The sun., 1919-09-21
MISS STIRLING TO
DEFEND GOLF TITLE
Southerner Will Tee OFF IN
National Championship at
Shawnee Next Week.
STAR FIELD TO COMPETE
Several Former Title Holders.
Including Mrs. Vanderbeck,
Among Entrants.
STAR FIELD TO COMPETE

1t may be that when the women's cham.
pionship golf tournament is held ov.,
the Shawnee Country Club links, IN.
week Of September %. Miss Alexa STR.
ling will be able TO accomplish what
Charles Evans, Jr, failed to do. Both
of these golfers held the championship
titles over the war period, Miss Stirling
winning at BelmoHt Spring three ysan
ago and 4, Evans capturing the open w
Minikahda and tho amateur at Merior
the same season. Even after the Chicago
golfer failed to retain his open title n.
Braeburn early in June there wsr,
those who insisted that he would aeaap
show the way In the amateur classic
at oakmont, but Francis ouimet proved
too great an obstacle.
There are q great many who bersv,
that the Shawnee meeting will produos
a new champion. although there Ia no
particular reason for this assertion az.
cepting that the national amateur AZ
Pittsburg was full of upsets owing 10
the many new players entering the 6eld
The women's tournament will also haya
new players who have come to the from,
during the past few years, and 1t Ia din.
cult to get a line on their game.
Even under ordinary circumstances.
one guess Is as good as another until
the contest has narrowed down to the
closing time. When 1t is considered that
1t is three years since Miss Stirling won
the championship and that since tha,
time she has taken part in few tourna.
ments, It is impossible to predict lust
what she Is capable of. 1t is reasonable
to assume that the Atlanta girl is play.
ing as we'll as ever, and there is no
doubt that she will be on hand to defend
her title.
Former Champions.
Among the previous champions who
will put in an appearance at Shawnee
are Mrs. Clarence II. Vanderbeck, winner
in 1915. and Mrs. II. Arnold Jackson
titleholder in 1914. Both of these
women are said to be on their game
while Miss Marion Hollins and Mrs. W.
A. Gavin, champion and runnerup re-
spectively in the recent metropolitan
event at Arcola, have been practising
assiduously at Shawnee during the past
few weeks.
Mrs. Gavin plays the course well and
her score of 81, made in competition
with Miss Hollins, is the best heard Of
lately. Prior to that she had an %,
and on both occasions Miss Hollns was
only stroke or two worse. Another
woman to practise regularly at Shaw.
nee is Mrs. Quentin r. Feitner formerly
Miss Lillian Hyde. This PLAYER, who
probably gets greater distance than any
other nOlfar q fsiphf Of nm
the long carries at a number of the
holes at Shawnee ,although absence
from the competitive game during the
past few years has left her a bit un-
steady.
WesterneFs Represented.
The Western section will be we'll rep
resented, for such women as Miss ElIs-
abeth klotz, the Chicago champion;
Mrs F. c. Let's, Cincinnati, and Miss
Elaine Rosenthall both former Western
title holders, and Miss Frances Hedneld,
the seventeen-year-old Milwaukee cham
pion, have declared their intention Of
competing.
Par for the Shawnee circuit is 71
81 out and 80 home. but the woman for
tunate enough to get around IN better
than 80 will have every reason to feel
proud. If the present distance remains
unchanged 1t will mean playing
length OF 6,471 yards; but the officials
have provided for any contingency and
lately a number Of forward tees have
made their appearance. Besides the
match round each day. special attrao-
tions have been scheduled for every
afternoon. The Shawnee Country Club
will present the awards for these events,