New-York tribune., 1909-07-09
GOLFERS WBEDED OUT
rorR PLAYERS LEFT IN
1alc Captain Has Close Col' q" r''y
for Connecticut Title.

.,.,.,r,b annual championship y -1,os .,,a
- Tesxne of Connecticut Con = .1o ,-resnuicl,
er,i-Hual stage over the i"h - s,,-,-i,,ors being
'S]-.- rtrb Yesterday, the four SIi 49,,
tonntIs = the home organZatIon' r. L. 'aoh-
:. l. ,sza,stou-n s J. Graham OF inc Hoiiie
-, ,d r p Merriman, OF " A's'
III -,ae. az named this mornhlg- -,
I-noyestionably the surprise oi '7 -
- ea,,.ter who defeated in successive ROUNDS
- v-eI known tournament veterans n n
- - Hartford and 5 d Bowers, or Brook
- 7, is possible that Hovey, who' as ruie
orl,. 9,6s lime for weekend pracuc9' mas Oee"
-ou-dirr 100 much golf into IN last le" ua9 AZ
IL cents the rUnner-up Of year ago o4sfs3eu
little OF his customary steadlneSS' ms sho'' "'-'o
heinf especially ragged. After turning for nome
+, ,,n solr--er increased his lead and finally won
By up ana 70 play
Later in the day Soutter took on Bowers ana de-
fsated the latter by d and margin. whereupon
The R-ooklawn man cited hard luck tale Whlch
served TO further illustrate the uncertainties OF gof
il happened al the short fourth hole that Bowers
laid his tee shot 10 within eight feet of the cup,
rbile the others effort left him in an awkward
position close 20 a stone wall As the GreenWlch
PLAYER said sftervsrd al he hoped 10 do was 10
ger on the green. Anyhow. he hit the ball chop
ming scrt Of stroke and. TO his sstonishInent and
likewise TO the dismsy Of Boxers the ball went into
the hole for . Bowers then missed his put SO that
q hole he should have was lost After turning
for home ! up Sout;er promptly increased his ad-
The winner had an excellent chance 10 get under So
After winning their morning matches easily, both
Merriman and Graham struck Tartars in the sec
ond round Merrimau had his club mate. y. r
Bronson. for an opponent, and the. pair hung to-
Ee5her from the start At the second hole the Yale
eaprs4n got into trouble among lot of rocks and
had to pick 90. He also had 10 give up the sixth
h7ie but despite these setbacks. MerTnlan sue
raeded in holding his man level the turn, the
cards reading n 70 A. in favor Of the former
Merrirlan thought he had the seventeenth hole
won but Bronson ran down a twenty-foot put Tor
& bslve That left the Yale man dormie one. and
things again looked troublesome when Bronson
hrous ht of another twenty -footer for 5 on the
home green Merriman's hall lay some fifteen feet
from the cup in . and the champion displayed good
nerve hs holding the Put for q Ea!fe Wlicn IeiI
him winner by : up
H-i-b the exception OF = : Al the second hole,
Graham played steadily aga nst 9 G. Waldo. IT.
Of Bridgeport. especially going out but only won
after an extra hole. The former Teaohed 'le
7rrn IN an even g. and stood VI On the tenth'
twelfth and sixteenth greens the Greenwich cham
mon needed three puts ali OF which enabled " "aloo
10 keen in the game although the latter had to get
: a. the home hole - helve the match Ihe
oss-ds showed an even 81 for both players AZ 'ne
e1trs boIe Graham appeared at his best, getting a
cspitsl 10 his opponents {.
The summary follows:
CoNNECT1CUT CHAMPIONSHIP
y
fore ls.li8-1- "P % @s " 3y.Tsys y t default: RsIph
ana 10 rsz 2 = Ja0A$, s!ra.nvcn beat
II R.5feId Hartford. lp and . 10 play: 9 .. MAIS
= Bronson Na.srbgry bet r u MsIgr'' IA 2 l.
sosEeld. re i II Wee Burn 8 u ara . 70 play
secona -ou7d-Soure- hest Bowers ~ a7a .f - JZ
2 / - 5ass % 2 ~ z9l.s. Ner-nsa best y r Eron-
son. 49,.
E.s esa oaPopshp ,arst T2.dIio3 M a65 sia /
. riay " A Jackson hcst Redhsld. hr default war
fod beat " Z. seafeld r.. up and : 10 pa.
SECOND SIXTEEN
rirst rosu5-1 g. ersbo N-s Hsren. bes, y =
Ta5hZ ,5r'e7Eirl- > g1 ard !, no, 70 p.@2 r2 y J.
Sscaoas BrooklsTn. best r White % Nsr HsTe1 :
y sna = PsS a. u. r - nj - pa: " J s7eeney
ksass-u75 beat 9 L ssez isTJioI9' r1re og ~,s w.4
Bg W and i' - ls, RoetT hunter Burn. beat
e I ~ si3 i Hsr5.9 9s, : n ' M sP9 Y %a:sury as + Up ~
seeens -o1a5-smga beat Craab - and ; % Tlas pa
sssas 1p holes. FsIrne,es aeat Hunter Up and
rSi:-- s:--3 - and fss 5s sss' Re4;:a :, Z.
81 white baa Heath up ana to Play.
THIRD SIXTEEN.
rog75L ua- Ts. Tar ~ t'a, 49, :. s1rEsot ot,
Ss' lisyen ~ =" h'ss1- !" II, "a boiss II n
rsss- usris IIai !4 9 bushnell ~ Hs,:n a.. =, ;
e 1ss127A5 @ ~" J3 1i,i ~ n = Ha1oIr up sn8
pls,: Is. P TTs- NeT Britain. beat 6 2 sheldon.
tirsenH'~h : : - pay T. : 'T,lsol'r 80
Hs,en re-. 2 Hes-i '5-eerpioh. and 20 PLAY
4 = rrirE Mf 1911. beat = E. Curtis. tiTeenTic ich .
up s0d n 7'sE-
second ~cur3-Tsor hezt Dotr. - and - ~
= y Tea=o T -arEe-r. 7 HarT beat Trip
" an 1 1lar. 2 : Brsason beat Irving. up
~ h0.nsl.
J. Szrre-t 7r- RgsHre1f Hacdorsld- , I'D and
riss: Sfeldaa f,at Williams. Up and to Pag'
Curtis heat Beard. hy 6c:au,t-
FOURTH sIATI.FH,
FIRST -arnI-T 2, E-s-s Rurn boa r. r. john
feonpirt up hclest. ? /. Scoheld ~. We
Bun ? Gibbrus. trsSsr.s. up and ] 70 play
g Beach Bristol. J.. :. RoPre. Hartford. up
and C1erncn- Ray Greenwich. beat c wallace
Fee Burr - holes. 2 A NenesS RTi9gepor bea
g T. Iuus0n IA Tslsrgf0rd. and : 10 play. IL "
Day Greenwich beat y n Butler Arswsns. by default
II g WILCOX Meri6en. bear r u. Gates. Highland
u ar play: ?. =. Butler. A-assns. beat ;. "
Person. Woe Burn. and 70 ply.
Second rou0d--ea-s Z. L. Sooheld. ~ and "
pa Rs- holes. IDey heat NefeHH