New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-25
NEWS FOR THE GOLFERS
Unrest in Women'S Metropolitan
Golf Association.
OPPOSITION TAKES FORM
Amendments to Constitution and
Bylaws Drafted by Ex-
ecutive Committee.

ecutive Committee.
1t looks as IL the Women's Metropolitan
Golf Association is preparing for house
cleaning. At any rate, the signs OF dis
content, plain TO all throughout the 1911
season, have eliminated in the executive
committee holding a meeting and drafting
amendments to the constitution and by
laws. These proposed changes, which have
to do with the election of officers and the
government of the organization, VIII nave
to be voted on at the next annual meeting
of the association. Section OF the bylaws
reads:
Nominations for officers and members OF
! the executive committee may De Indue 1"
writing. signed by not less than nve dele,
gates. Such nominations shaii De nia9e "a a.
| least two weeks prior to election ana au-
dressed to the secretary. Inc seer ,
shall not make public the names OF me me
signers Of such nominations unless VIII
their consent. 1t shall be the duty Oh tne
secretary TO inclose list or nomlnatLo3n Us
| with the notice Of the meeting at WHICH
such election shall be held.
| Nothing I'm this article shall be so con.
strued as to invalidate any ballots cast at
an election for any member or the assocla-
| tion not nominated as hereinbefore pro-
vided.
The amendment reads as follows:
Section g. A nominating committee OF
five shall be appointed by the executive
committee to present at each annual meet
ing list OF candidates for election 10 tI ne
various offices. such nominations 70 oe
mailed 10 all members OF the assoclaIlo AT
least fifteen days prior to the annual meet
ing. .o,.,,o., Of
the executive committee may also be mace
I'm writing, signed by not less than ilVe dei-
egates Such nominations shali De ll iaue
nor less than FIVE days prior 10 the eIectioI.
and shall be addressed to the chairman OF
the nominating committee - so,
| Nothing I'm this article shall be so con-
strued as to invalidate any paH9ts cast az
an election for any member OF the assocld-
ton not nominated as hereinbefore pro-
vided.
II will be noticed that the amendment
provides a way for presenting an opposi-
tion ticket should such a course be deemed
advisable. An alteration has likewise been
suggested for Article VI, Section 1, Of the
constitution. This section at present reads
as follows:
"sectIon l. The control and management
O fthis association and its affalrs ana prop
erty shall be intrusted to an executive COM
mittee composed of president, vice-presideh''
secretary. treasurer and one delegate
Following is the amendment:
"sect,on l. The control and management
~ this association and its affairs and prop
ertv shall be intrusted to an executive COM
mittee composed Of the president, vice-presi-
dent. secretary, treasurer and three dele
gates"
A complaint made in the past has been
that altogether too much power was given
10 a rather small governing board hence
the two additional delegates as provided TOT
IN the amendment The annual meeting OF
the association will be held the latter part
of next month, as usual, at the residence OF
the president, Mrs. NJ d. Paterson. CLUBS
are allowed to be represented by two oeie-
gates. but such other members who are In
terested are welcome.
A delicate act of appreciation for good
work done in the interest Of women's goli
vas shown the other day when the Essex
County Country Club elected Mrs. Z. F.
sanford to honorary membership. Mrs
Sanford has been connected with the game
in an official capacity for more than twelve
years
Golf is fortunate In possessing a Ian
guage OF its own which is rich in terms anc
phrases admirably fitted TO the objects they
are intended to describe" says an authority
on the game One who has heard an elderly
enthusiast expressing his. opinion OF clut
which he had Just smashed in attempting
TO drive off the tee Will probably appreciate
the truth OF this remark.
Length Of drive is not the only virtue pos
sessed by the brilliant player, for length Il
not produced by muscular power only. Ac'
curacv Of eye and judgment, the instructive
Gift for timing a blow, are OF far more ser
vice than mere Drawn. And they tell not
merely on the teeng ground, but In every
situation, most of all, perhaps, when the
ball lies badly.
/ A we'll known writer, in recently consid
ering length in golf, said: THE drive is
after all, the simplest, although the mos'
exhilaratlng, stroke in golf 1t is the only
stroke in which the player is called upon
TO do the same thing every time and &c
increase the number of such shot tests
nothing more than the players ability "a
keep II up. Approach play on the other
hand may be from all distances from
twenty to 200 yards and calls for all sorts
and conditions of strokes and clubs. II
provides the most varied test of ALL and
vet there can never be more than eighteen
lapproach shots called for, though there
may be easily twice the number taken in
the course of a round. II is the difficult
par four holes, especially those which are
at the same time DOGGY fves, which do the
most to make the would-be champions show
tho golf that is In them"