The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-30

ground and hitting it hard That isn't
ali-the scratches along the club show
that you are slicing. Get next to
yourself"
The Country club Sherlock soon will
be able to tell how many puts you
took on No. by the manner in which
you sign your caddy card.
Speaking of professionals and their
value to a club, it might be apropos
at this point in the column to remind
Topekans of their advantages in golf
instruction. Topeka has Erwin Nell
son, member of a noted family of
golf professionalism fact, the largest
family of pros in the United States
today. Assisting Nelson is Ernest
Howard, a Nelsonmade golfer and in
| structor. These two men are expert
enced club makers and repairers. The
Nelson sticks are good enough for any
golfer-and hundreds of them are
being carried over the country today.
Topekans have been led to believe that
they can shoot better golf by tripping
it to Kansas City for clubs. There are
thousands of sweet shooters in the
world today and very few of them
City in order to improve their game.
Topeka golfers owe their patronage to
the local dealers who are assisting in
the betterment OF the game in the
capital city.
Last Saturday and Sunday were the
windiest days Of the season for golf in
! Topeka. The two courses were well
filled despite the south gale that Gre
ated freakish hooks and slices and
placed the reverse English on pop ap-
proaches. AT the Country club the
loose soil from the New Nine"
p1owed ground swept over the course
like smoke. Players coming down
No. could not see the set ahead of
them. The clouds darkened Nos.
and greens and blew on across No.
and across No. s fairway. Players re-
turned to the clubhouse with muddied
countenances only to be greeted with
cold shower.
Out on Shawnee there was no sand
storm. On the other hand, there were
no trees to break the gale, and play
ers at the top of their stroke wavered
in the wind
Accuracy was out of the question
but it was an ideal hazard for. the
man who could play the wind
At the Country club No. green was
driven many times in the two days.
This is the only hole-on the course
that catches direct south breeze. At
Shawnee No. 3 and No. and No. s
were ideally laid out for players who
erect monuments to record drives.
Every Country club player longs for
the opportunity Of arousing the ver-
anda fans with a casualtyless shot to
the club house. Jim Hayes startled a
few stragglers the other day when he
sent a ball screaming into the north
porch.
| Monte Kist1er's Buick-the one given
him on his graduation from the kim
dergarten-was the only loose thing
on the Country club course not blown
into Quinton Heights last Sunday.
Shawnee golfers and visitors are
again trying out the annual puzzle of
the reason for DOGGY on No. 3.
near vicinity OF the hole, a player is
privileged with two puts to the green.
Par. is correct, but No. 8 looks like
DOGGY 4.
Dave Palmer. prominent attorney
and noted golf vocabulist, has settled
down to great game this season. He
picked 2 on No. at the Country
club the other day-and he gave forth
no word or sign Of surprise or jubi-
lancy.
OF course Bill Kercher was along
and Bill gives proper recognition of
( joy or anguish for himself and ac-
companying players.
hcIldIil, WHO is getting TdIleI
| gray around the temples, and. natur-
ally. is proud of the distinction it rem
ders-neyer wears a hat while playing
golf. Coming in from eighteen holes
after Sundays sand storm. Kellam' s
hair was a rich earthly bronze,
| streaked, here and there with nesting
oats and bluegrass.
| A wonderful view of Topeka's bust
ness section Sky line is seen thru the
| trees from No. fairway. The steel
work of the new Masonic temple is a
| welcome addition to the view
| Country club golf widows: The
clock in the clubhouse locker room
has been running behind time for sew
erai days now.
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/ violets Of extraordinary size and
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