The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1904-07-14
STATE GOLF PLAYERS
MEET In CHAMPIONSHIP
OPENING oPTHE ANNUAL TOUR
NAMENT IN HARTFORD.

one of the Surprises of the Day the
Failure of Roger S. White, End, OF
the New Haven Country Club, to
auaIify-C. H. Zimmerman Fails In
the Qualifying Round-M. H. Marlin
and W. X. shepard Win Rounds In
Consolation Match.
Hartford, July 13.-Play in the sixth
annual golf tournament of Connecticut
clubs began to-day at the links of the
Hartford Golf club under most favora-
BILE auspices and with the largest entry
list of players ever known at a tourna-
ment here in recent years. The storm
of last night and this morning caused
the green to be slow for the players,
The qualifying round, eighteen holes.
medal play, was started by c. H. zirn-
merman, of the New Haven Country
club, and H. H. Knapp, Of Bridgeport
(Brooklawn), and they were followed
by thirty-eight pairs of golfers. among
whom was F. ]. o. Alsop, the crack
Yale player. Charles H. Seely,. Of Wee
Burn, the state champion, will not COM
pete in this tournament.
At $3.50 the qualifying round had not
been finished Those who had covered
the course in 81 or less up to that time
were as follows: Thomas w. Hall, jr.,
New Canaan Golf club AZ out, 40 in.
total 81; r. w. Cutler, Hartford. out
"A, in 3S-82; r. d. Cutler, Hartford, out
Al. in 37-7S; Frederick Tyler. New Ha-
ven, out Al, in 4S-S4; Thomas Hooker,
Hartford, out 43, In A-84; S. II. Pat
terson, Brooklawn, out IA, In 41-85; w
j. Honeyman, Norwich, out 49, in 43--
.86; f. j. o. Alsop, Middletown. out ~.
in 42--S4: H. H. Pease. Maple Hill, New
Britain, out 43, in 4s-8s; S. H. Taylor,
BrooklaWn. out Al, in 4S-S4. Max
Hart Of New Britain. qualified with
H84.
Al sufficient number of contestants not
qualifying with score of 81. the fol-
lowing named were considered eligible
with a score Of So: j. M. Platt Wal
|lingford, out 46, in 42-8S; w. X. Shep-
ard, New Haven, out Al, in 41-Ss; Rog-
Ter HI. Hovey Hartford, out AZ in 4t-
88; j. E. Hewes, Hartford, out A. in AZ
-88; s. B. Page, Midd1etown. out A, in
44-SS.
One of the surprises Of the day was
the failure Of Roger S. White, I'd, of the
New Haven Country club, to qualify.
AT o'clock this afternoon the frst
rounds for the championship. consola-
|tion and bunker cups We're played, and
some excellent golf was witnessed, es-
|pecially In the former round In the
championship round were the first six
teen who qualified earlier in the day,
while those who played for the conso-
lation were the second sixteen. The
next sixteen players whose cards in the
medal play were not quite as good as
those of the first thirty-six made up
the players in the bunker round. Fol-
lowing are the scores:
First round, championship HI H
Taylor, Brooklawn, beat +. o. Tyler
New Haven, 2 up. 1 to play.
T. Hooker, Hartford beat M. S. Hart,
New Britain, 8 up. 2 to play.
F. j. o. Alsop, Middletown, beat r. d.
Cutler, Hartford. 4 up, 8 to play.
R. H. Hovey, Hartford, beat H. Fl.
Pease, New Britain, up, 2 to play.
J.. e. Hewes, Hartford. beat r. w.
Cutler, Hartford, q up, to play.
S. H. Patterson, Brooklawn. beat J.
NJ. Clapp, s up, to play.
S. r. Cooley, Hartford, beat G. w.
Hall, New Canaan, 4 up. to play
w. J.. Honeyman, Norwich, beat S. G.
Page, Middletown, by default.
Consolation, first round-R. D. Spratt,
Brooklawn, beat M. C. Brainard, Hart
ford, 5 up, 7 to play.
| M. H. Marlin. New Haven, beat N. G..
Taintor Hartford, up, to play.
H. J. Barber, Hartford, beat H. Far
nam. New Haven, 6 up, S to play.
w. jackson, Middletown. beat w B.
Douglass, up, to play.
| II. A. Smith, Hartford, beat H. H.
Knapp, up, to play.
w B. Barlow, Hartford, beat w. Aus
| tin, Norwich, 1 up.
w. K. Shepard, New Haven, beat WI.
p. Bryant, 2 up.
/ p. Preden.ek, Meriden, beat w. 3.
Seeley, Brooklawn, by default.
The winners in the bunker round
were: N E. Davis, Middletown; r. S.
White, I'd, New Haven; +. e. Sands,
Meriden; G. G. Pinney. New Haven; j.
! D. Moulton, Meriden: E. B. Morris.
Hartford; r. l. Jackson Middletowr,
and c. H. Zimmerman. New Haven.
Tomorrow at 9:S0lo'clock the second
round for the championship, consolation
land bunker cups will be started. This
will be for eighteen holes, and at 105
O'Clock the first round, foursomes,
eighteen holes, match play, will be
started.
AT 2 o'clock in the afternoon the semi
finals will be played for the Champion
Iship, consolation and bunker cups, and
the second round in the foursomes.
MuIIah In Field Again.