The New York herald., 1921-10-09
GOLF CROWN LOST
BY MISS STIRLING


view of the larger part OF the green
She knew however. that the flag pin
was somewhere IN the centre. ~ =.
Those in the gallery were wondering
just what the Long Island girl would
do In such predicaments She did not
hesitate, but using what looked like a
nassie, she cut the corner of the woods.
A sliced ball there would have STOPPED
dead In the trap. Miss Hollins had q
slight hook to the shot This was em-
phasized still more when the wind got
under the flying sphere and the result
was that the ball flew true for the CEN
tire Of the green. Miss Hollins took
three puts on top of that. but she was
putting cautiously. as her opponent was
not even on the green in 3. Caution
paid In this instance. for Miss Hollns
had the hole easily with 5.
AS to the run of the game. Miss Hol-
. Inns met with early success, 4 at
the 400 yard hole sending her on her
way rejoicing. Miss Stirling squared
at the fourth. but the New York repre-
sentative annexed the fifth. eighth and
ninth. to lead by 3 up at the first turn.
Coming back stin greater success at
tended the efforts of Miss Hollins, 10
she annexed the eleventh and thirteenth,
and at this stage stood no less than five
to the good.
At the fourteenth Miss Stirling staged
rally that won her a hile. She also
carried off the sixteenth and looked to
be In fair way to still another success
at the seventeenth when Miss Hollins
failed on her third. With a little care
Miss Stirling might have left off no
more than three down on the round,
but she played weakly from a good lie
in bunker when she should have hit
out so as to get well down toward the
pit guarding the green, and the result
of this was that her ball lay far enough
from the cup to make 1t q matter of
extreme difficulty to get down in two
more for S.
Lead Grows to & Up.
On her second from the rough fol-
lowing a slightly sliced drive Miss Hol-
Inns landed in the trap. but getting out
at her first attempt she was never
greatly troubled to win the finishing
hole. This success left her with lead
OF up, lead which under the cir
cumstances all recognized as a little too
much even for Miss Stirling to over
come. judging by the average form of
the finalists In this particular tourna-
ment. ~. .-. ,
Throughout the day Miss Stirling
SohtinudIIy tnTeW away chanceS.. How
many traps she visited during the course
of the thirty-two holes OF play 1t would
be difficult to say. The number certain
ly was large. But while her long game
was uncertain, what made her admirers
marvel most was the way she fiubbed
many of her approaches. But for a
sliced drive at the fifth in the afternoon
she might have caught up with Miss
Holfns. Her tee shot landed in a
bunker, however, and she flubbed a
short approach into another trap on her
third. This steadied Miss Hollins and
enabled the metropolitan star to cut
short the dangerous rally.
At the sixth Miss Stirling sliced again
on her tee shot and lost another hole
But for a poor approach She might have
won the long seventh. but this is doubt
ful. as to do It she would have had to
get down In one putt. In any event, an
other uncertain approach at the eighth
prevented her from profiting from the
trapped drive or her opponent and at
the ninth Miss Stirling fiubbed again on
her third, a mashie shot. She followed
this by missing putt Of less than a
yard for a half, and by this time her
doom virtually was sealed. She was
-FOUR down, with nine to 60, and playing
as though she had not the ghost of
chance to win, although such consum
nation did appear possible when she
came within a single hole of Miss Hol-
Inns at the fourth. The card of the
match: