Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
ONLY THREE CHANGES
Golf Association Officers Sat-
isfactory.
10 MEET NEXT MONTH
NEW SYSTEM OF SCORING Is
CALLED FOR.
some OF the Objections to Present prs,-
uoes-Palm Beach schedule-on
the Pacific Slope.

only three changes Will he na6a &,
present list of officers of the un,te5 St.ta.
1oii association during the coming ve.r
no annual meeting will be held on lam
ueiS 10 IN New York and the report ~
I1o nominating committee indicates "a rom
eiai satisfaction with the officers who have
oohoocteo the national golf affairs for the
pas season This satisfaction, It Is he-
iieVed' Will be concurred In bv the da,a-
gates. Ransom H. Thomas of tba ,,orr;.
county Golf Club Of Morristown. N. bs.
MADE very popular president The other
nominations are: Vice presidents. F. :
9a4iies' 1lehvlew Chicago, and Alexander
Di4eeoh' Chevy Chase, the latter taking
e-e pIace oi "A, L. Ripley of Boston; Sec
rotary, William Fellowes Morgan. Rartr,-
rol Golf Club. New Jersey, treas,,rer -
uel = Heebner, Philadelphia Country Club,
executive committee, Daniel Cbaupco,,
Garden City; Hayward G. Leavitt. Omaha,
George f. Willett, Brookline Country cIrh
MASS taking the place of Herbert q.
Leeds OF Boston. and H. Chandler Eean.
hXihoor Club, Chicago. taking the place of
e. M. Byers of Pittsburg
Scoring System Criticised.
Another golf season so far az to,,rr,-
ments are concerned has come and gone and
1t has demonstrated the need of : ne,r
system of scoring. Golfers are free ia adj.
nit that the average eighteen-hole medal
play qualifying round falls far short Of
hiiing the bill satisfactorily for the very
good reason that the players do not always
land IN their proper divisions.
FIRST division men though getting int,
serious trouble on couple of holes, have
returned cards which left them as far down
as the third sixteen. To be sure that was
accidental acc, and similar cards are compare
a h.Ff
always will, SO long as the present svsfen,
OF scoring prevails.
Another case of an entirely differen. So
pect cropped up last season. A well-known
player before setting out on tho opening
day or big tournament closely scrutinized
the prizes on the table, and remarked that
as the cup offered IN the third division was
more to his liking than any of the Others
it was the one that he was after. He won
1t through falling to qualify In the first
division where he really belonged This
OF course. cannot be termed sportsmanlika
act, yet it is likely to occur.
One way out of the difficulty would be tn
have players handicapped at six or less
eligible for the first cup; those rated from
twelve up for the third flight. After that
those falling to qualify in their respective
divisions would simply drop out unless the
tournament committee chose to offer conso-
iation prizes for the leftovers.
This plan Of classification would bring
players together with only six strokes DIFF
ference In the handicaps of the high and
low men. not so great as to enable one
payer to entirely outclass all others In his
division.
The Palm Beach Schedule.
The Palm Beach winter golf schedule Id
announced as follows: Saturday, January 10,
medal play, handicap, eighteen holes; Sat-
urday. January 90 medal play. handicap.
eighteen holes: Thursday. january IS, New
Year cup; February /. and 8. Lake Worth
cups February 8, 0 and 10. vfsltore' cup and
Subscription cupj February II. medal play,
handicap eighteen holes; February IS. 10
and 90. amateur championship OF South
Florida; February %, professional open
s senfnsmsns; renruaTy x profess1onal ana
enc championship of Florida