The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23


that particular shop.
meet with instant favor among the
members of both organizations-esp
cially among the women.
The tournament will be known as
the Interclub Scotch Mixed 2-BaI
Fpursome.
A qualifying period will be set in
which the four low medals of the men
and the four low medals of the women
of each club will be chosen for the
contesting teams. This will entitle
four men and four women of each
club to enter the tourney. After the
qualifying rounds and the selections
four mixed twosomes of one club will
be paired with the four mixed two
somes OF the other. This will send
the players out in foursomes, each
twosome playing one ball.
There will be two awards:
ID To the twosome bringing in the
low medal, aggregate, on the Shawnee
and Country club courses.
(2) To the club team with the low
est number of strokes, aggregate.
| Eighteen holes will be played at
Shawnee and eighteen at the Country
club.
The three days for qualifying are
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July %,
30, and 81.
further announcements.
The mixed 2-ba11 foursomes have
jumped into sudden popularity in To-
peka golf circles. At the Country club
every other ladies' day event will in
clude the men in the twilight play. It
is combination of golf and social fea-
lures and appeals to both sexes.
The new plan of playing interclub
matches with the mixed teams brings
about q better golf spirit between the
organizations.
Just to show what Juvenile golf
means to the future state champion
ship materjal-John Felix, age 9, IN
his first round at the Country club,
with only an approaching c1eek as a
club. shot a IA in nine holes. In other
words, he took only two strokes to
his fathers average one on the round.
In a tight match this week in
which Pro Nelson and Ed Bracket
were playing Ilif Felix and Harlow
Hurley at the Country club, Nelson
staged one OF the prettiest come
backs for his twosome that has been
seen on the Dudley yard. Down in
the foursorne and down in the side
lights Nelson shot the last five holes
in IT. Beginning with No. s he shot
a 34-5-23. Three of these are
brides. while on No, 5 and No: z he
! ASii QOHA S1151 LIS E OA1 80 q
the 4 on No. 6, and the 8 on No. 3
constituted perfect golf. He shot 9
| rs on the IS, bringing sin a 1916
| Hurley is authority for the statement
that anyone in the western Amateur
| iacing out the drives that Nelson i:
| hitting today would have been the
sensation of the tournament. If he
maintains his stride Nelson viii set g
pace for his five brothers when they
| meet In the Western open mex
month.
Charles Sessions, who complained
/ Of the golf bug among state house of
fieials is hereby asked to read wha1
| the Atehison Globe has to say abeu
| his boss:
senator Capper plays golf neari,
1 every morning. The morning OF tbs
| day the Atchison man was there. hi
| had been out at the Chevy Chass
Kinks playing q round with president
/ Harding.
iwashtngtonians sleep late but
| keep Kansas hours said the senator
| They must be early risers back il
Ohio as President Harding also get!
up early. This morning we drove of
| on the first Hole before $40 O'CLOCK
| and we we're back in town, had gu
| breakfast, and were at our desks b.
| $3.50 O'clock
"'Did you beat the president In
quired the constituent from the homl
state.
"toh no, I made It in about 1ei
and the president about 101,' re
piled the senator.
ibid you ever beat the president
he was again asked.
| to IT.
" Would IT be perfectly all right Il
beat the PRESIDENT
yves, but he has always playet
better than I have
They say at Washington that I
| there is q worse golf player In Wash
ington than President Harding It 4
| Senator Capper.
fThe reporter neglected TO iHauir,
! whether Senator Capper made min
holes or eighteen holes in 1906"
/ A golf club has been organized II
| Kingman, Kan. Arrangements weri
made to organize under the old char
ter of the City club which wa
granted in 1887, and under vhicl
Kingman sportsmen for. years oper
ated a club house and recreation
/ grounds west of the city. The elul
has lain dormant for the past fey
] years Membership viii be limited t