The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-30
IS BIG GOLF WEEK
Two Events Scheduled for
Wichita Thursday.
GROWTH OF THE GAME
Wihita Man Shows His Skill
in the East.

In Wichita. golf circles the coming week
IS to be red-lettered. Two match events
are scheduled-one the match game be
tween the Guthrie club and the Wichita
Country club on College Hill. July 4, and
the other the tournament Of the Brae-
burn club, on Thursday. Friday and Sat
urday next, on Paramount
The interest in the game in Wichita is
growing rapidly. The undulating prairies
east Of the city led to the speedy adop-
tion Of the game by citizens here.
Nowadays when a Wichita man goes
abroad in the land on a visit, the first
thing he does is to hunt up golf links
and try his hand
There has. been considerable discussion
whether the average Wichita player was
ND TO the standard. Proof arrives that he
Is. W. o. Sternberg, a member Of the
Country club, is visiting in Orange coun-
". New York He played this week DR..
Connort, one of the best players in that
section. and beat him one up on eighteen
holes. Mr.. Sternberg says that the turf
of the eastern links is fine, but the links
are not so extensive as those in Wichita
BRAEBURN's TOURNAMENT.
The Rraeburn. Golf club VIII hold a
tournament at their grounds on Fair
mount. on July 4. and 6, and all mem
bers must play within these dates. Com
uittees have been appointed to attend 10
eli details During the past two weeks
there has been much practice prepara-
tory to this event. and the secretary OF
the club desires all members to hand IN
their scores in the recent practice games,
Immediately, as he is too busy to call on
them individually.
Members cannot hope to receive a fair
r .ndicap unless they attend to this.
Among the prizes to be played for are
the following: From G. A. Follett & Co,
elegant split bamboo bass rod; G r.
Fulton. a fine sweater; John Braitsch
one pair golf shoes: Q. A Tanner, one
caddy bag; H. H. Hess & Co, one-half
dozen warden flyers; Isaac Goldsmith &
ca. one set of four golf sticks; Henry
Ozanne. one set SeeIey's perfume; Charles
Mcsbacher. solid ebony, ladies' hand mir
ror The two latter prizes are for ladies
con petition exclusively.
III link are in good condition Practice
has been feature Of the last two weeks,
and the steady work of the club has re-
suited in a vast Improvement in the driv-
ing. lofting and accuracy in driving the
hal, f., the direction and location desired.
A few players have lost their stroke and,
like tho bah. II is hard to find. Some
are thin king of Offering a reward for the
return Of it. The game Of golf has come
TO stay. No matter how much abuse is
showered upon it by a poor player or one
who does not play the game at all, it
still grows. It is a family game, young
and old. fat and lean. no one is barred.
The seven-yesr-old finds the ball. gives
sage advice to his father as to where the
bah will go If he viii only quit driving
with the lofter. He carefully sets moth
er's bali upon the grass roof, if it is in
bad position, taking care TO do this
when Dad is doing too well and is absorb
ed in the fact that he is the whole thing.
which is usually the case after long and
unexpected drive. The small end Of the
family usually counts more strokes than
his father does, especially if Dad is do
ing poorly.
The golfer walks erect. has a keen eve
and good digestion. hence is amiable. In
a later issue viii be announced the de-
tails OF the play. Members playing to-
eether must each sign the score card and
hand it to the secretary. All members OF
the club are requested to play, and if il
IS impossible for member TO play, the
secretary must be notified and also TIE
party with whom he was matched. Total
scores will govern the distribution of the
prizes. The nine hole course viii be
played.
Prizes win be seleeted by holders Of
best scores in regular order Lowest mum
her Of strokes. first selection, etc. Ties
TO be played OF by holes until tie j;
broken.
WICHITA COUNTRY CLUB.
At it's beautiful club house, on College
Hm the Wichita Country club viii holt
forth on July 4 The game between tn.
four crack Wichita players. Mr.. Clark
Nr. Moffat. Mr.. Richey and Mr. HUI, an,
four PLAYERS from Guthrie viii be tht
event of the afternoon. The Guthrie play
ers are said 20 be experts and the loca
players are anything but sanguine owe
the coming match. In the evening, a hil
display Of fireworks viii take place nea
the club house. An orchestra viii De Il
attendance and the dancing platform vii
be down. The club expects to eclipse th
entertainment eiven here May 90 whe1
the Hutchinson COLI club visited IN
city.
The names Of the players from Guthri
are Dr Duke. Harry Patre, Charlie
Cunningham and Frank Derr.