The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-28
NINETEEN HOLE MATCH DECIDES
 WOMEN'S TITLE
Mrs Helen Cluney Win s From Mrs J. E. Slavin
 For Mattatuck HOnOrs

Tn one of the greatest finishes seen in a golf match of local links for many a season, Mrs Helen Cluney, women's champion at the Mnttatuck Country club, success fully defended her title yesterday afternoon, with Q one up, nineteen hole victory over Mrs Margaret Slavin, her opponent of the past three seasons.
 Coming to the eighteenth hole, one down the necessity of winning two successive holes to clinch the match and .the champion ship, confronteI tho two-year titie-holder and she proceeded to do just that with seven on the eighteenth to her opponents eight, and Ave on the extra hole to Mrs slavin's six. oddly enough, the medal scores of both players was well over the century mark, and at the finish of the nineteen holes only one stroke separated them, both having scored 10b for the reg ular eighteen holes of match play.
 Onc.Sided Lead
 Taking the first four holes of the match with apparent ease, Mrs Cluney built up Q formidable lead coming to the sixth tee, after the 300 yard fifth had been halved with fives. Though both played the sixth badly, Mrs Slavin's five was the winner, after which she proceeded to take the next three holes and square the match at the turn, winding up with n nice b-4-7 to accomplish the feat.
 On the second round, Mrs Cluney started all over again, taking two of the first throe holes but dropped tho fourth hole after some poor judgment in regard to getting out of difficulty off tho fairway. The next two holes were also won by Mrs Slavin, the opponent coming to the sixteenth with Mrs Slavin in the lead for the first time. A Two scored by Mrs clunoy to her op.- ponent's sixth squared the match for the second time, but Mrs Slavin promptly regained an important ono up lend on the seventeenth with q Ave when her opponent three-putted. Then camo the whirlwind finish, both driving well off tho final tee. Two excellent brasslo shots by Mrs Ciuney fol- lowed by m Iron, put her ball just off tho eighteenth green in four. A pair of brasslo shots which fall. ed to get tho distance intended and q short chip shot cost Mrs slavin q Ave to get home, each player tax. ing thrco puts for an eight and seven respectively, giving Mrs Ciuney tho hole and squnring the match for the third time.
 Close Finish
 On tho nineteenth hole. Mrs Cluney's drive was dead center, about 17b yards, with Mrs Slavin off to tho right of the fairway. Both had good second shots and were on the carpet in three, with Mrs Cluney about ton feet from the pin and her opponent slightly farther away Three butts again cost Mrs siavin the hoio and tho champion ship, as her second putt hung on the nearest edge of the cup, with her opponents second putt droping cleanjy, for c. flvo. Both players had n spectacular par hole, Mrs Slavin getting n great four on the eighth hole of tho first round and Mrs Cluney sinking Q 90 foot putt on the third hoie of the second round for n par. Tho match was rcferced by Ralph J. Dube.
 The scores;
 Mrs Ciuney;--
 out 465 656. GUS .o Tn se4 7S6 b87-5-bo-bl--llo Mrs siavin:--
 out b76 7b5 b47
 In 7e5 e74 6bs-6-6o--bi--l1l