The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-05-13

| crack golfer and the fans look to him
to represent the city's game in out
of town championships.
Unusually high scores among the
women players OF the Country club
have not discouraged the 'lady
son was shot recently by Mrs. c. z.
GauIt, who brought in a 9S. Most of
the women are showing cards OF $50
/ and more
Harry Gavitt has been appointed
| handicap chairman at the Country
| club by President Strickland. This is
/ the most trying job ever handed out
/ by any golf organization but Mr. Ca
witt has entered into it with a vim. He
! is collecting cards as quickly as pos
| sible that the first list of players and
their handicaps may be printed soon.
He requests that all cards be turned
/ In to the caddymaster or Pro Trout
the more cards the better. 1t will
I be impossible to satisfy the players
unless Mr. Gavitt is able to study
many cards FOR spots" Complaint
will follow the first announcement of
these scores but these complaints
should not be laid at the door of the
chairman-he must depend upon the
players for his records
Chairman Thrill of the Country
club tournament committee is now
making plans for the first event with
the Shawnee club. Qualifying rounds
will be posted soon and the scores
recorded for the purpose of matching
the Highland Park sweet stickers. The
match with Shawnee will constitute
the June tourney for Country club
players. Chairman Thrill is arrang-
ing tournaments for each month His
April and May events have been most
successful
Inter-c1ub matches always will
prove popular in Topeka. The Shaw
nee youngsters are Matching into a
sweet game. Shawnee is distinctly a
golf club and it has unlimited youth
full material These youngsters are
slowly sneaking up on the citys vet
eran Big Three''-Hurley. Felix and
Griggs. In 4 few years the Middle
with the veterans.
Pro Trout and Chairan Thrill are
completing plans for the Decoration
course. will have to be played No
Decoration day m golf is complete
without flag play. To take the place
of the usual sweepstakes a Short
stop match will be played. Here is
how it is done: Players go out in
flights of Is. Each player contributes
a ball to the cause. All brackets are
nine holes, thereby making the finals
nine holes eight out of each flight
would be eliminated. They will be
carrying their flags for that event ana
they will be at liberty to make indf-
vidual matches to complete their 1S-
hole flag planting. The player with
the lowest medal in the first bracket
of nine holes will receive 10 balls ami
the runnerup. 4. 1t will be a handi- |
cap affair thereby giving players |
equal chances. (Again, we warn
turn in your cards for a handicap.
Pro Trout has a new suggestion for |
Country club championship play. He !
believes that the championship should |
be played out in the spring. This
will catch all shooters at home pre- |
vious to vacations and also will give
players an opportunity for the remain |
der of the season to test their skill |
and the plan may be adopted by the /
Trout takes IN connection with tour |
season is greeted with tremendous |
satisfaction by club members. His
willingness to be of service at all |
times, despite appeals for private |
matches, also is appreciated greatly. !
Having no clubhouse to open with |
music and chicken, Shawnee was de- |
clared officially 'on'' with the 1922 |
season this week with the appearance |
of President Eastman in golf toys |