The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-29
WOMEN. GOLFERS IN
TITLE TOURNAMENT
Begin Play for National
Championship at Shawnee
Country Club To-day.
By INNS BROWN.


who's who in the forefront of women
golfers, a resumption of the annual
championship tournament, after lapse
OF two years, takes place to-day on
the links Of tho Shawnee Country Club.
That is, the qualifying round will
be played to-day, and throughout the
rest OF the week those who qualify viii
engage in the argument to settle who
shall wear the crown which now adorns
the titan brow Of Miss Alexa Stirling
of Atlanta
The field includes practically all Of
the celebrities who have taken part IN
the annual combat for the past few
years. Mrs. c. H. Vanderbeck or Phila-
delphia and Mrs. H. A jackson of Chi
cago, both former champions, will be on
hand. Also there will be present Mrs.
W. A. Gavin, Mrs. Quentin Feitner and
Miss Marion Hollins of this city, former
runners up in the big event, as well as
Miss Elaine Rosenthal of Chicago, Miss
Mildred Caverley and Mrs Ronald II.
Barlow of Philadelphia, all of whom
have taken second place In former tour1-
amenta Mrs. Perry Fiske. Western
champion; Mrs. F. g. Letts former
Western title holder, and Mrs. David
G. Gaut, once Southern champion. are
In the list
II 10 quite possible chat the oupceme
OF this tournament may prove as much
Of q surprise as was the winning of the
championship by Davy Heron at Oak
mont Reports from ..sianta indicate
that Miss Stirling Is playing as well as
she ever did Just now. But there are
several others who are going strong.
Mrs. Gavin had an 81 at Shawnee a
few days ago. Mrs. Barlow has played
well throughout the current season. and
II Is reported that Mrs. Feitner may be
ready to spring a big surprise on .he
field. Indications are that the tourna-
ment will prove one of the most inter-
ing and closely contested affairs in the
history Of the event.
Heron in Exhibition Match.
In addition to his appearance In the
Lesley cup matches the latter part of
this week on the National links at
Southampton S. Davidson Heron, the
new amateur champion, will take a
whirl at the links of the Scarsdale Golf
and Country Club. On Sunday of next
week Heron and another member of
the Pennsylvania team will play an ex-
hibition match on the Hartsdale course
against Tom Mcnamara and Jack
Bowling. the Scarsdale professional
This match is being staged for the
benefit Of the Westchester County Chill
dren's Association. Harry Chalmers,
chairman OF the golf committee at
Scarsdale. opened negotiations and OBJ
tanned Herron's consent to take part
in the match. His appearance there
will give local enthusiasts good chance
to watch the new king in action. The
course is easily reached either by rail
or motor car. and much nearer than
the National links.
Incidentally the Scarsdale course will
offer a decidedly different test of Her
ron's golf from that provided by the
Oakmont course. where he won his title.
The latter is very long, whereas Scars
dale is rather short and compact.
Critics have pointed out that Herron's
terrific drives give him big advantage
over such a course as Oakmont No
such walloping proclivities are needed
to negotiate the Scarsdale course in
low figures. Furthermore, the short,
accurate player who handles his ap-
proaches well is not handicapped In
oeing entered against a heavy siege
gun. 1T will be interesting indeed to
watch Heron perform at Scarsdale
Pros Boost Yahnundasis.
According to reports from one or
two players who took part In 1t, the re-
cent open tournament on the links of
the Yahnundasis Golf Club at Utica
was an unqualified success. Loud strong
praise is being sung by these players
of both the course and the treatment
at the hands of the officials OF the club
Among the boosters for the Utica club
are Irwin Stringer of the Ocean Country
Club.
Says Stringer: More cordial treat
ment and more pleasant conditions. ex-
cept for an unfortunate rain storm on
the second day. would be hard to find
any where. Peter Robinson. club pro-
fessional and the club officials left
nothing undone to make the stay of the
players as enjoyable as possible.
THE course isn't especially difficult.
but Is good sound test of golf. AS the
final results show some OF the boys
played very fine golf, Here and there
some freak shots bodied up. For in
stance, two holes were played in two.
where the players holed our@long shots
George Fotheringham holed a mashie
shot from sixty or seventy yards OF
the green on the 305-yard eighteenth.
John Cowan OF Stockbridge also holed
shot from far off the green to win
the twelfth.
THE course record stands at 81, a
mark hung up by Peter Robertson. The
amateur record belongs to Col Tom
oneTHldn II SldnuS at OS ana was made
this summer. the second day after the
Colonel was mustered out OF the army,
following more than a years service in
France, The club plans to renew the
event next year. and will plan in adj
vance to drop 1t in on dates where no
serious conflicts will interfere with II.
venture there will be a big field on
hand next year. All of the boys were
strong for the club and the treatment
accorded them"
Several of the players who are ex-
pected to participate as members OF the
New York team in the Lesley cup
matches the last OF this week were
around feeling out the links at the Ma
tional yesterday and the day before.
Quite a few OF them had never played
the course before, and practically an
of these were ready to admit after one
round that 1t was quite as difficult as
advance tips had indicated.
on Wednesday of this week the
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania teams
are expected to arrive here for a couple
OIL days practice before the real thing
starts. II looks like a foregone con-
c.usion that these matches are going to
prove very feverish affairs, and all hands
concerned will get full opportunity to
acquaint themselves with the dangers
that Turk In the pathway OF every en-
xVhn fails infn nj