New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-02
Delegates Must Pick and
Choose from Selections
Now Made.
WEST LIKELY TO GET
TWO TOURNAMENTS
EkwanOk Favored by Some as
Course for Settling National
Amateur Title.

An early New Years golf move Of much
Importance appears in the selection Of
possible championship links by tpe cxecu.
tive committee Of the United states coli
Association.
The clubs from which tho delesates
must decide at the annual meeting o.
the parent organization az the Waldorf
Astoria. this city, on January > are a.
follows
Amateur Championship-Ek wanok Coun-
try Club, Manchester. W.: Mayheld Coun-
Try Club. Cleveland. and Detroit Country
Club. Detroit.
open Championship-Ho CoUn-
try Club. Flossmoor III. Midlothian Coun-
try club, Blue Island. H., and Minikshda
Club. Minneapolis.
Women's Championship-Nassau Coun-
try Club. Glen Cove, Long Island; Tx
moor Country Club Highland Park, Ill.
and Chicago Golf Club. Wheaton. Ill.
Although the foregoing are the formal
selections Of the governing board. having
become so as a result Of a mall vote. this
news has not as yet been officially given
out from United States Golf Association
headquarters.
These facts, cleaned from an outside
source. likewise intimate that the West IS
rot oyerJoyed at the arrangement 50 FAR
as the amateur meeting is concerned.
Some time ago the Homewood Country
Club formally applied for the amateur
championship. The club was recommend
II II, a-T ,rfr
Of the United States Golf Association.
and has been the subject for favorable
articles from the pen OF British critics re-
Gently in America.
Homewood. however. is relcgated 10 tho
list OF possibilities for the open champion
ship. II is understood that the executive
committee Is not anxious 10 have the anna
teur 20 10 the Chicago district this year,
although willing TO have II go 10 a West
ern club Wheaton held the amateur IN
1912 when Jerome d. Travers defeated
Charles Evans, jr.. i'm the final round. IL
will be recalled that Harold Hilton and
Norman Hunter came here from England
TO try for the title and were unsuccessful
II is understood. Furthermore that Mid
lothian is not particular about having
championship tournament just now which.
it is argued. makes matters favorable for
Homewood for the open. The latter was
held I'm Buffalo in 1912 and al BrOoklinc
last October. when Francis Ouimet tho
boy amateur. defeated Vardon and Ray
in that memorable play-off.
Ekwanok is spoken OF in a favorable
manner with regard TO the amateur meet
ing. year ago there was some talk or
this club in the Vermont mountains being
the choice. but the course was not I'm the
condition desired by the club officials.
James /. Taylor, who is sometimes
known as the Duke OF Manchester has
az last succeeded in getting the links In
condition that measures up TO the cham
pionship standard, and IL Is understood
that the club IS in a receptive mood this
season. Mayfeld and Detroit however
have strong claims, the last named being
Mighty praised by Harry Vardon when he
PLAYED over II. In fact Yardon declared
Detroit to be one OF the best Of the Ameri-
can courses he had seen.
For several years the Oakmont Country
Club. near Pittsburgh, Las been mentioned
as a possibility. but rumor has II that the
club officials made II known that they did
not consider the course quite UP 10 thu
standard. although considerable improve
mont has been made In II OF late years.
year ago the Nassau Country Club
applied for the privilege Of holding tho
womens championship, but tho claims OK
Wilmington proved too strong. Nassau.
however, is looked upon as an ideal
course for women, and was the scene OF
the women's metropolitan championship
last year. Western claims are repre-
scented by Exmoor and Chicago. although
no word has reached these parts 20 the
effect that either is anxious for the nxt-
IRE Thus il would seem that Nassau Is
well in line.
No provision was made as 70 the man.
ner in which the executive committee was
to proceed IN its choice Of the nine IA
vored courses, but IL may be said on
good authority that the method OF op-
GRAFTON was by mail, each member OF the
nine committeeman sending in list OF
the links he considered most feasible Tor
each of the three championships.
These votes Of an informal nature We.e
tabulated and those clubs receiving the
greatest number were at once listed. ~
IL understood that communication has
nassed between the United states Col,
Association and the clubs interested as
to their willingness to hold these tourna-
ments should the plum fall in the dircc-
lion OF one OF the organizations.