The New York herald., 1922-05-25
REACH SEMI-F|NAL
BY BRILLIANT PLAY
Mrs. jackson, Mrs. Toergc,
Mrs. Hucknall and Miss
Stirling Survive.
ONLY ONE MATCH CLOSE
Miss Florence LOew Puts Up
Best Battle of Losers at
Norris County.
ONLY ONE MATCH CLOSE
BY KERR N. PETRuE.

BY KERR N. PETRIE.
Championship golf of thrilling and
convincing brand was played yesterday
at Morris County by at least three Of the
four nrst division winners In the second
round of the women's metropolitan title
tourney. 1t was that sort Of playing
that points its own argument either by
comparison with the par cf the course
or It's match play effect upon the oppo-
sition. OF the four semi-fnalists Mrs.
II. Arnold Jackson of Greenwich, twice
k,ofder OF the national championship,
wen by up and to play; Mrs. Thomas
H1cknall of Morris County gave away
only a single half and triumphed by
up and to play, while Miss Alexa
Stirling Of North Hampstead romped
home by margin of and 5. To sucl,
results there can be but one answer.
The victorious trio had matters pretty
much their own way.
The fourth survivor is Mrs Norman K.
Toerge or Piping Rock and she alone
had battle on her hands. She was
paired with Miss Florence Loew, very
promising player also from Piping Rock,
and the match went seventeen holes. the
former Miss Eleanor Gates winning by
and ].
Mrs. Walter MacGowan of Glen Ridge,
Mrs. Irving Brown of Knickerbocker and
Mrs f. Il. Du Bois of Baltusrol were the
players who went out respectively at the
prompting of Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Huck-
nall and Miss Stirling, but it is no dis.
grace to any of these to intimate that
they were soundly beaten. The golf that
the winners flashed in this round was
the sort Of stuff that only the best or
them can withstand. Resistance in kind
might have been expected from Miss
Marion Hollins, the national champion;
Miss Glenna Collett of Providence, or
the British pair, Miss Joyce Wethered
and Miss Cecil Leitch At that all four
mentioned would have required to show
their very best to keep from going under
There was such marked similarity
about the general results achieved both
according to match and medal play
standards that 1t might have been
thought that Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Hucl-
nall and Miss Stirling had taken coun-
sci together and agreed upon high
speed offensive. Evidently the mems
par Of 80 was the, objective. Such
score should have been easy for Miss
Stirling, but after playing the first
seven holes one stroke under par she
spoiled her card by adding two strokes
at the eighth and one more at the
ninth.
stars All Going Well.
For the first half of the course Miss
Stirling, therefore, was Al. summa-
ton which was equaled by Mrs. Huck-
nall. Mrs. Jackson also was driving
full tilt for the same figures. but, aim
ing at two fives. she missed by shot
each time on the eighth and ninth and
s,.f<> t1.o r. ,t~ y,t. xs,ttl
43 to her credit.
The incoming play in these matches
was relatively unimportant, Mrs. Jack
son being up, Mrs. Hucknall s up and
Miss Stirling to the good.
Considering the rate at which Miss
Stirling Travelled over the first seven
holes Mrs. Du Bois has to be COM
mended on being no more than four
down at the turn. Opportunities did
not force themselves upon the Baltusrol
player in any great profusion. And
when they did appear they showed some-
thing of the qualities of the snowflake
on the river about which the poet sings
Only for a neeting moment were they
In evidence.
But 1t is dull day which does not
see the sun break through once. Five
down playing the eighth the blackness
surrounding Mrs. Du Bois was oppres-
sive when she arrived on the green at
this hole three strokes to the bad. Miss
Stirling had actually reahced the
corner Of the green in as many shots
as Mrs. Du Bois had counted while
she mauled her rubber core from the
rough.
Then came one of those Kaleidoscope
changes which only golfers know. Miss
Stirling puttcd up and was short.
Afraid. probably, that the former cham
pion might have lost count OF her own
score for the hole Mrs. Du Bois laugh
ingly Informed Miss Stirling as she
stopped over fifteen foot putt that she.
the Baltusroi woman, was playing z.
Down went that fifteen foot putt Miss
Stirlings concentration had completely
broken down by this time. On her fifth |
she overran. her next missed, and be-
fore she realized it she had laughed her |
self into a half in z.
Even bigger slice Of fortune awaited
Mrs Du Bois at the next hole. Miss
Stirling was unlucky to get into the
bunker down the middle Of the fairway
on magnificent drive, but this was
edualized by q topped second by her op- |
ponent. After the shot to the flag Miss
Stirling was IN line for another success.
but she missed putt OF less than a |
yard, while Mrs Du Bols holed a twelve |
footer. This. be it said was the only |
hole won by Mrs. Du BoIs during tho |
round.
Chip Saves Mrs. Du Bofs.
On the tenth Mrs. Du Bois saved her
self by chipping, close for a single putt. |
but she could not prevent her opponent |
from carrying off tho next two. At this |
stage the former champion was dorme
o, and half at the Redan thirteenth |
settled 1t. Here II was Miss Stirling who |
played the uphill game for once. She
sliced into the rough, where as Mrs. Du |
Bois placed her tee shot right on the
edge OF the green. a pitch to the green
and two puts gave Miss Stirling a half |
Those of the gallery who had seen
Miss Stirling play at Hollywood last
year marveled at the Improvement in her
game. In the national championship the
Atlanta star was not hitting the ball at
all well. Quite evidently she was played |
out Yesterday she hit the sphere beau
tifully and appeared to have corrected
the slice which manifested itself earlier
in tho week by slightly squarer stance
than she usually employs. Her mashie
and iron shots had all the old time snap
ana bite and her wooden shots for the
greater part were beautifully timed. In
short. the golfer who beat Mrs Du Bois
was the Alex9 Stirling not of Hollywood
but OF Belmont Spring and Shawnee and
other glorious fields.