The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-13
HURLEY is VICTOR
Defeats j. N. COnnelI in Santa
Fe Golf Contest.
No One Has AscertaIned the
Score, However.
KOONTZ INTERESTED.
Learned New Points in Game at
st. Joe.
Startling Developments May
Come at Amy Time.

Intense rivalry for golf honors exists
among the fellows in the local railway
set and business is good for the cigar
dealers and golf goods dealers as a re-
suit of the fast and furious betting. No
less than from half a dozen to a dozen
matches are pulled off nearly every
week end.
Saturday morning J. NJ. ConneIl, the
general passenger agent of the Santa
Fe, sauntered into the general man
ayers office to hurl a def at that dig
nitary. The challenge was accepted
and it was decided the terms Of the
struggle were to be box Of cigars on
each nine holes and golf ball in each
Individual hole
Mr.. Council has been the last to join
the railway gang at the golf links and
hasn't had an opportunity to play as
much as the others. He has been max
ing an excellent showing in the work
outs, and lends a picturesque. appear
ance to the links. Many there are who
declare he viii become one of the lead
ers among the local talent. However,
he hasn't been showing up in the best
form on the score card. Notwithstand-
ing this fact Mr.. Hurley became alarm
ed after making terms with him, and
made preparations to protect himself.
and secured a couple of counting ma
chimes used for counting telegraph poles
from a moving train, which he slowed
away in the recesses of his pockets to
keep tab on his adversary's and his own
score.
The game was played according to
schedule Saturday afternoon but it has
been impossible to secure the actual
scores made. The general manager
seems to have had the better of it how
/ ever He has been boasting that he
1 won all three boxes of cigars and six
teen golf balls, while the G. P. A de
/ clares that the counting machines were
| handled by the G. NJ and that it is Ger
tain that he was juggled out of the
! games He condemns the counting ma
/ chimes and everything in connection
J with them as belonging IN Halifax
Mr.. Cornell and J. R. Koontz, gen
eral freight went to ST. Joseph yes
terday and were guests at the st.
Joseph Country club Mr.. Koontz saws
today that they have real golf players
at St. Joseph. He admits that he had
begun to think he was somewhat of a
player, having touched up the local
aggregation for the Hall medal last
month. and the st. Joe bunch didn't
have to spread the salve very thick to
! induce him to trytout with some of the
talent at that place
Dick Maxwell, the secretary of the
chamber of commerce at st. Joseph. is
| one of the scratch players of the west
but Mr.. Koontz and Mr.. Connell were
game and went into a contest with him,
and with another St. Joseph scratch
player.
Other information may drift back to
Topeka later. but until it does. To-
pekans will have to believe the stories
told by the genial general freight
agent, who declares that although the
links of the St. Joseph Country club
are sportier than the local links. he
made a score of 53-54-55 on the three
times around the links, which with his
| handicap gave him a net score of So