The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-26
BIG FIELD STARTS
Qualifying Rounds in State
Golf Championship Today.
Scores Run High-AH Under
100 to Qualify.
TALBOT And HURLEY LEAD
Newton and Topeka Players
Score Low First Round.
Professional Play to Be Start
ed Thursday if Possible.

The qualifying rounds in the state
amateur golf championship tourna-
ment were begun at 8 o'clock this
morning and at noon not all of the en-
trants had been started on the first
round. This indicates the two round
will not be finished until late today.
The scores are running high and it
was predicted that any score below 100
would qualify. The play was slow this
morning and the visitors were accuS-
toming themselves to the course.
At moor only two men had made the
first round in 81 strokes The number
ran as high as Sc. Bob Fullerton was
rushing the players as rapidly as pos
sible but there were too many entries
for him to get them all started by
noon.
In point of members the tournament
is the biggest thing of its kind put on
at the Country club. Eighty anna
tours were entered today and twelve
professionals were a~nxiously await
ing the order .to start. The profess
sional play will begin Thursday morn
ing unless arrangements, now urged.
are made to play late today.
The low scores of the morning were
made by Hurley of Topeka and Tai
bot of newton. Each made a 81 round.
Paul Hyde made a 3S and so did >
w. Cooper. Most of the other scores
run into the forties.
The players making the lowest
scores for two rounds will enter the
championship match. Others will en-
ter a consolation match.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon the follow
ing players had finished the qualifying
rounds: Paul HYDE $3.50; H. S. Nor
gan, 45-41; Marking. SPAS; Snyder,
1915; Tanner. 44-47; Wilson. 1912;
West. 46-44; Braitsch. 44-49; Hurley,
s7-42; Chamberlain, 1916; Turner 1914;
Adams. 1914; John Cooper, 44-44;
Guibor. 4O-43; Stimson, 1919; T. B.
Frost. 5O-43; Murphy. 50-49; Armstrong,
45-43; Holiday, 54-57; Heaton. 1919;
Powell. 51-54; McDermott, 1913; Mis-
sen. 1852: A~uerbach. 5e-47; H. NJ. Stew
art, 56-4S; Risten, 50-4S; Mack. 1851; J.
A. Cole. 47-55; Austin, 1888; ElbradeT,
1880; Merriam. 44-40; Barteldes, 44-42;
Dir. Jones. $3.50; Sternberg, 44-40.
The players making the 80 lowest
scores will play for championship hon
ors. The second 81 will play for the
presidents cup and the remaining play
erS will compete for the directors cup.
Those who attended the champion
ship tournament here three years ago
see many familiar faces among the
visitors.
There are also many new ones. To-
pekans who had not begun to learn to
play when the last tournament ,~ was
held here are making good scores in
the qualifying rounds.
One golf enthusiast who was here
for the former tournament and who is
Well known where golf is played IN
Kansas is Senator Emerson Carey of
Hutchinson. Mrs. Carey has been
seriously i'll for several weeks and the
senator decided not to attend for this
reason. He is president of the Hutch
inson Country club.
Thursday morning a crowd of EN-
porians are coming in to watch the
play and visit the Topeka Country club
emberS A u n club was re-
Gently organized at Emporia and the
is in course of erection. A
magnificent course is being laid out,
all but two holes of which is in view
of the clubhouse. The grounds on
sist of 120 acres of u%ndulating land at
the edge of town. Land which sold
for $50 an acre before the club pur-
chased the grounds is row bringing
$1,000 per lot
James Thomson of the Emporia club
is one of today's visitors at the course.
He was entered for play today but is
a novice, he explains, and will not try
1t this year. Next year he may get in.
Emporia players have decided not to
enter a team in the club events this
year.
Tom Grifiths of Wichita, a former
play his usual game this year as the
result of an accident several weeks
ago. He still feels the effects of an
injury received when he jumped upon
some loose boards and ran a nail into
his foot. However, the injury is heal
ing nicely.
c. P. Nelson OF Oklahoma City, is
one of the professionals who is here
for that match. He is anxious thai
the championship play begin early as
he must return home Saturday before
the time set for playing the finals. Mr..
Nelson has a nice string of wins
to his credit the last one being secur-
ed at the state championship tourna-