The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-30

ID. W. STUDDARD, Sec. Tel. Blue 2lSl
Shawnee members. you decide the
future of your golf Monday night at
the Chamber of Commerce!
At that meeting of the entire mem
bership of the Grub it is necessary for
the members to assure their support
of the board of directors by subscrlo-
ing to at least $4,000 worth of stock.
In a few words here is the PROPOSE
ton:
Shawnee may buy the present
grounds for $4,000. The initial pay
ment of $4,000 to the Country club to
insure the sale is due Jure l. The
shawnee directors will not proceed
into final contract with the Country
club until they are positive of the
backing of the club membership.
Shawnee members will be given three
years to pay up on their 500 share OF
stock. Old members need pay only
SIS
wonderful course that was laid out by
Donald Rosa course that has been
improved thru an expense of tAou-
sands of dollars-the club will cease
to exist in 1880. the date of the eN-
piration of the lease.
There is no doubt as to the senti-
ment in favor of the purchase. the
Country club directors have been most
liberal in their terms to Shawnee. the
sentiment, however, must be backed
with cash and the meeting Monday
night will decide all.
Shawnee members have enjoyed six
years of golf at Highland Park ana
every year the course has been I'M
proved 1t has reached a point now
where the fairways are in much bets
ter shape than the fairways of the
Country club. The natural hazards
are superior to any in this part ofAthe
country. The trees and shrubbery are
growing quickly and need little atten-
tion now. 1t will take very little work
and expense to enlarge to eighteen
holes. as the links are laid out for this
extension.
1t is an opportunity that Shawnee
must not overlook
Attend the meeting at the Chamber
of Commerce Monday evening 8
o'clock!
Let's go!
Fore!
As a suggestion to women golfers of
the Country club who are planning
their 1921 tournament season, here is
the schedule of the Milburn club in
Kansas City:
May Blind DOGGY. holes.
May 10-Blind event.
May 13-Association day. Country club.
May 17-Three blind holes.
May 27-Association day, shawnee
May 51-Eignteen holes; count puts on
June 7-Ringer score STARTS. closes DC
toper 4. Approaching and putting contest
}gns 445s%ei idI " day Interest p,8 Cup
June 20 to 25EMissouri state tourna-
June 5EAssociation day, Blue Hills
June 2s-Best II of is holes
T1Tt- r. put
July association day. Meadow Lake
July Equality for club championship
July j., 49, 26-Three- round choice score.
July 22-Association. day, lakewood club.
August mime holes Glow total puts).
August j-Association day, Community
club.
August 9-Play against own average
August 16--Six blind holes.
August 23-Bind event.
August 3o-Class play; prize in each
September CITY tournament, Milburn
golf and Country club.
,;eptcmber 13-Midiron contest.
Se1itember~2 Coolest ball foursome.
September 23-Association day, Swope
September 27-Eightcen-ho event three
octcbe /. Il. 1s-Handicap tournament,
to be finished October 81; losers in con-
October 25-Two-club contest.
The women of both the Shawnee
and Country clubs should start ringer
scores this season. 1t has become one
OF the most popular mems features.
Kansas City. Mo. April 3O.-Public
golf is keeping the Minneapolis park
board on the jump. The game has
been growing in popularity in this
country with wonderful strides the last
few years. just as it has everywhere.
Minneapolis has an 1S-hole public
course and a new 9-hole municipal
nrat-
ed in response to the ever-growing
= demand.
And now they must have more
holes. When four hundred and five
hundred golfers crowd the public
courses on a saturday and Sunday it's
a sure sign of the games value in the
eyes of the citizens and more holes
must be laid out to accommodate the
overflow.
Chairman Whitney of the Country
club handicap committee is issuing
threats If members do not turn in
their score cards for handicap pur-
poses by the end of next week they
will receive a score anywayEand an
angry handicap committee can make
life miserable for a negligent golfer.
In a foursome Thursday at the
Country club when John Fleishman
and Bayard Whitney were pitted
against Charles Gault and Dick Hay
den. a new line of golf conversation
was developed, spectators report
Charlie Gault's descriptions of John
Fleishman are said to have been
'screamingly' original.
E. L. Copeland of the Santa Fe
Trail foursome entertained the presi-
dent Of the railway. w. B. Storey, jr.
and shot a 3 on No. 9. bringing in a
A all in one day Thursday.
Two huge blackboards have been
purchased by the Country club gol1
committee for bulletins and tourna-
ment results. One of the boards has
been marked off for the seasons per-