The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-22
fCHAUNCRY HEADS GOLF TICKET
REPORT or L. 3. g. A. NOMINATING
COMMITTEE MADE PUBLIC.
Morgan and Heebner. With the vIce-PresI-
dents. Retain Their Omces-A Com
pletety New Executive Committee
ChOsen-H. &. ESan and Ripley Are Out

Conjectures regarding the officers Of the
United states Golf Association for 1907 were set
al rest yesterday by the report of the nOmi-
mating committee. Arden NJ. Robbins. st.
Andrews: X. W. Lesley. Philadelphia. and
Phelps b. Hoyt. Chicago. Ransom II.
Thomas OF the Morris County Golf Club after
two terms will be su cceeded as president
bv Daniel Chauncey Of the Dyker Meadow
and Garden City clubs The vioe-presidents
remain unchanged. while the present Jealous
secretary and treasurer also stay in office.
The executive committee IL entirely new.
Leighton Calkins OF the Plainfeld Country
Club takes the place mad vacant by the
promotion OF Chaunoey. The others to be-
succeeded are H.. Chandler Egan. Chicago;
Hayward G. Leavitt. Omaha. and A. L.
Ripley. Boston. Three OF the nine or the
ticket are Westerners. three represent Metro
politan Golf Association clubs. while Boston,
Philad elph!a and Washington claim the three
9th ers. This is the ticket:
President. Daniel Chauncey. Garden City Golf
Club: vice-presidents, Fred S. James, Glen View
Club, and Alex Brltton. Chevy Chase Club. secre-
Ary. w. Fellowes Morgan. Bsltusrol Club; treas
urer. S. Y. Heebner Philadelphia Club; executive
committee. Leighton Calkins. Piainneld County
Club; Warren Dickinson. Des Molncs Golf and
County Club: Herbert Jsquss, Country Club:
Club.
A nomination is equivalent to election.
OF at least there Is no record OF an opposition
be voted on. The report Of the executive
committee, which Is usually sent out in ad-
vance. Is 60 be Kept back until read az the
meeting. The call Tor the meeting reads:
The annual meeting of the United States Golf
Association viii be held at tho Auditorium Hotel.
chlss "Sio Ill on oa srldsy evening Sa January IS M 1907 g.
elected and Other important business Siil come
r Nh to he m represent ed'b BY as oSe Voting S1so DELEGATE
duly authorized. and his appointment must he
has the right to be &c represented By SSV one s1 delegate.
IL Is the privilege OF members others than the
and It is desired that both associate and allied clubs,
where It is possible. be represented at the meeting.
Since the inception OF the organization in
1894 the special and regular meetings haye
West Is in response to a petition from many
Western and Southern clubs. The signers,
also urged that IL be held in the Vest at least
once Ia three years. The meeting had been
s%nnounced for January in this city. but in
Difference TO the petitioners the L. =. e., A.
committee made the change, II - said in
the WesS that the meeting will he the largest
and most repres entative annual gathering
ever held. The Western Golf Association and
delegates.
An interscholastic tournament at the nGw
indoor game, Substitute Golf, will he held
in the Wanamaker store from "Wednesday,
December 20. daily TO Monday, December 81.
A magnificent sterling silver cup will be
awarded to the winner and there will be
the winners OF the second and third siNteens;
The prizes are on view at W~anamaker's and
golf tournaments, Ia will be the first open
tournament at Substitute Golf.
Marshall Whitlatch, the Montclair golfer.
Is chairman of the committee of amateurs
in charge. The entries. giving the name OF
the player and the school he attended, should
care of John Wanamaker, New York. The
tournament has been arranged for students
home for the holidays from the Phillips.
Exeter and AndoVer academies St. Paul's,
Groton. st. Marks, st. Paul's of Garden City.
ha~wrenceyille and other preparatory schools.
Boys at Dwight, Cutler and other local pre-
paratory SC hOol Is are also eli giblc.
Jerome D. Travers led the Eastern amateurs
in the number OF course records during the
season. His initial effort in that line occurred
during the NJ. g, A. amateur championship
the eighteen hole record of 70 and i44 for
thirty-six hole. both made in competition.
h hsa had p sSsE .ees a. me the cay .core wS Sams the J Sess
Reid. Jr.. had made ~ and Archie Reid has
since made u. but these scores, were not IN
Of II at Hollywood, ~ and l44 at Ekwanok,
"a at Roseville and Englewood, and at Mont
lowered Allan Kennadsy's old record Of y
70 "; Travis has been a good second in record
breaking 70 Trayers A. Palm Beach in
city. as his. farewell TO the old course before
changing, the bunkers and putting greens,
"a ulu fNsNUl nc IldN dlNO n NJ Etlklf-
wood. Gilman p. Tiffany, has also some re.
markabie scores TO his credit. Over the short
a 81; he had IL at ~PoWelton. and after many
disappointing trials Tiffany succeeded in the
GUNNER in lowering the record-his own-at
Van CortlandtP Park from IS TO "a.
George r. Brokaw made new records on
links far apart, doing 6s at Pinehurst in the
- s sGasd and roir in TIE N t sammST a = oyer th r. Sssss .
also a thirty-six hole record at Pinehurst of
$50. 4 record many had tried at. that Of the
notch. Travis, TTsyers, j. B, Turner. ,Jr;
Archie, Graham-. Brokaw and Tiffany had
made the course in 70. equalling the record set
four seasons ago by the late Luther I. kellogg.
On September !, In competition. =. W. Ken
dali cut the long standing mark to II; He is
one Of the greatest expOnents of the long
game in this country. and on this occasion all
his puts ran true, Archie Graham. who, in
June won the New Jersey state championship
at Morris county for the second time, after an
established The record OF 60 for the Lake
IL is such rounds that keep US all in the
game, said Graham during the ~intercity
team matches at the Merton Cricket Club;
about ready to smash UP his clubs into kindling
wood; then he will have one good round and
the old fire TO golf blazes up gain"
Eben NJ. Byers, after gaining the national
ship Of the Western Pennsylvania Golf As
Allegheny links. A remarkable feature OF
the ! made over the Tuxedo course by II. u.
ltOHlns, Jr., was tnaL ne nau Deen out OF the
game for a couple OF seasons, after having
been a main prop on the Harvard golf team.
II. j. Gee cut the record of the Princeton
course to 70. ii. W. Perrin OF the Philadel-
phia group OF players gained records of ~
and i54 on the st. Dav1ds course. Remarkable
rounds by Massachusetts amateurs were 6s
by ". c. Chick at Poland Springs, 81 by 5. n.
Stickney at Springfield in the open tourna-
ment, 70 by NJ. F. O'Connell at Runaway
Brook and the record of 70 set by Richard
Kimball when at the Western Golf Associa-
ton tournament at the Glen Echo course,
st. Louis.
Poorly balanced clubs equal a formidable
set Of hazards on the putting greens. in the
Golfers Md0Gzins. He says: No surprise
is shown by the gallery when the scratch
player. after reaching the green in DOGGY
figures, loses the hole by missing a put OF
less than two feet. This is so frequently
done by even the best players that there
must he a good reason for IL and after some
study the writer has been forced to the con
%clusion that the failure to put accurately
the main weakness In the game Of most golfers
lis due to the use OF a defective implement,
one not constructed on the right idea. On
the average putting green the hazard Ia
reduced TO a minimum; not so through the
green. where most Of the accurate playing
IL done. II almost would appear that the
club maker has felt IL incumbent upon himself
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