The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-30

Nomination. tn lie Acted On at the U. \. q.
A. Annual Meeting.

~. Amman phoetlnR.
In sending out yesterday the formal notice,
for the annual meeting OF the U. 8. q. A, al
Delmonlco's on Feb. 2S. Secretary Kerr ap.
pended tho report OF the Nominating Commit.
tee appointed recently 10 name the candidates
for Office for the coming year. The commit
tee. Samuel l.. Parrish. Chairman William u,
Sands and A. l.. Ripley. submitted the follow
Ing ticket:
President-washington y. Thomas. Brooklin,
Country Club. to succeed himself.
Vice Presidents-John Reid. 81. Andrews Coll
Club. to succeed Ransom II, Thomas. Morris County
Country Club; II. G. Chatneld Taylor. Onwentsis
Golf Club. to succeed II. J. whigiam Of the same
club.
secretsry-R b. Kerr. Lakewood Golf Club. to suo.
coed himself,
treasurer Samuel Y. Hesbner. Philadelphia
Country Climb. to succeed George d. fowle. Phila
dolphia Cricket Club.
Horace Russell. Garden City Colt
Club. to succeed John Reid A. NJ. Coats, Newpor,
Golf Club. TO succeed himself.
With Russell and Coats the Executive Com
mittee is composed Of the officers. making
seven Nom bers In all. Aside from the routine
business. the choice OF links for the different
championships will be determined at the meet
ing and the new st, Andrews rules adopted,
subject 10 mCuluCdtlDuo nSCtbhhry III Wow Oh
the different conditions met with on Ameri.
can links.
Willie Dunn, champion OF 1894. who beat
Great Britain to visit us, Of Meadow brook, in
1898. although defeated In the two other
patches o. t q. :srIss; Is " ,- s%Ssp,rapHt #. for oo, ,hs
like 10 play on an NJ. a. K course before Var.
don goes South. Dunn visited the Laurence
Harbor couptry Club on SUNDAY AID played q
Singer OF the home club, who Is the champion
Of the North Jersey shore I, LEAGUE punn's
Z. Dunn won. BY Q upland to play.
Brisston ''f Heights. New Brighton, ). II''V was as
destroyed By fire last evening. II was a one
and a halt story frame structure, and stood
the the" links. Il contained a reception room.
sleeping apartments and many locLsr In the
latter were stored the golf sticks and other
trolley car. When the hremen reached the
scene tbs. building was all ablaze. They ex-
and when at last the necessary pressure was
secured the building and It's contents were
doomed. The fire burned itself out and no, a
ins IL Placed at $1,000 and on its %contents
$500. The cause OF the fire is believed to ha We
been a defective fue.
LAKEWOOD. Jan. 29.-The play-ofY OF the tie
between John Moller. .Jr. Of Apawamis and
W. Burllng Cocks Of Nassau Country. which
involved the prizes In Saturdays handicap at
the holt Club Of Lakewood. vas won by the
latter to-day. The two we're tied at ~, having
a adherence OF two strokes in their handicap
and they made the play-oi At match play. Mol
Ter giving Que stroke on the long hole. They
were all even at the seyenteenth and though
Moller made a regulation four his opponent
went down In three. winning by one UP.
KrssIMMEE.. Fla. Jan. .2ol.-Willie smith OF
Dayton, Geordie Low and Harry Rawlins, ths
professional golfers who have been playing In
the West Coast tournaments, reached this
place from IN pa at noon to-day. They. vii.
play an exhibition game here tomorrow for q
purse offered by the. klssimmee Coli Club.
club, against Low and RawlIns In which the
latter won by one hole, The scores were
Rawlins. 80: Low, @-Total ~. Smith. 80;
Gillespie. "a Total. IS.
ST. AUGUSTINE, Jan. 2 a-After a few days at
practice the golfers began another two days
miniature tournament on the Florida East
or the twenty or more entries the following
qualified in the frst and second eights:
First ElshtI.watson; 50; Clayton Dixon. -;
ssh9T. IS McKslok ~; Dixon sr. 3d. Mcdowell.
o. Second s%%,1n. E S e .ss.se: 81, M s5; M,oo ss1 Ss:sv ST.
SO; Howe. 80; LOOMS. 81.
The media E!av rounds resulted as folIogs:
%. ! up; Dixon, Jr.. beat Mcdowell. 2 up and i to
Second Eight-seagsars beat McComas. 2up and I
to play; hacdonigle beat Howe. 3 up aid 2 to play
Palmer and Loomis stopped even on Account Of
darkness, ~ChAmplin beat Greaves, 2 up and 1 to