The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-16

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Colorado by the Topeka Country club,
and It is expected. that entries will be
coming in within the week. According
to the plans of the club, this tourney
will be a rival of the Transmississippl
tourney and will far outshine the an
nua1 state contest.
One of the principal purposes of the
tourney is to cause the organization
of q Woman's Kansas Golf associa-
ton. To this end the first two days
of the tourney are given over entirely
to contests between the women golfers
of the state. silver cup is offered
as first prize in the championship
flight, the cup to be known as the Or.
J. N. West organization cup. A prize
is also offered the runner-up in this
match, and two prizes are offered in
the consolation flight.
wednesday, Thursday and Friday of
tournament week will be given over to
the four flights in which the visiting
golfers will play. Qualification rounds
will be played off and from the scores
the four flights will be paired. The
flights are the championship. the sec
ond, the third and the consolation or
rainbow flight for those who failed to
qualify in the first two.
Four cups are offered to the win
ners in the invitation tournament pro-
per and about twelve other prizes.
Saturday of tournament week the
open invitation tourney will be held
This event Is open to the profession
ais of invited clubs as well as to the
amateurs. In case an amateur should
win in this tourney he would be given
some sort of cup prize of equal
value to the purse offered in event
a professional should win. The prizes
offered in this tourney are 800 to
the winner. $50, $50, and $40 in the
order named.
Speaking of the match and the
plans Of the Topeka Country club for
the entertainment of the visitors.
Frank Griggs said today that dinners
and dances will be a routine part of
the days activities at the club house.
Monday evening the house will be
given over to the women golfers of
the state to perfect their organiza-
ton. All other nights there will be
going on of interest to the
visitors and neither expense nor time
Is being spared to make the tourna-
ment a big success.
The program for the tournament
follows:
wOMEN's ORGANIZATION TOUENA-
MEST.
Qualification and matches holes. finals
Is holes. This event furnishes golf con-
test and also will be splendid opportu-
nifty to organize the Women'B State Golf
association.)
Monday, September, 1.
0 10 a. REHABILITATION, holes; first
flight. 10 low medals; second flight, 10 next
lowest medals; contestants not qualifying
ity Case" flight. IS holes medal score, Q 30
Tuesday morning.
? p. m.--First round match play, first
4 p. m.-Stcond round match play, first
md second flights; first round match play
p. m.-CIub dinner given for the visit
Ing women. followed by their meeting for
organization OF state association.
Tuesday. September 2.
8 30 q. m.-Third round match play, first
and second flights; second round match
play consolation Of the first and second
$40 n. ni.-"vanity Cuse" flight, medal
2p m.-FinaIs fiFst and second flights,
1s holes: finals consolation of first and Sec
40 p. m.-Dinner dance. Presentation
TrophissErhe W. n. West organization
cup to winner Of first flight; cup for run
ner-up In first flight: medalist trophy; ap-
proprinte prizes for other winners.
Invitation Tournament.
Qualifications and all matches, incIud-
ing finals, Is holes.)
wednesday, September 5.
s 40 n. m.-Qualificatlons first flight -
low medals second flight. - next lowest
Contestants not qualifying in first three
flights VIII play In the Rainbow" flight,
Is holes medal score. 30 Thursday.l
30 p. m.-First round match play first,
second and third flights.
Thursday. September Z.
s: 80 a. m-Second round match play first,
second and third flights; first round match
flights.
1870 p. m.-Thlrd round match play first,
second and third flights. second round
match play. consolation Of first, second and
third flights; Rainbow" flight, medal play,
Friday. September g.
s 80 a. m.-Fourth round match play.
first and second flights; finals OF third
flight; finals consolation of third flight:
fourth round match play, consolation of
first aud second flights.
flights; finals consolation Of first and see
Trophies-Cup to winner Of first. second
to winners Of four-mnn team, qualification
score prizes for runnerssup and winner OF
Rainbow flight.
OPEN TOURNAMENT.
Saturday, September 6.
8 80 a. m.-3G holes medal play TALL day).
Purses: First low medal. purse 500; sec
ond low medal, purse $50: third low medal.
any one Of the four purses are won by nm
be awarded)
the club house. Putting contests every eve
ming on artificialIy lighted o-hole putting
course.
Meals served at the club house cafe
Guests will be conveyed in automobiles
from hotels 10 club house and back.
IF form has anything to do with
golf, and all the experts say II does, 1
can't see why women should not carry
away all the honors." a Topeka golfer
ventured to assert today.
II the cracks get much wider in the
fairway on the Shawnee and Country
club courses. accident insurance COM
panies will refuse risks among Topeka
players. Tho drouthy hazards have
been declared unnatural and a player
can lift his ball-if he is able to res
cue it after It once descends.