New Britain herald., 1928-10-01

pionship match. Playing the morning round in the rain. Hart shot 70 on the lower nine to be one up at the turn. By winning the 10th, llth. 14th. 18th. 18th, aud tying the l2th and 18th holes he tinised the round four up after Manning captured the last two holes of the upper nine. The cards. Morning round: Far out .... 44s, 443. 553-37
 Hart ...... 4s5. 453. sS3-4o Manning ... 5t6, ssS. 654-4l Par in .... 4s4. 3%S. 44S-s4 n Hart ..... 434. AS. 4ss-3s 7s Manning ... 54i. 454. 5s5-4o S1
 Hart's play on the first nine was better than his opponents and ex- cept for few slips he shot the holes perfectly. He got six rars, five of which won holes, His four on the s35 yard fourth hole was not good enough to win or halve it as there Manning got a birdie three, Going one over par on the second and eighth holes he lost them. Both took lives on the fifth hole. Ted played steadily with his woods and iron and vas very accurate with his put ter.
 Manning had dinlculty with his irons, clubs with which he usually excels. That upset the rhythm of the rest Of his game and neither his ap- proach hes nor his butts were up to his best. But at that he often made good recoveries. His 90 foot putt 10 win the fourth hole was Calamity Jane" special as the stroke was chriatened by Fred Chamberlain.
 Ted started off the upper nine by playing par and taking the 10th and filth holes. Manning saved himself a half on the 12th by sinking another lonK putt. The next hole was tied with fours when both players miss ed short butts to win with a three. Hart then scored three more pars to win the l4th. 18th and 18th holes making him eix up.
 On the l7th tee Hart missed his drive for the first and only time during the day. Manning took that hole and the 18th with d pair of lives ending the morning round four down. He took a 70 to Hart's 3s com ing in.
 The gallery which had been fol- lowing every shot melted away 10 talk over at the Sunday dinner table round of golf few of them could equal. Half of match which had displayed young player making his shots like coming champion. A contest in which a four times cham pion had never been ahead Of his new rival for goifing honors. It was a battle to go back to in the afternoon. Others who had heard about. the turn of affairs hastcned to the course when the weather cleared and the sun came out. A large crowd followed the match during the last IS holes of play.
 Displayed on the mantel over the fire place in the grill room of the club was the silver platter known as the Directors Trophy for the Shuttle Meadow Club Champion ship" Manning. Manning. Sweeney ! and Sweetser it was inscribed. One moro win and Clarence would toke it to have and to hold. But he had before him the task of getting back four holes before he was on the road to victory. Beside the Erand prize was g carving set which would go 10 the loser Of the days match. Ted, just having set Up housekeeping. is well supplied with cutlery and decide he did not need the set to carve turkey or crow 50 he teed off de- tern,ined to hold his advantage. Warming missed his drive and ar iron shot to get off to a poor start. Hart drove 225 yards into the edge of the rough to the right. He shot
 an iron just short of the green.
 Manning approached to within a 1 foot of thc cup and the gallery felt
 sure that Clarence Was back on his game. When Hart clipped past and
 to the left Of the pin and then ! putted past the hole four feet it
 looked as though Manning might l win the hole but Tod holed his putt and the 18th hole was halved.
 On the goth Manning put his se- cond shot within couple of feet Of {, the pin while Hart's ball was short of the green. Clarence took the hole
 in three while Ted needed a five to
 hole cut
 1 Both hooked to the left Of the ! fairway on the "1st hole and went
 well up the fairWay in two toward
 the flag situated 54S yards from
 the tee. Neither got on in three end both took two puts 10 halvc with
 siHes.
 usin: an iron eff the back tee
 on the a2nd hole Manning ap- preached four feet from the pin. Hart took three to get on and then
 Clarence got another birdie to re- duce Hart's lead 10 two holes. But
 that proved to be the last hole he
 could win though be did tie the
 next four holes in par. But to do
 that he often had to make shillfr(
 rccoveries against an opponent who was pla aying steadily.
 xamples of this were furnished
 on the c4th and 25th holes. On the
 short hole Manning just missed go- ing into the brook and after his
 second shot he had 10 hole a five
 foot putt. On the following hole he | had to come out of trap near enough 10 the cup to get five. The pace began 10 tell and when
 he missed a. three foot putt to lose
 the c7th to go three down Manning , for all his splendid fighting quail ! tics had too hi- a handicap 10 over come on a day when do his best
 he could not gain the lead by d