New-York tribune., 1922-06-30
Topping Shows
Fine Golf Grit
In Title Fight
Connecticut Champion Wins
Uphill Struggle From
Mcrriman; Reggie Lewis
Also Plays a Good Game

EASTERN POINT. Conn. Juno %
Most Of the fayoritOs came through In
tho nrs, two rounds Of tho Connecticut
state golf championship on the shene'
couet, links here to-day. The feature
match this morning was that Of Horny
Topping. Of Greenwich, the present
,l,le holder. and Buckle Merriman, OF
Waterbury. former North and south
champion Topping won by n margin
Of and 1 after long. stern chase, ~
which he fought on q gallant o'o ~
Mcrriman in the last hvc holes
Topping had tho going but slightly
easier this afternoon, wh,n he put
away his clubmatc. l.. VI. Lloyd, by 3
and .. Reggie Lewis is the other met
ropolitan favoritc. and tho indications
are that nc will bc m the nnal with
ToppinQ. The Greenwich golfer con
tln,ie. 10 play the kind of game that
defeated Jesse Guilford last week, md
oll opposi,ion has failed 10 stop him.
This morning Lewis defeated Fcrey
Rothwcll. 81 Hartford, BY > ana l.
while takingithings easy. nnd tni' alt-
,rnoon he brought home william Bur
KHWNAN.
Tho fourteenth. r. r. Durfee. Of Water.
hurry. had the two closest matches of
the day. Ills clubmate, Monagan. TOOK
him 10 the nineteenth this morning,
and Holland. Of Wee Burn, he ID on
until tho eighteenth was played this
afternoon.
Harold Lake. son of Governor Lake,
slipped away OF his game and came
home this morning. 3 down, 70 Pierson'
Of Woodway He continued badly In
the afternoon and lost his bcaten,eight
match 10 Dodge. OF Hartford. II Ar.
mold Jackson. Of Greenwich. husband
Of the we'll known woman golfer. Won
his first match Of tournament play. but
failed 20 survive the second round.
Tho summaries:
First round-E r. bartlett. Hartford.
Z. W J. Sweeney. shuttle Meadow. DO.
fsafed n l.. fockhart. bro0kiawn. , ana
2.R T. Jackson. Highland. defeated = ~
English Waterbury. and ? ~ Arn99i.i
win. nrooklawn and ! ". y Macpon'
sid woodway won from " Waish.
Waterbury. hy 1e,aul'. W PARKER teeiHy'
Rrookiawn defeated ~ O. Paul. Green
wich. ana = n " Lewis. Greenwich. de-
f,ated Percy Rofhweii. Hartford , on1
william nurkoWskl. Naugafusk. Gofeatod
o M Aldrich. Hartford. ? ~. J..
Hubbard nrookiawn defeated q 81 car
roii Dr.. and s r. g. white New Haven.
defeated Graham Joneg. Hartford. ard
. !. -. Lloyd. Greenwich. defeated n j.
Nnrsmore Hrookiswn. and u y
Topping. Greenwich. defeated y. = Neri
man Waterbury. snd y Pisrson'
wooIway. defeated Harold s Lake. Hart
ford. s and & ! W Wheeler j.. Brook
lawn. defeated 4 j. Dodge. Hartford
and a. r Durfee. Waterbury defeated
~ " Monagan. waterbury. up. j,
holes. = !. Holland Wee Burn. defeated
n - Goddard. N-w --aven. and :.
Second round-W. sweeney. shuttle
Meadow. defeated r l. nartieti Hart
FORD. ana :. n 4. Jackson Highland.
defeated n Arnold Jackson. Orssn~ieh. I.
up. " Parker Scoley Woodl1wn. defeated
" y Mcdonald. W0odwa~. and y.
fcwls Cresnwich defeated Wm, Birkow.
ski. Sausatuck and O. p. !. Waite. Nrw
Ifavcn. defeated ! T .. Hubbard, Brooh oh
lawn. W. u + Topping Greenwich. Dc
f-a,~d T. " Lloyd Greenwich. ana (.
$ y plerson. Wooiway. defeated v
wheeler jr. Brookiawn. and
Dursee Waterbury defeated p. l.. Hol-
land. Wee Burn. up.