The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-20

ravtne and the green is completely sur
rounded with deep pits. inc nntn ID
another drive and brassie shot onto q
beautiful sloping green Par for the
course going out, is So.
Second Half Of the Course.
The ten hole is a drive and brassie
shot. A little pull on the brassie will
put the ball into deep traps and a little
slice put the ball out of bounds The
eleventh Is a nice drive and half mid
iron. The green lies on the top OF a
knoll. so If one overplays. his ball will
run down hill on the other side and
INTO long grass. The twelfth Is
mashie pitchover a trap 100 feet wide,
with traps all around the green.
In playing the thirteenth hole. one
must drive over big bunker, 40 feet
nigh, and long brassie shot. il
straight. will put the player upon the
green. which is guarded on both sides
OF the prettiest holes on the course.
A good drive will to play mashie
shot for the hole. which is laid on a
81 ep hill. The fifteenth is a mid-iron
hole where the player must be accu-
rate, as little pull or slice or too
strong q play will put the ball into
deep sand pit. These pits surround
the green. the front being guarded by
chocolate drops. The sixteenth Is a
long hole, and q high bunker will
catch the shot If it is made low. The
green Is guarded in front by a deep
trap which extends clear across the
fairway.
The seventeenth hole is another
drive and brassie shot. but a little
slice on the brassie will put the ball
into a pond.
The eighteenth hole requires a drive
and mashie shot to get on the green.
which is 100 yards square. The fair
tCY AHanA I4N all
who is slicing on pulling just a little
will find himself in trouble all the
time.
The championship tournament this
year is being conducted the same as
last year.
Mr.. PEBBLES says the course is in
fine condition. The putting green's
are well nigh perfect and the entire
course is quite sporty. In fact, he
says the course is all that could be de-
sired for a tournament Of such i'm
portance.
In playing the qualifying round, Nc
Namara finished first with a score of
las. Tom Vardon, one of the greatest
players in the world, made the course
in Isl. He was sixth and just ahead OF
PEBBLES who was seventh with 152.
Teller. the French champion. qualified
with 153. McDermott, the Boston play
err, qualified with a score of 1856. Chick
Evans was the last man to qualify. His
score was 1853. George Sergeant quail
fled with a score of Isl and is paired to
play PEBBLES today. Their scores will
entitle them to play as the last pair in
the first flight.
How They Played.
Chicago, Aug. 20.-Tom Mcnamara
of Boston Wednesday played the best
golf exhibition in the elimination
rounds for the national open golf
championship a. Midloth: n, making
an evenly balanced score of 145 as
against the 146 made by James Barnes
of Philadelphia Tuesday. The sur
prise was the poor playing of Charles
Evans, jr., western amateur champion.
who took 70 for each round, barely
qualifying with 158. Evans had been
playing exceptionally good golf. win
ming the western title at Grand Rap
ids recently with an average of II. A
wrenched ankle and the fact that he
had not practiced over the fast links
at Midlothian reduced his usually bril-
liant game to mediocfity.
While the gallery followed Evans.
as it followed Ouirnet the day before.
a number of golfers watched Tom
Mcnamara top the field at 145. Bar
ring miss putt in the last nine, the
Boston professional would have had
four 36s. His putting was only fair,
but hole after hole he got what the
professionals call Dr10le, SO that
extraordinary work on the greens was
not required to better par figures,
which are 146 for a double round.
J. J. McDermott, champion in 1911
and 1912. was not playing as we'll as
usual. taking 1856 r. M. Thompson
of Glen Ridge, N. j., was second best
with 149.
AS four men took 1853. those who
Wednesday won the right to play in
the finals Thursday and Friday num-
Der 33, making the total contest
ants 65.
Karl Keffer, open champion of Can
ada, failed by one stroke to qualify,
and George Cummings, Canadian rum
ner-up, barely got in with 15S.
Scores of qualifiers:
Contestant Club PM. Tit.
Tom Mcnamara. -. Boston .....73 145
R. NJ Thompson. :. .Glenrldge .....72 149
William Kidd. algonquin ....79 ISL
Bob PEBBLES. Topeka .......76 Isl
r. G. Macdonald. Buffalo .....-.16 Isl
| Tom Vardon. .Onwentsia III Isl
| George Sargent Chevy Chase 80 Isl
John Gathersum. .RdgewcOd lis Isl
Fred Mcleod. Columbia, D.C.S 49,
SDOnald Edwards, Midlothian lib 15l