The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30
Jim Barnes Coils All
Right in ITS Place But
ShdtUnee so for Dillon
Former Topekan in Washington Cannot See the Enthu-
siasm in Birdie Shooting-Much Prefers His Friends
and Sandwich on the Old Home Course.

morning Barnes went out in SO and Dun
Gan in IS. Duncan did a 440-yard hole in
these men missed 8 by the merest fuke
Of an inch or two, and that is a bit more
800 yards on that hole. Both of them
played the 18th in par 8 and the 18th
which is 40S yards long, in the same.
ball hadn't trimmed the cup and jumped
off. At the 10th Barnes and Duncan had
10-foot puts for 2s, Barnes did it. and
Duncan had another trimmer. At the last
hole, up rolling valley to rolling green,
40S yards, Barnes covered the ground in
and missed the pin by hairs breadth.
Duncan was II.
1 wish | had the time to give you full
report of the weeks playing. 1t was
wonderful, but I'd sooner go over Shawnee
with you and old Jazbo Carruth, do it in
80, and then eat dog sandwich in the
almost-beer, than duplicate Lohg Jim's
record. That's what l think of home and
the old course This is marvellous play
ing, I've been describing, but as l said a
moment ago, 1t is too perfect.
Tee Patient for DIR. Sheldon.
Hutchison, I've been told. did the Poto-
mae public course in 81. If he did he
could qualify on a French battlefield for
the Potomac layout is enough TO try the
soul of even such patient golfer as DR..
Charles Sheldon, and there is none more
patient under stress.
The Potomac course, Ibeing level, would
have been too easy for almost any kind of
player, so someone took out lot of siege
guns and blew holes in it, 1 think. 1t re-
sembles a shell-torn field more closely
than anything 1 can suggest. To begin
with 1t is necessary to send a boy out early
in the morning, especially on a Saturday,
and have him put a ball in the pipe for
you if you expect to get started before bed
time.
President Takes No Turn.
Players-except the President-take their
turns in diving off as the ball comes ous
Of the pipe. 1ou look away to the future
and wonder whether if wouldn't Vbe better
to mail the hall A hundred yards or less
distant Is a Sand pit, and If the ball passes
over this 1t encounters another about 100
yards away. If it slices to the right there's
corn field % receive it. If it goes to the
leTt there Is q large, spreading tree to st )p
ats flight. If you send 1t straight ahead
there are ten sand pits and bunkers TO get
ii. There isn't a hole on the whole blessed
place that is3t protected like articles Oh
the EInererrCv Tariff.
Still. AMI also however, have male it
like cur short hole on the hill, tbSu- 17J
yards, / Cid 0ne day last week in and 4.
But yestel Cay / went into every sand Pit
and hit all the tlees and knocked dOwI q
lot Of Germ. Al 4 troke club, and said Il
lot Of Thugs Nc gentleman should have
said to tie assembled multitude. But
enjoyed it. E1lnes stuff may be all right,
hu- skink OF it just as 1 think Of ,aoeSe-
fe:ler's money. III never have any of il,
ter, I'd sooner be back, tramplng over
Shawnecs bits. and counting nj your
score On the doS leg with an adding I0a-
chige than making record of 90 on
Columbia. And this viii have to be about
all. DILLON.