New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-11
GATHER TO TALK GOLF
Championship Journeys Go
a-Begglng at Meeting.
TO CHOOSE LINKS LATER
President Wheeler Says the
Game Has Taken Deep Root
in This Country.

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Association, held al Sherry's last night
| II had been expected that several clubs
/ would bid for the amateur tournament
/ but not an application was received.
| The only thing in this line was an offer
| from the Plainfeld Country Club TO
/ handle the Junior tournament Under
/ the circumstances the entire champion
ship Situa ton was referred to the exec
utve committee
When the delegates assembled which
was not until after the officers and exec
utive committeeman had enjoyed din
! ned as the guests of T. S Wheeler. the
president. they sat round the side OF
the parlor looking for all the world like
wall flowers at a dance and about as for
/ Torn. Looks as If they hadn't got over
that defeat in the tri-city." observed
Gilman p. Tiffany. IT'S first rate imi-
tation Of a funeral" declared another
I Despite this. the president tried to rouse
the delegates out OF their lethargic state
with an able address In which he pointed
out that the game was progressing on
sound basis. In his opinion the increased
attendance on the links whenever tho
weather permitted was another certain
indication Of the enthusiasm on the part
by declaring that golf seemed particu-
larly adapted 10 American soil and had
taken deep root
In his annual report W. D. Vanderpool
the retiring secretary. called attention 10
the fact that during the year the Somer-
set HIS Country Club had resigned from
the association, while the Spring Lake
Golf and Country Club and the Sleepy
/ Hollow Country Club had been elected
20 membership. which made a total on
( December l. 1912, OF siXty-eight clubs.
The clubs arc divided geographically MS
follows: New Jersey. %; New York, q:
Long Island. u. and Connecticut. }.
In referring 10 the open and invitation
club tournaments held In the district
throughout the season it was shown that
the total Of fourteen fell two short Of the
1911 list II also was noticed that with
the exception Of Walter J. Travis. Fred
Herreshon. John y. Stearns and oswald
( Kirkby no player won more than one
tournament
SO FAR as the eighth tri-city match for
the Lesley cup. which ended so disas-
trously for the metropolitan team. was
concerned. the secretary expressed no
opinion. merely adding that In the after
noon singles. which resulted in eight OF
the ten Pennsylvanians winning. that
with one exception all the matches were
close. il was in this years tri-city match
that the conditions were changed so as
20 have the foursomes decided ~ the
morning The reason for this was 10
avoid all possibility Of q team winning
outright in the forenoon.
The treasurcr's report for the year
showed a balance or 500. as against 1919 5.
year ago.
In accordance with custom the selec-
tons OF the nominating committee were
adopted unanimously. the secretary being
instructed TO cast one ballot The officers
elected were az follows:
President. Frederick : Wheeler. Apa-
wants: vice-president, John Reid. Ir..
st Andrews: secretary, Frederick H.
Thomas, Morris County. treasurer. :.
Clifton Mabon. Ardsley. executive COM
mlttee. Findlay S. Douglas. Nassau; Jo-
, seph p. Knapp. Garden City: James A.
Stillrnan. Garden city; Cornelius J. Sui
l H. -
Nassau.
A. II. Pogson. chairman Of the handicap
committee. stated I'm his report that the
1912 list contained 80 names. although
something like 100 names were consid-
cred. There were 5s3 OIL last years list.
| Players are handicapped from scratch 90
nine inclusive Pogson explained that
| from the manner In which some OF the re-
ports were prepared by the local handicap
committees IL is evident that some OF the
/ clubs continue TO base their hsndicaps for
Saturday and holiday competitions Oh
| boyle, or on a scratch man, instead Of or
par During the season there were four
! teen tournaments held.
! At one tournament the net score was
| exactly at par: at another tournament the
net score was one stroke above par, al
! six tournaments the net scores were two
strokes above par. at one tournament the
net scores were three strokes above par.
/ at two tournaments the net scores were
/ four strokes above par; Al two tourna-
ments the met scores were two strokes
under par: at one tournament the net
| score was four strokes under par
Although the committee requested in a
| note at the foot OF the handicap list that
/ clubs report voluntarily throughout the
season whenever a PLAYER shows Lerma-
nent improvement in form. this season not
q single club so reported. on the other
| hand. the committee made an unusually
suspicious start. for the day the handicap
list was turned over TO the printer in the
spring all Of the Axty-hve clubs which
were at that time members Of the assO-
citation had reported IL * probably the
first time this has happened. as In other
vears there have invariably been half
dozen delinquents