New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-22
RUSH WORK ON
NEW LINKS FOR
WHEATLEY CLUB
Circuit to Consist of Two Distinct
Nine-HOle Courses When
Completed.
GOLFERS MAY TAKE CHOICE
Merry War On for Privilege of
Holding Western Amateur
Championship.

Rapid progress is being made on tn
new links OF the Wheatey Hills Col
Club. at East Williston, Long Island. In
fact, nine holes OF the eighteen-hole cir
cult have been completed, and it is ex-
pected that before next summer is out
the whole course will be open to use.
Rather unusual is the plan of the course
in view OF the fact that it permits of two
distinct nine-hole links, divided by TIE
Long Island Motor Parkway, though
there will be no interruption by pedes-
TRANS or vehicles. Provision has been
made for crossing the parkway by means
Of an archway underneath.
The land Is a combination Of hiliocks
and levels, peculiarly adapted to golf.
Players who wish to cover only nine holes
may take their choice, for the first and
tenth tees are near the clubhouse: like
wise the ninth and eighteenth greens. The
completed course will be more than 5000
yards long. Ii is planned TO limit the
membership TO three hundred. The OH
GERS OF the club are as follows:
President, Richard w. Turner; secre-
tary. George II. Lowden; treasurer, Hugh
z. OReilly; board of governors. the Off
GERS and Eugene Van Schaick, Wilson 3.
Brice. Frederick w. Westlake and George
Woolston.
There is a merry war going on in the
West over the Western amateur cham
pionship tournament for next year. II
seems that there are three applicants for
the privilege-the Kent Country Club, Of
Grand Rapids; the Omaha Country Club
and the Mayfield Country Club, of Cleve-
land. These three clubs will present
their respective claims at the annual
meeting OF the Western Golf Association
in Chicago on January II.
The second annual tournament OF the
Country Club Of Havana will be held on
February 10 10 10, and Immediately fol-
lowing another meeting of the invitation
variety will be run off. Later on in the
season there probably will be smaller
tournaments.
Last winter, when the first invitation
tournament was run off, Walter ]. Travis
was visitor, and succeeded in carrying
off the medal and the chief cup. Fred
erick Snare, president OF the Country
Club of Havana, has returned 10 Cuba
after prolonged visit TO Northern links.
While the golfers are i'm the South they
will have an opportunity Of inspecting
the new course at Ansley Park, Atlanta.
From now until the spring the links VIII
be used as more or less Of a public affair
and will then be turned over 20 the Ans
ley Park Golf Club. Judging from tie
way golf has taken hold of that secuol
OF the country during the last year 1t
will not be long before Georgia Will claim
its myriad Of devotees i'm the winter.
II is estimated that Nardoa and Ray
carried back home with them something
like ten thousand good American shekels
1t may be considered significant that
some OF the baseball stars have taken mp
golf including such men as Mathewsou.
Bender, Merkle and Cobb. II may be
readily imagined that some professional
baseball player of the future will quietly
shoulder his bag of clubs and HE him
self 10 a golf course when the contract
price for his summer services does nos
suit him.