New Britain herald., 1930-09-24
not finished until first round match

not finished until first round match play had started.
 The play off, halted by darkness last night with six of the II original participants deadlocked in a battle for five places, furnished an excit- ing and dramatic prelude for to- days battle. It was resumed on the second hole, a tough 523-yard layout lined with traps. Three of the six clinched their places on this hole as Watts Gum of Pittsburgh, Eddie Briggs of New York and Maurice Mccarthy of New York all holed out with par five. All three were safely on, close to the pin in three, Driggs pitching his third shot three feet from the cup. Playing safe, all missed short butts for birdies.
 Jess Sweetser of New York, Jack Ahearn of Hamurg, N. Y, and Ward Ihad difficulty getting sixes to con- tinue the tie. Ward after driving in a trap, made marvellous recovery lilo NdS Oll tHC pdCh ol lHt 6IC ICeli in three. Sweetser pulled his second shot to the rough and also was too strong with his third. Ahearn put his second in a trap, his third all most out of bounds a few feet from a fence in tall grass and his fourth across the green.
 Both Sweetser and Ward putted too strong and off the line and took three to get down, Sweetser missing a 10-footer and Ward a seven- foot CT that would have decided the is- sue. Ahearn was left with a four foot putt on the dew soaked surface to save himself and he got it down.
 Sweetser on Green
 Off the third tee Sweetser was the only player to reach the green, 195 yards away, as both Ward and Ahearn fell short and found them selves in thick rough in front of the 11th greei.
 Ahearn clipped wide 30 feet to the left of the pin and Ward was 40 feet short. Ward putted 10 feet short and Sweetser ran his ball four feet past the cup. It was Ahearn's turn and after carefully studying his lie he curled his putt into the cup for a par three. Ward then missed his 1 10-footer for 1. but he was elimi- mated anyway as Sweetser dropped his short put for another three.
 AS result of the play off, these additional first round pairings were made:
 Watts Gum vs Maurice Mccarthy.
 Jess Sweetser vs. Phillips Finlay.
 Jack Ahearn vs. George T. Dun. lap. Jr.
 Eddie Driggs vs. Fay Coleman.
 Willing-Lit Start
 Two far western contenders, the veteran Dr. Oscar F. Willing oi Portland. Ore, and youthful Lawson Little of San Francisco, were the first pair off in the opening round ot s hole match play, starting shortly after a. m. (E. S. T.).
 Little captured the first hole with par four after Willing pushed hi. second shot into a trap, failed to gel out with his third and then picked up. They halved the second in pal figures. Willing laid Littlye stymie as the Californian appeared likely te run down a siX-footer for a birdie
 They also halved the short third in three.
 Gene Romans, of Englewood, N J., playing with Gus Novotny. woy the first hole with a birdie three bu lost the next two to Novotny's pal shooting to go one down. John Lehman of Chicago, thu western champion, was one up or ; Phil Perkins of New9 York. the for mer British amateur champion, al the third hole. Lehman sank a l. , foot putt for birdie on the frs , hole, lost the second to Perkins pal five and won the third three. , Little Goes Two Up
 Little went two up at the lonf , fourth, holing 3O-foot putt for ( birdie four while pr. Willing Wa, } dead for a five.
 Little and Willing both were ir trouble on the fifth, which the, halved in sizes but the Oregon vet eran cut one hole from the young ster's lead by winning the par-fou1 sixth, to 6, both were in traps. , George Voigt, the crack New Yorl contender, halved the first thre, holes with Lester Bolstad of St , Paul, former Big Ten champion. ii 5-5-4
 Francis Ouimet of Boston ant 1S-year-old Charles Kocsis of De. trot were all square after thre, holes. They halved the first in birdi, } threes.
 Billy McPhail of Boston was al square at the third with Sidney " Moves. Jr.. of New York, 19-year old star.
 The first round match play stand ings at the ninth hole: Lawson Little of San Francisc, one up on Dr. o. F. Willing, Port 5 land Ore.
 7 Gus Novotny, Chicago, two up ol Gene Romans, Englewood, N J.
 Lester Bolstad, St. Paul, one u, r on George Voigt, New York. :. Charles Reckner, Philadelphia and J. Wood Platt, Philadelphia, al , square.
 John Lehman, Chicago, three II, r. on T. Phillip Jerkins, New York.
 Charles Seaver, Los Angeles. on : up on Don Armstrong, Chicago. S Sidney ". Moves, ,Jr, New York, on I up on w. F. McPhail, Boston. r Charles Kocsis, Detroit, one up ol Francis Ouimet, Boston. t George Won Elm, Los Angeles e four up on Charles D. Hunter Wal = lingford, Pa.
 Novotny. in ding dong match f
 which only one of the first eigh ], holes was halved, made the turn tw g up on Romans, the former Prince = ton star.
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