Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-11
MISS STIRLING SHOWS BETTER
GOLF WITH EACH TITLE WON
Ranks Easily No,O With Best British Women, Experts Who
Have Seen Both Assert-Iss Stirling Here Tomorrow
BY SANDY McNIBLICK
MISS ALEXA STIRLING, We

MISS ALEXA STIRLING, women's
N- golf champion of Canada and the
United States, will compete abroad for
the first time next year when she will
enter the play for the ladies' cham
pionship of Great Britain. She goes
abroad as the greatest woman player
ever developed in the United States.
Indeed it appears that she stands
with Miss Molly Grifiiths. and Miss
Cecil Leitch, British women, as one of
| the best women players in the world,
and there are many who have seen all
three play who say that Miss Stirling
is the best Of the trio.
Wedding cake and things are not oil
that improve with age. Miss Stirling
has grown steadily more expert, more
powerful, and more supreme on Amer
lean links ever since Chicago in 1915
when, as n slip of red haired girl.
she went all the way to the semifnals
and then was only beaten by Mrs.
Clarence II. Vandcrbeck, Cricket Club,
on the twenty second hole.
Belmont Favorite
Miss Stirling was the sensation Of
that tourney and came to Belmont
| Springs the following year ms one Of the
| fNvorites with Mrs. W. a. Gavin. final
ist the year before, as the only hope to
| beat her. But Mrs. Gavin was beaten
| early in the play and Miss Stirling went
| on down to the final against all opposi-
| ton.
Here she played Miss Mildred Cav
| erly, Cricket Club, but the local star
was none too confident, trailing along to
an uphill fight started too late. and
Miss Stirling had won her first cham
piOnship.
Then came two years of war activity
for Miss Stirling who drove ambulance
| and did many things TO the neglect Of
her golf. Rumors that she had given
up the game in favor Of violin study in
which she was deeply eDErossed, were
dispelled Inst year when Miss Stirling
anneared Mt Shawnee.
After watching her preliminary play.
all present agreed that Miss Stirling had
! improved. if anything, over the golf she
! had played before the war, and she was
/ PROMPTLY placed as the favorite against
the field.
| Mrs Gavin was once more considered
as her chief rival. and excitement pre-
vailed when both came to the finals.
But Miss Stirling gave one Of the
greatest exhibitions of feminine golf ever
Witnessed In this country, scarcely
making q mistake the whole round. and
| not at single hole was there any doubt
as to the winner, for Mrs. Gavin simply
couldn't play golf such as Miss Stirling
was showing. Miss Stirling won by O
wide margin.
Played Regularly
This year the champion from Atlanta
has shown considerably more interest in
( golf, playing regularly. She even went
! to Canada, winning the title there easily
! enough and scoring 10, one OF the
| lowest scores ever made by woman in
| this country.
At Mayfield last week. in the play for
this years wOmen's championship, she
was superb.
Up to this meeting, it was figured
that Miss Leitch would best Miss Stir
! lug. lv those who had soon both n'Hv.
Miss Leitch was considered the longest
hitter in the feminine ranks. But the
main ledge" she had. they said, was
in the absolute confidence with which
! she played all her shots, particularly
! her irons.
But Miss Stirling gave an exhibition
of long woods, crisp irons, and conf =
dence at the Cleveland meeting last
week which was real revelation as to
| thc nn,-iriliticS Of h"" C0mo uUd'r fire,
! Her game is considered better than
ever by some percentage and there Is
little doubt but that she will continue
to reign for many years.
Followers Of the feminine game will
have n chance to sec most OF the lead
ing woman players at Huntington Val
lev tomorrow for a week of play wher