The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-19
q HOOT1NG A SWEET
~Y OlOk VI From Around the sandboxes
@ at the Shawnee and Country Clubs in Topeka.
By JAZZ-BO
at the Shawnee and Coz
By JAZZ-BO

on the finest lay of golf land in the
west.
Donald Ross, widely known golf
expert and landscape architect. laid
out the Shawnee course for eighteen
holes. He said at the time and has
said since that it is the finest natural
| layout he has seen in years. Its roll
| ing hills. wide valleys, trees and high
| points make it an ever interesting and
never tedious course. At present, the
| Shawnees are using only nine holes.
| Country club members are not anx-
| ious to give up their Shawnee pros
poets. They have looked forward for
six years to their eventual occupancy
/ of the Highland Park fairways. The
| club house site and shaded drive is
| the finest location near Topeka. 1t is
| felt, however, that additional acreage
to the present links would give them
| the advantage of a good many years
/ CT perfect green's and fairways.
The move will be watched closely
| by the 500 golfers of Topeka To one
| club it means eighteen holes and an
| ample course for increased member
| ship. To the other it means big
permanent improvement program and
a course that always will be available.
| Several Shawnee members are IA
voring the proposition of buying only
| the nine holes now used and selling
the remaining acreage for farm land.
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| eighteen hole course which will in
clude increased membership and an
nual fees.
praise of the Hutchinson hospitality
during the Kansas Women's State
| Golf association tournament More
| trophies were offered than are usually
| displayed at the mems affairs and the
| town never missed an opportunity to
extend a real welcome. The state as
ISOLATION, organized in Topeka, under
| the direction of DIR. w. N. West, presi-
dent of the Topeka Country club, has
become a fixture in Kansas golf fur
Inishings. By the end of the season
! at least ten clubs will hold member
| ships-probably twelve. Doctor West
| is termed the daddy of the associa-
ton" He was the only "he" formally
| invited guest at the Hutchinson
| tournament.
Topeka women golfers were greatly
| confused with the Hutchinson course.
| In the first place it is perfectly flat
| a most unusual condition when COM
| pared with the roly-poly Shawnee
| and Country club courses here. In
| order to make up for the lack of nat
| ural hazards the Hutchinson club has
pocked the links with treacherous
| sand pits and bunkers. Lying direct
| ly across the fairWay and on a flat
| to judge distances, the pits were
| constant fear to the Topekans. Mrs.
| kurtz Kellam, for instance, qualified
| with a fearful score only to come back
| and struggle her way to the finals,
| improving her game as she became
| acquainted with the strange condi-
| lions. 1t was a game fight and it took
| Mrs. H. D. Sterrett of Hutchinson, a
player of unusual ability, to defeat her
in the finals. Mrs. Kellam. on one
hole where she should have taken
| 5, slipped into a pit and finally holed
out in 10. But she does not blame
| the course or conditions for her de-
| feat. She sportiIy valves all credit
| and acknowledges Mrs. Sterrett as the
| champion woman player of the state.
| Hutchinson course was the clover
greens. Glover makes a slow green
| for putting. If a player attempts to
| crowd the ball 1t hops its way instead
/ lily toward the hole. Hutchinson also
| relies upon buffalo grass for her fair
| ways. There is no disposition on the
part of the Topekans t criticise the
lay of the Hutchinson links. The re-
| marks above are made only in indi-
eating the handicaps undergone by the
| Topeka players who are used to blue
grass greens and rolling fairways.
After all. what is golf without an
abb!
| Topeka golfers cannot refrain from
| pointing with pride to the results of
| the last five state tournaments. Rep
| resentatives of the two clubs in this
| city have won the state championship
| cups since 1915. Here are the win
| ners:
1916 at Emporia .......... Harlow Hurley
| 1917 at Topeka Arthur Bonebrake
| 191S at hutchinson ...- Arthur Bonebrake
| I9l9 at lawrence ......-..... .Ill1 Felix
| 192O at Sauna .-........."Pete" Middleton
| "Pete" Middleton's state champion
| ship cup won at Salina will be on dis
| play at the Shawnee club house Sum
| day. It represents the second honor
| trophy won by this club since it was
| organized six years ago.
| Club championship matches are the
| order of the June season at Shaw
nee and the Country club. At the
Country there are two classes, A and
B. Qualifying rounds are closed Sun
| day night. At the Shawnee course,
there are three classes, A, B and
! Beginners. Two brackets are nearly
complete in A. B is playing the third