Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-28
OPENING TOURNEY
AT PUBLIC LINKS
1921 Competition at Cobbs
Creek Starts With Qualifying
Round for Lewis Cup
ANOTHER CONFLICT ABROAD
by SANDY McNIBLICK

The Philadelphia Golf Club inserted
tinge of excitement into the week
end play over the public golf course at
Cobbs Creek today with a section Of
its qualifying round for the Frank l..
Lewis Cup. The medal play lasts over
tomorrow with match play for the
trophy starting Monday. Memorial Day.
Joe Coblc. George Galena and j. ].
Campbell. who did 80 well at the At
lnntic City tournament last week, arc
among those competing. Other strong
entries are Lewis. Long. Brooks, Leo
and Joe Boyle. Culver. Bodke, Buckly,
Rutty and Goldberg. If these players
make good the first sixteen should see
some great matches next week.
Play is under the auspices OF the
Philadelphia Golf Club, which offers q
number Of prizes for winners and run
ners up in the first three sixteens. How
ard Thornton is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge of the tourney.
Nearly every club is holding some
sort of weekly event today. There
are club championships on at both Mer-
ion and Huntington Valley, where some
Of the best players in the city are en-
gagged in mortal conflict.
Big Match Near
Play for the women's championship
Of Great Britain starts Monday and
you can just about say that IL will end
for British or American fans with the
first round of match play. For 1t Is
then that Miss Cecil Lcitch. the great
est woman player ever produced there
ir the opinion of most, will meet Miss
Alexa Stirling, surely the best woman
player America has produced.
The country whose favorite is beaten
will have the satisfaction, at least, OF
knowing that It was the super player
of the other side that did 1t. IL either
had been ousted by less famous op-
ponent this comfort. whatever it's
worth. would have been lost.
Thus Americans will seek out the ac-
counts. confident in the iron soul Of
their champion under fire and in the
iron shots which have brought her fame
and titles over here. Britons will fol-
low in hordes. feeling that the length of
her shots and Miss Lcitch's absolute
confidence will prove the winning fac
tor against Miss Stirling.
Interest does not cease, of course.
with the progress Of Miss Stirling, since
we have several other entries. but none
of them quite measures up to the ability
of Miss Stirling.
Winning Duet
Last year we entered but four play.
ers and Miss Marion Hollins went to
the fourth round. which preceded the
semi finals.
Here is what happened: Miss Rosa
mond Sherwood was beaten by Miss
Molly Griffiths in the first round. The
latter beat Miss IIollins in the fourth
and was herself beaten in the finals.
Miss Mildred Cavcrly lost to Mrs. A. G.
Mckenzie. Canadian champion, in the
first round. and the latter was beaten
by Mrs. Nanderbeck in the second
round.
Mrs. Vanderbeck lost to Miss Jeanette
Jackson. Irish champion. in the third
round, , to 3. Here Miss Hollins beat
n Mrs. Hankcy, and 3 but it was all
over for us when she herself was beaten
in the fourth.
The main title issue this year, how
ever, has been rather faded by the in
tercst in the Stirling Leitch match.
It's too bad for Miss Stirling it couldn't
have been later in the tournament,
when she would have been keyed up
more for battle. but the match antici-
pat"d by all the golfng world is coming
to pass.
In church tomorrow pray for Miss
Stirling S puts to go down.