New Britain herald., 1927-05-02
GOLF TOURNAMENT ENDS IN DEADLOCK
Chamberlain-Dodd and Sweet. Ser.C0WlS Tied in First Event
The first tournament at the Shuttle

The first tournament at the Shuttle Meadow Golf club held Saturday with one of the largest lists of entries in recent years resolved itself into a battle between age and beauty with neither side giving quarter. Thirty four members, enthusiastic as the prospect of going through a busy season, signed on the dotted line for the partners. four ball. best ball, event and the course was fairly crowded all day.
 The team of Fred Chamberlain and George Dodd, seniors in point of age, made the entire field step to keep up with their early season form and it was only a pair of kids" i Alan Sweetser and William Cowles that was able to do anything at all to keep the two veterans in check. and putters was waged with no re- cognition of the old rule of etiquette that "age comes before beauty" and the result was that the two teams ended up with q tie net score of 66 for the IS holes.
 i No play-off will be staged 10 settle the deadlock but coin will be tossed. Of course right there. Sweet ser and Cowles show their inexperi- ence because Chamberlain. being connected with the National Bank, has worked his points to have several two-headed coins made and he will call heads" before anyone has a chance to holler.
 The older partners had a chance to cinch the tournament had either been able to even come near par for the last hole. As it WIS. Cham i bcrlain developed a beautiful slice that brought him into the rough. while Dodd got his foot in the bucket" and couldn't get 1t out and neither could shoot the hole in better than seven.
 The youngsters started off on the wrong foot. both showing marked symptoms of stage fright and their best marks showed them six over /! par for the first four holes. They found their equilibrium however. and t, finished the course one under par to give them a tie with the Chamber lain-Dodd duo. Had the elder duet shot the 18th hole in par 5. they would have had their names en- 1 blazoned on the clubs war memo rial.
 During the day when the strag- gling parners were coming in with their cards and members of the tour nament committee were making fair progress in gathering in the cards. several of the combinations were found to be missing. Evidently the scores were we'll up in the air. be- cause the last seen of them, they were flying over the hill bound for the city. Among the teams who vanished into thl.' air when 1t came tc checking up on their scores were Bob Parsons and Frank Wachter. Ted Hart and Ernie Baldwin. Max Hart and Bill Booth and several more. Thix sextet, however. Is re- ported to havt stopped for nothing. not even to change their golf clothes. Saturday and Sunday were the best weekend days at the club in several years. On the first day, tournament day, the course was crowded with men members and their wives and with the day as fair as it was, the scene was one of color with the mix ture of tints furnished by the cos- tunes of the women. Sunday morn- ing, the course was almost as fully populated with the sensational battle of the day being staged between P. B. Stanley and his daughter. Jean, and Ernest Smith and Maurice Pease. One of the attractions for the spectators at the club was the Stan i ley Works foursome staged on the course Saturday. The participants were A. MacFarlane, president Of and Stanley Works representative in the Dominion: George P. Hart. Clarence F. Bennett and F. "A. Moore. all officials at the home plant in this city.
 The cards of the partners in the tournament on Saturday follow: Chamberlain and Dodd-Out-536 S63, 563-40; In-536. 354. 557-43. Gross S3. F added handicap IT. net GG.
 Sweetser Cowlos-Out--647. s33. 55S-42: ln--434. 344. 444-43. Gross 7G. F added handicap 10, net 6G.