New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-14
| KEEN FOR GOLF FIXTURE
Five Clubs Offer Links for the
Local Amateur Tourney.
A PLEA FOR THE YOUNGSTER
Leighton Calkjns Says Time Has
Come to Strengthen Game
with New Blood.

Bidding on the part Of FIVE prominent
clubs for the local amateur championship
tournament lent zest 20 the annual meet
ing of the Metropolitan Golf Association at
Sher-y's last night. Applications were re-
ceived from the EngIewood Country Club.
the Nassau Country Club the Fox Hills
Golf Club. the Garden city Golf Club and
the Country Club of Lakewood which so
amazed the delegates that they promptly
voted to refer the question TO the executive
committee.
No offer for the open championship was
received whereupon the committee was
asked to think that over as well
The retiring president. A. III. Iarkin. be-
gan clever speech by referring to the fact
that, as 1t was the thirteenth annual meet
ing falling on the thirteenth d&y of the
month something was likely to happen
The president then became facetious at the
expense Of Myopia- This was with refer
ence to the Lesley cup matches. Myopia' 5
hairless green's were referred TO and Mr.
Larkin stated that there was a legend TO
the effect that on one occasion a competl-
tor lost his ball on his second put
In the opinion of the speaker the outcome
of the inter-city matches demonstrated the
fallacy of the arguments advanced by out
side districts that ii would be we'll TO carve
up the metropolitan district so as to bring
about the defeat of its team He addeo
that now. as the metropolitan forces had
lost If was safe to assume that the as
sociation's lines would remain intact
Twentv-six clubs were represented and
big crowd of golfers We're in attendance
Leighton Calkins, OF Plainfield, y D. ior-
mer secretary of the association mace d
strong plea for the rising scnerauon VI
Golfers in a resolution in which he urged
the organization TO conduct Sh ai'ii'' @
iunior tournament. His resolution in part
mas as follows:
IN Government in BILE officials. in ances-
- III md general LOYALTY 10 the best tradi-
tiGns of the game in inns country, We are III
no sense wanting. In one respect, no" 90
we are behind the tines. w are "o tintton
ducing younger generatlon OF up 80 Z
nIsyeTs capable of holding their own WIN
the young men in the game from ol jI 80 20
tiors of the country Without any oeSHt -
raaec, on the last Lesley cup team II II
only right to point out that the hetropo " !.
IAN Golf Association has stun 10 rtS ~, ~ ~
s.,Id stlard''-aIl honor to II fcT nOlulhs ltS
....r Tor so many years against tle en-
croachments of youth-aS II mo 'I 80 -
- a. las after FIVE successive victories
Ia tba Time has come when We must heIp
OUT our grand old guard ths$ ar ~ ~.
worked, becoming a BIT M. wlnu on the work.
The old guard will soon be SeptuaseiIie ~,
and later Octogenar1anS > nm W ~ re-
its revenge, and the ranks must
TAKE also our national amateur. cha am
pionships of recent years. I,onors 70
rraIfes on the men who brought. nome 80, -
- 0derada ago As against this we naSs
to do battle against Yeritaois "a, L. eL,-aen
ro,1ny and suthusia site warriors Who ~ - =
1919 or the Atlantic seaboaTd from nc
TTestArn plains. and all but Wrest o0i
laurels from US +ba situation. is
.c,'1e They are giving birth 10 goIIers y; ~
a. Xyes+ while We content oursslNeS
these parts with ohsequles sno az, barIIlv
The grand old man htmset can d, Inc O-'
~ forever we must be UP and ooins.
7 suggest. therefore, the great ossi 80 -.
ity Of doing sou1sTh1n ing 'o ot oIIr bows. We
oneht 70 look into the future " soh,
raise ,1p warriors 70 carry on IA 5,S4Ticr
aaS -,ain+air, The prestige OF our nisll a-
- oI1r bonored champions OF ths Pa.
stau have earned their retirement
active competition.
pasaiI,ed That IL is the sense or I5,S
-eettne that junior tourna a,-s
ZION to the amateur ana open loso11 yonen
70 baIS during the coming season, OgVl
| - The --ounc men and boys connecteo WI, III
ths clubs belonging 20 This aSsoc!at ,r,,-
questions to date condltlcns +o he or
manr age Of competitors prizes &c -,
800 and other details 70 be reIe sIlrteti %
49, executive committee OF me aSSool7
ton, with power.
The SUGGESTION vas favorably received
nv the delegates, who voted TO reler nc
Question TO the executive connr1lilIe7. VIZ
,or,er To act Following this Charles fr7S
hrex rose and offered the course OF lne
Fnx Hills Golf Club in case such toufl'd-
rr,ent is arranged.
The secretary began his annual repo'' "
calling attention to The fact that year
~, +I.-e we're ffty-rine clubs enrolled on
,Le assocfatfon-s membership list, as against
sixtv-one now. During tire year the Broom
Ivn Forest Park Golf Club ana the Man
haitian Golf Club We're admitted ia the as
ISOLATION. which Is larger at present IMAM
~ any time in its existence. In MS reteF-
ence 10 the Lesley cup competition the sec
rotary spoke in part as follows;
Although the Massachusetts team won
the decisive match from the Metropolitan
team. 10 points TO 5. the contest was much
closer than the score would Indicate In
the singles three of tine ten matches We're
carried to the last hole, one match was de-
cided at the nineteenth hole and one was
decided ar the twentieth hole. I'm the after
noon two of the five matches were carried
to the last green. So II Will be seen that a
few strokes might have changed the re-
suit as in all eases except two the matches
carried To the last green and extra holes
We're won by members OF the MdSSachu-
The treasurer's report showed 2 balance
OF & 90 Il as compared with SOL IL {. year
ago. This is regarded as an exceptionally
80 oI showing in view of the faCI that the
association for the first time financed the
metropolitan open championship tourna-
nent.
In accordance with custom. the ticket pre-
scented by the nominating committee went
through without discussion. the secretary
being instructed to cast one ballot. fol-
lows.
President Frederick s. Wheeler; vice
president James l.. Taylor. secretary, Wy
nant D. Nauderpool: treasurer. Mortimer
X Ruckner: for executive committee. the
above officers and FtUdlay : Douglas. Har-
Irv V Keep. John Reid. il. Joseph =
Knapp and John VI. Ward.
The only changes from the old ticket
were that Mr. Wheeler moved up from the
i,-ice-presfdeucy; that Mr.. Taylor. a former
committeeman. dlled the place vacated by
MIR Wheeler. and that Mr.. Knapp was
added 10 the committee