Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-29
EYES OF GOLF
WORLD ON GA.
GIRL MONDAY
British Woman S Title
Meet To Open In
Scotland

-NG" AONhI may 20 10y ASSu-
ciated Press )-The second of Sc
ries of American attacks upon fam
Gus English sport championships will
be made tomorrow at Turnberry,
Scotland, when seven players repre-
senting the United States will com
pete in the British Women's Golf
Championship Six of the seven
players are native born Americans
while the seventh, although an Eng
lishwoman by birth, has long been
a factor in womens golf circles in
this country.
Entered and playing under athe
sanction and auspices of the United
States Golf Association this sextette
is the most formidable combination
of women golfers ever sent across
the Atlantic in quest of foreign
title. 1t is also the predecessor of
2 other powerful playing golf teams
: which will represent the u. S. G. A.,
in the English Amateur and Open
= tournaments.
E The team, which will face the most |
finished players of England, Ireland
= and Scotland, contains one U. S.
champion and two finalists in the ma
/ tional Journeys of recent year. Miss
E Alexa Stirling, three-time winner Of
, the United States title and present
holder of the Canadian championship,
is the outstanding star of the combi-
nation but will be we'll supported by
| such capable players as the Misses
Marion Hollins, of Westbrook, Long
> Island; Edith Cummings, of Onwent-
, sia; Sara Fownes, of Pittsburg; Lou
!, ise Elkins of Pittsburg and Mrs, Ron
: aid H. Barlow of Philadelphia and
Mrs. Thurston Wright, of Pittsburg.
The record u the golfing careers
of Miss Sterling of Georgia, followsi
: Miss Strings Career.
4 Miss Alexa Stirling of the Atlanta
I Athletic club, three times winner OF
t the Womens National title Of the
S United States Golf Association,
which she now holds, in addition to
y the Canadian Women's championship
r which she won at Hamilton, Onto
h last year, was born in Atlanta, Ca
n % years ago. When scarcely IL
e wears old, Miss Sterling learned to
g use her golf club while accompanying
? her father, DR.. A. w. Stirling, over
the East Lake clubs links right op-
posite her home at Atlanta.
The clubs professional, Stewart
Maiden, became interested in the lit
tie girls work over the course and
7he soon developed into player OF
! promise. Maiden's efforts to teach
her the fine points of the game were
amply rewarded as the little pnpii
proved to be unusually apt end faith
fully followed the Instructions cf hef
} teacher Miss Stirling attributes
Imost of her success in later years
to the earnest and untiring efforts
and interest in her game shown byI
her golf tutor.
C In 1911, Miss Stirling won the low
!. score prize for approaching and put
q ting in the Southern tournament at
: East Lake and year later won the
o Southern honor at Nashville as well
9 as the Blount trophy at Atlanta. In
: her first attempt for national hon
q ors at Nassau, L. l., in 1914, MISS
. Stirling was put out in the first
round by Miss Bishop, a veteran
} player, but in the following year she
. reached the semi-fmal stage and
: forced Mrs. C. H. Vanderbeck, OF
Philadelphia to play % holes before
her chance to be finalist was lost.
[ With the confidence and determi-
: nation which marked her play in pre-
4 vious years, Miss Stirling went to
Y Waverly, Mass, in October, 1916, !
and won the Won1en's National
/ championship from a field of 5S
q starters. During the next two years,
} owing to the World War, Miss Stirl- |
ing was not called upon to defend
= her title but she took part in several
| exhibition matches for the benefit OF
: the Red Cross and helped to raise !
several thousands of dollars by her !
= activities throughout the East and
= Middle West.
| Defends Title.
{ In 1919, at Shawnee, Pa, and
again last year at Cleveland, Miss
s. Stirling successfully defended her
national title. In winning the Ca
f madam championship last year at
| Hamilton, Ont, she broke the course
record with a Is and at Cleveland
= she established a record of 80 for
= the links.
The British Women's Golf Cham
pionship, open to the women players
of the world, was instituted in 1893. !
Following is list of the winners and
| defeated finalists to date:
1893-Lady Margaret Scott and
- Miss I. Pearson.
4 - 1S94-Lduy margaret OCOtC anu
$ Miss l. Pearson.
1895-Miss Margaret Scott and
Miss E, Lythgoe.
1896-Miss Amy Pascoe and Miss
, L. Thomas.
1897-Miss Edith and Miss Orr.
1S89-Miss Thomson and Miss E.
Neville.
1899-Miss E. Hezlet and Miss
Magill.
@O0--Miss Rhona Adair and Miss
Neville
1901-Miss Graham and Miss Rho
ma Adair.
1902-Miss May Hezlet, and Miss
E. Neville.
J 1903-Miss Rhona Adair, and Miss
Walker-Leigh.
1904-Miss Lottie bod and Miss
) May Hezlet. "
5 f905-Miss Bertha Thompson and
! Miss M. Z, Stuart, A
i 1sO6--Miss Kennion and Miss B.