New Britain herald., 1927-05-31
Shuttle MEADOW
tourney RESULTS
Golfers Out in Full Force on
Local Course Over Holiday

were tied IN the klckerS' Handlcap
event played Saturday with a net OF
Is. They were George Rogers. Z.
N. Humphrey. Fred Searle and Z. Z.
Der. AS the event was conducted a
hidden number was placed in a
sealed envelope on the score board
and each player selected handicap
which. when taken from his gross
score, was to bring him close to the
mystic symbol picked by the tourna-
ment committee.
keck Parker, who was the major
domo OF the event, in counting up
the scores at the end OF play, found
the quartet tied but they had all de-
parted for their homes. To decide
the matter, instead Of draw as is
the usual manner Of settling the
question, Keck introduced a novelty.
Placing four places at a table, he
dealt cold hand OF poker without
the usual Jacks or better to OPEN"
George Rogers drew a pair of mines
to win although the other hands all
came near being straights or flushes.
Baldwin was dealt a king and queen
and although in real life this is a
pair, it meant nothing In the show
down for the golf prize.
Amusing choices Of numbers were
made by the members entered. A
high wind was blowing and many
figured this in their calculations.
w. j. Sweeney spurned handicap,
saying he didn't need any. His card
wasn't turned In and his score can
only be imagined. Suffice it to say
that he will probably select a few
free strokes in the next event OF its
kind. Many ran very low In net
scores while others ran very high.
Sunday was a perfect day and q
large crowd. numbering among 1t an
unusually large group OF women,
took advantage OF the balmy skies
to go the course. Keck Parker and
Louie Jones staged a pretty duel.
Keck lost seven bucks in the
iiiol iA'A6 out ApoA tIc AllolSlctlCe vi
Louie who thought it was Friday. he
returned in the afternoon. Seven
come eleven" is Keck's cry. because
in the afternoon, Louie started Oft
badly and went from bad to worse
and Keck beat him in everything
including II of the green slips with
"E Pluribus Unum" on them.
Frank Wachter Gale Porter,
Frank Shields and Erny Humphrey
took the morning four ball. best
ball tourney yesterday with best
ball OF II. With IA added handi-
cap. the team had a net score OF SO.
The team composed Of Bill Booth.
Max Hart, Erny Baldwin and Carl
Baldwin started out to win the event
but after the first hole. they found
everything the matter with the
course and even their luncheon.
said by all to be excellent, brought
only additional scowls to otherwise
placid features.
Everything was nice in the flag
tournament in the afternoon until
the 18th fairway was reached. Here
the flags began to appear. Each
player was given II strokes. par for
the course and whatever additional
strokes his handicap would give
him. When the final stroke was
taken and the ball stopped rolling,
here the flag was placed. On the
18th fairway. it looked like may
pole dance after several had driven
Oft and the flags began to flutter in
the breeze.
Several more were set about half
way down the 18th fairway while
Perez Plat furnished the days dec
grafton for the caddie house near
which he placed his flag. Frank
Wachter ended on the green about
20 feet from the pin. Erny Bald
win ended with ~ feet to 60 while
Max Hart. the winner, came within
six feet of sinking the ball.
Clarence Manning and Bill Booth
were tied for first place with score
of eight in the approaching and
putting contest which wound up the
play yesterday. Each man was given
three balls to approach the green
from different angles and then these
we're putted out. The winners each
took two puts on two balls and were
down in one with the other.