New-York tribune., 1914-12-13

It is suggested that the professional Be permitted
20 give lessons near the canoe house al Van Cort-
landt Nets should be Installed TO prevent balls
Bulletin boards should b. installed IN III. club
house and the inn.
The committee recommends that the form o.
application Tor permit 10 play on the public links
be IN tho nature Of contract between the appli-
cant and the Commissioner Of Parks. wherein tie
applicant agrees 10 abide by all rules and reglla-
lions and failing TO do so, TO submit to the With
An aluminium tss is suggested for 1915. instead
The city should supply score cards. instead Of
be OF more than one color or marked con- conspicuousy
bered consecutiyely and be stamped With time
For Tie bss line there should bc substituted the
score card system every day in the week.
on sundays and holidays. Al least. there should
be two park employes al tho hrst tee managing the
order Of play They ought 70 be on duty when
the first PLAYER drives on and remain until the last
PLAYER gets away. instead OF beginning at O'Clock
Every day in the week there should be an
ploye stationed At the sirth green and one g. the
thirteenth tee. 10 punch score cards. In order 70
put an end 10 the practice Of 'buttinE IN. II j.
recommended that these employees be furnished With
blue uniforms and make Il pant Of their duty
10 warn on.plsyers Of the links and to discour-
age ball stealing.
The green's should be swept with long bamboo
poles very early every morning 10 do away with the
Your committee recommends that your foremen
be directed 70 visit club links near by. such as
green keepers much useful information.
Your committee recommends that the seventh
Of the woods and nearer the railroad track lis
present location is dangerous. FOR many balls are
ersi persons have been struck. and one player. az
least. seriously injured.
The sixth hole could be easily heightened 100
yards or more.
It has been more than once suggested that the
Van Corlandt course Is practically Ohly twelve
hole course with only tvo-thirds the capacity Of
eighteen hole course There Is some truth in this
for there are many who play the meadows lthe
1rst twelve hoesl and then repeat instead OF
playing the last six holes on the hills.
Your committee believes that sir new holes might
be opened al the upper end OF the links. 70 the
west Of the railroad tracks. which could be crossed
by bridges. II Is recommended that this matter
be submitted TO an expert In laying out links.
One advantage under this arrangement. II adopted
would be that the present hill holes. the thlr
teenth 10 the eighteenth, could be abandoned TO
beginners and buffers whose play in eighteen holes
regular course. Jackson Park. Chicago. provides
nine-hole course for dufeIs.
II Is recommended that the Moshou links he
opened 20 play 10 other than permit holders. and
that on Sundays and holidays the large number
oi players AZ Van Cortlandt who are In the duffer
tie relief OF Van Cortland,
The full course Of eighteen holes at Mosholu
should be carried 10 completion without delay.
THIRD
Respecting n. outlay Of golf courses. your com
rniitee hardly feels competent 10 recommend, but
belsres that the money received from permit hold
eFs Should be expended on the links instead Of
being turned into the citys Sinking Fund.
FOURTH.
As % rules and regulations the COMMITTEES rec
ommends that they be printed on conspicuous sign
boards aud be Installed at The irit aud thirteenth
tees and At the cubhouso and inn. They also
should be printed on the score cards. The commit
tee also submits for adoption the following special
rules
l. Unless modified By these rules the rule. OF the
United suites Golf Association govern.
. No PLAYER shall be permitted TO preemp' place
~ q a. Nua Iv s~fr lFaf rtu
B. Two llayers are not permitted 10 play with q
single set ~ clubs.
;. child en- under fourteen years OF age are not
allowed on the links.
8. sinsi' player, have no rights upon public links
ana mus hnQ partners.
z. A single PLAYER. instead OF falling back IN the
bas lin,. ~ ~ advance not 70 exceed ten numbers In
order 10 i axe a match with another single.
:. No "a without sof permit shall DO allowed
70 80 arcs ad he course. This rule may be waived
on occasions ot important matches or tournaments
2. Three ball and four-bdli matches have equal
standing with two-ball matches.
10. II any match falls 20 keep Its place on tbs
green and loses IN distance more than Que clear hole
on the PLAYERS In front It may DO passed on request
N. No player shall play from any tee until the
match IN front has played It's second shots and Is
out Of range (st least two hundred yards ausyl
In froat out hss boled out ' and moved si away. way ' '
a.. ~. ris{ers aver looking ior lost ball mus, imme
match behind having once started 70 90 through
must be allowed TO proceed. and neither PLAYER In
S Hos ile1 n n. vim oi. S.bSa SS :s. again , psy gn
plsteiy through aud are out OF range.
l5 Bags must not b carried on the putting
[ green's.
~ Players must not play ors or practise on the
Is Turf cut Or displaced should be AZ once re-
I placed and pressed doHn with the foot.
se9le cards with these rules printed thereon
| bounds etc. aud handicap list Of holes At which
strokes 20 be taken.
The game Of sof Orers an opportunity Tor .I.r-
fEN FaTFN ard h. praa ~ saff.