Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-28
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
u. s. Golf Association Fixes
Date for Meeting.
DUES TO BE G U T
TEXT OF REPORT OF THE SPECIAL
COMMITTEE.
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\ budget of news came out from the sec
fetary's office of the United States Golf AS
sociation in New York yesterday that In
cluicd some matters of unusual cOnse-
quence 1t is announced that the annual
meeting will be held in New York on Friday
evening, February TO- which Is two weeks
earlier than usual and brings the fixture
into Iincoln's birthday week instead of in
the week of Washington's birthday.
The notice of the meeting states that each
associate club has the right to be represent
ed by one voting delegate, duly authorized,
and his appointment must be certified by his
club secretary. The cut from two to one
votes for each associate club went into eff
feet at the last annual meeting. but 1t was
not generally so understood by the associate
delegates nor had any particular attention
been paid to the ruling that the voting dele
gates their proxies should be certified
by the secretaries. The allied clubs have
the right to be represented by one delegate.
The notice adds: 1T is the privilege of
members. other than the delegates, of clubs
in the association to be present, and 1t is
desired that both associate and allied clubs,
where it is possible, be represented at the
meeting.
AS the advance rumors had foreshadow-
ed the report of the special committee on
the status of the clubs suggests that the
associate clubs shall hereafter be known
as active members and pay $50 a year in
stead OF 500, while the allied clubs, 1t Is
proposed, shall be represented on the eXecu-
tive committee. The detailed report of the
committee which is to be sent to each
club in the national league, begins with the
petition presented at the annual meeting
last February. 1t had the signatures of
fourteen allied clubs near Chicago and ask
ed, in brief that the United States Golf AS
ISOLATION should consist of but one class of
rl.a-C .1-,k he chr tr1I
dues and be entitled TO vote according to
their membership and standing.
To Become Voting Members.
At a special meeting in Chicago, and
through correspondence, the committee APP
pointed to act on the petition made de-
tailed examination of the condition and
opinions of the clubs in membership, and,
as appears in the appended report, plan
Is suggested that will make it easy for all
clubs to become voting members without
putting any further burdens on the clubs
that content to stay as non-voting al
lied members. If the report is adopted, the
distinction between the two classes of men,
bers will be virtually eliminated through
the leveling up of the dues. 1t will take
twO-thirds vote to adopt the report. and,
if laid on the table, the United States Golf
Association will remain as at present con-
stituted. The report is signed by G. Her
bert Windeler, president of the U. s. G. A,
who served eX-Officio; Warren NJ. Whiting,
Oakley (MassD Country Club; Benedict
Crowel. Euclid Club, Cleveland; David R.
Forgan, Onwentsa Club, Lake Forest, Ill;
Charles T. Atkinson, Midlothian Country
Club ILL.,; Sidney A. Foster, Golf Club of
Des Moines. Ia. Lionel H. Graham, Bal
tusrol Golf Club. n. j.. and Samuel Y.
Heebner. Philadelphia Cricket Club.
The text of the report is:
Your committee after meeting and inter-
changing views and carefully considering
the best interests of the game of golf
throughout the country at large, have come
TO the unanimous conclusion:
Il. That the two classes of membership
in the United States Golf Association as at
present provided for by the constitution be
retained.
- That Article " of the constitution,
which reads as follows. be retained:
" Article ". Clubs Eligible. Section l.
Any club whose course, accommodations,
constitution, bylaws and membership are
such as TO make it thoroughly representa-
tive shall be eligible for election as an asSo-
ciate member and may be admitted on
seven-ninths vote of the executive commit
tee of the association, who shall give due
consideration to the sectional location of
the club applying for such membership, in
order to preserve just distribution of the
voting power
Section 2. Any regularly organized golf
club in the United States may be admitted
as an allied member by majority vote of
the executive committee upon fulfilling the
conditions of the associations constitution
and bylaws.
Your committee further unanimously rec
ommend:
First That the words associate mem
bers' be changed to the words active mem
bers' and that the words allied members
whenever they occur in the constitution and
bylaws be retained.
Widening Representation.
Second That with a view of widening the
representation OF the membership of the
assoclatl lion and making it more national in
character, the dues of active members be
increase the number of active members to
preserve a just distribution of the voting
power without diminishing the annual
enue derived from this source.
Third. That the annual dies of allied
members remain at SO, and that the con-
stitution be so changed that one-third of
the executive committee in the United
States Golf Association shall be composed
of representatives from allied clubs
Fourth. That article V, section l. be
amended by striking out the word "pres-
dent" and inserting the words executive
committee" making the section read: THE
regular annual meeting of this association
shall be held on some day In February in
each year. at such time and place as may
be designated by the executive committee,
thirty days notice being given and pub
lshed "
The latter clause will permit the rota-
ton of annual meetings between the east
and west when so deemed best by the COM
mittee. The formal report of the nomi-
mating committee has also been set out
The name OF Herbert C. Leeds Of Myopia'
Is retained as a new committeeman and
the ticket otherwise is the same as hitherto
printed.