The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-21

| course record with a ~. At that II
took Hurley 10 holes to win from the
1921 champion.
The hAppiest man at the Country
club yesterday was DR.. F. L. Loveland.
| who made his record score on the
! first nine-a clean IA. Doctor Love-
lands usual game is 50-47 and the
| beating sun of the day failed to fade
| his enthusiasm.
/ One of the most unusual matches
| ever played in Topeka was between
| Fred Alderman of the Country club
| Gently. These stars fought for SO
( holes and came in all square. Eight
cen bye holes is a record-undoubted-
ly a record in the golfing world:
| game of golf this season. He is
\ breaking the SOS regularly and is i'm
proving his. game weekly.
On ole No. at the Country club
/ when the tee and green were. located
within ten yards of the Topeka avenue
road Ed Bracket never shot a ball
! over the hedge. On the new No. IA
with the tee and green reversed he
swallows his penalty regularly. There
is something in my throat that never
was there before" he explains.
The Shawnee fairways. are standing
up under the dry weather in better
shape than the Country club grassy
tire made her-and Mother Nature
has wonderful disposition in Kansas.
w. d. Updegraff of the Country
club is testing the soil of the fairways
ard greens. He has found D most
unusual result On the old course the
sell needs Hme-and needs it badly.
On the new course the soil is in good
shape for fall and spring. planting.
Yet the average player always heaves
sigh of relief when he plays over
the old fairways. 1t all goes to show
what development will bring about in
the next few years.
When the Country club first bought
the Shawnee course and laid it out
trees were planted around the tees
ann shrubbery and trees thruout the
grounds. Now Shawnee golfers are
enjoying the breezes in the shade
while they wait their turns and at the
Country club where the new eighteen
is being developed the veterans bake
and cook under the sun. Likewise the
new generation at the Country club
will have the advantages of the new
planting this fall and next spring.
Chick" Trout, Country club pro. is
enduring case of the golf agonies." |
He is suffering from a severe setback
of "hookworm" and his tremendous
wooden shots are finding the rough.
Dubs who are accustomed to a regu-
lar daily assortment of hooks and
slices may take heart. Even the pros
get 'em.
Harlow Hurley, holder of many
course records in Topeka, winner of
several Journeys and all around local
golf star, has broken the amateur
cards for the eighteen holes at the
Country club. He brought in a &C.
1912 Sunday morning. His former
low score was "a. In the afternoon
Frank Grisgs, another member of
Topeka's Big -Four" golfers. brought
in a 10 just one stroke within a tie
of the Hurley mark. The best eight
cen on the course was shot about three
weeks ago when Chick" Trout. Coun- /
try-club professional, brought in a 6S
Amateur records on the course, how
ever, always hold the interest of the
golfer. There is an added interest to |
Harlow Hurley's score-he is coming |
backi This has been a disastrous sea-
son for him He Fas played good and |
bad golf and couldn't seem to hold the |
pace that he has set in Kansas for so |
many years. 1t is believed that he is
back in form now and will finish the |
season with the usual sweet stick.
His score and par follow:
OUT ..------.-- 454-35 4-344-36
PAR .......... 444-345-443-35
~ . 9-S3 4-444-3b
PAR .........4 35-334-344-33
Answer to query: The golfer who |
practiced with a new club in his
cupants below of having a bad case
of hiccoughs was Jack Crow of Shaw
nee. The Society Column Lady didn't |
mention the name.
Chick" Trout of the Country club |
will enter the open at Wichita. Trout
has been shooting mighty sweet
game this summer and his many fol- |
lowers in Topeka and Kansas will |
watch his game with interest.
How to Play Golf Tho Married.
is arousing considerable discussion in
seems to be to persuade your wife to
take up the game. But that is risky
writes Torrey Ford. You may have
permanent partner on your hands"
Tomorrow will be Ladies' Day at
the Country club. Mrs. w. d. Upde-
graft, chairman, is ,springing a new
one. 1t is a TRY 1t Over" event. The
tee or from the fairway--if the first
doesn't satisfy. But the second must
be played. It looks like a big day
for the caddies-
What has become of the caddies of
a few short years ago who watched
the ball? Caddfes these days carry
bags, bet on their players, fill up at
the drinking fountains and sell balls
they find when not on duty. The
caddy crop at the Country club this
season is the largest IN numbers but
the poorest in eyesight in history.
Possibly Dr. George H. Allen can cor
rect this weakness.
No. 4 at the Country club is changed
again. Where is No. today" is
the afternoon greeting these days.
Someone asked Albert Patten one
day what all the men and teams were
doing out on the Country club course.
ACCORDING to the records he