The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-17


wooded fairway, struck huge tree
amidships. The ball bounced off the
original victim and hit another thirty
yards away. From the second tree II
found his ball he was in worse shape
than If he had been back at the tee
with two lost strokes.
Ten Topeka golfers will go to Law
renee Sunday where a away tourna-
ment will be played between Topeka,
Lawrence and Ottawa. These inter
city affairs have become popular IN
Kansas. In another year it is believed
| that Topeka Lawrence, Manhattan,
Ottawa, Salina and Abilene will form
a golf league for weekend matches.
The members of the Topeka Coun-
try club who will play in the tourna-
ment are: Robert Yates, Frank
Crane. E. E. sallee. Monte Kistler, A,
NJ. Catlin, F. w. Griggs, DR.. George
Allen, DIR. Wilson Hobart. George Sny-
der and I. w. Felix. Several other
Topekans will drive to Lawrence to
compose the gallery"
The Kansas City bankers won from
the Topeka bankers in the tenth an
nuaI tournament at Kansas City
Wednesday. Six points separated the
winners from the losers The To-
pekans won at the Country club two
| weeks ago. The match was played on
| the beautiful Kansas City Country
| club course and many close scores
were made by the opposing teams
/ The feature of the event was the VIC
| tory of E L. Copeland and Frank
| Griggs over Edward Sweeney and Ed
ward Bragg. For ten years Copeland
| has been gathering Topeka players TO
| his bosom and has been attempting
/ to win from the Sweeney-Bragg com
bination. This is the first time he mas
tasted the fruits of win. The To-
peka pair won 2 up. Griggs shot
| rs with a Al out and 81 in. The
| only other Topekans who won their
matches were Robert Pierce and
Frank Bonebrake. Topeka Country
City were z. L. Copeland, ]. X
Koontz, ]. NJ. Cornell, w. w. Strick-
| land, ]. c. Fink, Frank Bonebrake'
Robert Pierce, Frank Griggs, Geo. w.
DR.. George Allen and Arch Catlin.
DR.. George Allen played a practice
round at the Kansas City Country club
course this week and turned in 81
on nine holes. This was made as a
scare TO create a mental handicap
for the benefit of Joe Wilson, his OPP
ponent for the Country club cham
pionship.
A prominent Topekan decided that
it was wrong to play for SO much
hole He announced the fact to three
of a regular foursome and they maze
life miserable for him the following
two weeks. They allowed him to JON
their crowd but not once did they
wait for him to drive or to hole out.
They lust accepted his company but
ignored his game Finally, one Gay
he announced proudly that he would
play for a "dollara hole" instead OF
the usual ten cents. In amazement
they INQUIRED as to his change of heart
and religion. well" he explained.
IT have decided that to bet on golf
is not gambling. You are simply plac-
ing a premium on your ability"
pete" Middleton. Churchill sar-
gent "Bub" Crow, Jack Crow and
Warren Bailey. all OF Shawnee,
PLAYED three rounds on the Manhattan
| Country club course this week. Altho
he never played the course before,
State Champion Middleton made 81
| medal on nine holes-and the amateur
record for the links is 36. Churchill
Sargent, who is playing his first sea-
son of golf. shot a 46 on one round.
Recent golf guests from out of town
at the Country club include G. NJ.
Patterson, Kansas City, Mo-; Irving
Hill. C. c. Carl. Otto Barteldes. DIR.
H. T. Jones and Whitney, of Law
renee; w. H. Whitmore, Robert Stone
and W. X BramwelI. all of Kansas
I
J. Anderson, of st. Louis; E ]. Curtis
and c. A. Armstrong, of Clinton, Iowa;
L B. Towle. Lincoln, Neb.
f. A. Thrill, secretary of the
Country club. won the second flight OF
INC. Fink 5 and 4. Thrill won from
Fink, from KistleF and l and from
Whitney and 5.
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finals will be played next week when
DR.. George Allen and Joe Wilson meet
after fighting their way thru a series
| of hard battles. The match will be
| one of the most interesting in many
seasons, and good gallery will ac-
| company the players. Allen has de-
feated Morgan. Clithero, Snyder and
| Bracket Wilson has won from
| Crane. Hobart, Lyman and Hurley
| the latter by default. Allen is playing
| his best game this season and turned in
/ one 81 in his semi-finals with Bracket
Allen is former champion of the Shaw
nee club. Wilson, altho not a record
breaker in medal play, is a -'bear-cat''
| on match. His strongest game is in
| recovery and in allowing his blow
ups" to consolidate on one or two
holes. The day for the finals has not
been set.
A. ]. Clark won the Glass B cham
| pionship from Thrapp on the shaw
nee course this week. He took the
match with little effort Clark is plav-
ing tip-top golf this year and un-
doubtedly will graduate into Class A
before the season ends.
The Shawnees are watching with
interest the outcome of the tardy semi
finals in the Glass A championship
tournament Bailey and Kistler are
matched for the winner of tha Nil
| dleton-Cooper affair. Bailey and Kist-
Ter are anxious to end their contest
but the deadlock between Cooper and
Middleton promises to cause friction
| in club circles unless broken. It seems
that Cooper and Middleton PLAYED a
| ..pract match, recentlv and hafora