New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-28
SEELEY WINS BY ONE Up
long PUT BEATS GRAHAM.
Connecticut Player Takes MetropoE-
tan Golf Championship.

Charles Il sseley. former golf champion Of
Connecticut. won the metropolitan golf champion
shin 81 Fox Ellis links yesterday, by defeating
Archibald Graham. OF the North Jersey Country
Club, OF Paterson by up In thirty-six hole
match
seeIey IS a member Of the Wee Burn Golf Club
Of Noroton, Conn. but owing to his fathers death
be has not been IN active competition for
more than year. Prior TO last he held the
championship OF the Nutmeg State for three sue
eessive years.
he has a loose, round arm swing and relies
mostly on his long drives, though yesterday his
putting. usually uncertain. very good. He
not the favor1te before the match started. Graham
though noted for sharp collaDses, is g brilliant
worker e. TIMES, and, now that he has shortened
his swing his form Is rather effective
The betting was about LOO to 50 In his favor,
ing TO previous exhibitions OF the week but as the
match showed Graham wss not at all equal to his
game q the previous dayE, and at only one point
In the entire match-ths eighth hole Of the after
noon round-was he ahead, and then only one hole
That the men were well paired is indicated by the
fact thai neither ever gained lead OF more than
one hole though It was Graham who was always
closing up the gaps, and not Seeley. The latter
really by a spectacular So-toot put the next
% the last hole. but his work all through
tremely creditab!e-
Seeley had the honor ana started out with a
sizzling drive. Graham followed with equally
good one and both wers the green in three the
ham overplayed bis second shot. while seeley
short. The hole was finally divided IN s The next
IVES haIved in
On ths fourth. known as Razor Back, Graham
Eloed his drive out OF bounds and seeley. who had
made no mistakes, won his first advantage by
taking the hole 70 :. Bot. reached the green of
the short fifth hole, but Seeey, In his anxiety go
down, overTan his approach and needed four puts.
ThiE gave Graham the hole IN 8 70 5. thus ueing
the score
par Going to the eighth. which measures III
yards. Graham topped his drive. while his opponent
wei the green. This gave sesly easy
opening. ana he played It safely for win to s,
This made him again Up.
Another topped drive on the ninth gave Seely
another advantage, which he missed by Tubing
his approach Both were on the green in 3. and
o s H t6s s 9essy 22 By running Pd7 dQwp put
man nad registered q for the outward journey and
Turning for home Graham sliced his drive into
ne rough and bis second went into the ditch while
and SeeIy took the hole BY default cobisti in
Of good tee end second shots By both men resulted
and oo fr 10 ths s next S0Ia Syan the green
fLa!5ng the fouTteenth, See!y caught his approach
On the neck Of his club and went to the left. he
70 8. This again tied the score. ''N '40 N0'0 Al
"a, A the fifteenth Graham's putting was weak, and
d.loe on the next whePs he m.ss6 as ga ses IN cyl
for q three and was forced TO accept a halt. L
vas then seely's turn TO spoil a good hole with
poor short work Graham captured the seven
teenth, asa!in tying the score The home hole was
halyed IN 4 and the pair finished all square for
me morning half The score IVES:
osaEaa ::::.:::::::::: +SS+4s&l
after After the noon interim the ODDS were slightly in
sse-ys favor. Coupled with his capital showing
N the first half was the reputation he has always
enjoyed OF being q hard loser
crowds OF onioolers from NewYorl, TTbo ba5 eo Dg
down 10 the finish and whose favoritisru was
apparently inpartially divided between the two
contestants.
The first hole was q half in g. quickly followed
By another al the second in the same figure and
the third, which measures 238 yards, IN T. Graham
was on the edge OF the green in two beautiful
puts 10 get down. This gave the hole to Seely and
made him up.
seely laid his opponent Btymie and saved himself
with a half IN 4 otherwise hole for
Graham. The latter got the next however and
the seventh was halved in 8.
On the eighth, Graham made perfect drive, and
made the 2 yard green. holing out IN the orthodox
and getting the advantage OF hole fOr, the frst
[ seely scoring a for the outward journey and
Turning for home up. Graham halved the tenth,
but lost the next. His second in the ditch. and
IN playing II out he was over the green where he
required three puts. This gave the eleventh hole
10 Seelyt and once more squared the match The
again required three puts. and lost at TO 6. This
gave Seely the l. ad. which he afterward lost.
The next TWO were halved in each, and on the
ssl1IeeItF. when Graham apparently had the hole,
seely laid him another stymie, and saved the day
with a half
Going TO the seventeenth Seely pulled into the
green. Graham was on In with fifteen foot put
10 70 in. Seely ran down a thirty foot put, and
without incident and it was seeiy's match by up.
Inc afternoon cards: