New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-29
rrppp1sED AT THE SIZE OF THE SHOW.
VISITORS TO CHICAGo's CYCLE ''0-'
PLEASED AT THE DISPLAY
United STATES GOLF ASSO,IAiiON'

,,,.s,~rss DONE AT THE MEETING OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
reg,,ar meeting of the Executive Committee o.
,be United States Golf Association was "e.u
"wednesday afternoon at the Office OF lheooofe a.
1Iavemeyer No III Wall-st President HaNe"eSe'
was in the chair, and II. Q. Tailmaoge' sec'e'is'
and s L. Parrish. treasurer. were the ot''ei HIGH"
hers of the committee present -
ora or the first matters undertaken was q iui
,her revision Of the uch-disputed paragraph oe
inning an amateur golfer. As this hnaily s'anus' IL
reads: ho
section g. An amateur golfer shall be golfer Mno
10" nevar received a money consideration for play.
Ing in a match or for giving Lessons OF ena ,npen
charge of golf links for hire; who has never con.
tended for money prize IN an open f,r attain
ing the age of hfteen years; who has never per
sonai! idau With the game Tor sale and who and
Alter January l. 1891 has never, within the turis-
against professional for money bet or stake; nor
played in a club competition for money prize OF
Sweepstakes. ,,,
The two following resolutions, the ideas In which
originated with Charles b. Macdonald OF Chicago
were read to the committee. and 1t was voted
that they be inserted as two new sections IN the
bylaws:
Resolved, Clubs belonging this. association
shall handicap their members the following
basis Of scratch: Distances from TO hole under
strokes; $40 yards and under 4oo strokes' t''
Resolved Members of clubs belonging this
association desiring to qualify as competitors In
the amateur and open championships, must have
The secretaries the clubs from which they enter
certify that their handicap. II any, Is not more
than Six strokes in eighteen holes from scratch.
A paper by John Thorpe r. r. II. s.. chief OF
Horticulture at the Worlds Fair, then read
10 the committee III treated OF the best varieties
OF grass suitable for golf courses.
An application Of the Knowood Country Club.
OF Emsford, y. Y, 20 change lis membership In
the association from allied 10 associate left
over until "a future meeting The resignation OF
the Illinois Golf club, a small Chicago organiza-
ZION: was accepted. and the following clubs were
elected TO allied membership: Ocean County Hunt
and Country club Lakewood. y. J.; Concord Golf
Club, Concord. Mass; Norwood Field Club. Nor
wood Park Long Branch. n. j.: Maidstone Golf
Club, East Hampton. Long Island n y; Weston
Club. Richmond HILL Long Island. n. Y; Country
Club OF Buffalo. Buffalo. ~ y. Oakland Golf
Club Bayside, Long Island n Y. Woodland Golf
Club Auburndale Mass: Hillside Tennis ard Golf
Club. Plandeid. n j.; Merton Cricket Club. Hav-
Frford. Penn; Saratoga Golf Club. Saratoga
Snrinqs ~ Y: oxford Golf Club South Manches-
ter Conn: Bedford Golf and Tennis Club, Bed
ford n. T.. ST. Regis Golf Club. Paul Smiths.
Franklin County. y. y: Belmont Golf Association,
Phlade phia: Riverside Golf Club, Riverside, Ill;
Vesper Country Club. Lowell. Mass
This Increases the number Of clubs in the
citation to seventy four. There Is a large cash
balance IN the treasury and the association pos
sesses trophies TO the value OF $500.