New-York tribune., 1901-10-20
GOLF AT BALTUSROL.
A PROSPEROUS NEW-JERSEY CLUB TO
WHICH MANY PROMINENT PLAY
ERS BELONG

grown up about the Baltusrol Golf Club. OF
Short Hills ". ]. II is idle to speculate whether
the social or the athletic features of golf have
been chiefly responsible for its development for
the two so closely blended that differenta-
ton is impossible and it is certainly true that
in combination they have built up of the
most charming suburban country clubs in New
Jersey.
The real estate ''Out BaltusrOl way.
the clubs domain is called will tell you il is
hard to keep pace with the demand for houses
so popular has the place become with those who
prefer the healthfuI outdoor life the links to
Saturday matinees and the hurly-burly of town
No one familiar with the golf clubs of the cOun-
try will contend that BaItusrOI compares with
Newport Midlothian in the eIaborateness Of
its clubhouse and fittings; links it holds
its own with them all The fact that IL
chosen for the recent national championship for
women is proof of its merit in this respect That
tournament showed BatusrO at its best. and
the favorable impression made not only upon
visiting golfers. but upon those in authority in
the United States Golf Association. seems Ger
tain 10 bring still higher hOnors t. the organiza-
ton another season. Reference is made. Of
course. 70 the national amateur championship,
the most important Of all golf contests held N
this country. and. though sectional courtesy may
demand an award next season To the players of
Chicago or Boston. it IS only question of time
before Batusrol viii secure that prize
pf all the links laid out near New-T'rk and
they may he counted by the score. few are 70
garded with more admiration than the circuit
1T Short Hills- The club has had 10 fight its
way against many obstacles, one of which
its inaccessib.ity. and another its lack of club
house facilities but it has proved the wisdom
Of it, founders who declared that "A fauItless
course would overcome them all There were
hacks At Short Hills before golf came and
even after the club started the visiting
player was never sure of his transportation 70
the grounds To-day all this has been changed
Club stages and small army Of hackmen are
there 10 meet every train; new roads have been
built and early in the season the clubhouse it.
self. which had been allowed suffer that the
course might have the clubs income. was en-
lirged and retitted. and to-day it presents
attractive an appearancr as could be desired.
But with It's limited accommodations
the club was the scene # some OF the best open
tournaments ever held in this country. and is
a .nuaI gathering Of women golfers did much 10
secure the championship tournament just closed.
In spite of the fact that its dues have been
periodically advanced applications for member
ship have often grown 20 awkward waiting
list There are now more than five hundred and
eighty names on the rolls. six hundred being the
limit y peculiar feature Of the clubs financial
Louis Keller. the secretary put il. We don't
believe in charging man for more than he gets
our New-York members don't the course
often. have TO pay more To get there and spend
more stay there than the others Couse-
quentIy. make their dues SD for individual
and So for family membership. For individual
members living within five miles Of the club IL
is $40 and for families $40 Beyond the five
mile limit New-Jersey it is $50 FOR single
members and $50 for family members. The
initiation fee for all is So.
The club was organized in 1899. and has had
a continued record of success ever since. Its
president is Louis +. Bayard. who has occupied
that office from the start. AdOiph De Bary is
vice president. Louis Keller secretary and John
Farr treasurer No list of its prominent men
would be complete, however, without some men
ton of the players who have brought the clubs
name conspicuously into tournaments and
team matches on metropolitan links one of the
best is Clarence NJ Hamilton who has
tried ability in this section. At the close Of
last seasons play he stood second TO Travis him
self in the number of prizes captured in open
competition, having appeared with credit in
virtually all of the more important matches OF
the year Hamilton is to-day the Baltusroi
when the Toer championship cup, presented by
Henry r. TOIer was by him for the third
time. The final award of this trophy makes