The Topeka state journal., 1922-05-20

Country club this year and the sixth
performance of this kind since the
club was organized many years ago
was manipulated by Mrs kurtz Kel-
lam, Topeka's star woman golfer on
No. 5, 130-yard recently. With a
high mashie shot she sent her ball
within ten yards of the pin. 1t rolled
slowly toward the flag and fell out
of sight while a half dozen witnesses
looked on
Altho there is a certain clement of
luck in 'thole-in-one" shot yet there
is always the argument that the play
er accomplishes what he is trying to
do. Mrs. Kallams shot even tho it
had not holed out, would have been a
perfect rRashie to this tricky Country
club hole.
Mrs. Kellam has been runnerup in
state tournaments and has been con-
sidered the city's scratch woman golf
er for the last three or four seasons.
She controls full hard swing and
last year kept within tn SOS on
eighteen on several occasions.
Her one undoubtedly stands as the
first to be made by a woman golfer
in the state.
Not to be outdone- by a woman,
Harlow Hurley, Topeka's man star
holed a 1 on No. 5, Friday afternoon.
1t was the seventh performance of
the kind in Country club history and
undoubtedly the last for some time.
Hurley's shot was far different from
Mrs. Kellam's. His mashie was a lit
tie strong, the ball took a bounce and
landed in the hole. wedged between
the flag and the cup.
"A glorious ending to old No. 8!
Golfers have been making holes in
one stroke so frequently this season
that it took Il pair of cuckooes as the
ace score is dubbed, to attract much
attention to George Gunderson, who
made an ace on both tie 18th hole,
15S yards, and the nth, 205 yards
at the Oak Park Golf club Chicago.
1t has been figured out on the ex-
perience of golfers who have played
frequently for many years that there
is one change in 10000 to make a
cuckoo. On that basis, ii will be a
long time before Gunderson scores
another ace on the links.
1t is a remarkable fact in golfdom
that neither Harry Vardon nor Chick
Evans. who are credited by many with
being the most accurate iron players
in the world, has ever made a cuckoo.
Altho both have played thousands OF
rounds.
Just why it became the fashion to
call scores better than par by the
names of birds is not known. except
that they arose from the spontaneous
exclamation of delight by the player
in making such a score. Par is per-
feet golf for the distance of the hole,
three strokes for ESQ yards and under;
five for 446 to 500 yards and six for
sol yards and up. When a player
made a hole in one under par. he
probably exclaimed. isn't that a
cry was taken up until that score
was called a birdie Then, after that
was well established. a score of two
better than par was named after the
proverdial supreme bird, an eagle. And
now the name cuckoo indicating some
thing that has been stolen or not
really earned perhaps, is applied to a
hole scored in one
Sandy Herd is credited with ex-
claiming. after his match opponent
chance for a half" as he drove for
that possibility, and a match at Bever-
ly club, Chicago. was once won by a
cuckoo on the 18th green. after. the
victor's opponent had pitched dead to
the hole for a birdie.
The defeat If Warren Bailey. 1921
Shawnee champion. by -. A Scott in
the Presidcnt-Seeretary tourney at
Shawnee was a surprise this week
It has been recognized all along that
Scott was sweet shot but it was not
anticipated that he would take three
points Ma from Bailey.
Dan Studdard's victory over Bub
Crow was another upset in the dope.
Studdard is playing a cracking good
game this year ana Ior tne last tnFe
seasons has been amo- s the High
land Park stars but it was not thought
that he would stand up against Crows
youth in the tournament
Mrs. NJ. B. Gourley of the Country
club believes in conquering the holes
one at a time. The other day she
played No. on the Old Nine eight
times. She started with an s and
ended with ~ 4. Now I'll try an
other hole,'' she said as she started out
with her bag of sticks
The board Of directors of the Coun-
try club has appointed a committee
for the purpose of considering the
plan of placing a locker room in tho
basement of the club house for the
women golfers. The increased inter-
est among the golferesses has neces-
STATED larger quarters and showers