The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-17
MANDLEY TOPS SCARBOROUCH,JR AND JACK STREW
Wins Waterbury Invita- ton Easily Then Takes
 Medal PlayOff
BY JOHN A. CLuNEY

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 Having been tied by Jack Strew East Mountain golfer last Thurs day for medalist honorS, as botl young men scored three over pat 72's H. H. Holly" Mandley of the Avon Country Club, stood up a. the "clasS of the field" from start to finish and through a playoff o5 the eleventh annual Invitation golf tournament, sponsored by the Coun- try Club of Waterbury. Despite any, thing but good golf weather, field of 109 players participated in the qualifying round and 30 of them wound up in five flights with 8 score of 80 good for the champion ship sixteen.
 Through 1t all, Mandley stood out like headlight on 8 train at mid- night! Ernie Gerardi of Putnam made the semi finals and 6 match with Mandy, with the result that Ernest was eliminated 2 and 5- and that ain't gentle! M. M. Scar borough, Jr.; of New Haven pulled bit of a surprise by outscoring Robert (Knobby) Walsh of New Ha- ven; which also won him finals match with Mandley Saturday af- ternoon, but itwas all over on the fifteenth green, Mandley the win ner of the match and championship 4 and 3.
 Glass of Field
 Sunday msrning, the champ was back to settle the medal honor with Id wet course last Thursday. They layed IS holes, medal score, it was, close enough all the way, but the Avon swinger was the better player, B against 75, proving that he was not only the class of the field, but, at this writing, the class of Connec- ticut amateur golfers, Bobby Grant having been to busy with war work in West Hartford to do much divot- digging in the Waterbury or any other tournament. Twelve straight pars and birdie three on the wa ter-hole 18th, was one of Holly's &C., complishments, in closing out Ger ardi during the semi-finals.
 Scarborough, in the finals gave the champ tough tussle, but was two down at the turn when he wa tered his second shot trying to get over a water hazard after Mandley had ironed ball right on the green for an eagle chance which became a birdie four.
 Five years ago, in 1887 Mandley defeated Bruno Pardee of New Ha- ven for the Invitation title at Wa terbury and now is two- time wi11- ner with c. s. (Sherry) Munson and Bobby Grant.
 Too Many 'Bogeys"
 Yesterday morning a half hun- dred fans followed the Mandley- Strew medal playoff. the East Moun- tain stylist going one over on the first two holes. due to wet fair ways, Jack getting no less than five 5's on the outgoing nine for "heavy" 40 which Mandley bettered by two strokes, each player SCOT ing 35 "in" round for 73-75 windup. A five on the 17th, "hard luck hole" for a dozen players dur ing the three-day tourney, cost Jack the match and the tourna- ment medal honor. cores:
 Par out :. 4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-5-35 Mandy. 4-4-5-4-4-5-5-3-4-40 Strew =. 5-5-4-5-5-4-4-3-5-40 Par in -. 4-4-3-4-3-4-4-4-4-34 Mandy 4-4-3-3-4-5-5-3-4-3 -38-73 Strew 4-4-3-4-3-4-4-5-4-35-40-75
 Two Prizes
 R. W. Gilman, president of the Country Club of Waterbury pre- hented the championship prize, a silver pitcher to MT. Mandley on Saturday afternoon, and will send him silver bowl which he won as medalist yesterday, following the playoff with Jack Strew. Bucking- ham P. Merriman, chairman of the greens committee; aided by pro Jim MacGregor, Francis T. Phillips, Ben Chatfield, Judge T. E. Conway and F. R. Kellogg conducted the tournament; while Steward Dave Foster and Oscar Christensen, lock- CT room boss, made everyone com- fortable, satisfied and agreeable de- spite the handicap of steady rain.