The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-23

Why can't Topeka golfers form
| kitty and bring some real British
talent here in September? Duncan.
the British open champion, and
Mitchell, reputed to be COLTS longest
driver, will play over the Hillcrest
course in Kansas City that month.
The great British 'tpros," greater than
Vardon and Ray. if that is possible,
will sail for this country early in July
and already the officers of the Kansas
City Golf association are planning
big exhibition match, the money COM
ing from the contest to be used for the
further improvement of the municipal
golf course at Swope Park.
Against the Britishers will be
matched pair of great American
players. Kansas City is hopeful of
Turing Charles "Chick" Evans and
Bobby Jones to Kansas City at the
time Duncan and Mitchell come.
Golf is making great strides in the
colleges over the country. Recently,
the professors of the department of
geology at Missouri university became
so enthused over their good scores
that they issued a more or less sum-.
mary challenge to the other scholastic
pill chasers' of the university. Quoth
they, Wen take on anybody in the
university faculty for either a two
some or a foursome."
Their challenge has borne fruit. The
athletic department, whose sporting
blood and ire was quickly aroused al
this intrusion. imm ediately accepted
the challenge. Among the golfing ex-
perts at the gym are none other than
q. G. C1evenger, director of athletics;
Jimmie Phelan. associate coach of the
lfootballers, who is taking enough time
| off the spring practice to keep his
golf game in trim: Bob Simpson,
now coaching the Tiger tracksters, and
Vigil Squirting, assistant to Mr.. Clev-
enger.
Spring golf is hitting midsummer
stride in Kansas City. Here is a story
of players well known in Topeka:
| A par r., "A, &c and IA rs over the
Mission Hills course.
Sweet little foursome, wasn't it?
William Creayy, Hillerest, shot the par
knocked off the "A, Joe Mathews, Mission
Hills professional, had the rs and Johnny
Madden, he Community course pro" kick
/ Creavy and Mathews were paired against
Ouimet and Madden. The pair Of pros
the amateur and the PRO" had squared the
match when they teed off on the eighteenth
Creavy scored an eagle 2 on the eigh-
who COPIED the match
Every noise was won either at par or
under.
On ouimet had a birdie 3, on 10 Mad
den holed out for a birdie 3. Creavy's
birdie on IL was good and Ouimet's birdie
on the 523- yard 18th was a winner.
7, Creavy's birdie on the 422-yard 18th
/ stood alone and his eagle on IS was a
screaming finish of a wonder match
/ Pete Middleton and V. F. Robey
| slipped into Stawitz's Shawnee "horse-
/ shoe" column in Post Mortem Hall
| this week, Middleton snatched 4
on No. 6, and Robey robbed No. 8
with a 2. In the same round Robey
took 2 on No. 5.
| George Stawitz. the Shawnee barde
reports that Ellis Sumey has drowned
| Earl Whitaker with remorse due to
two flying puts that jumped in the
air after hitting the edge of the cup
and came down dead holed out. He
| reports also that Oscar Butts had his
clubs for sale for $40 until Friday eve
| ming this week, when. after a won
| derful round, he raised the price to
500.
Ilif Felix shot an eagle on No. 6
at Shawnee the other day. No. is a
8 par and 6 bogie-the longest
hole on the course. Felix was on the
! edge of the green In and holed out