The New York herald., 1921-04-23
THIRD PLACE AGAIN
FOR MISS STIRLING
American Scores 161 in Golf
Tourney at Burhill,
England.
IRISH CHAMPION WINS
Miss Janet Jackson Makes 158,
Miss Cecil Leitch Being
Second at 100.
IRISH CHAMPION WINS
By the Associated Press.

YoNpoN. April 22-Miss Alexa STIR
Ing. champion OF the American women
golfers, to-day suffered defeat at the
hands OF two British championships
Janet Jackson, holder OF the women's
Irish title, and Miss Cecil Leitch. cham
pion OF England.
Although the American player turned
In a card of 161 for the 36 holes. Miss
jackson came home with lbS and MISS
Leitch with $50.
The tournament. the first open event
IN which Miss Stirling has competed,
was for the golf illustrated trophy. II
was played at Burhill
The American woman played beauti-
full golf on almost every hole. Two
holes, the seventh. where bogey is four,
and the seventeenth. with like bogey,
caused her trouble and. In the OPINION
Of the gallery. lost her the match.
These holes were made in savens
Miss Stirling got into difficulties at
both of these during the afternoon
eighteen holes In 81 and In the after
noon In so. Her nervousness OF the first
matches she played in England had
completely disappeared to-day.
Miss jackson covered the first eighteen
holes in so and In the afternoon played
for a rs. Miss Leitch's morning card
was S3 and her afternoon score II. the
latter being the low stroke play for the
day.
Miss Joyce wethered, with 1885, Miss
Joy Winn, 16S. and Miss S. Marshal.
Miss Elsie Grant-Suttie and Miss z. r.
Helme, each with ITO. were the next best
among the scoress of the day after the
three leaders. Miss Strings card:
MORNING ROUND.
IN 2s' .:.......... ,..,::::: 7 sssss4 EEI-sl 80
AFTERNOON ROUND.
ou. .......... 3 80
In ............ 4 4Ai-s0
Notwithstanding the defeats Miss
Stirling has met with since she arrived
In England. she still Is considered
formidable opponent for Britain's best
women golfers in the championship to be
played next month.
She started the match to-day with a
long low drive. and continued with ex-
cellent tee shots throughout. She also
made her approaches to the greens well.
considering II was the first time she had
played the course. At the end she drew
the applause of large gallery by sink
ing a ten yard putt in beautiful style.
American Has Trouble.
At the seventh hole. which is the most
difficult on the course, Miss Stirling had
afternoon. In the morning she was
forced to take a six and In the afternoon
a seven against bogey four.
On the seventeenth hole where she
also got into difficulty In the afternoon,
she narrowly escaped disaster In the
morning. In the morning round her
ball hit tree. but luckily carromed off
toward the green and she was able to
make four. This afternoon her ball
hit the same tree. but bounced into the
rough. necessitatng difficult shot be-
tween trees TO get out. and requiring q
seven to make the hole.
Miss Stirling played the fifteenth ex-
tremely well in the morning and holed
. three yard putt for a four. She was
on the green at the sixteenth from the
tee. but was too strong with her ap-
proach putt and ran two yards past the
hole. though she got down her return
putt for three.
Miss Strings card was the best OF
the early returns. while Mrs. Dobell's.
with S. was the next best, she taking
a for the outward and II for the home
ward journey. Mrs. Dobell was driving
extremely well. but occasionally was
too strong with her approaches, while
she repeatedly took two puts from dis
tances OF less than yard.
Afternoon Drives Better.
Miss Stirling seemed to put mo-n ing
into her shots in the second rcu.4, her
driving being particularly strong. At
-he second she approached to within
four yards of the pin and holed out for
q three. She also had a three at the
yhort sixth. where she was on the green
with a mashie and just missed a long
putt for a two.
The first three holes OF the homeward
Journey were taken by Miss Stirling in
4. and respectively to Mrs. Dobelis
s. and s. Miss Stirling had bad luck
at the tenth. where a twenty yard putt
stopptd six inches short OF the hole. and
even worse at the eleventh. as q ten
yard putt stopped on the lip OF the cup
At the twelfth she was in the rough and
missed her first putt. but got down
In five
At the thirteenth Miss Stirling putted
short. getting n par five. She played
badly to the fourteenth. pulling her
drive. but made amends by running
down a thirty yard putt and holing out
In four. At the fifteenth she had an
other par five.
Miss Joyce Wethered. sister Of Roger
Wethered, the Oxonian who played In
the American championship last year.
scored S. So-i65: Miss Joy Winn had
~, s1--16s Miss s. Marshall, so. o-170:
Miss Elsie Grant-Suttie, IS, s-170. and
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