The New York herald., 1922-04-21
lATLANTAN TO PLAY
AT MORRIS COUNTY
Eormer National Champion Is
/ Member Of Garden City
! and Pelham.
xf Huo' PLAN WORLD TOUR
Hagen and kirkwood Soon to
Start Trip That Will Carry
Them Around Globe.
fHUo' PLAN WORLD TOUR
By KERR y. pErRrE.

Metropolitan golf enthusiasts this
reasons for thanking the kind fate
that has thrown into their midst for
ner national woman champion Miss
.Alexa Stirling. Some time ago the |
ATLANTA lass settled down to business
career in New York city but while |
congratulateing themselves on the |
stroke of good fortune that would en-
able tkem TO witness more of her play
Than formerly golfers OF this bandit |
swept metropolis did not as a general
timing believe that their lucky star was
80 near the zenith as it now has
proved to be. In other words. while
confident that by and by Miss Stirling
would be able to start in quest of the
metropolitan championship they did
not think that it could possibly be
this season.
" 4 year or so ago the women at the
annual meeting of their local organiza-
fion voted to restrict entries to bona
hide residents Of the district. in this par
tcular following the lead of the men.
who took similar action several years
,hgo. This, it seemed to those consider
dng the case Of Miss Sterling. would be
Sufficient to bar the latter from the
metropolitan title event for another
year. but 1t transpires that the former
champion Is eligible for participation in
this years tourney 1T Morris County by
virtue OF honorary membership in sew
eral metropolitan clubs. among them
Garden City and Pelham. Furthermore.
! Miss Stirling does intend to start in the
! classic at Norris County. May %. this
T. fact being vouched for by no less an
authority than Mrs. Myra d. Paterson.
president OF the Womens Metropolitan
Golf Association.
May Play mt. cherry valley.
In addition. the little star who was
supreme in women's golf in this country
from 1915. when she first won the ". S.
u. 4. title. until she was defeated in
The final last year by Miss Marion Hol-
I Inns, intends to compete in the various
other Journeys OF the w. NJ. q. A. II
IL expected that Miss Stirling will tee
! up on April % at Cherry Valley, this
being the first OF the seasons one day
handicap events for the women players.
/ There is little prospect OF Mrs. w. A.
4 Gavin being here in time to defend her
crown, but with Miss Stirling In the
field the metropolitan championship is to
! gain instead OF lose something. Indeed,
the coming OF the Dixie star invests this
event with new interest, for in it the
! followers of the game see not only the
promised treat always 10 be enjoyed by |
watching this polished stylist perform |
but also the,possibility OF return en-
soSement between last years national
fnalists, Miss Stirling and Miss HoIlins
kirlswood and Hagen TO Tour.
When Jock Hutchison and Jim Barnes |,
completed their 10000 mile trip by way
OF Montreal, Vancouver, Los Angeles |,
and New Orleans they set a mileage rec-
ord for a pair of golfing tourists. BY
etre summer or fall Of next year Walter |
Hagen may be reminding the other
srneTbers OF the American professional
egolf triumvirate just how many score |
- iosssnd miles they are behind the
frecorl.
4 '~~e" aud Zoe Eirkwood. the
fermer Australian open champion. fore
80 .nereu recently at Pinehurst they told
each other how nice II would be II they
! could only arrange to drive rubber
scores al the north and south poles. tee
pup on the deserts OF Arabia. che steppes.
: r'e veidt and the great karoo and
maybe send a couple of nashie niblck
sshots through the windows OF the abode
sof the wild man of Gorneo In his native
1habitat by way OF variety.
Walter and Joseph are now in New
York making preparations for their
estupendous. startling. stupefying spec
slacc which they are to stage before
~ali the crowned heads Of Europe and
as many OF the uncrowned variety as
VIII pay 10 see Hagen hit em a mile
~and hole EN- from the edge of the green
@and Kirkwood cut the ball around a tree
and exhibit all the other trick shots In
his rcperiory.
kirkwood has brought his wife along
with him from the far off Antipodes
rhls year. Mr.. and Mrs. Kirkwood leave
on April 20 fer England where Joe will
get into form FOR the British open cham |
! pionship. Hagen win Join him in about
three weeks.
First Games In England.
Hagen and Rlrkwood hope 10 begin I
their tour with a few games IN England \
"a bout the first OF June. u il their In I
tention to return TO America and play |
fifty exhibition matches and then start I
for Honolulu In December. From Homo 1
lulu they will 10 TO Japan. then TO rhe |
Philippines. thence 10 Australia where |
lSirkwood win endeavor 20 win back the /
Australian title from Le Fevre and |
Hagen viii cndeavor 70 beat his travel 1
Ing companion. and all the others 70 a. /
After collecting all the coin Of the
realm IN Aastraiia. from Brisbane 20
Perth. ice and Walter viii set out for |
~ew Zcslsnd. Then they viii take In |
South Africa and possibly India and
south America az we'll The worlds
tour will end In England after y tour
ef France and Spain. Hagen and kirk
wood declare that throughout their trip
they viii meet all comefs and bar none
Divot club Tourney.
The first tournament % the Divos
Club. the newly organized golf club,
composed OF faculty members ana un-
dergia duatcs Of New York University.
win be held to-day ~ the Old Coun-
Try club. Flushing. l.. 7. The morning
win be devoted TO an eighteen hole qnai-
flying round In the afternoon divisions
of four men OF Substantially equal abll-
ity will contest AZ match play. The Off
GERS Of tho Dlvot Club are Prof I'd
ward Jones Kliduff. president. Garry
ketcham. p. vice president. and Henry
r. Jeffries. .. secretary and treasurer.
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