The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-04

clubs located in the United States west
of q north and south line made to pass
through Buffalo and Pittsburg,' to fix
their championships at a date so early
that the contestants may gain an idea
Of their chances in the national; al the
term is, they "try themselves out, and
should the answer meet the hopes OF
the players and their friends, prepara-
tons are forthwith begun to participate
in the United States Golf Association
tournament. The Western Golf Asso-
citation has now shattered this custom,
although in other years it has followed
the precedent.
Undue haste in correcting IN earlier
blunder has probably led to the second
mistake. In 1904 the Western Golf Asso-
citation won the Olympic team trophy,
Last year, when the United States Golf
Association awarded the amateur cham
pionship tournament to the Chicago
Golf Club, the Western Golf Association
placed the Olympic team trophy in com-
petition. The result was a great entry
Of teams from all parts of the United
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lot to be outdone in craftsmanship the
United States Golf Association gave to
the Canadians the right t. play in the
amateur championship. At the Febru-
airy meeting, in selecting June 1928
for its amateur championship, the Vest
ern Golf Association announced the
Olympic team trophy contest on June Is,
the members Of all teams to enter for
it being permitted to play in the Western
amateur matches.
IN their enthusiasm the delegates over
looked a snag in the way Of this fine
project. The constitution of the Vest
ern Golf Association explicitly states
that the amateur championship shall be
open only to its members. The directors.
in the cool deliberations Of their first
meeting last week, could find no legal
loophole Of escape from this positive
embargo against outsiders. They prom
Use to have the constitution amended
in this respect at the next annual meeting,
and meantime the Western Golf Asso-
citation renews its invitation to teams
for the Olympic trophy and to compete
as individuals for the many handsome
minor prizes offered for the cham
pionship tournament by the Glen Echo
Country Club.
All golfers will sympathize with the
plight Of the Western directors, for the
limitations of a constitution may not
be ignored even among friends Of the
links, but the act of changing the date of
the Glen Echo tournament to just before
the national will not be approved in any
quarter, save possibly by some college
boys who would not have been free in
June. The July date will keep the East
ern teams from st. Louis, too, for the
same reason that will keep the Western
players from Englewood. Indeed, it
is now doubtful il the western Pennsyl-
vania team that won the Olympic trophy
last year-W. c. FowNES, Jr., D. P.
FREDERIcKs, E. NJ. BYERs and G. A.
ORMIsToN-will defend the cup. As
P~ittsburgers they could compete in <he
Western championship, but they are Of
heavier timber and may be counted
upon as starters at Englewood. As
FowNEs was a semi-fnalist in the national
last wear and FREpERICKs has twice
gained that distinction, while BYERS
has on two occasions been the runner-up.
there is every reason why the four should
ignore the Western for the United States
Golf Association tournament.