New-York tribune., 1910-01-22
PEACE NOW In GOLF
cusNGES MADE BY
N4TIONAL BODY.
Tee for .AchUe Membership
Reduced-Courses for Big
TOnrndm ents.
Tournaments.

sove Of peace hovered over the an
-,ss-ing OF the United States Golf
I..,s.ior at Sherry's last night ana the
Asas of the West were fairly met.
g. - u-ere no warning factions and the
RESTITUTION as drafted By Leighton
-,,,,,s was adopted with only slight nlodi-
Acstions-
-siss among changes In the new from
- hss 70 DO with membership. In
80 ,,ere will still be two classes, known
.s,s and allied 10 take the places
-ssor;a-e and allied AS before, the
-, - vote viii be confined TO one class.
.ha active clubs. but these viii be
- nav an annual tax OF $50. instead
- while the allied dues will still be so.
o'..peca-iors for active mem bership will
- ~ less exac1ing, as any properly or
r,,;zed club with a nine or an eighteen
-. course viii be eligible. Under the old
-.-rs,,ert only clubs with eighteen-hole
courses were eligible
A. exnecred. the awarding Of the next
-.+ionsI amateur championship tourna-
-. resulted in favor of the Country Club.
:, B-ookline. Mass without dissenting
.,i.s The women's tournament VIII go TO
.,s Eomewood- Country Club near Chi
30 and the open % the Philadelphia
r,-,cte- Cub Dates for these viii be left
. ne executive committee, although it
--os generally understood that July would
:. +he time for The amateur championship
uss also decided that clubs holding
..-;onsl tournaments in the future should
-.,sive S5,o from the association. TO help
dss-sy expenses
oui-e lively debate took place over the
,-orv clause IN Article " Of the new con-
.,s,rxou. Section reads:
p-oxies dulv certified by the secretaries
II srrire clubs may be voted by delegates
= !. I'll meetings Of the association No
Eslsrsrs shall vote more than five proxies.
psrsom H Thomas and John Reid. jr.
x,,Es sEsinst this on the ground that il
Ls5 : tsndency toward encouraging poll
-. They advocated allowing a delegate
o,,v one nroxy. On the other hand. c. T.
-s--ar Of Minnea polls. called attention 10
,ss danger OF limiting proxies, especially
us tine Ike the present, when efforts
usrs being made in the interests Of
hsrusny
Ee said rhar trip TO New York from
Chicago o. other points West meant prac-
ucaly four days. and for that reason per
sgnal attendance was impossible for a good
manv The Western clubs want repre-
santaron and beg Of you not 10 do any
hing 10 hamper il" were his closing re-
marks The clause was adopted
Mr. Cslkns moved that The next annual
meeting Of the association be held in Chi
czgo next January. The motion was car
red 4 vote OF thanks was also rendered
NJ Cslkins for the work he had done IN
revising me constitution.
The report Of the treasurer showed an
available balance on hand OF sl.20e IS, or a
loss OF S4e6 since a year ago In addition
70 the available balance, the association
also has $4,000 invested in New York City
bands. The loss mentioned. Is explained
5y Nj Morgan was due 70 increased ex-
penses and the outlay for memorials.
TIE so-called strained relations between
TIE East and the West were made light OF
5y silas H SJraUn. Of Chicago. who made
a. address that was received with much
enthusiasm IN part. Mr.. StraUn said:
Most Of the criticism that has come
tron certain persons in the West has been
unjust However, the old constitution pre-
cuded becoming an associate or voting
member unless il had an eigh1een-hole
course. The United States Golf Association
las always been sporJsmanlike, and has
III been onesided- OF the fifteen cham
ponshiP tournaments nine have been held
4 ne East and six in the West In fact.
he West has had more than its share of
tournaments I nope the United States
Go-. Association will 90 nothing in any
way 70 depart from its present attitude"
~ the dinner. Immediately prior to the
all 0@
oncers. including several erstwhile presi-
asats-W. 3 Thomas, R. H. Thomas. r.
:. Robertson and @ H Windeler. The
odti1ne secretaries. H. q Talmadge, Rob
- Bage Kerr and Maturin Ballou-were
a-so gathered around the festive board.
There were delegates present from thirty
INA clubs The large representation was
accounted for by the unusual interest taken
Il The an-absorbing question Of govern
nent
-he nominating committee. consisting Of
Ransom 4 Thomas. chairman; Samuel Y
Hee0ner. 4 L aver. William Y Kelly and
George " Adair. presented the following
~cEel which was unanimously elected:
FresioenC. Herbert JaqUes. Country Club
5T'ok-ine, vice-presidents. ". a Alexan-
oeF' Exmoor Country Club. Chicago. and
A-'on Dargan. Atlanta Athletic Club; sec
.s,aFy, Robert c Watson. Garden City
III Club, treasurer, William Fellowes
Morgan, Baltusrol Golf Club. executive
,'inrn-tte@. =. T. Janray. Minikahda Club:
~oSeph :. Clark. Philadelphia Cricket Club:
@fcea u Robbins. Garden City Golf Club.
eaa = z. D,ck. Onwentsia Club.
ne nominating committee for 1910 con-
@sls O John z Borne. Garden City Golf
-l1o' L \ Ferguson. Glen View Golf Club;
= . Atkinson, Atlanta Athletic Club; H
Perrin, Philadelphia Cricket Club. and
'sofee 4 Frost. Brae Burn Country Club.
ne report q the executive committee
-E ne year ending November 90. 1903. as
r-esenled Dy the secretary showed that on
0efeinoer =. 1903. the association had
.'s- membership OF 81 clubs. Of which
were associate and 23s allied. while on
0saoer :. $40. il had q total of 281 rs
9s'c-ste and Z36 allied). or the same num-
q a. me beginning of the year. Dur
ne year the Ridley Golf Club. Pensa-
S ,1 Country Club. Forest Hill Field Club,
-''.on Heights Golf Club. Redlands Coun-
- -iln' Butler Country Club. Memphis
---fy -llb. Norfolk Golf Club and Green's
.e country Club were elected 10 allied
.'7'sflp. designations were received
Ihe Bucks County Country Club.
4a Golf Club, Somervtle Golf Club and
lSnofg Golf Club. Those dropped for
p-i'ayaaent Of dues were the Auburn
-, 1ot Club, Brighton Country Club,
-. lyh Golf Club. Bristol Golf Club and
Oo1AtTy Club of Westchester.
vsne '14hirahda Club and the Whitcmarsh
w. Colhtry Club have been transferred
- o4i4ed 70 associate r1en1hers,ir vytfla