New-York tribune., 1919-10-04
Miss Stirling; 9;
And Mrs. Gavin
In Golf L iinal
Young Atlanta Champion De
fends Tile Against Sseadi-
est OF Shawnee Players
Bv Fred Hawthorne

SHAWNEE ON THE DELAWARE,
Penn, Oct S.-Niss Alexa Stirling, OF
Atlanta. the twenty-onc-year- ma
tional woman's golf champion, VIII de
fend her crown tomorrow in the final
round OF the annual tourney when she
faces Mrs. W A. Gavin. formerly Of
England but now OF The South Shore
Golf Club-
If We are 70 be guided by the per
formenoes Of these TWO sterling golf
ers ell through the tournament, The
struggle for the tide should produce
one Of the classicst battles Of the links
Miss Stirling gained her final bracket
to-day, tahing the measure of Mrs
Clarence II. Nanderbcck, Of Hunting
don Valley, d former national cham
pion. by ( up and . to play. Mrs
Gavin eliminated Miss Irene Peacock
Of Thousand Islands. by the same mar
rir WAS 81 perfect day Tor golf
no wind and a warm sun.
Mrs. Gavin Plays Consistently
have rarely seen moro consistently
brilliant golf than Mrs. Gavin played
to-day. Al only enc hole, the 44Syard
fourteenth, did she make q possible
error In judgment. when She attempted
TO make the green on her second
full 225 yards distant She lined out q
mighty blassie shot. the ball flying
straight as an arrow for the flag. Just
when it looked as though the daring
shot was going to make good and the
itinerant gallery broke into a murmur
of admiration the ball struck near
The top Of one of. the high bunkers
guarding the green and fell back into
fhe deep pit. Before Mrs. Gavin could
get out and sink her last putt she
had required seven strokes. and Miss
Peacock won with q fairly good 6. Had
the South Shore golfer. who was lead
ins By I'D al the thirteenth, been
satisfied to have played safely on her
second she probably would have scored
par ..
There was one other hole where Mrs
GAVIN fubbed her approach shot. But
this was cxcusable. 1t was at the $50
yard fourth. and when playing out Of 9
shallow sand trap to the right of the
green. Miss Peacock, caught in the
same trap, got out beautifully and took
the hole, 5 to 6.
Mrs. Gavin Logical Choice
Taking the play day in and day out
since the start of the tournament, Mrs.
Gavin has shown the best golf.of any
woman in the field She has been play
ing the kind of golf that will win, say,
seven times out of ten, and one Of the
beauties of her game has been her
ability to keep out of trouble. The
running down of q few more long putt
n some Of her matches would probably
nave given Mrs. Gavin an so or even
better yesterday, when she set a new
course record of SO for women.
The South Shore star has been play
~ ! i
while an exceptional. round tomorrow
may beat her the odds would seem to
favor her against Miss Stirling unless
the champion has something in reserve.
The Southern girl has been reeling off
brilliant holes, it is true, notably this
morning, when she reached the first
green, 2S3 yards, with q perfect iron
shot on her second, and then holed her
hve-foot putt for birdie" 3.
But the title holder has visited almos;
every trap on the course this week. and
while her recoveries have been brilliant
she has not been playing such sound
match play golf as Mrs. Gavin. a com
parison of their cards to-day shows
nat the South Shore preventative
would have finished up on the cham
pion rad they been pitted against one
another.
some Of the outstanding features in
ine two matches this morning are vel
worthy OF comment. Two flaw ess holes
1T the first and second gave Mrs Gavin
r. brace Of par As. MISS Peacock regis
rered two 5s. On the third and fourth
inc former Shirley Park marvel topped
urassie and flubbed a chip shot, TAX
rg y and respectively, y, and Miss Pea
rocs cut The lead to ! up with a pair
of 5s
10 Tie 9Sl-yard fifth Mrs Gavin laic
her Oras.Ie second hole high, but OF
ine edge of the trap she missed hcl
,lreu ana was down IN Z par four. Miss
Ieacock came back marvellously OF
tie sixth, 4s5 yards, where a drive, Z
brs.saie and spoon left her ball twenty
.eet IRON the cup. She sank the put
Ion I birdie" four, one below tn,
aels par. Mrs. Gavin needed five
here.
Mss Peacock Shows Gameness.
They halved The next two, Miss Pea
zoe. No4Ius L tricky twelve-footer OF
.ae seventh with the coolness Of
eetelar. On the 105-yard eighth, up
NIL, Mrs. Gavin should have won th'
no.e. out her opponent laid her q deae
s.ymle. Both got fours. The Souti
Srore star retaliated with anothel
St. me on the ninth and won with {
uas, 70 g. This left her two up Il
me lgrn, the cards reading AZ to - u
Mr.. Gavn's favor.
Mrs. Gavin won the tenth, 6 to
alter badly topping her second. She
MADE up for II, however. with a wonder
Jul brassie, good for fully 200 yard
TO The edge of the green, and took tw'
D-t.s, winning to Z.
bins Peacock again proved her nerv'
By holng d aix-foot putt for pa
four on the eleventh 10 Mrs. Gavin
age On the 164-yard punch bowl
r@e.ftn both played IRONS TO the green
Mra. Gavin fifteen feet from the pil
and Mas Peacock q third Of that dis
;ance. Both failed 70 get down o.
,heir first puts, bat Miss Peacock Ian
her opponent u three quarter stymle
Ars Gavin studied the situation calm
y aad then just squared by for hal
IN par three.
Tie girl saved herself again on tn
thirteenth with her trGsty puttcr, botl
getting down in four. Mrs. GaVil
dropped the long fourteenth IN TO
bgt non the fifteenth and sixteent
MN par four and three, giving her tn
msuh ~ three and two. Miss Peacoc
put ner frat drive into the Delawar
N the sixteenth, while Mrs. Cav
w2s twenty-five feet from the pm O
nef tee snot.
Deadly Putting Saver Champion.