The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-23

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tiful tree and a green terrace. On No.
there are many trees and many
hooks and valleys and draws. On No.
there are the willows and a cool
well and-and-.'neverything. On No.
another shady and coy resting
place. So it goes. All of these places I
mention are exclusive and far from the
searching eyes of papa and mamma.
You know how II Is when you are
strolling around the course with HER.
| There is something about II all that
gives you a feeling OF security and
! confidence. Boy, boy. The Shawnee
for mine!"
c. B. Marian. champion of Cape
Cod, meanwhile of Topeka, Is back
at the Country club. His return was
greeted with a huge sign on the bulle-
tin board announcing that he was
home again with a blanket challenge
to all Corners His championship hon.
ors, however, have created no little
timidity on the part of the boys who
used to depend upon Carroll for their
ball supply.
The State Journals "Chick" Evans
features running Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. have proven immense
w Ia ~ n L. -NA
Many out-of-town enthusiasts have
written to this department asking golf
questions and complimenting the State
Journal on its interest in the great
game.
Frank .Griggs. local leading golfer,
says: THE Chick Evans series will
prove most valuable to Topeka golf
followers. The State Journal is to be
congratulated on its enterprise"
Ed Thrill, secretary of the Topeka
Country club Topeka golfers will
find many valuable hints and sugges-
lions in the Chick Evans articles.
1t is the best golf stunt in Topeka"
DR.. C. B. Van Horn of the Country
club and one OF the organizers of the
Shawnee club, is a great golf enthusi-
J asst. altho in the last two years he has
} played sonly twice-once this week at
} Shawnee. DR.. Van Horn, thru his Of
flee. has added to the membership of
Shawnee by prescribing golf as a tonic
and a cure to many Of his patients
Nothing beats golf" the doctor says.
THE game is a great invigorator and
has built up hundreds of men from a
frail condition to health and happi-
ness"
: Ed Thrill of the Country club left
= Thursday on his annual vacation. But
J he will be back early this season-the
3 statewide invitation tournament be-
gins September 1.
) Arthur Bonebrake was held up be-
) hind foursome the other day. Two
r hundred yards down the fairway the
players were Furnishing the sod and
posing in post morten disgust.
! ''Fore!" shouted "Boney."
Come ahead" answered one Of the
! foresome.
The former state champion wound
r up like busy pup in the shade, there
: was a swish and q crack and the ball
; iously awaited the bounce OF the ball
thru them.
'Ah." -" vgrunted one to his
$ companions. There is the ball up
there"
On down the fairway the four pairs
: of eyes followed It. It had sailed over
2 their heads and did not stop until II
Y had gone probably 100 yards beyond
the white stakes.
. approach and on the green. Read
! again this account of the wonderful
: completion of the Ouimet-"Chick"
= Evans match Wednesday:
s The gallery one Of the largest that
- ever witnessed a mid-week tournament
match in this country, was absolutely
n silent Notwithstanding the intense
strain of the contest as the pair teed
up for the home hole play. Evans
y drove first and ouimet followed. both
= reaching far down the fairway with
o long shots. Ouimet's second landed in
: a deep pit to the right of the green
!, while Evans was Just on the edge OF
d the rough some forty feet from the
pin. When Ouimet stepped down into
the pit he was out Of sight of q large
: part of the spectators and q great
I shout Of applause Involuntary sprang
= from the gallery when he pitched this
n ball from a cloud of sand 20 within
v shot was a trifie strong and the ball
el rolled fully twelve feet past the cup
e 1The double title holder sighted the
: lay of the green for almost a minute
j before he putted. but the strain was
too great for him to do himself full
r justice and he fell short OF the hole bS
three feet. Ouimet followed with .
gentle touch OF his ball. which rolled
t leisurely to the lip OF the cup. paused
: for fraction OF a second and Their
5 dropped out OF sight. thus terminate
I ing one of the most remarkable
:. golf
i The comeback Of the woodland ex.
pert was the more impressive from ths
fact that he was far from being il
= perfect physical condition. Still suf-
fering from the effects Of tonsiliti:
g ment he played the entire thirty-sil