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

Der Of prominent players of Kanse. City
championship play was not arranged UNI
til long after the Topeka tournAmont was
announced and there b some feeling
decided to play . counter attraction.
c. smythe and h. steppich OF wichita
die system. Both Of these men claim It
to be the BEST they have ever seen
Feature Of Opening.
Tho features of the opening days
play Of tie second annual Invitation
| tournament OF the Topeka Golf club
ON the Country club links Thursday
was the winning of the gold medal for
qualifying low score by Harlow Hur-
ley of Topeka, and the winning OF the
Capital cup = the Topeka team with
| the lowest score by any team OF four
men from one club in the qualifying
| rounds.
| Hurley won the gold medal In easy
style. making the s holes in rs. while
Kansas City, required 81 .trokes in
| the aftern n when the grounds were
| in q much better condition than they
were when Hurley made the rounds
/ in tho morning.
Tho Topeka team, composed of
Hurley. Felix, Wilson and McNeals
won the Capital cup with a score OF
1885, The Hutchinson team was sec
i ond in this race 18th q score OF 314.
Il The Hutchinson team was composed
!! Of Messrs: Stewart. Petro. Baddley
i composed Of Topping, Cole. Porter
i and Cook. was third In this race with
a score II 1856; and the Emporia team.
i composed OF Harris, Thu Lambert
and Morgan. was fourth with the
An Players Qualify.
j F1fty-six players qualified for the
four flights that began this morning.
i and, owing to the fact that there were
no players who failed to qualify. the
BUNGALOW cup that was to have been
offered Saturday to all players who did
Equality but who are put out IL the first
and second rounds OF today's play.
These players will contest at ID holes
medal play.
i The preiiminaries lasted well into the
wee twilight hours Thursday evening.
and Mr.. PEBBLES was kept busy making
Il up the flights for today's play that be-
gan early this morning. The four
nights and qualifying scores as given
lout by Mr.. Pebbles. are al follows:
First F1ight.
II 1880
Harrison, Evanston. Kansas City. ~.
i E. L. Lorton, Excelsior Springs, Sc.
and Stanley Copeland. 81.
J. A. Cole. Topeka, 81. and 10y Har-
Iris. Emporia, 81.
sidney Lovelace, Hutchinson, -, and
Allan McNeal, Topeka. "a.
e. p. Ross. Kansas City. q. and H. c.
Wilson. Topeka. 50.
| I. Felix. Topeka. IS. and H. Wilson.
Lawrence. -.
Grant Chamberlain, Hutchinson. 81.
and c. 8. ("Kid') Nichols. Kansas
city, g.
4 J. B. Anderson. salina. %. and J. B.
Topping. Ottawa. s..
II Second Flight
H. Humphries. Topeka, %. and H
e. Morgan. Topeka. 90.
u C. r. Guibor. Evanston, Kansas City
, -. and L. r. Ferry. Topeka.
. H. Eberhardt, ~Salina. -. and J. c
Mohler, Topeka, 90.
Il Robert Pierce, Topeka, 81. ana Her
| bert Guild. Topeka. 80.
II George Snyder. Topeka, .ss. and c
Smythe, Wichita, s6.
IL J. G. Petro. Hutchinson. -, ana w
W. N. West, Topeka, -, and H. N
Stewart, Hutchinson. -.
BEN Scandrett. Omaha, 81. and p.
, Badd1ey. Hutchinson. -.
Third Flight.
W. Stippick. Wichita, %. and A. L
I
Il Calvin Lambert. Emporia, 101. ant
p. +. Gilbreath, Kansas City, 1O4.
IL Glen Pratt, Topeka, and F. n
j Shira9, Ottawa, 104.
. r. Guild, Topeka. los. and H. A
!, IAuerbach. Topeka.
: J. Kimberlin. Elm Ridge. Kansa
; City. 80, and J. Morgan. Emporia, 1Oa
II L. ID. Thomas. Emporia, 1O1, an,
= Joe Risteen. Topeka
p. Burke, Salina, 102, and Ted Yer
: NON Emnoria
? c. NJ. Porter. ottawa, 1o1. and r
Guild. Topeka, los.
\ Fourth Flight
;, Wilbur Cole. Topeka, los, and c
t b. Reed, Topeka, 1O7.
. p. I. B. nebrake, 119, and L. Ter
r rill. Topeka, 106.
Chester Woodward. Topeka, los
8 and NJ. A. Lowe. Topeka, 11e.
K w. N. Miller, Topeka, 116, and 81
e las Porter. Topeka, lot.
The events to attract today's atten
ton were tho Auerbach cup to tn
e first flight winner: the Directors cu]
s to second flight winner; the Stat
Journal cup to winner, beaten eight
: first flight; and the Walker trophy t
= winner, beaten eight, second flight
4 Topeka was by far the favorite Of tn
n Ross Of Kansas City, Topping Of OF
IS tawa and Lorton Of Excelsior Spring
g all demonstrated in the p-eliminarie
t that they might prove dangerous ri
8 walls for the strong Topeka player.
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