New-York tribune., 1921-04-23
American Girl
i Close Third
In British Test
s..,e of 161 Is Only
: Strokes Behind That
Il Miss Janet Jackson

,upHrLL, Eng, April 22.--Miss
~. stirling, United States woman
~ ~ champion. continues to play brill
N N..,v here. To-day. in competition
''',, y. cup offered by Golf Illustrated,
" s.s.a a score Of 161, most excellent
w i.,mauce. However, miss Strings
rss.'t good enough to win her
sois sron,y. Miss Janet Jackson, Irish
.sn 'as asIlf Golf champion, won the tourna-
foman r-;sh a score of 1853 for the thirty
Esass Essa,ss medal play, while Miss Cecil
st ...S English champion, nosed out
asa..ISs ls's Stirling for second place, with
sss IL ie0. 1t was great race be-
sss.S sasn the three champions.
We w;s. Jackson, who made the morning
aS IN 80, won out by shooting fine
.Ser1 . - The afternoon. She played perfect
y ~ + IN n getting her tally. Miss Stir
ss. ~ tarned in card of 81 in the
nas sss.;rc NO snd a score of 80 for the
.;,sruoon round.
Mss Miss Leitch, after taking an SS on
-. rorning round, came through with
. " wonderful round of n strokes in the
.,.srnoon, which gave her total of
80 and SecOuu pave.
Miss Stirling in Fine Form
n. Atlanta girl began the morning
.oaud BY driving beautifully, the bal!
irving 200 yards straight down the
S;aSe Of the fairway. At the second,
s;s ' Yards, she holed five-foot putt
Wv four and at the third she got an
..ssT four, being dead to the pin on
- ..ornach
A The fifth Miss Stirling got off the
s.;rvsy fer the first time, hooking her
J,iye to the rough. She got out nicely,
,i,ugh. and managed to get a FIVE. On
ne short sixth, the American drove to
i, ~ far side of the green and was down
!, .hres. At the seventh hole she was
,ssr. with her approach and stabbed
;,r pitt, taking SIX. This was the
,,ls weakness she showed on the
grsens going out. The rest Of her
s,ne was fawless.
Miss Stirling played the fifteenth ex-
,rsmey we'll, holing 6-foot putt for
Al At the sixteenth she was on in
I but ran by the hole two yards on
her approach putt. However. she man.
ssed to sink her putt coming back for
q She was in the rough at The seven
zenith, but a long putt saved her and
il. got bird 4 there. She wound up
by getting par 5 on the eighteenth.
Her morning card was as follows:
m."........... ",'''' l4s 6 4 3 4 5-4l--s1
American Increases Punch
onthe afternoon round Miss Stirling
seemed to get more punch into her
Ir,u ho.v,fs ~, los ~
strong. At the second she landed her
approach dead and took bird 8. At
he short sixth she got another 8.
green and then just missed a long putt
ioYa2
Miss Stirling encountered hard luck
q. the tenth. A 20-foot pus- for q 8
stopped few inches short, and at the
eleventh her 10-foot putt there hung
on the lip Of the cup, costing her an
qther 8 At the twelfth she was in the
rough and missed her putt, but got
down in 5.
The American champion played the
'ourteenth badly. She pulled her drive
70 the rough, bat made amends by run
ming down 30-yard putt for a 4. AT
tie seventeeath Miss Stirling suffered
more misfortune. After playing a good
shot from the tee she pulled her sec
cnd, which caromed off tree and went
forty yards into the rough. She took
i've more shots to get out, but was too
strong on her approach, and finally
took 7.
At tie eighteenth, however, a hole
GAS yards, par 5, Miss Stirling, after
getting into the rough, played beauti-
FULLY to the green and won the ap-
pause Of large gallery by sinking a
l0-yard putt for 4 bird d. Her card
for the second round read:
o. Out '...ss ! s 3 ! ! 4-ss ..