New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
u. S.Gan,pion
Has Card of y
OnHardCourse
British Title Holder and
Miss Suite Also Show
the Way at Ranelagh
By Arthur S. Draper



LONDON, April Io.--Miss AleSa
Stirling, Americas woman champion
golfer. has taken this town by storm.
The brilliant young Atlanta player shot
. wonderful 72 IN the first days play
for the gold challenge medal at Rane-
iagh to-day and is tied for the lead
With Misa Cecil Leitch, British woman
champion. and Miss Grant Suite, one
Of Engiand's best women players. More
than $50 of the best Of the women golf
ers of this country are competing.
As result of her fine playing Miss
Stirling is the subject of much com
ment in all of the English newspapers.
They ara filled with photographs OF the
American champion. Miss Stirling is
being showered with praise. and every
critic has declared she Is one Of the
best and most finished women golfers
in the game. They are now conceding
that the auburnhaired. brown-eyed
girl from Atlanta will have to ne
reekoned with in the championship
tournament which will be held at Turn
berry, Scotland, starting May So
Although the Ranelagh course is O
difficult and well-trapped links, it is
not as hard as the standard English or
American courses. However, the lead
ing three golfers deserve great credit,
.or they played splendidly in making
their scores.
First Trip Over Course
Miss Stirling, especially, is to be con-
graduated, for it was her first trip
over these links. At that. she might
have finished the round in the lead had
it not been for a bit Of misfortune she
encountered at the sixteenth hole She
drove out of bounds there and lost two
strokes
The American girls game was bril-
Lantly played She was the center Of
attraction of large gallery that
t,rned out to follow her. Miss Graham,
who accompanied Miss Stirling, re-
t1rned q score Of 80.
AS usual. the American girls short
game WAS beautiful and effective. Her
ilrn shots are the best part of her
game. In driving, Miss Stirling also
showed to advantage to-day. In this
she compared favorably with tho long
driving Miss Leitch on this round. She
got plenty of distance as we'll as &C
c,lracy on most of her tee shots. A.
tie fifteenth, seventeenth and eigh
teentn holes she got remarkably tine
drives.
It was on the greens, though, that the
American title holder had the edge on
ali Of the others. Her putting eNcelled
tha. of the other competitors and was
the best that has ever been shown b.
sry woman player here. Miss Stirling
in making her tally was out IN SO and
back in 81
English Girls Also Star
Miss Leitch and Miss Suite also per
formed brilliantly in making the same
total. Miss Leitch's opponent on this
round. Mrs Alan Macbeth, also turned
in a dashy performance Of rs, that
placed her within one stroke OF the
leaders :,
The foremost critics an6 others we'll
qualified to Judge the style OF play OF
Miss Stirling say that she is undoubt-
eely fine and finished player
The Daily Mail characterizes Miss
S.irlirg as "a very fine player" The
Morning Post critic says she is
most finished golfer" and The Ex-
press says that "she appears to have
every shot at her command and will be
hard to defeat"
Al of the papers declare Miss Stir
ling to be one OF the best woman play
ers now in the game.