The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-07-26

Pete Middleton made the premier
drive at the Shawnee club Monday.
On No. 2 he sent the ball to the ditch
about ten yards snort of the green.
This hole is $50 yards from the tee.
The wind Monday was from the north
and it boosted along the shot to some
extent. Nevertheless it was a mighty
blow. And about one-fifth of a mile
at that.
Would you ever have guessed few
years ago that this sort of CONVEX
sation would be heard on the golf
links.
Charles Dillon: well, boys, I'm
sorry can't play the full eighteen.
I've got to leave YOU"
hurry. I'll haul you home in my car
If you'll only finish the round"
Dillon: Sorry, old man, but have
an engagement out at Washburn.'
Eastman: college summer SCHOOL,"
Dillon: mo, not school I'm to
| take an airplane trip.
Forty-five minutes later. A whirr
and the song OF plane above the
course.
Eastman: poor DilIon-and he
was good golfer. too"
A Shawnee player was showing
woman visitor the course. She never
knew nothing about the rules.
Isn't it the game to shoot the balls
| in the holes?" she asked
That's it," the golfer agreed.
at looks comparatively easy" she
commented coldly as she stood on the
edge of the pit on No. 8.
Soldiers returning from France and
| stepping On to the tee with the old
time driver have been making a good
showing on the Topeka courses.
| Nearly every day a uniformed player
may be seen trying out the sticks that
he laid aside when he Joined the
Lieut.. "Pinky" Wingart who is back
on the Shawnee course again.
| The women's tournament at the
| Shawnee club became so exciting that
it was found necessary to draft a well
known Topeka lawyer to umpire the
contests.
The photographs of the Country
! club course and the Shawnee club lay
out, taken from an airplane by Frank
G. Willard, Topeka photographer, who
nal, have been posted in the club
houses.
Shawnee club members are telling a
! wild story of seeing in the tall grass
| near the willows a monster bull snake
with three huge knots distributed
along its body indicating that it had
swallowed three perfectly good golf
balls. Must be sinkers.
Now that the sand green days are
with US again, the Shawnee players
81, 1Ak
cool afternoon and Join in a happy
halleluJah.
Mrs. Charles P. Buck is the new
woman champion Of the Shawnee Golf
club. She won the title Thursday
afternoon by defeating Mrs. w. Flag
Ter up in the finals of the club
j ladies' tournament
Mrs. Buck is one of the most brill
liant women golfers in Kansas and
won her way to the Shawnee cham
pionship by accurate handling of the
driver, mid-iron and putter. The con-
sistent manner in which she takes
care of every situation causes her to
turn in low scores on every round.
! So many inquiries have been re-
ceived about the fall invitation tourna-
ment at the Topeka Country club that
the officials believe a record crowd
will be here for that event. The tour
nament was not held in 1918 on ac-
count of the war.
The shower baths at the Shawnee
| Golf club were completed this week
| and are now in operation. That helps
an afternoon of golf so per cent
Nothing better, say the mashie bugs.
| than a cooling shower after a nine
| or eighteen hole match. Makes a fell
low feel like a great uncle had died
and left him a million.
An interesting romance is said to
be developing on the links of the
Shawnee Golf club. He is teaching
her the game. Their acquaintance
began on the links. it extends there,
and now it has reached a point where
the young man is regular porch
swing haunter in the evenings.
An unusual feat was performed by
five players on No. at the Shawnee
club the other day. They all drove
off the tee. landed in the fairway be-
yond the well, and all lit within a
few yards of each other. The fact
that five excellent drives should be
hole attracted lot of attention. The
players were Jack Crow. Warren Bal
ley, Pete Middleton. Earl Whiteker
and L. r. Booth
After the presidents cup was won
by z. A Campbell. the next thing TO
interest the fans at the Country Club
was the club championship tourna-
ment, which is being played now.
Frank Griggs won his way into the
semi-finals of the lower bracket by
defeating 1. w. Felix this week. The
winner of the Frost-Griggs match will
play in the finals with Campbell. who
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