New Britain herald., 1925-09-03
SWEENEY AWARDED
 GOLFERS TROPHY
Paul HaViland Wins Right to Have Name Inscribed on Plate

winner In the last all-day golf tournament of the season of the Connecticut Golf association which was played off yesterday at the Shuttle Meadow club links. He won through by consistent playing In the afternoon round of IS holes and will have his name inscribed on the association trophy for his work of yesterday.
 The trophy will. however, be awarded to w. J. Sweeney of Shut tie Meadow because of vote passed by the committee in charge of the events some time ago that the trophy would be awarded to the man hav- ing his name on the trophy the most times providing that he had it there three times. Sweeney won the event at Racebrook and again at Water bury and in Hartford recently, he was tied with K. Reid of Farming ton and J. Sill of Wethersfield for the event and this entitled him to have his name on 1t for the third | time.
 | Sweeney started out on the morn ing round like a winner. He played his usual round of golf, thought it 1 is known that he does not play as well on the Shuttle Meadow links as on others, and came through with gross score of 73 for the first IS holes. The par for the course at Shuttle Meadow is II so Sweeney's shooting in the morning was close to being perfect.
 Meets Reyerses
 Tn the afternoon, however he met with reverses on three holes playing them three over par and the out come of the first nine holes was that l Sweeney went out in 42. He came in in 39 making a wonderful play on the 18th hole for four, but his score for the afternoon was 7S which | pnt him out of the running for first | place. His sinking of putt that was over 20 feet in the morning on the 18th hole, was the feature play | of the entire day.
 Haviand shot "A In the morn ing round of IS holes and repeated | In the afternoon for another "A giv- ing him the low gross for "6 holes with a total score of 14S. With his | 1 handicap of 16, this also gave him | first place in the low net for 36 l holes whole he placed second in | the low gross for IS holes and forth for low not 1S holes.
 K. Reid, Swceney's most bitter rival tied him for low gross for IS holes with mark of 73 and also ! tied him for second place in low gross for 36 holes with a mark of | t51.
 Winners of Prizes Ten prizes were offered, divided | as follows; Three for low gross 56 holes; three for low net 36 holes, two for low gross IS holes and two for low net IS holes. No one man was allowed 10 win more than one prize in the tonrnamcnt so that prize winners came In through elim- ination of the leaders in more than one event.
 G. W. Manning, another member of the Shuttle Meadow club was prize winner taking second in the low gross for 8 holes while tho surprise of the day was registered by Dr. M. A. Kinsella who took first prize for low net for IS holes.
 The prizes were awarded as fol- lows: First, low gross, SC holes, Paul Haviland, Brooklawn, 14S: second, low net 36 holes, NJ, A. Kinsella, Shuttle Meadow, 176 gross, 42 handi- cap, 1@4 net; third, low gross IS holes, w. J. Sweeney, Shuttle Mea- dow and K. Reid, Pennington. tied, score '73; fourth, luow net s holes. A. l.. Sullivan, Goodwin Park, 7S gross, , handicap, 6S net; fifth, low gross SC holes, w. J. Sweeney and K. Reid. tied. 151: sixth, low net 36 holes. A. Green, Shuttle Meadow, gross 167, handicap 32, net 135; seventh, low gross is holes, C. w. Manning, Shuttle Meadow. 75; eighth, low net IS holes, D. $. Me Calum, gross S4, handicap IS, net | SC; ninth. low gross %6 holes, c. Smart Hartford, 154; tenth, low net | 36 holes, F. A. German, gross 1G6, handicap 30, net 136.
 Standing in Events
 The standing in the events was as follows: Low gross, 36 holes. Paul | Hayiand t4S; W, J. Sweeney 151, K. Roid 151, G, Smart 154, s. Brain i ard l5G, J. Sill 157, and A. D. Dodge 1 159.
 Low net 36 holes: Paul Haviaud . t4S-16-132; M A. Kinsella 176-42 134; A, Green I67-32-1S5; E. A. German 1G8-3o-1SG; C. w. Manning i t56-&0-1%6; S. Rrainard 156-1S-t3S; ! !. Frothincham 16S-Sn-t3s; ", ]. Sweeney 151-12-t39; s. Smart 15S- lG-14o. c, F. Smart 154-14-14o.
 Low gross IS holes: W. ]. Swee- nny 7S, K. Reid 73, P Haviand "A, C. w. Manning n. S. Smart 76, ]. Sill 76, g. Erainard 7S, w. C. Morse . 7S. c. F, Smart 7S. 4. D. Dodge 79,
 Low net IS holes: A. L. Sullivan 75-15-G3, NJ. A. Kinsclla S5-21-64. (. W. Manning 75-tO-65, D. s. Me Callum Sf-1S-G6, r. Haviland 74-S- f, 66 J. r. 1Iotchkiss 77-11-66, w. ]. Sweeney 73-6-67, X. Green S3-16-67, D. D. Butler S4-I7-67 H. W. Good rich S5-17-GS, H, s. Humphrey S4-1G-6S and W. H. Terrell S7-19-6S.
 The field numbered 130 which was the largest ever entered in tournament since inc days when only one tournament was held a year.
 DEFEAT CAUSES SURPRISE
 The recent defeat Of tho great French pair Bacoste and Borotra.