New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-20
Golfers IN SESSION.
tTES NOT ASSIGNED
D1TES
~ Change Made in Conditions TOR
amateur Cham iouship.

nth annual meeting of the United states
4he .ocia,ion was held a. Delmonicos last iie','
80 the proposed amendments were auop -,
AL dissenting vote. Some opposition hau :.
oIt ,-.- che proposal to reduce the dueS VI
expeNN ,l,,bs from 500 $50. but the delesA'e
ssso04 :. ono mind The two other amendments
-4,.,,e the executive committee the power -
ne nominating committee. insfeed o. W
t5en- and the changing OF the hscaI yea
pe. :. end on November 80. instead OF DeceiN
Der ST. ., 49,. bald late in
an s.a-,oon when the EBwanok Country cup Oh
.I,ones4er Vt and the Brae Burn country ~
- vest Newton. Mass. were raised from aliea ,
soeiste membership. just prior TO inc nieee
~ sst and present officials OF the United s'a' %
'Ae .f..i.t,on gathered al a reunion and banquet
.o,-,Ia7ce with the usual custom the eieC'io
= o+s,srs resulted in nothing more than t,le
q .,,s s5oution Of the ticket presented oy tlle
t,sting committee. The officers eiecteu '0i
-. ensuing year were as follows;
.t5s-+ Ransom H. Thomas. Morris CoG WY
Golf CIig5b; and Alexander Britton. Chevy Chass
Cub secTet ,ds:,,-e- Y. HeebneT Philadelphia
COZ l,,f Executive committee: DanleI tnat t
Garden den, i HevwaTd G Leavtt Omaha CountTy
SSHb and H Chandler Egan' EAiIoo-
Club A. Mi
7 Ripley Of the Oakley Country CIuo'
,e ~ the vice-presdents On the colnInlttee
e. UiriAtt takes the place Of Herbert - l1eeu "
:. The Nfvonia Hunt Club. and MY hsdh epbea-
.+sa5 Of Eben NJ. Byers. Of the Allegheny OoUi''''
Club. ,,,, e,n-essine his
~. ,..,., a. being selected 10 serve again ne
~ -sea-rad 70 the presence Of so many Iorilei
ats IF the association. calling attention 10 the
80 -ha+ all the l3vtng ex-presidents were oeio''
him -. ..to-a1 cham
lHe ,o-oise5 70 result in g lively discussion.
k... T-,or7as called attention 10 the fact that
- anrfi-ations than ever before had oeerl re-
800 Those asking for the amateur CldIipL
- ,-s-a the ApavaInis Golf Club t1nele"ooo eIui'
r1gh Fkv-anok Country Club and baIlillo, -
- C,rb while the Country Club of Brookllne ana
4! C,i--o Golf club also placed their courses at
l-5 s,,s.1 ~ the association The Country Club
atlantic city and the Nassau Country Club maze
tsss fr- the vouaen's championship. ana tlle IN
+sfs rTl,b Englewood Golf Club and the Fhlla-
5slnhia Cricket Club expressed Willingness 10 me
he open. tz. ,oLa AZ
,e-grh On 4le subject. He said that the asSo-
.,ion had grown TO such an extent that the oeie
s+ss could hardly continue 10 DEBATE over me au
.-,aras az this or that course with disIIty' anu
,,oyed that the selection OF courses ana oAOes 10
-. ~ The executive committed The matter Oh
,.,g ne selection 10 the committee was car
id although expressions Of opinion were encour-
aged -, o. ..o
,-,-,sr'e tournament stating as his reason l110
5ssf-e 70 have the amateur championship heio III
he Metropolitan district. and expressing oeslLe
= -. -. r-r7glA7-nod club get the tournament d
: 1t.ro--- y SPOKE for the Baltimore Country
rTa5 and walter Edge for the Country Club OF
Atlantic City 80 .ho
Serretar-- Morgan made motion 10 ha'e LAO
next amateur championship begin with an elBH'0on
hofs rneSzl rIav qualifying round the nreI uhrC
txo n qualify 10 finish out at tht-ty-six hole
match play rounds, This provoked discussion;
Dsa!el -C1auncey said that during the last +, zen
-ss-s tbe- had tried nearly all the comoinauons
ta1t 80 netfod Of two eighteen hole
qualifying rounds separate days couLd ne I'LL
II robertson moved that the championship be
,a@5,Cfe5 he same as last year The veteran John
Reid -ook occasion 70 remind the delegates that
he sams n golf was eighteen holes ana - 96t
teen hole qusti--.ng round vas hardly suIIclehr
test AND ssvO-ed 700 mich Of luck
When put 20 4 vote Mr.. Morgan's motion was
zsf years rrogranf7e of two eighteen hole quail
tytng rounds on separate days, the first thrty-two
a ny I oT w5 gR IS 70 be at qr hoss
NJ. WirdeIer on behalf Of the executive commit
suggested that change he made in the list OF
moneys fcr he open championship The suggestion
mel seo nd s 10 tIT6 $50 to fourth SO
= nth So 70 sixth 80 70 seventh, $40 TO eighth
or 81 more than The old amount
O. the thlrty-three associate clubs the following
Ee-e represented. Apawamis Golf Club. Thomas
Sherman aI5 Maturin Ballou: Baltimore County
LlUb. D ? Mallory. il. BairusTol Golf Club. Lionel
: Graham Chevy Chase Club. Alexander Brittoni
Country Club % BrookIinR, G. Herbert Windeler;
-o1ntry Giun Of Atlantic City. W. E. Edge;
Exn1ocr Country Club. Joseph E. 6. Ryan:
EoI Hills Golf Club. James G. Patterson;
t5ien View CLUB. Fred S James: Huntingdon Val
ey Country CLUB H P Smith, Merton Cricket
-llb p OCen Horstman Norris County Golf Club.
( Thomas and u. Q. Tanderpool: Myopia
Hunt club. 9 Herbert Windeler: Nassau Country
M. Harvey NurdOck and II ". Maxwell; Oak
ey Country Club. Q 2 Willert: Philadelphia Coun-
~ CUB. 2 < Bispham. Philadelphia Cricket
-it1. : j H@ehner- St. Andrews Golf Club. W.
:. .hoagna1s ShiunecoCk Hills Golf Club r. II.
hHooertson. b1Eiewood Golf Club II. V. Keep and
y. n 81 kes, IT.; Ekwanok Country Club, J. L.
taylor and Dr. Buruham.
ytlers LoTlrHd at the meeting were Samuel Stark
10 j. I I-u-shr. Brooklyn Golf Club; a. J.
neLnEtcn. Woodlands Golf Club: A. D. Partridge.
ha.oiord Golf Club, v. r Moore and G. Dorland
ET-1gTk Golf CLUB G A. Orvis, EQuanox Golf
SIun; james s TAYLOR. Powelton; l. 2. Bayard.
q and J. 2 Bsyard. jr-, Baltusrol Golf Club:
5aSgnlo4 atkins, Plalnheld Cricket Club: Louis
Ae-leT- b5lt1s7ol Golf Club; A. D Compton West
taasSlsf COZ Club, Festus Morgan. Otsego Golf
al --g, - A. ysnn. FOX Hills; W Y Marsh. Nor
= IolEtt.. r. p Mcqueen. Albany; II. Nelson,
-; i-sSS county . 3 VAN B-unt, Crescent Ath-
-. lllo. l. r. Graham Dallas Golf Club; J. s.
f5LLi !2ais ware County Field Club; H. T Walden
-HTAe 'ub- 5 n Hamill- Mohawk Golf Club
L, "a -es. HtEaky Golf Club; Z. Nasten. Sagy
a. 5ot Cub and y 4. Dunn, Ridgewood Golf