The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-15

lin and zimmerman-The Various
 Contests Yesterday-shepard and HO-
 yey Most Warmly Applauded.
 It WAS an ideal day yesterday for the players in the State tournament al the . beautiful gr9unds of the New Haven Country club! It was pretty warm weather, butfa good breeze prevailed and inc sho{er that came up at five o'clock hard&s wet the grass.
 The New Haven Country club cov- arad itself with glory as the three prin- cinal contesk, including the all impor- +ant ehanpiRnship contest, were won Inv New H veners-Shepard winning E1A chanpiE Ehship, Zimmerman the consolation cE ID, and Marlin the bunker cun. The coktest for final honors in tte ehan1piouE Ehip struggle between Dr. W K. ShepaIA Aof the Country cub and R IT Hoyey f Hartford was a very pretty one ti |ughout, and the close was quite dr aatic and was received with intense sterest. At the finish Shepard droy the ball in his last stroke to wild a few inches of the hole. Hovey hen by careful shot pIaced his bal Within a few feet of it. Seeing that tie l'jig was up,'' MT, Ho- Yey, when hi: turn came, stepped up and. picking ID Shepards ball, tossed 1t to him and stretched out his hand to his opponent lin token of surrender and congratuhtipn. Score, up to go. The two tpiayers shook hands heartily and Incl crowd of ladies and gentlemen apDla1uded enthusiastically. Great satisfaetidn was expressed by all over this ctntl lest and over the whole tournament.
 The full seore: .-,..-
 Shepard-6 54 a a5543 5-42 Out.
 443 6453xx- In.
 Hovey-4 4 A 4 A 5-40 Out. 546j4 S
 Dr. w. K Shepard, of the Sheffield Scientific school, with an easy play led for championship honors on the links of the Nkw Haven Country club, In the morning, when in the end of the first IS holes Ae led his opponent four up. The eplat for the championship Is over a 36 cobrse and the last IS were played in the afternoon. Shepard played the slhoothest game of the morning, a1thehgh he was short on his drives. His opponent, however, was weak on his puts.
 The best play coming home was on the 18th hole when Shepard took the ] hole in two, one under bogey, making 3 beautiful I5-foot put He equalled bogey the rest of the way. in except at
 
 six for Hovey. for that hole. .,N
 The first round for the Connecticut championship for 1905 started out in The morning .WithfDr Shepard and R. H. Hovey, of Hartford, the contestants both in good form. Shepard had the odds with tha gallery when the pair led off, but on the first hole he fell down and HoYey took in four equally bogey. Driving across the street to the second hole Shepard again got into a mess and his ball went under a rock, so that he had to use an extra stroke to get out. With Hovey two up Shep- arrd made a good approach for the third hole and took it in a three. It took another hole for Shepard to even up the score, he taking the fourth in bogey. Still, neither was playing g. championship game. On the fifth hole Shepard forged ahead and took the hole in four, which is bogey to five for his opponent.
 They halved the next hole in a i've and it was not until the start was made for the seventh that the gallery began to see good golf. Hovey made the long drive to this with an iron and just went over the ditch on his second, Shepard driving onto the green in his second.
 Tn his third Hovey played well onto the green, but the third stroke of Shepard's carried him close to the cup and he took the hole in four.
 Shepard made a splendid approach to the eighth, landing on the green on his first His oppdnent made bad rluss of this hole, driving on his first into the grass. He played way off on his second in tonsed duence, and landed away off on the green. Hovey's second took him close to the cup and he took the hole, raising the lead to up.. Shepard and Hovey both made good drives to the ninth and landed oh the second with little advantage to either Shepard made a good approach on his third, but took two puts for the hole, taking it in to 6 for his opponent. ,, On the turn home Shepard then held the lead at 8 up, going out in 39 to 42 for Hovey.
 After his first twp shots Shepard , equalled bogey on the outward journey
 One of the best matches of the morn Ing was that hetweeh c. H. Zimmer- man and Roger S. White, 2d, both of the New Haven Coulltry club, for the consolation cup Zimmerman and White both played splendid golf, Zimmerman ending the first IS holes up. AS all the championship matches are for 36 holes the other 6sghteen holes were played in the afterneon'
 In the consolation cup finals Roger s. White, 2d, New Haven Country club, met c. H. Zimmerman, New Haven Country club. Zimmerman won, up 5 to go.
 For the bunker cu1 M Fl. Marlin, New Haven Country club, met in the finals A, M. Baldwin, tBrooklawn. Mar lin won, up, 3 to so.
 In the finals for tnel cup oHered for the fourth Is, G. L. White, IT., Water bury nlaved ~ 10. HHle, WalllngfOrd,