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Best Memphis
MRS. DUFFIELD, 1917
CHAMPION TO START
Mrs. Gant, Holder of Course Record Expected
to Play Well Against Atlanta
Player.
MEMPHIS, TENN, May 26.—The
eighth amnual Woman's Southern
(:«»)r Chagpionsghip tournament, which
bggins at the Country Club Monday
morning at 9 o'ciock, is certain to be
a major event. Indications are that
at least a hundred fair goiMfers from
all points of the Dixie compass will
be on hand tp participate. Memphis,
of course, will turn out in flatter
ing numbers, Colonial, Overton and
Riverside will send the cream of their
playing talent out to Buntyn to aid
their sister golfers at the Country
("lub make the affair an emphatic
success,
Mrs. Kenneth G. Duffield, present
champion and charge de affaires of
the classic, has arranged an attractive
program. The list of prizes is as long
as a golfer's alibi. A hurried tabula
tion reveals a total of 27. A more
accurate mind would probably find 30
or more,
And yet with all the prizes, all the
events listed, all the social touches
with which a woman’'s tourney is in
variably embellished, only one thing
matters, and that one thing is, will
any one beat Alexa Stirling, the wom
an's national champion? And if it can
be done, who is the lady to do it?
Miss Stinling Is Feature.
There's no getting away from it,
Alexa is the high light of this tourney
——whether she likes it or not. The
gracious ladies are going to squeeze
her hand ardently when they greet
her at the club Monday; they are
going to tell ner what a wonderful
player she is, and how it does their
dear hearts good to know that a little
Southern girl has attained national
zlory in the golfing sphere—and then
they are going right out on the course
and try to beat the everlasting day
lights out of hes. Which is the handi
cap of being a leader.
Mrs. Kénneth Duffield is the queen
of the field at present. She won the
title in 1917 at Montgemery. There
was no championship in 1918. The
women were doing their utmost to
win the war at home and golf clubs
remained untouched for the most part
Can l\qs. Duffield come back after a
vear's layoff and repeat her triumph
over a field that will not only be
larger, but more representative than
the Montgomery entry? The Mem
phian is a splendid match player;
many rate her as the best among lo
cal women, and that is lay'lglt a lot.
She is certain to qualify and just as
certain 1o remain in the fight for a
long time. But whether she will be
able to club and putt her way through
to a brilliant finish is something time
will tell.
No other Memphis player has made
as rapid and important strides in the
developrmrent of her game as Mrs. Dave
Gaut, also of the Country Club. She
has been playing golf for six years.
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
This is her seventh. Her early years
on the links were characterized by
erratic play. She was just as liable
to get an even 100 as 150. But in
those days she was acquiring form,
and when she finally did arrive in the
select division she unfurled a quality
of golf that was almost matchless in
the matter of soundness of technique
and correctness of form.
Memphis Has Strong List.
She pegan to snow her best style
three years ago, when she won the
Tennessee State championship. The
following year she sparkled in the
woman's Southern for several rounds,
but was eventually eliminated by Mrs.
Duffield. Then came 1918 and the
diminutive star's greatest golfing
achievement, that of beating a field
of 144 crack players in the qualifying
round of the Western championship,
her medal score being 92. Unhappily,
she failed to reach the finals, and the
event went to Elaine Rosenthal, a
great little player herself. i
Mrs. Duffield and Mrs. Gaut are the
two Memphians who are conceded to
have the best chance to hold thelr
own with that amazing young girl
from Atlanta, Miss Stirling. This does
not mean, however, that Memphis will
pin her entire fatih to the golfing
capabilities of the Country Club pair.
The Colonial Club has a number of
prospects, including Mrs. R. Paul
Towner and Mrs. Charles Watson, and
the Overton Park Club will be capably
represented by Mrs. Frank Guthrie,
who knows a thing or several about
this lil’ ole game.
Mrs. J. 8. Shortle has been playing
a prodigiously strong match game of
late and she may enjoy a good week
and thereby upset a few calculations.
And there are several other local ex
perts of the feminine species who
doubtless deserve to” be classed along
with the above-mentioned players, if
they happen to be on their game—
which is a big item, of course—there’s
no telling what may happen.
Furthermore, the out-of-town entry
list contains big possibilities, and
even should Miss Stirling manage to
throttle the best that Memphis offers,
she may run afoul of distressing trou
ble in the shape of alien opposition.
Whatever the result may be, it is per
fectly obvious that the championship
tourney is going to resolve itself into
a duel between the national woman's
champion and the ninety-nine other
competitors. Eliminating a national
title holder is a noteworthy achieve
ment, whetaer it is done in the first
round or the finals. And every con
testant in the tourney realizes it, too
—including Miss Stirling. Which is
where the rub comes in—so far as the
others ar econcerned. At any rate, it‘
prcmises to be the biggest week in
the history of woman’s golf in the‘
South.
Women Golfers QOut to Defeat Miss Stirling
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Fans Flock to Camp
Of Young Challenger
(By International News Service.)
TOLEDO, OHIO, May 26.—1 f public
interest here in the doings of Jack
Dempsey at his Overland Club training
quarters can be taken as a criterion of
the attitude of the public toward the
big fight on July 4, it is going to be the
biggest success in the fistic line ever
staged.
Although training is hardlv started
vet, and Willard, the champion, and
naturally the favorite, not yet on the
scene, the public has come in steadily
A Clean Newsnaper for Southern Homes
growing numbers to watch proceedings
down the bay where the training quar
ters are located, Crowds came yester
day from far and near to get a squint
at Dempsey.
Padding was completed today eof the
new ring built for Dempsey.
His trainers are now ready to start a
more strenuous program than that of
the first week.
With the coming of better weather,
road work is to be increased. The en
tire training program will be carried on
outdoors unless weather interferes.
According to Tex Rickard today, the
crowd here on July 4 will include “the
greatest gathering of stage, scren and
sporting celgbrities extant.”” ‘
, Will Miss Stirling L
% Win Title Third Time?
s The first woman's golf cham
pionship tourney in the South was
held in 1911 at Atlanta, and was
won by Mrs. Roger Smith., Since
that season the event has been an
{ annual affair. The only break was
{ in 1918, when the Southern women
) were too busy backing up the hoys
{ in France to devote any attention
to golf.
Only two women have succeeded
in winning the championship more
than once.
If she wins again this year it
will be the first time in history
the affair has been won three
{ times by the same woman.
§ Following is a list of the cham
! pions:
é Mrs. Roger Smith, 1911, at At
lanta.
| Mrs. Frank Jones, 1912, at Nash
! wville.
s Mrs, Ed Daley, 1913, at Memphis.
Mrs. Frank Jones, 1914, at Knox
ville,
? Miss Alexa Strling, 1915, Chat
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| Miss Alexa Stirling, 1916, Bir
! mingham, i
| Mrs. Kenneth Duffield, 1917,
Montgomery. J
(No tournament in 1918.) |
(?7), 1919, at Memphis. 1
A e At IS NTNINL NI NGNS
Pels Take Twe.
NEW ORLEANS, May 26.—New Orleans
took both games of a double-header from
Nashville, 4 to 1, and 6 to 0.
The Bex Scere,
FIRST GAME.
N'ville. ab. h. pe. a./N. Or. ab. h, pa. a.
Bllam, s 3 1 3§ biDanfels r¢ 0 4 ¢
Meyers, 2 4 0 3 3/Kn'up, 24 2 2 3
MecDon'd, . 4 '1 8 IGbb, -m -3 1 § 13
Burke, 1 4 0.9 o|Deber, ¢ ¢ 3 § 'O
Wickm, m 4 0 3 O}Sul\'nn, 130 8 §
Kohn'hr *r 3 1 0 oiS'bury, $3 1.1 1%
Moran, 3 2 0 0 1/D'bert, 83 1 2 6
Street, ¢. 3 0 3 3|Fielder, 13 1 8 0
Decatur,p 3 0 0 2(Prdue, p 4 3 0 3
Totals 30 324 16/ Totals 31 11 27 13
Score by innings: R
NOSNIN® . i i, 801 009 000redl
New Orleans .......... 100 003 000—4
Summary: Runs—Moran, Glilbert, De
berry, ,10'Aubert, Fielder. Errors—Stans
bury, Fielder. Earned runs—Off Decatur
4. Two-base Hits—Gilbert, Deberry.
Stolen bases—MecDonald. Sacrifice hits—
SBullivan, D' Aubert. Double plays—Mece-
Donald to Meyers, Knaupp to D'Aubert to
Fielder Struck out—By Purdue 3, by
Decatur 2. Base on Balls—Off Purdue 2,
Decatur 2 Time—l:24, Umpires—Bren
nan and Campbell.
SECOND GAME.
The Box Score.
N'ville. ab. h.po. n.’.\'. Or. ab. h. po. a.
Ellam, 8. 3 1 6 0/D'mfels,r 3 2 1 1
Meyers, 2 2.1 0 1/Kn'up, 2 2 1 2 2
McD'd 1 $ 0 1 00UB, M. § 3.1 0
Burke, 1 3 0 8 o|Deboy, 61 & 3 O
Wmn, m 3 0 1 0/Sul'van,] 3 2 3 0
X'hbokr r 3 1 8 OoiFbry, 3 ¢ 0 1 4
Morah. 5 5 0 0 3D'sertn. 3§ 8 1
Street, c.~2 0 1 2(Fieldr, 13 0 9§ 0
Metz, p. 2.1 0 HIxWU P 32 1 8 2
Totals 24 4 18 9| Totals 22 9 21 10
Score hy innings: R
Nasnville i 000 000 00
New Orileans v 100 023 x—6
Seven innings by agreement
Summary: Runs—Daniels 2, Deberry,
Sullivan, D’Aubert. Fielder. Earned Runs
Off Metz 6 Two-base Hits—Danlels,
1’ Aubert, Kohlbecker Stolen Basc—Sßul
livan Sacrifice Hits—Knaupp, Deberry,
Stansbury, Lankenau Struck Out—By
Lankenaa 2 RBases on Balls—Off Lank
enau 1, off Metz 3 Wwild Pitch—Metz,
Passed Balls—Street Time of Game—
-1:13 Umpires—Campbell and Brennan.
Bears, 2: Lookouts, 0.
MORILE, ALA., May 26.—Fulton pitched
his second snccessive shutout here yester
day afternoon and Mobile won from Chat.
tanooga, 2 to 0. Noel pitched good ball,
but three errors gave Mobile the first run
and guccessive doubles by Ducote and Mil
ler, the other Miller's hitting was a fea
ture
The Box Secore,
Mob. ab hpe a' Chat, ab hpo a
MeMi; #..2 1 1 2Demos, .41 § 0
Shepner, 3.4 0 3 4iGraff, 3. 4 1 2 6
Summa, m - 1 3 OKelly, m.. 4 2 3 0
D'mss; 2.4 1 3 IHOGR'mM, 14 0 4 }
Ducote, r.. 4.1 4 oGile'son, 2.4 0 7 2
Vleman, e\2..0 31 Olacy, 1 S Wg N
Prown, 1.5 8.8 9Rates, r.. 3 1 1 4
Miller, 1...8°3 § § Varp, ¢ jg oy
Fulton, p 4 0 0 uNoel, p oy g
Totals 30 727 7 Totals 32 6 24,13
Score by innings
Chattanooga . o 0 000 0000
Mobile s 000 100 01x—2
Symmary Irueete Fulton Errors—
Demoe, Graff, Kelly, lLacy, Earp Two
hase hits—MeMillan, Ducote, Miller. Sac
rifice hits—Celeman, Brown. Double plays
Schepner to Brown, Graff to Gleason to
Graham Struck out—By Fulton 2. Bases
on balls—Off Noel 4 Left on bases—Mo
hile 10, Chattanooga » Time-—1:35 Um
niree lamn=an and Collins
MONDAY, MAY 26, 1919,
Five Leading Hitlers
In Two Major Leagues
By AL MUNRO ELIAS.
National League.
Players, Clubs, g. ab. r. h, p,e.
Players, Clubs, g o N oh e
Young, N. Y,. 22 90 13 37 411
Williams, Phi. 17 71 17 27 .330
Meusel, Phil. . 18 62 14 23 371
Kon't'y, B'k'n 21 78 8 26 .333
American League.
Cravath, Phil, 16 39 10 20 513
Shang, Boston 16 38 4 15 395
Jackson, Chi,. 26 96 12 36 .375
Smith, Cleve,. 19 64 14 34 375
Wam's, Cleve. 24 92 11 34 .370
Cobb, Detroit. 24 98 15 35 357
['ech Seniors
Ga. Note
In connection with the statement of
the senior class of the University of
Georgia, after Tech's letter severing
athletic relations between the two
schools, the president of the senior
class of Tech writes the following
note:
Atlanta, Ga., May 25, 1919.
To the Sporting Editor, Atlanta
Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir—ln reply to the numer=-
ous inquiries which have come to
me for an expression of the attitude
of the Tech student body toward
Ceorgia’s reply to my letter as pub
lished in The Atlanta Constitution
of May 22, I would state that owing
to the examinations now in prog
ress at the closing of the school
year it is an inopportune time to call
a meeting, but it is quite certain
that the Tech student body most
vehemently discountenance the is
sue on which Georgia would take
her stand. Yours very truly,
R. 8. GRIFFITH,
President Senjor Class o Georgia
School of Technology.
“Blushing Violet” Benny Kauff only
collected three triples and a double dur
ing the Glant-Cardinal series, yet he
says he is dissatisfied. He longs for
circuit swats.
The Cardinals and Pirates passed
each other on Brooklyn bridge today.
Merely changing to the Giant and
Dodger ball yards. j
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Novel Tourneys Planned
‘ “Duffers” Also to Compete j
Fair Sex to Play for Cup
The nearest we can come to a date
on it is “soon,” but it won't be very
long until the Atlanta women golfers
will have a fine chance to struggle
around the East Lake course and
drown little white balls in the lake
and win cups and everything. They
are getting up a women's golf tour
nament, the first held in Atlanta in
‘three or four years—the first, 1 think,
since the famous tournament at Druid
Hills, got up by Mrs. Frank Adair
and some other folks, in which there
were thirty-two entrants and l\vrnly-‘
eight prizes, if my memory is not all
Wrong. |
Mrs. Thomas B. Paine, Mrs. R. P,
Jones—Bob's riother—and other fem
inine golfers, aided by their liege lords,
or whatever they prefer to call their
husbands, are organizing the tourna-|
ment, and Willie Ogg, the new pro
fessional at Kast Lake, is struggling
desperately with the prospective hnn—i
dicaps, it being planned to make the
affair as even as possible. ‘
The entry lists will be open soon.
There will be lots of prizes; they have
to have lots of prizes in a fenmune golf
tournament to get the entries. But
they say this one is going to be run
pretty much like those of the men,
except it will be shot from the front
tees, which would not be a bad idea
for ajJl except Flight 1 in the mascu
line tournaments, at that, |
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The masculine duffers at Kast Lake
are to have an inning within the next
month. Following a British idea, put
forward in this instance by Willie
Ogg, there will be a Class B golf tour
nament for all the club golfers whose
handicaps are worse than 30. No
golfer enjoying a better standing willl
be permitted to enter this event, Han- |
dicaps will apply, the thirty-one menl
being the lowest, the thirty-two men|
being given one stroke by them; the
thirty-three men being given two
strokes, and so on, just as in rsgular
handicap play.
This tournament is anticipated with
considerable joy by everybody except
the greenkeeper. He will have a sol
emn time putting the links together
after the storm. -
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The four-ball match between Willie
Ogg and Hal Schley on one side and
Bob Jones and Tom Prescott on. the
other, a week-end event at East Lake,
resulted in a complete triumph for
the latter pair, who played a startling
brand of team golf. Bob shot a;‘
which was no better than Ogg's seore,
but on half a dozen holes where 2:”
was in trouble, Tom, who was shi \i
ing rather uncertainly and in g.
| luck, managed to rush to the reseue
and either win or halve a hole, =
Ogg had several wagers on his own
game, Somebody had bet him he
wouldn't shoot ag well as 36 goln.'
and 37 coming in, and wouldn’t break
75 on the round. Oddly enough, Willle
got a 36 out and 87 in, gétting a @
for the round 4nd winning all the hets,
Except for bad scores on Nos, 16 and.
18 and the failure to get down long
putts on Nos, 12 and 13, his game was
perfect. He got a 2 on No. 8 and an
|other on No. 11, If he had been abls
to sink puts of moderate length on
Nos. 12 and 13, he would have beaten
Old Man Par handily, as it was.
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The Storey-Lombard match in the
finals of the Cone Maddox cup tour
pament was won by the former, 3 and
2, in a closely fought 36-hole matcii
in which neither had much of a lead at
!::n_\' stage. This tournament was-for
lgnlfers in the “maiden class;” thw
golfers who had never won a
’l‘liu‘ht trophy in any event, that pule
eliminating Mr. Maddox himseif
the competition. It was played fa
three flights and proved an interest
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This is the day when Miss Alexa
“.\‘lirlim: starts in Memphis onav;ha,i ail
her Atlanta friends and m!;q;fl_
fondly believe will be a triumphal
’murch to the woman's golf champion
'ship of the South. The national cham~
‘pinn is shooting a steady game, prob
ably as steady as at any time in her
’l':ll‘l‘(r’l‘, and her tee-shots will ave e
15 or 20 yards better than ever be=
fore in a big tournament. The At
ll:mm fansg do not believe that any
woman golfer in the South can hold
the red-headed little Atlanta girl, and
news of a defeat in any round at
Memphis this week will come as a
\must. pronounced upset to this city.
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