The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-07
At THE 18TH KANSAS HOLE
State Golf Tournament

A typographical error in Thursdays
State journal was responsible for
blunder in which it was stated that
many predicted Bonebrake would lose
to George Gano of Hutchinson in the
finals The sentence should have read
that Bonebrake would probably meet
Gano in the final round of play.
| Certainly Gano's playing Thursday
! indicated that he was headed for the
| last 36-hole match. In his first round
with c. c. Carl the Hutchinson grain
man played the most spectacular golf
that has been seen during the tour
nament. The battle went to the TWEEN
ty-first hole and Gano was forced to
play the last three in par to win. SUI
perior putting was the only thing that
kept him in the running.
The prize offered the four man team
from any club that made the lowest
aggregate qualifying round score
went to the three Eberhardt broth
ers and Onstott, of Salina. Their
scores average SO, much lower than
| the scores of any other single clubs
representatives.
| I. Barnum, who was forced all the
way to the consolation flight, got a
little satisfaction when he made hole
!
only other man who has accomplished
| this feat so far, and it is doubtful if
any other man will do SO, unless it is
! an accident.
In the first round of the presidents
flight Thursday. ]. B. Anderson forced
| E. E. Sallee to the twentieth hole be-
! fore conceding victory to him.
Joe Duncan and T. B. Griffith have
/ 70 ha cot
nothing else out of the tournament.
They have accomplished the unusual
/ feat of combining dueting and golf
and Griffith has demonstrated he can
carry tune just successfully after
his championship chances have flown
as before.
L. E. Thrill, son OF E. A. Thrill, is
another youngster who is playing
about as good golf as his father.
Thursday he defeated w. E. Bulls in
the directors flight and played pref
ty good game in doing it.
Altho he is out of the champion
ship fight. no player in the tourna-
ment is getting more pleasure out of
his play than Jake Mohler, secretary
| of the state board of agriculture.
! Mohler defeated DR.. Lyman in the
then proceeded to trim Pat" Camp
bell, county treasurer, the same day
in a g hole match.
DIR. G. H. Allen has established a
reputation as one of the swifstest
| players in the tournament and ]. C..
Petro, of Hutchinson, is said to be the
| most deliberate. Petro has succeeded
! in making most of his home club
players respect him, but the Topeka
/ atmosphere does not seem to agree
with him and he has been off form
| ever since his arrival.
Beau Olcott Is the only player
| here who is a southpaw. He makes
| his fork hand the comnander-in-
4 chief in all his drives and, as a rule,
1 he does not interfere with the growth
of the grass on the rough. O'cott and
Ilif Felix are the best looking foot
ball material on the links.
The fact that "Boney" Bonebrake
is showing rare form after n summer
in which he has played very little
golf is causing a great deal o: dis
cussion and many are wondering if
it does not sometimes help a fellow
! to take a lay eff every SO often.
"Boney'' has been driving better than
he ever did before in his life. He nor
| only gets the distance, but is able to
place the ball with rare skill. I'm
less he has bad luck, all - can t
keep him out of the title one play
er remarked after watching him play
around with DR.. Allen in the after
noon.
A. J. McNeaPs defeat of F. Eber-
hardt was one OF the upsets of the
play Thursday and T. B. Frost'3 VIC
tory over Frank Griggs was another.
Several women were said to have
been practicing for the tournament,
but they did not show up. It is pre-
sumed they were too busy with reg
istration week activities.