New-York tribune., 1921-05-22

four cracks from other states, took
part. among them Jack Neville, former
Taii1ornla amateur champion; Frank
Iatum, +. S. Armstrong and others.
But the canvass of . final returns
showed that the winner had bobbed up
IN 4. d. S. Johnston, of Los Angeles,
a colt of tifty-three years and former
boon companion of the late Charlie
van Loan. The Los Angeles veteran
stalked right through the field, bowl
ing over all opposition in a decisive
and impressive manner.
just a short time before Johnston
scored his triumph at Annandale Hugh
halsell, a Dallas banker and present
champion cf the United States Seniors
Golf Association, forgot his hfty-six
years OF age so completely as to go
out and set a new amateur record for
the reorganized and revamped Del
Monte course. Halsell brought in a
round of 72, equaling par for the
course. And just by way of making
1t real holiday he reeled off a l on
the seventeenth hole.
Youth gets its service, all right And
IN the long run, over an extended
grind, it usually prevails. The superior
reserve and ability to rally its falter-
ing forces more quickly turn the bal
ance. But just the same it would be
quite an interesting spectacle to see a
tournament wherein time was allotted
for single match a day, with maybe a
third day, in which our star veterans
were literally mixed in with the rising
stars of the present era
The Draw at Turnberry
A wave akin to detection was keenly
perceptible over the land following the
announcement of the draw for the
British women's championship at
Turnberry, beginning May 80. 1t
originated, of course, with the. news
that Miss Alexa Stirling, the Amer
lean champion, had been drawn to meet
Miss Cecil Leitch in the very first
round Of play. On second thought,
however, there appears little to worry
over for those who are hoping for the
best for Miss Stirling.
In the first place, even considering
her chances for eventual success in
winning the title, this turn of affairs
should work as strongly. in her favor
as it does for her famous opponent.
Physically Miss Stirling is at a disad-
vantage. Miss Leitch is much the
stronger of the two and more able
to stand up under several days of play
at thlrty-siX holes per day.
Furthermore, Miss Strings main
chance lies in striking the British
champion when she is in one of her
unsteady and erratic moods. She is
guilty of these at times. And past rec
ords show that she is more prone to
such streaks in the early stages of
play, generally settling down to a
steadier stride as play progresses. Miss
Stirling is the steadier of the two day
in and day out. If Miss Leitch hap
pens onto one of her erratic rounds
in the first match, the chances of the
American champion will be very, very
good, indeed
That is, Miss Strings chances of
beating Miss Leitch will be quite good.
Winning the title is another matter
Britain has a score OR more Of very
fine women golfers. any one of whom
i! capable of playing championship golf
for a round or two in any tournament
And it is quite possible that Miss
Stirling may defeat Miss Leitch only
to lose in some later round to Molly
Grifiths, Joyce Wethered or some
other star. So if she has the good
fortune to defeat Miss Leitch she can
still sense several towering barriers
abooJ