The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-23
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: ~ the Shawnee and Country Clubs in Topeka
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ner of a four-year tournament series
| on three courses in. that territory.
| Curry won it and it is displayed today
in Topeka by his brother, c. E. Curry.
Country club and Shawnee member.
| Summer golf begins tomorrow on
| the Shawnee course. The fairways
have been rolled, the rains and sun
shine have established the sod and
everything is in condition for the real
shots of golf. Beginning tomorrow
Shawnee members will have no excuse
| for, tagging their ball to a tee situa-
ton. Get out your mashies!
There is a golf club in st. Louis
called the Log Cabin" Only twenty
| bership fee is $4,000. At the end of
each season the steward assemblies all
| the expenses and divides the amount
| by twenty-siX. The members pay for
meals, privileges and accommodations
whether they use them or not.
! Arthur Bonebrake, Topeka golf
| Idol and now pro at Salina, stood
on No. 1 tee at Shawnee the other
| day and drove forty balls across the
ditch-210 yards away-without a
| slice or a hook or top. Fifteen of
his drives carried 240 yards to- within
a short distance of the pit guarding
| No. l green. 1t was the prettiest ex-
hibition of driving ever witnessed at
| Shawnee.
| "Boney" is shooting a sweet stick
| this season. He weighs 1S5 pounds
and is as hard as a Silver King. His
drives are longer than ever. There
isn't a hole on a Topeka course that
| requires a brassie shot for Bonebrake.
| His second with an iron ususually
! rolls over the green.
| With more care and practice at
putting, Bonebrake undoubtedly would
make the greatest golfer in the
/ country.
| Shawnee members are developing
| 'Second Boney." The boy, who is
| former caddy. is 10 years old, and he
is turning in the best cards on the
| links His name is Ellis Sumey- he
| started to play golf only last year.
George Stone, Topeka's widely
known artist is authority for the
statement that the second most peau-
| tiful view in Kansas is from the hlSh
noint near No. green on the shawnee
| course. Looking to the southwest one
sees a. view that is purely typical OF
all the attractions of Kansas, MT
Stone saws The best state view. &C
/ cording to Mr.. stone IS at 4 Nv LII.
I The shawnee view is from the cluo-
house site. At this point the shawnee
| home will be built some day
w f. thinner. manager of the local
Wentworth store, is to be a member
| of the shawnee club soon. Zlmmer
| has A purpose behind his sincere pc
lief that golf will be of physical bene-
| fit Each wear the oolworth man
gers gather on the Wonlworth estate
golf links on Long Island and play
the chan pionsh.p of the United states
| thinner is determined to give Topeka
a standing in New York this season.
THAT'S a beautiful view off there
| to the southwest" a visitor told
President Phil Eastman of the Shaw
nee Golf club from an advantageous
! point on the links, the other day.
Eyes, it is" answered Phil. ." You
can see the Santa Fe and hear the Mis-
souri, Pacific
| Charlie Flanders, Shawnee care
/ taker, blossomed forth this spring
ewith finely developed game of golf.
| For years Flanders has supervised the
construction and improvement of the
! course. He has stood at No. 1 hearing
the alibis and shedding crocodiles with
| the 18th hole unfortunates. No one
has suspected that Charlie was inter-
ested in the game itself. 1t is evil
dent that he has not spent his winters
in vain. He is slapping forth clever
club this spring.
| Charles playing insures US well
kept green's this summer" a Shawnee
member commented the other day.
New members of the Shawnee club
this week are:
| Arthur d. Bolton c. NJ. varde
Dwight t. Ream Fl B. Fink
II L. Seeds S. X. Alexander
Milton Tabor
Another feminine touch was re-
moved from golf in Topeka this week
| when it was announced that Dwight T.
college, had Joined the Shawnee club.
Coach Ream is a former football hero
and an all round athlete.
Shawnee will begin "Ringer
Score" tourney this season. The first
scores go up next week, Charles An
derson, tournament chairman, an
nounces. The Country club has kept
a ringer" for several years and it has
proven most popular feature-espe-
cially in the post mortem halls The
ringer" is the best score player has
made on each of the nine holes. When
he improves his score on any hole he
posts the new returns.
The Shawnee club has issued a rule
prohibiting fivesomes on the course
This action has been contemplated by
the Country club this season. A five
some clogs play-and the two Topeka
courses will be crowded this year
without canal boaters.''
| The Shawnee club has something tc
look forward to in it's plans for the i'm
provements of the future. In the veal
that the club enlarges to include the
additional nine holes that were laid
out some time ago the Trans-Missis
lsippi tournament will be held in To-
peka. Owing to the reputation of the
Shawnee grounds thru its Donald Ross
architecture this promise, has beer
made.
Should a POSTMASTER in introduc-
ing a speaker make a longer speech
than the man he presents?
This appears to be far removed
from golf but it was of sufficient i'm
portance to hold up the checking OF
the score at the Country club Tues
day afternoon following the arriva
fan Irx.l IL. TT.