The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-09
Below. Ted Ray

| galleries at the Shawnee and Country
clubs some real thrills. He suggests
| that the winner of the club cham
pionship Journeys meet for thirty-six
| holes for the city inter-club cham
| pionship-eighteen holes to be played
at Shawnee and eighteen at the Coun-
| try club. This would be an event of
city wide interest.
| The first rounds of the Country club
summer championship were completed
Thursday and the second rounds will
| be completed by tonight. Consolation
| flight pairings have been completed
in class A and the tourney will be well
| on its way to the finals by the end OF
| the month.
The favorites won their first
matches without trouble. The most
sensational stick bout was between
/ Sallee and T. Frost, the latter winning
on the nineteenth hole. The Kistler-
| Alderman, Updegraff Wilson and
Lockett-Crane matches also were close
enough to keep up the interest
| The class A results, first round:
| Hurley defeated Bulls. 81.
| Mohler defeated L. Thrill.
Kistler defeated Stanley Copeland.
FL.
) Clifton defeated Alderman, FL.
| Hobart defeated Grub, 5-4.
Frost defeated Sallee, / up 10 holes.
| Dibble defeated Cole, default.
| Griggs defeated Gavitt. rs.
Allen defeated Parker, rs.
/ Updegraff defeated Wilson. I'll.
Yates defeated Morgan, default.
Snyder defeated Strachan, T-6.
| Fink defeated Bracket, 3-2.
! Lockett defeated Crane, ri
West defeated Catlin, Az.
| Felix defeated Thompson, ST.
The pairings for the second round:
| Hurley plays Mohler.
| kistler plays Clifton.
Hobart plays Frost.
Dibble plays Griggs.
Allen plays Updegraff.
Yates plays Snyder.
| Fink plays Lockett.
West plays Felix.
In class B the Thursday results fol
low:
Joss defeated McClung, 4-3.
Chopper defeated Peterson. 7-6.
Blair defeated Rice, 2 up.
Sleeper defeated Eastman, SIS.
z. Thrill defeated Stevens. default.
Thrill and Sleeper played their Sec
ond round Thursday, Thrill winning,
3-2.
Ths consolation, class A pairings,
after Thursdays matches:
Bulls plays Thrill.
Copeland plays Alderman.
Grub plays Sallee.
Cole plays Gayitt.
Parker plays Wilson.
Morgan plays Strachan.
Bracket plays Crane.
Catlin plays Thompson
Arch Catlin, who has been spending
full union hours in supervising the
remodeling of the Country club home,
in weeks Thursday. He donned his
Knockers to play his. match in the
championship tournament. President
West recognized Catlin's ability as a
building supervisor by defeating him
in the match.
A chudren's putting clock will be
built at once under the trees west of
the tennis court at the Country club.
President West announced today. A
full 9hole baby course will be avail
able for the children of the club mem
bers. Golf has taken such a healthy
chunk out of Topeka's time this sea-
lson that even the kiddies are joining
their parents in the pastime. Every
evening motor loads of youngsters and
sawed off golf clubs unload at the
Country club. To keep the children
off the practice greens where wild
shots from No. may injure them is
the purpose of the new clock west of
the tennis.
Leavenworth. Kan, July s.-The
popularity of golf, which is on a rising
tide in this country, has engulfed a
number of Kansas cities In the last
few years. Among them is Leaven-
| worth. Thru the enterprise of a num-
Der of enthusiasts of the links a model
clubhouse and golf course has come
into being in the outskirts of Leaven-
worth, which is the mecca for scores
of the ,city's business and professional
men daily.
| The Leavenworth Country club is
located midway between the Soldiers
home and Lansing. A 9-ho1e course
was laid out by Jim Watson, golf pro-
| fessional and ARCHITECT Of Kansas
| City An ideal plot of ground had
been purchased and virtually no
/ changes had to be made in the virgin
tract. The course is reputed to be
one of the best and most beautiful in
the state The club now has large
membership and many applications in