The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-13
STATE GOLF TOURNAMENT
OPENED AT NEW HAVEN COUN-
 TRY CLUB YESTERDAY.

SprOtt Goes Over the Links in % and
 Wins Silver Medal-FaIIed in After
 noon Match-The Successful Competi-
 tion in the Qualifying Rounds for the
 ChampiOnshIp-The Other Contests.
 The seventh annual golf tournament of Connecticut Golf clubs began yester- day morning on the grounds of the New Haven Country club at Whitney, vile. By evening the first round had been finished and some excellent play had been witnessed. There was a very small gallery because of the intense heat, but many of the players who had finished early followed the late matches with much interest. Considerable sur prise was manifest at the failure of R. D. Sprott of the Brooklawn club, who l won the, silver medal this morning, to l win the match of the afternoon. Sprott | went the course in the morning in the qualifying round in 76, one more than the record for the links, which is held | by W. K. Shepard, a competitor to- day. sprott made the lowest record in 1 1903, but did not equal his performance of yesterday.
 Seventy three players out of the 140 entered started yesterday in the quail flying round, eighteen holes medal play. | For the second time J. B. Sprott of Brooklawn (BridgeporD won the silver medal for the best score in the qualify ing round, his card showing a score of l 76. Two years ago he won with score Of r.
 The rest of the first sixteen making | the best scores and thereby qualifying l for the championship were as follows:
 R. H. Hovey, Hartford, 7S; E. s. Bron- son, New Haven Country club, 79; E. i Tredennick, Meriden Golf club, 79; R. l H. Hard, Brooklawn, 70; T. L. Jackson, I Arawana, 80: R. c. Carroll, Fairfield
 Country Golf club, 80; S. J. Graham,
 Fairfield, 81; ". Austin, Norwich, s1;
 H. D. Beach, Brooklawn, S2; E. S. Par | malee, New Haven, S2; W. J. Honey man, Norwich, S3; c. E. Martin. Fair field, 8S; T. L. Ellis, Brooklawn, SS; w.
 L. Shepard, New Haven, S3.
 l Dr. Carl Martin of Greenwich was
 the only former state champion to start, | other champions though entered not ap- bearing. pr. Martin plays with the 1 Fairfield Country club.
 | Summaries by classes
 I First sixteen for the individual cham
 pionship: s. D. Bowers, Broolklawn, de- feated c. E. Martin, Fairfield, up to play: w. Austin, Norwich, defeated T. L. Ellis, Brooklawn, 1 up in 19 holes;
 W. K. Shepard, New Haven Country club, defeated E. Tredennick, Meriden club, 4 up to play; R, B, Hard, Brook lawn, defeated E. S. Parmelee, New 3Haven Country club, Sup 2 to play; w. | A. Jackson, Arawana club defeated F.. 1 $. Bronson, New Haven Country club,
 4 up 5 to play; w J. Honeyman, Nor-
 wich club, defeated H. D. Beach, Brook 1 lawn Golf club, 1 up in 19 holes; R. H.
 Hovey, Hartford Golf club. defeated R..
 c. Carroll, Fairfield Country. 3iup ? to play; S. J. Graham. Fairfield club, de-
 feated R. E. sprott, Brooklawn club, 5 up and to play.
 l Second sixteen for consolation:
 I W. c. Marshall, New Haven Golf club, defeated N. F. Davis, Arawana, 4 up ? to play; R. $. White, New Haven Country club, defeated J. D. Moulton, | Norwich club, 1 up in 19 holes; R. L..
 Jackson, Arawana Golf club, defeated E. NJ Bradley, New Haven Country
 club, up to play; w. A. Rice, New Haven Country club, defeated H. M.
 Day, jr., Fairfield Country Golf club, l 6 up and 5 to play; A. H. Chase, of l BrookIawn club, defeated J. F, Hewses, 1 Arawana club, up to play; Dr. l. Lyon, New Haven Country club, won l from R. W. Cutler, New Haven Golf club, by default; W. B. Ely, New Ha- ven Country club, defeated I. w. Riley, New Haven Golf club, 6 up to play; IDr, c. H. Zimmerman, New Haven Country club, defeated F. E. Sands, Meriden Golf club 5 up to play.
 Third sixteen Bunker round)-
 w. H. Hapgood, Wallingford Coun-
 try club, up 1 to play; D. W. Camp,
 Arawana, defeated M. H. Marlin, New
 Haven Country club, up to play; A. HI. Baldwin. Brooklawn Golf club, de- feated F. E. Reach, 5 up to play; iG, S. Beach, Arawana Golf club, de-
 feated S. P. Williams, Waterbury Golf
 club, up; w. H. Copp, Fairfield Coun- try club, defeated I. D. Kellogg, Wa
 terbury Golf club, up to play; A. K Merritt, New Haven Golf club, defeated H. c. Irving, New Haven Golf club,
 up to play; L. F. Hall, Wallingford Golf club, defeated F. J. Brown, Wee
 Burn Golf club, up in 20 holes.