New-York tribune., 1911-01-18
BIC GOLF DATES FIXED
uI,e Ribbon Tourney To Be
Played in September.
OCTOBER IS FOR WOMEN
o & Watson Tells of Important
Note Relative to the Putter
Resolution.

,ss for the national championship golf
-,,ments fixed by the executive COM
a.. ~ the United States Golf Associa-
vere announced yesterday by X. c.
,,,.,son. the secretary. The amateur cham
...s,o will be held at Apawamis from
-..,,ber II to l6. inclusive. while the
,r,s fixture is carded for october 9sto
,,c,psiye. over the links OF the Baltus-
club. The open is scheduled for June
,,a o. over the links Of the Chicago
0vr U,,,b regard TO the amateur 1t was
..d last night that when 1t came 20
a,,,r the ballots Apawamis won by
eOs'',,j ,.arrjn over the Philadelphia Cricket
s@ The peal Golf and Country Club and
ei"' n.,ver Country Club, the other bid
uo walter J. Travis. who represented
os , argued in the interests of the New
-, club. but a majority of the dele
- w.. tyrned a deaf ear, the count reading
t,,srois %. Philadelphia, IL; Deal 9, and
Denver b. ,-.-- .-,.,- ., .,.,,.o
IN as an important fall campaign in
q. metropolitan district, and especially
w 80 RaltusroI Club. II Will be remem-
~ o. that at The anual meeting OF the In
"'.Nogiate Golf Association the vote
40 have the next tournament at Bal
- nroyided, Of course, that the club
,rsst,on had no objection. on the con-
N, Raltusrol notified the intercollegi-
ho5v that It would be welcome. When
n his office yesterday Louis Keller.
~. psltusrol secretary. stated that the
,.,,,,g of the women's national champion
~ would make absolutely TO difference
:" fo- as the college boys were concerned.
"a be expects that they will gather at
1.I.rsrol in September, either immediate
= ,afore or directly after the amateur
-s.r,,,onship tournament. as was the case
last year
,,.o-ding 10 Mr.. Watson, secretary OF
~. national governing body, most OF the
...,-+s OF the annual meeting relative 10
-. rptter resolution were misleading. In
80 cases. he says, only part or the
..ao,r,,or was published, while in others
-, v,orled incorrectly. What MIR. wat
-. regards as important is the following
.,.s or Interpretation, which appears at
-. ,ot,on, Of the resolution, and which
vss worded BY the executive committee:
The shaft OF a putter may be fixed at
.hs reel or at any other point in the heaa.
SrSa Term "mallet-htaded," as above, Wheh
snnlisd 10 putters, does not embrace put
ssrs NJ the so-called Schenectady type.
The word above" in the note refers 10
hat part Of the resolution which reads:
A golf club OF the mallet-headed type is
q club which is so constructed that the
length OF head from the back Of the heel
n fIe foe shall be less than the breadth
from the face TO the back of the head.
The shaft may he fixed a the heel or at
any other point in the head
The Forest Hm Field Club has engaged
Dave Honeyman as its professional for
next season. Honeyman, who viii report
for duty on March /, has arranged to make
hrief visit TO relatives at st. Andrews,
Scotland He will sail on Saturday. Jack
cEnpbell. the present Forest Hill pro,
VII remain there until the end Of Fehru-
A.. Honeyman was for several years con-
serted with the defunct Arsdale Golf Club,
but for the last two seasons he has had
agge OF the Sound Beach greens.