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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
BARNES is VICTOR
Wins National Open Golf Cllam-
pionship at Chevy Chase.
Finishes With Score of ESQ
s Strokes for 7s Holes.

Washington, July 23.-Playing as
fine a two days session of golf as
the most pessimistic critic could de-
sire, James M. Barnes, of the Pelham
Bay. N. Y, Country club. won the ma
tional open championship on the
course of the Columbia Country club
late Friday with score of 2ss strokes
for seventy-two holes. Nine strokes in
his wake came Walter Hagen. of New
York. champion of 1919. and Fred
Mcleod, professional OF the local
course, each with a score of 298.
Chick Comes Fourth.
National Amateur Champion Charles
("Chic") Evans. of the Edgewatef
club of Chicago, was fourth with 3o2,
the first amateur of the original score
or more of entrants to finish. Another
| amateur of national golfing promi-
hence tied in the next group of three
in the person of Robert T. Bobby
Jones, of Atlanta, whose score of 3OS,
placed him alongside the professionals,
Alex Smith, of New London, and En-
met French, of youngstown, o.
OF the half dozen foreign entrants
who gave an International aspect to
the twenty-sixth national open cham
pionship only one, George Duncan,
winner of the 1920 English open
championship, finished well up in the
struggle for the American title.
Final Score $40.
Following this pair came Emil Loef-
fler, of Pittsburgh, with 3o6, and A.
| T. Hackbarth, of Park Ridge, Ill, who
was one stroke behind. Loeffler, From
these figures, the survivors of as hard
an open championship battle as has
ever been staged in this country
trailed along in little SQUADS until the
final score approximated $40.
Barnes, in winning his first national
championship, gave remarkable ex-
hibition of brilliant yet consistent solf
especially upon the greens. While he
| had an occasional short lapse from his
| almost perfect play, his game for the
complete seventy-two holes established
standard which will probably stand
| for some seasons to come.
| Barnes came within three strokes Of
the championship record made by
Chick" Evans in the open of 1915
when the Western amateur played
around the Minnekahda course al
Minneapolis in 2S6. The strain ap-
peared to tell on Barnes on the fina
green's and he missed several puts
which earlier in the play would have
been easy for him.
| First Tried in 1919.
Many close followers OF Barne'
feared that he crack under the strain
for the new champion has frequently
shown a tendency to have at least on
bad round in his big tournaments
Barnes first tried for the champion
ship in 1912 at Buffalo. In 1915 h
| came well to the fore when he finished
in fourth place with sol. In 1915, h
was fourth with 200, and in 1919, wa
tied for eleventh. place with SIS. Las
lseason he tied with Chick Evans 70
tsixth with 298.
After his victory. Barnes was pre-
scented with the national champion
ship cup by President Harding on tn
green in front of Columbia's club
4 house. In addition to the cup, whicl
is held by Barnes club for one year
the champion received handsom
gold medal and $3.50 in cash.
l. Barnes score for the seventy-tw'
holes of play follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
SEVEN AGES OF GOLF

All the worlds a course,
And all the men and women really golfers.
They have their clubs, and subs, and en-
trance fees,
And one man ia his time plays many
At seven gD different stages. First the infant,
Fussiag ald foozliHg in his nurses arms,
Then tn enthusiastic schoolboy In his
with shiny cieek and brassey tsecOnd-
who takes takes his early round. And then the
Sighting ike furnace Ger a bunkered bah,
or fooled putt.
And then the bachelor,
Full of wild oaths, and reckless like the
Jealous Of others, keen to growl and quar-
Seeking golfng reputation
Even IN the bunker's mouth. And the
In wide, round breeks. and peaceful frame
of mind,
With beaming eye, and bald about the pate,
Full of quaint rules-and modern instances,
And so he plays his part. The sixth stage
And now with grizzled locks and worn-out
irons,
With specfacIes upon his pink proboseis,
He drives, lie puts, in stymied, tries to putt,
While others take their knock. His Wither-
Goes gingerIy from hole to hole,
Led by mis- caddie. While, last scene of
That ends ends the story land my parody
Sans sight, sans skill, sans luck, sans
everything.
La Touche Hancock in Cartoons Mag
azine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
SANTA FE TO PLAY NEWTON
Games VIII Be Played at League Park
Today and Sunday.

The baseball offering at Western
League park this afternoon and suns
day will be staged by the Newton team
and the Santa Fe railroaders. The,
games will be called at S:15 o'clock.
each day.
The Newton club is one of the best
baseball aggregrations in the state and
has a splendid seasons record of hay-
ing won eleven games and losing one
but the railroaders expect to tie. q
knot or two in the string of victories
before Sunday afternoon at O'clock.
Attic the Santa Fe team has two
players on the hospital list, 1t will Dc
strengthened by the addition OF q new
third basemen who will get into the
lineup on the Recommendation OF
Dummy Taylor. Cap" Wells -
complaining of a sore spot where
foul tip struck him in the chest last
sunday and thinks perhaps he has 9
busted rib. but says he Is going to pc
on the rear end of the battery iiiae just
the same Vogel, an infielder, has
broken finger which he received Gurs
ing a workout this week. With me
addition of Taylor's find" who hails
from Olathe, at tho third staups.
Peterson will go to second base, weeks
says. ,-,1
Taylor. who is a whole show hira-
self, will umpire both games.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
d si|'NJTEE
Gasg2PuyeGSS)

wichita, Kan, July 23.-Charlie White
of Chicago. stopped Terry Long Of oak
land, Cal, In the fourth round Of echeds
uled ten-round bout here last night. Long.
badly punished, quit near the end Of the
fourth roGnd. Ii,
simmons of this city fought a ten-round
draw with Kid Palmer of FL Paso, Texas
here last night. The referees decision.
however, was jeered, many being Of the
opinion that Palmer had easily taken Q
shade over the local boxer.
New York, July 23.-pete Herman and
Joe Lynch put on the finishing touches
to their training today for Monday nights
bantamweight championship bout at Ehs
bets field before the International Sports
ing club. Herman hrsiyed Friday aboard
the 0rduna from England said he was
in fine physical condition.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
MAXIMS OF THE COURSE
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

Keep your mind on the ball and
the eye will take care of itself.
Distance counts but they never
pay off on the drive.
The 5-feot putt has won more
Championships than the 250-yard
drive.
Courtesy comes cheap but there
are vet too many who have failed
to lay in full summers supply.
The man who let's one missed shot
= cost him three or four more needs
a lesson in intelligence more than a
lesson in golf swinging.
AS between the ability to keep out
OF a bunker and the ability to play
out once you get in, the former is
the safer but the more impossible
choice.
They still talk about the "game
you can buy in a shop but there
are several hundred thousands who
are vainly looking up the address of
that particular shop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
PLAYING GOLF BY MOONLIGHT

Golf has taken such thrill in Topeka that moonlight
matches have been played
Wednesday evening" beginning at o'clock, Jack Grow,
Ellis Sumey and Earl Whitaker teed up their balls No.
at Shawnee The full shining TIE dew damp
it glitter that only lovers of nature
precate.
1t took hour and As minutes for the threesome to
pete the nine hoesand they played hard consistent go
Sumey-in the moonlight mind you!-shot a AZ! Crow
brought in Al and Whitaker 49. Sumey did not lose
ball but Crow and Whitaker lost three EACH
Atho the balls lost their long flights they
found readily the farways. The game test of
curacy and confidence golf strokes and also in the echan
zeal power of the swing that always guides the of the
ball.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

VACATION PROPS.
Ny English prof is playing golf.
Or thinks he is, no doubt;
But I'll bet he's quoting PateF
While chasing balls about
And IL he's played an swful game,
And sees spectators smile.
He doesn't swear like common folk,
But quotes old Tom Carlyle,
And SO you see training like
Ny English prof has had
Will often change a wicked game
Into something mildly bad.
-0rpah In Chicago Tribune
"GoIfers Are OFF, read a headline
| in this newspaper the other day.
isn't it true, isn't it true?" the tele-
graph editor grspted.
Arthur Bonebrake, Topeka's golf
meteor, now the pro at the Salina
Country club, will enter the Western
Open championship tourney at Cleve-
] land next month. He will be entered
| by the membership Of the Saiina club.
ali of whom are anxious to see their
idol in action. s'Boney' was a visitor
at the Shawnee and Country clubs this
week.
In the recent midsummer club
championship tournament at Shaw
nee six matches went to nineteen
| holes, two to twenty-five and one TO
| twenty-three holes. This is q type of
/ the fervor in the game at Highland
Park.
z. Sumey. the 1s-year-oId conner at
| Shawnee. shot a 40 ton the nine this
week. This is his first season in the
game. 1t all goes to show the class
| of golf that will be played at Shawnee
!. in the next year or two and is a warn
/ ing to Country club juniors OF the OPP
ponents they will have in the seasons
! to come.
J. B. Cody won the last Sunday
sweepstakes at Shawnee with a 40 on
the nine, no handicap. Weekly
sweepstakes are becoming popular
/ with the Highland shots. The handi-
cap trouble Is eliminated by agree
ment among the players.
l. The tournament committees OF both
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

ton has been in existence for the pas
ten years, no open meeting his been
conducted heretofore.
Besides about 75 players from Me-
braska, participants from several other
states in the middle west are expected.
These include Philbrook Smith OF
Ames, Ia. last years Interstate dou-
bles champion; Carl Meyer of Kansas
City, doubles champion OF that city.
and also the holder of severai Missouri
Valley titles. and Ray Brown of ST.
Louis, present Interstate doubles
champion.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
WATCHING THE SCOREDOARD

Kelly bumped out his fourteenth homer
and the Reds bumped the Giants again.
hitting Douglas and Causey hard.
Ferdie Schupp had an en3oyable time
at Ebbets field trimming the Cardinals.I
The Pirates and Graves split even IN 4
twin bill. Dave Robertson was hurt IN
the second game when he crashed into a
wall in right field but recovered suffi'
GENTLY to get three hits,
Grimes and Deal planted homers in the
Philly stands In the ninth inning and the
Cubs won.
overlooked July 22 on the calendar this
year. -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
CARPENTER is HOME AGAIN.
Hopes to Defeat Dempsey Next Near
Re Tells Countrymcn.

Paris, July 2S-Georges Carpen-
tier the defeated heavyweight. ar
rived from New York. soday and an-
nouneed that he hoped to fight Jack
Dempsey again next year for tne
world title.
Carpenter was given a rousing ova-
ton. In response to the cheers OF the
crowd, he made a speech saying:
my friends, I hope next year 70 be
In condition to defeat Dempsey"
The first action OF the popular pugf-
LIST was to kiss his infant daughter.
.Then he embraced and kissed his
wife.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Tor their ability TINS season IN carry
ing the matches thru on time and
without delay and postpenement.
What has happened to the Law
renee-Topeka inter-club Rotary tour
ney?
Now that Joe Wilson has suggest
ed a Se-hole match between the wins
ners of the Shawnee and Country
club championship Journeys. it is up
to someone to make a motion that
Wilson will furnish the trophy.
What's that? Good! Now will there
be a second? All right. You have
heard the motion. All in favor-car-
ried! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr.. Will
son has the floor.
Limerick OF the Links.
A duffer who stood in the sand
With nibiick held out in his hand,
Played his seventeenth shot
From the very same spot
Ere he made up his mind to disband.
Mrs L. R. Wilkinson. is showing
championship form at Shawnee this
season. In another summer she will
be comfortably around the SOS and
the Mrs. Kellam- Gault-Flagler COM
bination will meet worthy competi-
ton.
Are men or women the best golf
sportsmen?''
This question was asked several
Topeka golfers and golferesses in the
last week.
The men agreed that their sex ex-
celled in the inside game.
And here is what one woman at the
Country club said:
IT have seen women play bridge
and 1 have seen and heard them
play golf I am convinced thoroly
that men are not only the best sports
but they are strictly honest in their
figures
Draw your own conclusions!
Several golf foursomes are arrang-
ing today for charity wagers," The
winners of the matches will deposit
their gains with the tuberculosis
sanatorium fund.
wv. I'll B. Dr.
Do you blame 'em for saying Il
SometimeS3
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
Today;s Games

National League.
Pittsburgh at Boston
Chicago at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at New York.
American League.
Boston at st. Louis.
Philadelphia at Chicago.
New York at Cleevland.
Washington at Detroit.
American Association.
Kansas City at Louisville.
Minneapolis at Columbus.
st. Paul at Toledo.
Milwaukee at Indianapolis.
Western League.
Oklahoma City at Sioux City.
Tulsa at Des Moines.
Wichita at Omaha.
Joplin at st. Joseph.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

HOLD STATE TENNIS MEET.
First Open Tournament of Nebraska
Association Monday.
Omaha, July 23.-The first open
tournament of the Nebraska state ten
mis- association will be held here, be-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23
Shawnee Ringer Scores.

so, and even at that it seems there
will be quite waiting list.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23


Loeadon-TOpeka avenue. Lincoln street
and 27th street. End Country Tub
street car line south of city.
100 acres, IA holes in nse, IS in 1922.
Parse BOgey-s s,945 Yards
GEO. c. THOMPSON, Sec. Club phone
Tel. 1888 9S4
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Topeka clubs are to be commended
for their ability this season in carry
ing the matches thru on time and
without delay and postpenement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Now that Topeka golfers have
adopted the custom of picking up
their wives at $50 and playing until
dark the towns golf widows have
given away to golf orphans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Two days of a north breeze created
the thrill of lifetime for Shawnee
drivers on No. L. No. 4, and Not,
and Country club No. 9. The Shaw
nee players. who have been nerying
their drives to cut the corners on the
No. 8 dog-leg, paid the cost with lost
balls
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

cred the endurance requisite for the
long, tense journey, and Walter Hagen,
the greatest of the American home
breds, who has been working hard to
regain his old-tine form.
On the horizon Of golf stretches out
the greatest panorama of the year.
What the outcome will be offers a
grand field for speculation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

ST drove nearly into the second
ditch my first time around" Ed
Bracket told F. C. Kaths. the banker,
at Country club No. tee.
"If 1 hear many more of these
stories I am going to begin to doubt
some peoples credit" Kaths rejoined.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Ilif Felix missed an s-foet putt for
a 3 on Country club No. the ether
day. Hole high in two on this 485-
yard stretch is no dubS aecident-it is
snappy golf.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

What has happened to the Law
renee-Topeka inter-club Rotary tour
neY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Taking out-of-town visitors to the
Country club should be accompanied
with a warning that they should
wear goggles and an old fashioned
duster. The dust on this we'll travelled
stretch of country ROAD between the
way is suffocating. The bumps on
the thorofare are enough to reduce
enthusiasm to a minimum. In short,
the road is a disgrace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

The fairways at the Country club
never were in better shape than they
have been this week. but the greens
have been swept with the annual crab
grass pest. Accurate putting is beyond
reason and the element of luck, COM
bined with deadly approaching, must
join in keeping down the score.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

tons from the golfers: Miss Betty
Frost Miss Babbie Gault, Miss Marian
Moore and Mrs. John Long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-23

Limerick of the Links.
A duffer who stood in the sand
With a niblick held out in his hand,
Played his seventeenth shot
From the very same spot
Ere he made up his mind to disband.
st. Louis Times.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-29
COL0RED TENNIS
FLANNEL lie.

u in. wide in fancy blue and
pink stripes in a good weight
suitable for pajamas. gown:
and ehildren's underclothins.
Special lie yd.
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Elsewhere in this paper our ads for the last
VITO days Of our great Lace Curtain Sale, and
Housefwnishing and Grocery "Clean-Up"
Sale for Dividend Day.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-29
White
SHAKER
FLANNEL
lie yd.

A very good quality with long
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Suitable for ladies' and chill
dren's undergarments. Spe-
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Warm Knit Underwear

For Women and Children Featuring the Famous Munnewe in All
Styles and Sizes
Now the time to the winters supply of underwear
before the extreme cold weather begins Our stocks are compor
particular weight and here Also good kinds for boys and
girls Every garment perfectly and shaped body Below
few of the popular models regular and extra sizes
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This is the for unusual shades and color tones All
the bnliancy of the autumn lines gathered together in
exact likeness and combination of natures hand are as
sembed here in the millinery section and applied to our
Fall Millinery Models.
Fuehsia walnut. paradise. argent. sphinx autumn
red and brown, and black. black, blackjack
with the charm Of color.
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50 TN. BLACK SAT1NS,
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WOOL FRAMS
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A very fine quality long fibre
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81 IN. ZEPHYR GINGHAMS

All new fall styles in a very
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Unusual and Timely Fabric Specials
SAVINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED TOMORROW
MERCERIZED DAMASK
A0e

"SN~6N1AGD DAlMASk
49e
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iY mercerized damask in a
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AT the price we offer these
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4oc.
FANCY STRIPE TURKISH
TOWELS z3e.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-03
|Coolidge's Name
Dragged into Probe
1883 Mass. SolonS

Boston, May 2.-Representative ABB
bott B.. Rice Of Newton today charged
that former Governor Calvin Coolidge
and former Speaker Joseph E. Warner
of the state House of Representatives
exerted pressure on legislators to eff
feet passage of the Cambridge subway
purchase bill in 1919. In a prepared
statement read before the joint legis-
lative committee investigating alleged
irregularities in the 1918 and 1919
law-making bodies, Mr.. Rice said that
/, Governor Coolidge called opponents Of
the bill to his Office and attempted to
change their opinions on the measure.
He asserted that the governor said he
knew very little about its merits but
mad confidence in the men behind it.
AT caucus of Republican members,
Mr.. Rice continued Mr.. Warner char
acterized the bill as a party measure
and said that right or wrong they
ought to vote for it, and later punished
many House members who had voted
against the measure by appointing
them. to less important committees.
The witness added that few days aft
err the caucus the ways and means COM
| pittee voted to increase the pay OF
House members from 5000 to $500 for
the special session then in progress,
preceding by "a hours a rumor that
| passage of the act was assured.
Former Speaker Warner in a state
| ment tonight said: Il am glad to
share with former Governor Coolidge
the credit for the passage of that
measure. ] did believe and do believe
that the purchase of that subway was
the only solution of the TRANSFORMATION
problem that would protect the public.
THE criticism of my committee APP
pointments by Mr.. Rice amuses me.
THE $500 compensation for mem
bers was reported unanimously by the
the committee on ways and means Of
which Mr.. Rice was a member. | don t
| believe that he or any other of his
fellow members on that committee had
any such motive as he now suggests"
Representative Renton White of
Brookline testified that he left the
caucus Mr.. Rice described because
OF the statement of Speaker Warner
in an attempt - control certain MEM
bers which l figured was improper
Senator Charles w. Gould of Milford.
| former representative, said: There
was no wrong-doing at the caucus"
Representative Orlando c. Bdwell OF
| Great harrington said he felt that ev-
cry man was to act on his own opinion
after leaving the caucus.
Representative Les S. hamburger of
'5oston said he mad feeling someone
III the executive department was try
ing to push the subway bill through.
and that such effort was improper
officially if not legally
Former Representative Edwin c.
Hinkley of Hyannis said he decided
20 change his vote on the subway pur-
chase bill after attending The caucus.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-05-03
Interscholastic Prize
Speaking at Univ. of Maine

To stimulate interest in public
speaking, the University of Maine
has arranged for an interscholastic
prize speaking contest TO take place
in Orono on the afternoon and eve
ming of Friday, May 6. All Glass
A preparatory schools have been
invited to send delegates
Each school will be represented by
one candidate, boy or girl. The
delegates will be entertained as
guests of the university during their
entire stay in Orono.
Two first prizes will be awarded o
prize of SO for the best defamation
and a prize of $15 for the best reel
tation.
There will be a preliminary trial
for all the speakers on the afternoon
of May g. The four speakers best
qualified in oratory and the four
speakers best qualified in recitation
will compete in the final exhibition
in the evening.
This is the first contest of its kind
ever undertaken by the University of
tested by Maine and a etaoi- 1t bmh
Maine and great deal of interest in
the outcome is being manifested by
high schools all over the State.