The New York herald., 1922-09-29
AMERICAN BEATEN
AFTER FINE fight
Wins Three Holes to Square,
Then Succumbs to stymie
on Eighteenth.
SEMI FINALS REACHED
English Woman Opposes Mrs.
Jackson; Miss Collett Meets
Miss Cummings.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Nd.,
Sept. 2S.-While Miss Glenna Collett
of Providence, r. L., is waiting for to-
morrow to play her great rival of the
links, Miss Edith Cummings of On
wentsia. Chicago, in the semi -hnat
round of the women's national golf
championship on the Greenbrier links,
and Mrs. III. Arnold Jackson of Green
wich, Conn.,, twice former title holder,
is preparing to do her best to qualify
for her third final at the expense Of
Mrs. William A. Gavin, former runner
up and twice holder of the metropoli-
tan championship, but now entered
from Huntercombe, England, some
thing like a convention of Versailles Is
discussing the advisability of chasing
old man stymie, the Terrible Turk"
of the golfing game, beyond the Bos-
porus, the Himalayas and, if possible,
out into the middle of the sea Of OBJ
livion.
Like the original Spirit of Mischief
or a colossal nerve shattering Jack in
the Box. the stymie jumped from his
lair among the mountains OF West Vir-
ginia to-day and, in addition to intro
ducing a most Unexpectedly dramatic
climax to the stellar match of the
round that between Mrs. Gavin and
Miss Alexa Stirling of Atlanta, present
holder of the metropolitan championship,
spoiled a perfect day for the admirers
OF the Southern girl. Miss Stirling had
been 3 down with TO play and she
5aw come on with courage and skill
to square the match on the seventeenth
by carrying off three holes in a row.
Then came that dire and tragic break
where the stymie looked in upon the
festivities and went off battered and
bruised. but leering nevertheless. at the
knowledge and realization of job well
DONE
The Stymie steps In.
Bravely through the strain of such
dramatic contest Miss Stirling and Mrs.
Gavin pitched finely to the home green
across the river. Mrs. Gavin was fif
teen feet short and TO the left of the
pin. whereas Miss Stirling was twice
that distance beyond and to the right
The latter had to contend with horse
shoe ridge which was perhaps a dozen
or fifteen feet from the cup. Miss Stir
ling made a magnificent putt that left
the ball two feet short of the cup. That
stroke carried all the signs of an extra
hole match. Mrs Gavin putted up, ami
as 1t missed by the closest possible
margin the ball rolled on almost direct
ly In the path of that of Miss Stirling.
Taking into consideration the roll Of
the ground there was just a chance that
Miss Stirling would hole. At best it was
a difficult shot. To perform the feat IL
was necessary for Miss Stirling to swing
the sphere around and to judge the dis
tance to hairs breadth, so that ii
would curve TO the center of the cup
from the outside.
However. There were those who did not
believe that Miss Stirling had chance
in twenty. Alex Smith was one of them.
AS Mrs. Gapin's rubber core dropped
into line with that Of Miss Stirling the
former national open champion turned
his back upon the scene and started to
walk up the Hill to the clubhouse, re-
marking as he left: IT'S all over"
Mrs. Gavin Triumphs Again.
Alex had seen the demoniacal grin on
the face Of the jinx as the latter sprang
from his lair and he realized that the
other signal triumph over her rival right
on top OF that scored over her In the
flnal of the Canadian championship less
than two weeks ago.
Few there were out on the fourteenth
green who thought that Miss Stirling
would be putting on the home green
with the match all square. The metro
politan title holder had become down
at this point when Mrs. Gavin laid her
approach stone dead and scored a
birdie 3.
Stirling forged into the lead with a
fifteen foot putt for a birdie on the
tenth. while her opponent was having
a slice OF trouble. From the tee Miss
Strings sphere hit the top or the
kop and bounced over. whereas the
ball of Mrs. Gavin. hitting within a
few inches OF the top. rebounded The
English woman used a wooden club,
hoping to get home on her next. but
her shot was killed by the mounds.
The eleventh started Miss Stirling on
run OF misfortune that was to con-
clude at the fourteenth when she was
down. She was stymied at the elev-
enth eventually but she really had
herself to blame inasmuch as her play
from the second on was scarcely worthy
OF her. At the twelfth Mrs. Gavin had
the better of IL up to the third shot.
She was on the edge OF the green,
whereas Miss Stirling was to the
right and In the rough. The American
girl played a fine shot for her fourth,
but she missed the putt and Mrs.
Gavin had the hole In 8 to 8.
4 drive that hugged the woods and
ont of bounds too closely was re-
s,.onsible for Miss Strings defeat at
the thirteenth. She had to do her second
from the end OF a grassy mound. The
ball bounded into the air. Mrs Gavin
was caught In the trap trying to~reach
the green on her second, but some more
loose work by Miss Stirling enabled the
English woman to win In 5.
Miss Stirling Receivers.
Miss Stirling began her comeback
at the fifteenth To the accompaniment
OF applause that was unmistakable In.
it's sincerity. Mrs. Gavin was In the
bunker to the left, Miss Stirling within
four feet of the cup. Mrs. Gavin came
out on her second missed on her third
and her opponent did not have to play
another shot.
On the sixteenth Mrs. n Gavin was
short OF the green with her iron. while
Miss Stirling was right UP there whore
Trey do the putting. And the finishing
was accurately accomplished. long
run up was laio within two feet OF the
cup, whereas Mrs. Gavin, chipping her
thsra uhof aly mr. aavan feet haynpd