New-York tribune., 1921-06-17
Miss w ethered
Easily Defeats
American Star
Io-Year.Old Player Beats
u. 5. Champion; Will OPP
pose Miss Ieifch for Title

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Miss Alexa Stirling, United States
woman golf champion, who won the
medal in the women's French open
+;tle tournament here on Monday, and
vino has been playing such wonderful
rolf all week, suffered reversal OF
farm this afternoon and WAS eliminated
IN the semi-fnal round. Miss Joyce
iFethered. the uineteen-year-o English
eyrl. and runner-up IN the recent worn-
ems British championship, was Miss
Sarliag's coHdueror by margin of 5
Sp and 70 play.
Rv beating the American title holder
Ia Wethered again earned the right
.xymect Miss Cecil I4eitch, British
ssman champion, in the final round
ss Ieitch won q hard-fought match
IN the selni-6nal from Miss Molly Grit
sths. another English star. The cham
A-,n was only i up at the end.
Miss Leltch already has won the Fon-
.sainebleau Cup three times If she wins
again tomorrow. it has been an
uounced, she viii be presented with a
reproduction Of the cup, as Miss Allen
Stoneham, OF Letoquet. who donated
the trophy, wired the club officials she
weuld Ike to have the actual cup re-
main FOR future competition.
Result Is Surprise
Miss Strings defeat came as a big
surprise and disapointme to q large
gallery of Americans, including her
father, DR.. Stirling, who came to Fon-
tainehleau for the tournament. The
Atlanta girl had played so we'll in the
morning, when she defeated Mrs.
Thurston Wright, of Pittsburgh, by 8
UP and 6 to play, and in her previous
matches, that her supporters were con-
adent she would defeat Miss Wethered.
A hot sun blazed down upon the
course when the afternoon round start
ed. which made it extremely uncomfort-
able and tirtng for the players after
their hard morning round. On this
round Miss Strings game was just
the reverse of what it had been. She
was entirely off form. Nothing seemed
to 60 right, and she played poorly al
most all the way.
On the other hand Miss Wethered
vas playing in top form and getting all
Of the breaks which generally 20 TO
the winner. The English girl on this
round outclassed her American oppo-
nent in every department except put
ting. Even on the green's Miss Stir
ling's work was below her usual
standard.
OF to a Poor Start
Miss Stirling got off to q bad start,
losing the first hole, where she missed
two puts, one a ten-inch tan, which
trimmed the cup. The second hole was
halved, but Miss Wethered won the
third, when Miss Stirling topped her
drive, sliced her iron shot and then
missed two more puts. The English
girl fell down cher putting on the
halved, after she had won the third
and fourth in par figures.
Miss Wethered not only out-drove
Miss Stirling, but played her iron shots
better and with more accuracy. This
had been Miss Strings best point in
her other matches. The English girl
got another par score at the seventh
for win, but then Miss Stirling. ral-
lied and manged TO halve the next two
holes. She made the turn down. and
her supporters were still hopeful she
would find the touch and start playing
in real form.
The tenth hole was halved. and then
MISS Stirling won her only hole of the
match, the eleventh. Both drove a
bunker, but Miss Stirling got o. fine
cut, while Miss Wethered went off the
course into the rough. That was the
only time during the match the Eng
lish girl had wa~3ered from the fair
way. 1t took Miss Wethered 70
reach the green, and then she missed
her putt, the American winning the
hole, TO 7.
The cards were:
out-S1iss stirling.s 4sEAs ga
p, Miss wetheTed.s 5 SO
1n-Miss Stirling. - IS
Mics Wethersd-..4 z
They halved the twelfth hole. bnt
at the thirteenth Miss Stirling again
vas unsteady and the English girl
Playing perfectly, won the next two
holes and the match.
A Stubborn Fight
Miss Griffths gave Miss Iettcb
stubborn struggle all the way. At
the sixteenth where the match was all
square, Miss Griffiths lost a Grand op-
portunlty to take the lead by missing
ten-inch putt. That hole also cost
hsr the match, as the last two holes
Vera halved.
The cards:
out--hiss Leltoh-s a sss s44s @sz
Miss Grifnths4 i s s 3-ss
4h--aiiss Lettoh. s s & 8 4-4s--7a
Miss Griffths.a s 5 5 G 4-4o-7s
Miss Leitch defeated Miss Christine
Clark, an eighteen-year-old girl, In the
morning. who has played exceptionally
weH all week, on the morning round
ey a score of and 4.
Miss Stirling will not return to the
united States until Auoust