The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-11

Cheney the Winners i'm the Third
 Round-seeIey and Moore in the
 FinaIs-C. H. Zimmerman, of New
 Haven, still Holds Hts Place in the
 Consolation Match-F. G. Beach and
 R. s. White, 2nd, Win in Their Con-
 test in the First Round of the Four
 somes.
 Hartford, July 1O-The close of the second day of the tournament of the Connecticut League of Golf clubs found the play for the championship narrowed down to two contestants, Charles H. Seeley of tie Wee Burn club, Stamford, and Robert Moore, of the Quagnapoxet club, New London. These two players will meet tomorrow in the finals.
 This morning the third round for the championship and consolation, and the opening round of the foursome were played. The semi-finals of the cham pionship and the second round of the foursome were played this afternoon.
 The morning play in all the events was not up to the standard previously set by the players This afternoon, how ever, some splendid work was witness ed The result of the contest between Robert Moore and J. B. Cheney was a surprise, Moore winning 1 up The in- terest of the gallery was directed chief ly toward this match. Moore was 8 down at the ninth hole. Thereafter his playing showed remarkable improve ment, and his putting and approaching has not been excelled on the links of the Hartford club this year. At the fourteenth hole the men were even up, and thus continued to the eighteenth, which Moore won. giving him the vic- tory. Cheney was not up to his usual form to-day.
 Seeley's opponent in the semi-finals this afternoon was A. c. Wheeler of Bridgeport. and the present champion had no difficulty whatever in demon- strating his right to be in the finals to- morrow for the purpose of defending his title. He won from Wheeler up, to go.
 In the consolation competition c. M. Zimmerman oS New~Haven beat F. R. Cooley of Hartford up, to go. W. P. Cheney of South Manchester beat W. M. Hapgood of New Haven up, 19 holes. The, second round two ball foursomes resulted as follows: .~ t,&>
 T. F. Rogers and W. P. Bryan of Wa terbury beat A. J. Pease and N. $. Hart of New Britain, up, 19 holes; A. c. Wheeler and W. E. Seeley, jr, of Bridgeport beat s. F. Sands and M. J. Rankin of Meriden, up. to go. w. Austin and J. D. Moulton of Norwich beat T. l.. Cheney and W. B. Cheney of South Manchester. up, 3 to go: F. G. Beach and R. s. White, 2d, of New Ha- ven, beat F. B. Morris and H. J. Bar bour of Hartford, up to go.
 Tomorrow morning the finals in the championship will be played between Seeley and Moore. At the same time Zimmerman and w. P. Cheney will fight it out for the consolation prize The semi-finals and finals in the foursome will also be played.
 In the third round for the champion ship, N. R. Bronson beat $. H Patterson and 3.
 Patterson
 Out 4 5 6 5 6 5 6 In 5 5 6 5 6 5 o o 0
 Bronson
 Out A 5 75 545 In 5 5 5 z 0,0 0
 Robert Moore beat Malcolm Graham, and 3.
 Graham
 Out 4 6 5 8 s47 In 4 5 6 5 6 5 4 0
 Moore
 Out 5 5 7 4 5 5 In 6 5 4 4 4 0
 C. H. Seeley beat w. E. Davis, 3 and ?.
 Seeley--
 Out 445 A 5 In 4 5 AZ 4 0
 UP. Cheney beat F. J. o. Alsop, and
 Following are the results of the third round for the consultations:
 FIR. Cooley beat R. w. Cutler, and
 W. B. Cheney beat Samuel Cooke, $ and 5.
 w. H. Hapgood won from A. K. Mer- ritt by default.
 c. H. Zimmerman beat A. D. Dodge, 2 and 1.
 The first round of the foursomes re- suited as follows:
 F. G. Beach and R. S. White, 2d, beat D. N. Barney and W. F. Whitmore. 6 and 5.
 H. H. Pease and M. S. Hart beat B. T,eayitt and C. A. Jenkins. 1 up, 19 holes.
 E. B. Morris and H. J. Barbour beat W. L. Baldwin and A. S. Pitt, and 2.
 w. Austin and J. B. Moncton beat J. G. Jackson and W. B. Douglass, 1 up.
 IL. Cheney and w. G. Cheney beat M. H. Marlin and H. Farnam. 3 and 1.
 A, c. Wheeler and W. E. Seeley, jr., heat A. N. Chase and E. Wallner, 3 and
 F. F. Sands and M. J. Rankin beat N H. Knapp and W. J. Nichols.
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