The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-28

on to the new holes, once they have
started on their round, but they must
take their turns to avoid congestion"
Jack Crow, chairman of-the greens
committee, said today. They will
find a real sporty addition, tho, and
will enjoy the holes once they have
played them"
Charlie Flanders. Shawnee ground
keeper. did great piece OF work IN
preparing the three additional holes.
It was necessary to remove fifty cot
/ tonwood trees-trees that had grown
in the old traps and fairways since the
course was laid out seven years ago.
These trees were pulled out by the
500 yards of hedge along the south
line of the club property.
Greenskeeper Kelly of tho Leaven-
worth Country club, was a Country
club visitor recently. He is RESPONSE
BILE for the fine condition OF the greens
at Leavenworth. said to be the best in
the state He employees caddies to
keep the undesirable growth from the
| green's. He says the new green's
| the Topeka Country club would be in
most salts 'acyory shape !: the foreign
grass was pulled. He pulled over sew
eral punches and underneath was yell
/ low blue grass and clover, striving for
| light and growth. Kelly was not SO
enthused over the old green's. The
| bad grass has taken too firm a hold
now to insure midsummer satisfac-
tion," he said.
! Holmes Meade of the Country club
has returned from a month in Cali
fornia- TN choose the Topeka Coun-
| try club for my favorate golf course.
| was his comment IT told the broth
think the world ends with their state
! line on the east"
Monte KistIer is back from a long
| n fnV- IN "a IL TG of
the veteran golf enthusiasts of the
| city. but he didn't take a club with
him-nor did he have one in his hanss-
while away. Kistler plays summer
thrown in. His idea of a vacation is
to quis playing golf for few weeks
M B. Gourley of the Country club.
is always wavering between two hob
bies-golf and his dogs. He has
solved the perplextng problem7-he
brings his dogs to the golf course with
him. Jack Campbell has given up his
golf for his dogs. I'M other words, his
golf has gone to the bow-wows.
The opening of the paved highway
TO Lawrence provides Topekans with
new golf privileges. Earle Williams,
for instance, spent yesterday morning
at Lawrence and the afternoon at the
Topeka Country club. -,.-...-
The father and son. tournament
at the Country club is given the name
in due respect to the fathers age, but
scoring it should be called the "sonI
and father event For instance, take
Z. d. C1ithero and son Stanley, e. L.
Copeland and son Stanley, H. 3. Fink
and son Homer. ,..-, ; -,
The longest drive of the season in
Topeka was registered at the Country
club the other day when w. D. Upde-
4
Is fairway to q point within nfblick
distance of the pin. 1t was measured
at $50. yards. Updegraff has been
playing a sweet game this season. He
has endangered his handicap by slip
ping into the 70's several times.
Ed Brackett, who lost to Frank
Griggs in the Country club champicH=l
ship, took revenge in his other chance
at a championship by defeating Dan
Studdard in the Shawnee annual af-
fair and now plays Warren Bailey in
the Highland Park semi-finals. Bailey
defeated Sumey "a. In his match
with Studdard Bracket made a great
comeback. At the end of the first
nine he was four down. An the six
tenth hole he was two down-a dis
NAL dorn1ie. He won Nos. II and is
and then took the bye hole from his
opponent, winning the match. 1t was
the prettiest pick up witnessed in
match play in Topeka for many years.
Roland Hancock, 15-year-oId son
of the professional at the Country
club in Arkansas City, and holder of
the amateur record for the course, |
has gone to Wichita to enter the Vail
Crestview amateur golf tournament.
The tournament includes towns in
Kansas and Oklahoma under 1900
population.
Shooting over a public links course
that rivals many of the country's best
So I'll.
1873 of the nations public links play
ers today played qualifying rounds in
the first rational public links tourna-
ment, Play was over the Ottawa
park course in Toledo, Ohio.
Foremost among the contestants, so
far as reputation outside their own
bailiwicks was concerned, were
Eddie Held of St Louis, Bill Quinlan
Decker of Kansas City. Held and
Quinlan played together today, while
Decker and Aulbach were paired.
Held. a 115-pound: 19-year-oId
youngster, after a wonderful showing
in the Missouri state tournament a
month ago, went to the western anna
Eteur at Kansas City and played Chick
Evans, the champion, even for 20
holes in the first round of match play
scheduled as 8 holes. On the twenty
first, Chick won with a birdie but art
erward remarked that he had never
in his life been given such a fight
In the national open in Chicago Eddie
led the amateurs in his qualifying
round with a total OF lat for 72 hoies
Decker, another youngster, also was
the victim of an extra hole match in
the western amateur, losing to GeorEe
NonElm of Salt Lake City, at the . ST
hole, VonElm twice holing approaches
to keep the match even in the extra
holes.
Leading amateur golfers OF England
and the United States today met in a |
quartet of Scotch foursomes, the first
engagements of the two days play for
the Walker cup. the international
amateur golf team trophy at South