Putnam patriot., 1923-09-21
WOOL MEMS OUTING
 PROVES BIG SUCCESS
Nearly 100 Manufacturer and Salesrnen Gather st Put
 nam Country Club
Compete Far B~susifsi Silver Prires
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Compete For Resusifui Silver Prire,
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 Close to 100 wool ard Horsses wanufaeturers and their asscei1te- of Conreetieut. together with woo salesnen Of the Rosfon and PhHa delphia nzgsFkass. selling ln ttis state participated in 8 golf tgaFnasaent iaE' Friday at the Putnam C89nsry Gluo T. was zH alI day affair and aai krgEr as the flrs1 AHnass Connect. eut Neo3 Mem Golf t9arnaz.ezt t Late in the afternoon when score cards were turned is. a var5sty Q. btagtif1I prixess made from solid s- yer and having money value 0i more than $500, were amar9es % the a5nuerz of the several caTdsa ] events. The tournament was so sseeessfal and developed ga much keen enjoyment fer every body. Ina, is wiI undoubtedly heeosae aa annual event The Pataam Coantry GlHh has invited the wool men to hold theif tournament here agaIn ne1t year.
 contsstaa,s Begin Play
 Pay got under Way early fn the forenoon and b1 mid-forsnoon those from the farthest distance had arfig. ed ard had Iced ea. The visitors found the eDarsa in excellent shape and were delighted with the fine con dition of the faIrwags and greens. Incidentally they found the nine h0Ie course much harder tO play than they had counted on. They found t one of the sport5es cggrses they had ever played on and ali 9f them were heard ta compliment the club on its posses sion and the way t is maintained
 LRneh was served al the club at noon Frank Warren dia the catering and he was congratulated upon the excellence 0f the repast he provided and the servlee gwen bg those Hho were pressed into service as walters
 Play was resumed shortly after lunch and the last cards were not turned in anfil almost dark When everything had been figured out the silver prizes were awarded 70 the sinners.
 Prominent nen A,tend
 Thls outing by the wooi men Was attended by many prominent manu- factuFers and saleameH Frank Page, who buys the wool for the American h 90leH Company. Was present. and took part in the day's play Ia ali there were $ entries for the fDuraa- ment. Al ore time during the day there were e7 cars parked on the club grounds.
 Major Silas M Hheeiock af Che Putnam Neoien Company. thss city. who is also president of the Futnam Country Club. &as B member of the committee which arranged for the tournament and Was largely responsi- ble for the hrst annual event beiHZ held at ths local club. AitH hIm ou the committee were Mars k Lucas. Harry N Bloomfield. Chester E Homer and 0rvilIe N Forte.
 Handicap Eveat Interesting
 The following were ths winners m She handicap events. open ts al
 Best ayross, ls holes. =fie between Harry $ Bloomfield and Q N EeFte. both 0f Boston. 69sSo. On the play of Bloomfield won on fbe fourth extra faIt. fir received as hiA prize a beautiful silver flower vase Fotte as second gross, received e pair of aiiver candle st'uks
 Stanley Bloomfield of Boston. turn ed n the best net for ls holes and received a silver coffee set His gross was sI. handicap fG and net g5. Second best net was scored by Jack Billings Of Boston with a 9I gross, 90 handicap and 67 net. He received a pair of silver candle sticks. Third best net went Co Parker leu lon of Boston, whose card read 87 gross, is handicap. 69 net. His prize was set of silver sandwich plates.
 Worthington and Lane Tied
 There was a tie for fourth and in this best net competition, open to all. ! William Worthington and Duke Lane. ! both Boston men. were those who fi nished the IS holes with an even score. and on the draw, Worthington took the hon0rs and carried home a beautiful! silver flower vase and Lane was awarded dozen golf balls
 Daniel Coreoran of Boston turned in the sixth best net in play with Mark Lucas and Harold Sawyer, both of Boston COreoran won as his prize dozen golf balls.
 Manufacturer Compete
 Wool manufacturers had red hos match, playing k holes. For the best gross score, s3, Harold Pinney of the Phoenix Woolen Co.. of Stafford Springs, won a set of solid silver sher- bet glasses. For the best net prize there was tie between William Park of tbe Airhe Mills, Hanover. Conn, and Francis Luce of the Cyril John son N Moolen Co, of Stafford Springs and Ralph Hubbard of the Packard Moolen Mills, Webster. Mass. Their scores stood Luce. gross lo3, handl- cap a0. net B; Park. gross s7, handi- cap i4, net 73. Hubbard. gross l03, handicap 30. net 7S. On the draw Luce won the prixe-a solid silver sheTbet set
 Another interesting event of this first annual golf outing by wool men was the special match between mann- facturers and saiesmen. The sales men won, the four victors and their scores being Stanley Bloomfield, 65 net: Jack Billings, e net, Harry Bloomfield, 66 net and Parker Ieuio l, 69 net. Each winner received solid silver ash tray.