Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
National Ch a m pion
Plays Musical Bars
Instead of Linksical
Pars-N o j o k e
Rv SANDY McNIBLlCk

lava STIRLING Is said to be through
"A Tho eolden.hared Georgia girl who
IA. the wom1n's golf championship Of the
80, e.ates will not defend her national
,,,,s this year, it is said
,.o deep-eyed Dixie artist Of the mashie
-. riblick has laid them away In thelr cam
-. rit forever. 1t is feared, ana instead
.as chosen to give her time. her artistry
Ia her soul to mastering the violin huring
.,,as and melodies of the masters with
-. how from the grooming strings OF the
,.,,,er, she loves gives the little cham
% ,,ore comfort, tis said. than the
oo,ost shots of her wood and iron,
40 ,,is comes to us through the medium
~ Atlanta golfers ana from SoIno "%"o %
,.,.ad ., In the Druid Hills tourney 1t is
p.a.s p,es as a fact that Miss stirling has not
s'dSa n Golf club since she was the nero
w., ~ the coronation ceremonies on tue
ontoenth mo green at Belmont Spring last
80 uhere she was crowned queen at the
YEA, 10 after she had sunk twelve-foot
~nt, before a jamming gallery to oeat MISS
stldred Caverly for the national ttic'
ns,s. stirling had been playing golf since
$50, "a Years old. She figured In the
sse sse sssse,,n,onship at II and at lS years of
a.. tho southern champion she magnet
ga a Chicago following at the national IN
norve.tearing match she had with MIS-
c,arorce II. Vanderbeck. eventual winner
- The title. Miss Stirling was down ana
~ n finally take the match to the twenty
second hole, where she lost In the SEMI
finals ,,. =, ,,o,,,od ,b.
-,n, southern girl after that match.
she had TO wait a whole year to do it,
49,, en.IIv the chance came here in Phila-
SaInbia last year at Huntington valley. IL
wos in the finals for the Bertheilyn cup
Miss Stirling beat Mrs. G.. Henry Stetson
and Miss Caverly before facing her chance
tor revenge She went for Mrs. Nanderbeck
,sIentlessly and won From here she went
10 Boston to her other lohslns' 'he 'h''eu
States championship
The Great Day
The brilliant jewel OF Georgia was a long
odds fayorite and went through series OF
hitter matches to the great cup. the gold
token of the United states Golf Association.
and hail. hail. Of the gathering.
She had done her bit.
Now, Just inside the gates of a trium-
phant march through the farway OF the
links. il is said she is through
1t is said by close and intimate friends
that her family has given up in despair
interesting her to play the game any more.
II is said that all her desire 10 conquer
ceased when there were apparently no more
worlds to conquer except again those al
ready laid waste.
II is said indeed. that the sight of "A
brassie lying idle does not stir her, nor
the rust on an unused putter.
II is said of the eX-eager champion that
even newly laid traps on her own course
NJ the Atlanta Athletic Club fail to quicken
her limp linksing pulse. or the new holes.
with work to be done. to send a single
throb to her now dormant go,fng soul. Ah
days gone by.
Her life Is now her violin.
I'VE are in despair" say her family
II is one more golf tragedy, If true,
added to American womenS history. Mrs
H.. Arnold Jackson won the national in
1914 and did not defend. Mrs. Nanderbeck
won in 1915 and did not defend.
Miss Stirling won the title in 1916. VIII
she cast off as a fever this unwarranted