The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-07

| Qualifying Round-Besults of the
PIuy of New Haven Men-The Play I'm
First Round of individual Champion
ship.
Noroton, Conn, June 6.-The second
annual tournament for the champion-
ship of the Connecticut League of Golf
clubs opened on the links of the Wee
Burn Golf club this morning under
most gratifying conditions. Thirteen
clubs out of the twenty-five that COM
prise the league, were represented in the
qualifying round for the indlvlduai
championship that opened this morning
and out of seventy entries, fifty started
| The tournament will continue until Sat
urday evening, and from to-day's play
there promises to be much better golt
than characterized the last state tour
nament The weather conditions to-day
were most favorable, and the course
was in most excellent shape, When
the first pair teed off in the qualifying
round the conditions prevailing, both
as to weather and course, could not be
improved upon. 1t Is nine hole course
r. l.. Cheney of the Oxford Coli clup
of South Manchester, and also of Yale,
is a conspicuous absentee, but the fam
ily is well represented, as five of them
have entered. The New Haven Golt
club is practically the Yale varsity.
In the qualifying round DR.. Carl Mar
tin of Fairfield County Golf club re-
turned the lowest score, 81. while z. II.
seeley of the Wee Burn Golf club re-
turned the next lowest. ST. Mr.. Seeley
is prominently considered as the strong
est candidate for the individual cham
pionship
The individual scores were as fol-
lows: Charles Seeley (Wee Burn) 81; w,
B. Cheney (Orford), 88: w. l.. Baldwin
(Wee Burn), 80; J. p Cheney (Orford),
80; George Jenkins (Wee Burn) 80; Ed,
Leavitt tTIillandale), 90; George Heck
er (Wee Burn), 80; H. Wheeler (Wec
Burn), 81; B. Stanford Uitchfield), 92;
b. Bonner (Fairf1eld). 90; S, Patten
(Oaklawn) %; F. G. Beach (New Ha-
ven), 95; Henry Williams (Wee Burn),
90: Fred Hecker (Wee Burn), 96; 3.
Schavoin (Willandale). 80; w. F. Will
lams (Norwich), 100 George Phelps
(Fairfield), 100; Arthur Day (New Ha-'
ven) 100; Thomas Woolsey New Ha-
ven), los; Fl. Dewing, (wee Burn), 1O5;
w Austin (Norwich), 106; w. stan
ford G4itchfield), 107; A. II. Chase (Nor-
wich), 107; Thomas Christian CHILL
andale), 1OS; E. Wallner (Norwich, 1877.
In the consolation competition w. w.
Waterman of the Fairfield County club
defeated Harvey L. Williams of the
Wee Burn club / UP in 10 holes. The
feature of the play was that for eigh-
teen holes each player won two holes.
and the other fourteen holes We're
halved The nineteenth hole, the de-
Gliding one, was won by Waterman.
The following results Were returned
for the day, in the first round of the
individual championship: A. c.. Wheel
er, Brooklawn Country club, defeated
George f. Hecker Of Wee Burn club 2
up; w. L. Baldwin, Wee Burn. defeated
Edward Leavitt, Hillandale club, up
and 6 to play; DR.. Carl Martin, Fair
field County club, defeated S. III. Pat
letSoll, btOuhld w II lOuuIly Club, D up
and to play; G. Fl. Seeley, Wee Burn,
defeated p B. Bonner. Fairfield County,
s up and to play; ]. P. Cheney Orford,
defeated E. l.. Ives Brooklawn, 2 up
and 1 to play; w B. Cheney, Oxford, de-
feated w. e. Seeley jr., Brooklawn, 7
up and 9 to go; e. B. Curtis, Fairfield
County, defeated f. G. Beach, New
Haven Country club, up and / to so. |