New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-09
Question Will Be Settled at
Meeting of the National
Association Tonight.
MR.. WATSON EXPLAINS
THE HOMEWOOD CASE
Chicago Club Put Down Among
Those for Open Tourney, out
Declines the Honor.


course il the delegates so vote.
Officials of the Ekwanok club held
special meeting i'm Philadelphia on We'd
nesday night. when they decided positive
~. and Immediately Clarence NJ. CLARK
the clubs secretary. sent a telegram 10
Robert G.. Watson. president Of the unted
States Golf Associa ton, TO the effect thai
Tkwanok would gladly take the tourna-
ment.
As the matter now stands, the final Sc
lection reefs i'm the hands of the delegates
who must vote at the annual meeting at
the Waldorf Astoria tonight either Tor
Ekvanok. the Mayfeld Country Cluo OF
the Country club Of Detroit.
Although Ekwanok has been for years
the scene Of midsummer tournaments II
has never held anything more important
in the championship line than the inter
collegiate tournament few seasons ago
Strictly summer course, Ehwahok
rounds into lts best condition by July:
and from then on until late i'm the fall
the turf il all that could be desired.
Among the prominent amateurs oelonf-
ing to EkwanolI are Walter J. Travis
who is An honorary member: Fred Her
reshoff. Hamilton X. Kerr. Frederick
Martin. Archie McIlwane. George H.
Crocker. James j. Taylor and Edward
Clark. Sd.
When the president of the United States
Golf Association read the statement In
The Tribune Yesterday to the effect that
I.l charged
treating the Homewood Country Cluo UNI
fairly. he expressed surprise. and de-
clared that the Western organization mao
received reply to its original letter
which made application for the amateur
championship and to back up his asser-
ton produced the correspondence that
had passed between his association ana
the club
Upon receipt of the clubs application
for the amateur championship John Reid
ir.. secretary of the United States COLI
Association. replied to c. +. Thompson
president of the HomewoOd Country club
as follows.
"I am in receipt Of your favor of the
18th IN which the Homewood Country
Club makes application TO hold the anna
teur championship Of 1914 and beg TO state
that I will lay same before our executive
committee.
AT the last annual meeting of the as
ISOLATION il was voted TO recommend to
the executive committee that Section o
OF the bylaws should be changed so that
the executive committee should be author
lied to make out list of at least three
courses at which these championships
should be held, and to present such list
at the annual meeting-the delegates TO
select the courses for holding the various
championships from the list submitted.
| will place your letter before She COM
mittee ana see that due consideration is
given your application in preparing the
list OF clubs
On December y Mr.. Reid wrote iona
than q. Latimer. secretary of the Home
wood Country Club, that pursuant to Sec
ton of the bylaws, as amended, he took
pleasure to advise that Homewood had
been designated by the executive commit
tee as one of the clubs whose course was
suitable for holding the open champion
ship Of 1914 also. that the actual choice
Of the three courses would be decided by
vote Of the delegates. Mr. Reid added
that one of his objects in writing was TO
find out ii Homewood would consent 10
holding the contest, if awarded.
Then came letter from G.. T.. Bliss, the
lew secretary OF the Homewood Country
club, to the effect that if the open cham
pionship should be awarded to Homewood
81. h.. han
TO accept The surprise of the T. s. G. A.
executive office can then be imagined,
when, few days later. under date of
January 3, the Homewood secretary sent
another letter. as follows:
Due 10 a misapprehension on my part,
wrote you on December 30 that the
Homewood Country Club would consent
to the holding of the open championship
of 1914 on their course.
Il am obliged to withdraw this letter,
as authority was given by the board OF
directors to accept only in case the ANA
teur tournament was offered.
The error I'm this matter is entirely
mine, and | sincerely trust that my mis-
take has not caused YOU or the executive
committee any great inconvenience.
on Monday last Watson sent the follow
ing telegram to Bliss:
Letter received. Would you consent to
hold open championship If awarded? Time
SO short executive committee cannot make
other selection Look for favorable reply.
Wire my expense"
The next day Mr.. Watson received this
answer from the Homewood secretary:
Officers have no authority 10 make ten
der for anything but amateur. Very
sorry
The foregoing would seem to show that
Homewood has received every considera-
ton from the parent organization and as
Mr.. Watson further explained in talking
over the situation last night, 1omewood
was not named as a possible course for
the amateur championship simply because
the great majority OF opinions as ex-
pressed by the members OF the executive
committee favored the other clubs. Fur
thermore, he added. extra care had To be
taken I'm the selection this year because
OF an expected foreign entry. In other
words, the president expects 10 see n
number OF the leading amateurs of Great
Britain come over for the next United
states Golf Association amateur cham
pionship tournament.
In his opinion. however, the coming OF
the Britons will depend largely upon the
selection OF the course They do not want
a repetition OF their experiences at the
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