The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-21

And tomorrow will be Jeems An
| drew Jackson day at the park Inc
Andrew in JackSon's name should be
| sufficient inducement to take every
| Democrat in Topeka out.
And those who are not Democrats
| should go for the purpose Of showing
| Jackson that they appreciate him re-
gardless of his politics and in spite of
the fact that he wears red flannel
| undershirt.
| 1t is estimated that there are some
| thing like one thousand persons in To-
peka who are interested in golf to the
extent of playing it. The Country
club has 200 members with fifteen on
the waiting list. The Shawnee club
| has 23O members, and then there are
| the PLAYERS who are not affiliated with
any clubs, the ladies who play and the
members of the families of those who
| belong to both clubs.
| The officers of the Shawnee club
announce that members VINO are anx-
| ious to get into action will have two
or three holes at their disposal from
now on, and the whole course will be
ready some time this week. Those
who have been looking after the work
on the grounds regret very much the
delay in getting things ready, but the
weather has been such that work
could not be pushed any faster.
And now the Western league club
| owners are talking about cutting Pres
ident O'Neills salary in order to
weather the Stringency storms. This
may not be the thing to do, but 1t
certainly is as nearly just as cutting
the salaries of players. ONei1 can
| better afford to stand it.
OF course it would be impossible
for the league to get along without
president. And it is probable that
| O'Nei1l is as good a man as could be
gotten for the place. Certainly his
willingness to sacrifice his personal in
terests for the good of the league
shows that his heart is in the right
place.
Did you ever stop to figure out how
| box scores and summaries are the
greatest little inventions of the age?
There is no sentiment in them-they
contain nothing but cold facts. And
they show just what a fellow has done
and just what he hasn't. Box scores
would be great things in any line of
industry. They might even be ap-
piled to league presidents, office boys
and secretaries of state.
While we are asking questions,
We'll ask: Did you know that golf
| it isn't. Any golfer who is rich will
| tell you so. Golf was the game of the
| masses in the country where it orig
| mated, and it is one of the least ex-
pensive sports in the long run a man
can indulge in The reason so many
intelligent Americans look upon golf
as rich mans luxury is because the
game was brought across the pond by
the wealthy and said importers have
added every frill possible to the game.
In speaking of this phase of "cow
pasture pool" one of the best known
and best informed golfers in Topeka
said: amy beginner can equip him
self with enough golf tools for $3.50 to
last him six weeks, and if he spends
more money on his initial outfit, he
is simply buying more tools than he
knows how to use. Another $3.50 will
give him a complete outfit. Where
can you beat it for economy? What
outdoor sport can you indulge in for
six weeks at a total cost of only three
bucks and four bits? You can hard
noon hunting or fishing for much
less
Then. getting off his subject-but
not off of golf-the speaker continued
thusly, or thereabouts: 1.-THE game is
the greatest thing this side of the
golden gates of paradise. Listen and
he was warming to his subject, lone
of the most prominent bankers in To-
peka says that he couldn't get along
efficiency. And if it increases the
efficiency of a banker, it will do the
same thing for lawyer, a doctor, a
bookkeeper, minister, or any other
man who needs outdoor exercise. And
it is only matter of time until the big
minds all over the country will realize
this. Then we will have municipal
golf courses in every city in the coun-
try. Then everybody can play, and it
will be the cheapest, greatest. most
lar
time the world has ever known"
The present race in the American
league is pretty sure to continue one
of the most interesting in the history
of the league. There are more con-
tenders this year than there have ever
been, and there is a good chance of
these closing up on one another and
making a hot fight near the finish.
Nothing will help to revive reol inter-
est in the game like an interesting
fight for each of the major league
remnants.
The consistently good work which
Joe Wood is doing for the Red Sox
makes that teams chances look much
brighter than they did earlier in the
campaign. Wood has recently pitched
two brilliant games. one against the
White Sox and the other against
Cleveland. This seems to indicate that
he has regained his old form and can
now be relied upon to win large ma
jority of his games
This From an Eek.
Mordecai Brown, one time manager
and now first relief pitcher of the Chi
cago Whales, RECALLED a number of
newspaper men with a few good
stories one day after the game hac
been called off at Washington park.
His best baseball yarn referred to a
game between two negro teams on the
sand lots in a southern town.