stirling no, only
~on the national title but she estab-
Vshed herself AS the best woman golfer
81 the year. with none to dispute her
claim. Last years champion, Mrs.
Clarence n. Vanderbeck. did Mt defend
her crown in the tourney jue ended.
but she did play IN the Bertheilyn cup
tourney at Huntington Valley a fort
night ago. In tn. final round she met
aud was conquered 10y Miss stirling. who
Won by I. and 1. after being 3 down at
the tenth.
Sunny skies welcomed the fnalis's
Ghd the Judgment ~ the metropolitan
women golfers who asked that the date
for the tourney he changed from the
middle OF September to this week was
R'oriously indicated. Mrs Stirling an
pearcd fret and after n short wait for
Mas Ca,erly the big match got under
way. followed by a gallery OF about
1.500 persons.
From the start IL was "A great match.
although It soon became evident to the
critical observers that Miss stirling was
playing the sounder golf. Miss Caver-
ly's Kaine WIS inclined TO be erratIic and
several rather Indifferent shots were for
esnate enough to escape punishment.
hampton Always steady.
Miss Stirling at no point in the match
lost her hrm grip upon herself. She
made a poor shot now and then. Her
worst played hole Was at the short sec
Ond, but she never followed up a bad
shot with another poor one. And the
golfer. man or woman. who never does
tina, is a golfer through and through.
Miss Caverly led for only two holes
during the entire match. She won the
An.l,u hnn,,t1 80. md t,1A
her lead by halving the third. but after
tha, Miss stirling was ahead or the
match was all square.
AT the turn Miss stirling was | up
aud AT the eleventh had increased her
had TO 3 up. Then Miss Cavcrly made
her great fight for victory. She almost
Won the twelfth. did win the fourteenth
aud had "a six foot putt for a win on the
fftecnth.
a great putt for a 2 made her only
] down AT the sixteenth. but she fall
t,r.d on the seventeenth and Miss Stir-
1iiE, quick to seize her opportunity. won
the hole and match. The cards and a
detailed description OF the play follow
Miss Aiexa W. stiriin:, Atlanta
Me. Mildred Caverly. Phil.delphi. Cricket.
OF . I 8 3 . i 80
1n.....-.:..... $50 ts,
H. .u"..y"..... 545 t.51
Bye hole not played.
HaIv- First Hole.
Mole No. I t353 yards)-Miss Caverly,
driving hrsi. hit a straight shot. hut
Miss STRINGS was slightly sliced. Miss
s'averly half topped her iron. but II
rolled nearly tn the green. Miss Stirling
was not quite On and each was down
with a chip shot and two puts for a
half In 6.
Hole No. . uss ~yards)-Miss Stirling.
ssing an iron. fell short OF the green and
after playing her second was still away.
Miss Caverly's tee shot was not more
than twenty feet from the pin. Miss
s'aNerly won the hole in 3 to 4 and was
J IN.
Hole No. , 600 yards)-Thc drives
were about alike. but Miss Stirling got
way "a great iron to the green, while
Miss Caverly was short and to the right.
Miss t~'averly IN ved herself by holing an
sight foot putt for a I. the bali travelling
- fast that II would have been four or
i've feet over IL 1t had not hit the cup.
Abe hole was haived Ia I.
. Perfectly.
Nole No I $500 yards) Miss Stirling
sliced her drive to a point near the ninth
Toe and after some stakes and ropes en-
closing the tee had been removed play red
u good second with her brassey. Mis-.
Crverly's drive was straight. hut her
second was sliced q hit and she dubbed
her third. the ball jumping a trap and
stopping In the rough beyond. Miss Stir
ling's third was safely on and she won
the hole IN to 3. squaring the match.
Hole No, . I37 yards Miss Stirling.
leading for the first time, played a fine
3ion to within twenty-five feet NJ the pin.
while Miss taverly ran over the left
hand side Of the green into a trap. Her
e-ound went clear across the green into a
trap On the other side and after another
eI'o, that stopped a foot Of two short OF
the bunker she had been In AT nrst she
picked up. conceding the hole to Miss
string. Miss stirling I w.
Hole No. 9 t327 yards Miss Stir
Aug second was over the green and
Miss Cayerly's ball stuck on the top OF
\ cop bunker. Miss taverly's club shot
Wa well executed. the ball stopping
d' al, aud she won the hole 1 to 9, squar-
lfs Tho match.
ilule No. Z te5 yards)-Both drives
rrTo close to the road, Miss Strings
leiug /, yard or two longer. Tho second
fs.c'N also were about alike. but Miss
a. Rings third was "a tine mashie shot
~ the green, while Miss Caverly's was
siiort and cost her the hole.
Drops Thirty Foot Putt.
lholc No, \ $3.50 yards)-Miss stirling
GtdroNs Miss taverly by fifteen or
twenty yards aud after both had reached
-" green with their third shots the
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