The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-07
BRITISH WOMEN
ALL ELIMINATED
Four Americans in Semi
Finals; Miss Stirling
Beats Mrs. Hall

DEAL, y, j.. oct. 6.--Four Amer
lean women will play in the semi
final round Tor the national woru-
ans golf hampionship. the last two
British survivors having been clint
mated in the third round matches
today
Miss Alexia Stirling OF Atlanta,
present champion, put out Mrs.
Latham Hall Of the Mid-Surrey club
of England, by a uuc-up score ana
Miss Elaine ROscnthal Of Chicago
ended tho career OF Miss Edith
Loitch Of Schillut. England. on the
nineteenth hole.
other semi-f.nalists will be Miss
Marion Hollis OF Ne% York who de-
fcatcd Mrs r. G. Let's. lr., Of Chi
cago and g. and Mrs. Clarence
Nanderhcck OF Philadelphia, won
today from Miss sarah Fownes Of
Pittsburgh. 9 to 3.
The Matches Today.
In the semi-finals tomorrow Miss
Stirling will renew her annual battle
with Mrs. Nanderbeck. while Miss
Hollins will play Miss Rpsenthal,
whom she has never met before.
Mrs. Vanderbcck has bccn.at lgast
as far as the semi-finals in the four
national tournaments I'm which she
has participated. She defeated Miss
Stirling in 22-hole contest IN 1915
and won the title. That was Miss
Strings first national competition.
Mrs Nandcrbeck did not participate
In the 1916 event In which Miss
Stirling won the championship for
. H.. La.
defeated Mrs. NanderbaCk at the
home green In the semi-final, and
last year the champion was again
Victorious In their scmi-final meet
ing, the score being to I.
Miss Roscnthal has held the west
ern womcn's title and Miss Hollins
has been an important factor In re-
cent national tournaments, being
medalst last year.
\ Thrilling Climax.
The gallery today for the most
part followed the match between
Mrs Hall and Miss Stirling and was
rewarded by a thrilling climax at
the home green after the champion
had come from behind. one down
at the turn and never in the lead
during the first nine holes. Hiss Stir
ling squared the match for the diff
cult, deeply trapped eleventh hole
with a par four. a drive Of nearly
two hundred yards, with n spoon
second, put her on the green II feet
from the pin. Most OF the competi-
tors play their seconds at this hole
short nf the trap.
Miss Stirling took the lead at the
thirteenth and still had margin OF
one hole to the good as she drove
from the eighteenth tee. Mrs. Hall
with the shorter drive, made the
| green with her second shot. Miss
| Stirling overdrove. the ball bound
| ing from the green into rough grass
| II seemed certain that the match
would be squared and go to extra
| holes. The champions remarkable
| chip, however, left her an easy putt
! for par four while Mrs. Hall failed
to sink an 1S-foot putt that was
needed to win the hole. The half
meant victory for Miss Stirling.
Nervous Tension Too Great.
Meanwhile, Miss Edith Lcitch and
Miss Roscnthal were finishing their
match, In which the nervous tension
was so great that each OF them failed
at critical times, but Miss Rosenthal
proved to have the greater stamina
| in the end. After squaring the
match at the fourteenth, Miss Roscn-
| thai hit two tee shots out Of bounds
| at the fifteenth. put her third into
/ the rough, her fourth into trap and
! failed to get out Of the trap in two
more shots. she then picked up
| driving and approaching. She need
| ed only n half at the home green fol
victory. She missed two-foot putt
| for a half. after Miss Leiten missed
! an eight-footer. and the latter wor
the hole, prolouging the match. Al
an extra hole, IL was only Miss Leitcf
who missed the critical putt Mis'
Rosenthal sank one of a yard fol
victory.
Miss Cecil LeitCh won a specia
driving contest In connection with
| the tournament. Her three shot
we're l6o; 225 and 23l yards re
| spectiYely.