The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-11-19
NATIONAL COLE RULES.
Changes Made at special Meeting af U
=. Association.

:. Association.
New York, Nov. 1S-A special meet
ing of the Golf Association of the United
States called for the purpose of acting
upon the report of the executive COM
mittee upon the revision of the associa-
tons constitution and to appoint a
committee to revise the rules of golf,
was held here tonight.
r. H. Robertson, president of the as
ISOLATION, presided. The widespread in
terest taken in the discussion of pro-
posed constitutional changes attracted
a larger number of delegates than was
expected
The associate clubs represented were:
Golf club, E. p Martini Brookline
Country club, G. H. Winderlers; Glen
wood Golf club, w. I. Osborne: Knoll
wood Golf club. N. w. Hayden; MidIo-
THAN Country club, e. P. Martin; Mas
sau Golf club, F. s. Douglass; Onwent-
STA Golf club, William Waller; Philadel-
phia Country club and Philadelphia
Cricket club S. Y, Heeisner; st. An
drews Golf club, Clark Bell, F. B. Allen
and J. r. Thomas; Shinnecock Hills
Golf club L. C. Mendoza; Huntington
Valley Golf club, w. L. Thompson, and
Baltusrol GolS club, l.. H. Graham and
J. E. Bull.
The first change discussed was section
one of article " relating to clubs eligi-
BILE The amended section reads as fol-
lows:
ANY club whose course accommoda-
lions, constitution, bylaws and mem
bership are such as to make it thorough
ly representative, shall be eligible for
election as an associate member and
may be admitted on a five-sevenths
vote of the executive committee of the
associat ton who shall give due consider
alton to the sectional location of the
club applying for membership in order
to preserve distribution of the voting
power"
A vote resulted in the adoption of the
proposed amended section by large
majority.
Section two of article five was altered
so that in the future each associate
club shall only be allowed one voting
delegate at meetings instead of two.
Each club may send as many delegates
to meeting as it sees fit, but only one
delegate shall be allowed to vote on
each measure. The amended section
reads as follows:
Each associate club of the associa-
ton shall have the right to be repre-
scented by one voting delegate, duly au-
thorized and his appointment certified
to by his club secretary"
So that the various clubs shall have
more time to conslGe the nam of can
didates for officers an amendment was
passed under which a nominating COM
mittee shall be named by the president
in June of each year.
Section three of article seven was
changed as follows:
"At any special or regular meeting of
this association seven delegates, repre-
senting associate clubs, shall constitute
a quorum"
Sections four and five of article eight,
relating to proxies, were amended, by
unanimous vote, as follows:
Section four-ProXies, duly certified
by the club secretaries, may be voted
at all meetings of the association.
Section five-Proxies may be voted at
all meetings of the executive commit
tee"
Section two of article II was amend
ed to read as follows:
Refusing or neglecting a strict and
honorable compliance with the consti-
tuition, bylaws or rules of this assOcia-
ton or with the decisions of the exec
utive committee, shall render such club
or member liable to suspension or ex-
pulsion by four-sevenths vote of the
executive committee, from whose de-
cisions an appeal may be taken to the
delegates at the annual or special
meeting"
The cut in the dues of allied clubs
was passed unanimously. Sections two
and three of article IS were amended
to read:
Section Each allied club shall pay
to the treasurer before the annual
meeting $40 annual dues.
Section 3-Failure to pay such dues
before February 1st of each year, shall
preclude delinquent clubs from repre-
sentation at any meeting of the asso-
citation and debar their members from
the privilege of entering the associa-
ton tournaments while the said clubs
delinquency exists"
The dues originally were $25 The
following committee to report upon
change of rules was appointed:
Charles B. Macdonald, G.. Herbert
Windeler and Walter ]. Travis.