The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-01
coLFlNG REVIEW.

Onanges IN the Management OF motifs
County Club Mems Championship De-
cfded-Notes.
The work of completing the new golf
course in time for the opening of the
seasons play on April %, as outlined in
the CHRONICLE of last week. is being
rapidly pushed. Already members of
the club are Boosting that the new course
will be without doubt the finest in the
country, an assertion attested by the
fact that the U. S. Golf Association de-
cided on the Morris County links for the
mems amateur championship as against
the rival claims of the st. Andrews
links. The Morris County Club, though
youngest among the larger clubs has not
only made remarkable progress in the
condition and improvement of its course
but has also shown its ability to properly
handle large tournaments and matches.
Besides the changes in the golf course
there have been some important changes
in the club management. The last an
nual meeting increased the membership
of the Board of Directors from nineteen
to twenty-five. The new directors are
to be chosen some time this month and it
has already been stated that the choice
will probably fall upon George G. Kip,
Edward Nichols and Arthur Berry.
This year new House Committee has
been appointed, consisting of three men,
who will act in conjunction with the
former w oman's House Committee,
which has been retained as an
Auxiliary Committee. Alexander Fl.
Tiers, who has been one of the clubs
leading spirits since its organization, has
been chosen as chairman of this commit
tee and will give his personal attention to
affairs at the club house during the COM
ing season; the other members are Au-
gustus l.. Revere and John 0. II. Pitney.
The women's auxiliary committee con-
sists of Mrs. H. NICK. Twombly, chair
man; Mrs. Robert F. Ballentine, Mrs.
w. Allston Flagg. Mrs. Cornelius B.
Mitchell, Mrs. Charles Bradley and Miss
Fanny Il. Hopkins.
The personnel of the Green Commit
tee has been slightly changed, George
Ct. Frelinghuysen and Edward Burnett
having been selected to take the places
of Mr.. Tiers and Walter B. Wood, the
latter retiring from the committee on
account of continued absence made
necessary by i'll health. r. II. Thomas
will continue as the chairman and the
other members are George G. Kip and
Edward T. Nichols.
A finance committee has been added
for this years work-John /. Waterbury,
William B. Skidmore and Henry F.
Taylor.
The regular officers of the club who
will hold over for this year are: Presi-
dent, Paul Revere; secretary, Arthur
Berry; treasurer, Joseph B. Dickson.
The Office of honorary president and
vice president have been abandoned upon
the desire of the women who hold them.
Altogether the executive force of the
club for this year is the strongest that
the club has had. A management of
such worthy and experienced men pre-
diets successful and prosperous season
and the elevation of the already high
standard of golfng sport in Morristown.
The seasons team for the Morris
County Club so far as decided will con-
sist of w. Allston Flagg, captain; James
A. Tying, William Shipper, w. D. Van
derpooI, A.. Wright Post, w. Y. March,
A. w. Bond, H. P Phipps, and Henry
P. Toler, the Baltusrol champion who
has recently become a member of the
Morris County Club.
The statement in this column last week
that the course of the Morris County
Club would be 100 yards longer than
last year, was an error, and should have
read $1,000 yards"
Cornelius Fellowes, Jr., who did good
work on the team of the Morristown
Field Club last year will play on the
Columbia College golf team this year.
A new golf club has been organized at
East Orange and new nine-hole course
laid out Archdeacon Alexander Mann
of the diocese of Newark is the president
of the club.
Field Club Golf
The course Of the Morristown Field
Club is being improved and put into
shape for quick use. The most import
ant improvement in the course is the
substitution of grass for dirt tees. Team
matches are already being arranged with
clubs at New Brunswick, Plainfeld,
Englewood and other places.
Mems Championship at Morristown.
AT the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Of the United States Golf Associa-
tion held Wednesday at the offices Of
5 Secretary Kerr in New York, it was
finally decided to hold the amateur