The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-21
GOLF.
America and the Ssaliet Mistake-Fes
laills Meeting

special meeting OF the Garden City Coll
Club ~ 10 be held tonight to con slider the
future tenure OF the grounds after the
expiration OF the present lease. The Gar
den CITY Golf Club had an option on the
land at one time at a given price. but /,
Is said this has elapsed Another poin,
scheduled for discussion Il the instruction
OF the delegate to the annual meeting OF
the United States Golf Association on
voting regarding tho barring OF centre
shafted clubs by the rules committee OF
st. Andrews.
The one point OF difference between
The defn ition Of u proper putter In British
eyes aud American optics is to bar the
shaft In the centre. The latter club IL no,
mallet: IL does not suggest croauet
mallet or buny starter. a. some British
I IL club LONGER In the head than u u
broad: more narrow from face 10 heel than
properly be barred In the game OF golf
This was how a well known player de-
fined the situation Yesterday. and his views
may be adopted by the Garden city Golf
Club Tonight in instructina its delegate
Only one thing IL Ia be done con tin ned
,e's golfer, TO Keep the self respect ntnc,
wherever the form and make OF clubs
- mentioned the clause. Centre shafied
puttsrs ire not barred in the United states =
The ~. Andrews rules committee dwellH
too much on the traditional and accepted
form and make OF golf clubs The syno-
conventional or Apocryphal Since Travis
won the worlds amateur championship
! AZ sandwich IN 100, with u centre shAffed
cepted as conventional, even old fashio ned
and to some since that year u has been
a tradition; No one could ever term IL
Back in 1898 a, the FIRST tournament ever
held on public links in this country. at Van
~ ~ RasI ~ enr
years president OF our - Andrew. Coli
Club. One OF the players was A. r. Hun
westche.ter resident. He showed a putter
OF maiet shape that he had invented and
ASKED Is ed. Mr. III be'd was ssn,n;t the sniss
you may put with an umbrella handle
II You want to
This decision OF the Americanized Scot
the trad tional view Of golf than ihe recent
ruling Of the 81 Andrews rules committee
will turn down the mandatory edict AZ In,
annual meeting. We are with ST Andrews
on bug things, bat not in hairspliiiings
based on bad judgment
The governors OF the BaItusrol Golf
Club have requested the members 20 invite
their friends ia inspect the new clubhouse
on New ' ear Day. January , Their. will
he music from /: 10 - clock IN the after
noon
Money makes tn. mare 20 also It make.
the goif club grow \ special meeting of
u" FOX Wills t'ols Club took place ~ rb.
Hotel knickarbock-r last night 10 con.
slider the question OF raising the dues from
$50, which ~ smaller than IN. dues 81 any
cinb OF similar importance near New York
Inc Fox fitil- t'olf Club had an unusually
act'v" season and besides trapping th..
course it conducted open amateur aud
prote-"Ionnl tournaments. With series Of
weekly competitions Tor the members
The club broA. even on the season
Money il needed however. to pine IN.
green's and carry out other needed Improve
ment- he easiest way seemed to be 10
rats" the dues and the constitution requires
any motion Of III" sort must he acted on
by special meeting before January /
IN" debates last night were bet wr.n the
and tn. -tanipatters At
. LAT" hour " was decided that the dues
for resident members would be RAISED from
~ 20 s1i and for non resident members
from SIS to sI5