The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-09-11
GOOD CHANCE
FOR HURLEY

run UUn4l
Continued From Pass One,
Thursday. In fifty, and today he played
the first nine holes OF the FIRST round
Of play with q 50 which is q difference
Of IL in this short distance. Other
scores are coming in In a similar man
ner.
The second round was played this
afternoon and the third round will be
played Saturday morning. This will
probably send the finals over until Sum
day morning.
Harlow Hurley defeated John Har-
rison OF Kansas City in the first round
by five up and four the play. Hurley
tee and drove three balls out Of
bounds. He was one up on the first
nine and then began playing in his real
form and won with regularity. The
match came to a close at the fifth hole
on the second round.
Allen McNeal, one Of tho strongest
players OF the Topeka Country club.
was detained on business and was I'M
able to play, thus forfeiting the match
to Sidney ovelace Of Hutchinson by de-
fault.
Course Is Slow.
The playing today was much better
than during the qualifying round but
the course Is far from q Mkeable con-
dittin. 1t il slow. not having had suf-
ficient time to dry since the rains OF
Wednesday night
AS an example Of the Improvement
Walter Steppick improved his match
In the first round by playing nine
holes with q 80 while SO were neces-
sary In playing nine in the qualifying
II in nine holes Of play. A number
of others have showed similar I'm
provement. Stippic was six up on A.
l. Cook Of Salina in the first nine
holes of the first round. Stippic won
the match In up and Z.
One Of the most interesting matches
today was played between 8. C. (Kid)
Nichols Of Kansas City and Grant
Chamberlain Of Hutchinson. The
match was even at the sixteenth hole
ON the seventeenth hole which made
him won up. Chamberlain also won
the eighteenth hole. They finished the
match with Chamberlain up.
State Journal Cup.
Nichols is scheduled to plat J. B.
Topping Tor the medal play for the
state Journal cup this afternoon, but
Br. Topping was forced to return
homo on account Of business SO Mich
OILS gets the match by default.
J. A. Cole defeated L. Harris by 4
up and three to play. J. c. Wilson de-
play. Horace Humphries had hard luck
in his match with H. s. Morgan. both
Of Topeka. Humphries was up at the
ninth hole but went bad during the
second round and lost his match by
l up.
w. J. Cole defeated J. C. Petro of
Hutchinson by up and 2 to play. Phil
Baddley Of Hutchinson defeated Ben
Scandrett Of Omaha by up and L
Rev. Roy Guild defeated H. A. Auer-
bach by up. Mr.. Auerbach was up
on the first round but went bad during
the last nine hole and the last hole
decided the match.
| Paul Burke defeated Ted Vernon by
up and 8. r. ]. Bonebrake forfeited
his match to Lucien Thrill by failing to
report.
Chester Woodward had an easy time
i IN dsfe g In, = A. Low and won hi
George Snyder. another Topeka man
went down in the first round when C.
smythe Of Wichita defeated him By
= up.
Notes of the Matches.
While playing a practice round, pre-.
vious to the qualifying rounds, Silal
Porter, Justice Of the supreme court
was forced to make a difficult shot. H<
put his pipe In his pocket while lighted
and the fire in the pipe set fire to hi,
trousers The damage resulted IL
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balls, caused the barrister to lose thu
hole, his sweet disposition, and severa
square inches of his trousers leg. n,
saved all his skin and has recovered
his disposition but he was forced t.
the golf balls.
That was not all the humiliation
heaped upon Judge Porter. Thursday
in playing a brassie shot on the frs
hole his ball stopped in front of thu
bunker. He selected to make a jiggel
shot to get over the bunker. The bal
went high in the air, and while he wa
looking for it. the ball fell and strucl
him on the head. He finally made tn
hole in seven
Judge l.. 8. Ferry is another devote
Of the favorite Scotch pastime. He wa
entered to start IL the qualifying roun'
and has .een practicing for the occa
sion. There were q few physical de
fects which he thought he must over
come before beginning play and one Q
them was a corn on the bottom Of on
Of his feet. He trimmed he cor
Wednesday night but over-anxiousnes
caused him to do too much trtmmtn
and caused a sore foot. He reported q
the Country club. Thursday mornin
. determined not to play but could no
overcome the fascination, and after
, few minutes on the grounds. he sue
cumbed to the temptation. He was OF
this morning In the second flight. II
made a score Of 81 in -.e Qualifyin
round and was paired in the first roun
of play with C. r. Guibor of the Evans
ton club Of Kansas City.
The Oklahoma City Golf and Coun
! try club has arranged an invitatio
tournament for October IL, 13 and 1.
, and has extended an invitation to a
the golfers in this section Of the cour
, try. Forty-eight players will Qualif
: in three flfghts~of sixteen each and
liberal numbe rof medals, cups tre
phies and cash prizes have been Of
fered in the various events. One {