Evening star., 1914-12-16
TWO COURSES APPLY
FOR ANY GOLF EVENT
Garden City and Wilmington Help
National Association Out
Of Difficulty.

NEW YORK, December 16.-Four for
the amateur championship, an equal
humber for the open and five for the
women's tourney are on the list from
which the delegates to the annual
meeting of the United States Golf As
sociation January will choose the
three national championship courses
for 1915. The list announced yesterday
was prepared by the L. S. G. A. exec
utive committee and is as follows:
For the national amateur champion
ship. Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont,
Pa: Country Club of Detroit, Crosse
Point Farms, Mich; Garden City Golf
Club, Garden City, L. L.; Wilmington
Country Club. Wilmington. Del.
For the national open championship.
! Fox Hills Golf Club, Stapleton, Staten
Island; Baltusrol Golf Club. Short Hills,
y. j.; Garden City Golf Club, Garden
City, l.. L.; Wilmington Country Club,
Wilmington, Del
| For the women's national champion
ship, sleepy Hollow Country Club,
i scarborough, y. y: Onwentsia Club,
Lake Forest. ILL.,; Country Club of Buf-
/ falo. y. Y; Garden City Golf Club, Gar
den city. l.. l.; Wilmington Country
! Club. Wilmington. Del.
Must Limit Choices.
| The bylaws of the United States Golf
Association require the delegates to the
| annual meeting at the Waldorf-Astoria
next month to limit choices to the
clubs On the above list.
| Two of the cIubs--Ciardcn City and
! Wilmin gton--which appear OH the list
| for each tourney arc not likely 20
press their claims strongly. They have
i come to the rescue of the executive
committee, which found trouble in get
! ting the required three clubs for each
7 tourney, and have placed themselves ut
/ tho disposal Of the association. IN
! other lords, they are willing to take
I amy tourney sent to them, but are Tot
likely to put forth any great cftorts
, to obtain any one of the three chiihi
, p:oGShipS.
Although for several weeks the coun-
, try Club of Detroit has been conceded
/ Il Walk-over as far as the amateur
championship is concerned, the lnciu
! sion of Oak mont may mean that a Keen
struggle will result. For IL number oi
t years Il has been said that when Oak
mont was ready to take the amateur
the big Pittsburgh club could have It
50 if Oakmont is out to contest De-
| troit's claim the issue will be IN doubt
until the vote Is taken ICc-
! troit has been so faVorably mentioned
! for so long time, however, that even
if the Pittsburgh golfers are anxious
, to get tho tournament they Will have
! trouble in overcoming the sentiment
for Detroit that has been accommodating
Want Open Event.
! Baltusrol and Fox Hills seem likely
to fight 1t out for the open champion
ship, unless Garden City decides that
as long as the tourney is sure to come
to the metropolitan district the strug-
| gle might as well be made a three cor
nered one Wilmington has no chance
for the event.
| Both Baltusrol and Fox Hills arc
anxious to get the open, and the senti-
ment among the golfers in and ;.bou,
New York seems to be pretty evenly
divided OH the question. Both are quail
itied to handle the big event.
| The list for the Women's champion
ship gives the delegates a wide range
| In their selection Of course. Elimi-
mating Garden City and Wilmington. On
lwentsia should have little trouble iT
getting the other western clubs in line
to support its claims at the annua
meeting. The women's championship
has not been played in the west since
1910
i Buffalo was honored with the oper
championship as recently as 1912
which probably will ue considered suf-
| ticent recognition of the upstate club
Sleepy Hollow is Il comparatively new
course, and it is doubtful il the dele.
gates will consider sending second
ieVent to the metropolitan district.