The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
DELEGATES From Far and Wide Find
Plenty of Action at Golf Meeting

Fifty-three Of tho eighty active members
OF the L. 5 q. a wsr. represented ana
good showing when the extent ~ the terri
tory covered by the association Is taken
Into consideration.
The new scheme ~ recommending clubs
for the championships by The executive com
mittee was not an unqualified success The
men's NJ tho recently adopted amendment
to tho oyia~s, FOR onit Two elu5s "src
events. while the amendment specifically
says that three clubs must he recommended
FOR each event The trouble was that the
officials waited too long before making their
selections.
In his address after his reelection to the
tire satisfaction with tho way In which he
had conducted the AFFAIR OF he association
a ana deS SSr that 1t never had been In
Herbert jacques, formerly president OF the
u :, q. y, worked in sly ghe ~ the
the as to Whether ' ths report rr" ~
the executive committee should hc read
aloud to he delegates or he accepted AS
did not write IT. | was able To read IT,"
said Mr.. Jaaues from his seat In the second
row.
The most interesting part Of the presidents
long address, which was the only long one
attempted during the meeting. was his state
ment that Miss Ravenscroft ana Miss podd
were coming back this year. Even that
however.
. tlut hereafter only men
WIN a handicap of five or better on tho
national list would lie permitted to enter
for the championship Mr.. Watson said that
In the 1913 tournament only two 4 men
qualified and that both were beaten badly
IN the hrst round As one OF them wa,
extra holes against Paul Hunter. it seems
that he was not beaten SO soundly after all
There was hardly any need to wall for
the actual voting to discover that Ekwanok
would win the amateur championship. When
the Vermont cluhs name was mentioned IN
was burst OF applause that told the story
when al was ready for the roll call to
begin John Reid. Jr. the L. s. q. A. secre-
tary' brought matters to a halt by explaining
that a number of clubs had not paid their
dues and that until they did they could not
and there. bu, several Of the dtIsxat"s ch "s
to forfeit their franchise rather than to
became personally liable for the club debts
auenis took so long that when the actual
voting began every. one had forgotten what
WAS WAS g going on. Apawamis was the frs,
up and said: Hasn't Apawamis paid up ?"
After 1t had been explained to Mr.. Wheeler
that he was not asked TO pay anything, but
clubs proposed for the amateur champion
ship, he voted FOR Ekwanok and sat down
Behr after being poked by Fred Herr-shof
asked II Baltusrol had not yet paid up,
Little ;,n loyalty 10 the clubs from their own
In voting for the amateur event Almost all
OF them voted for Ekwanok and Mayf,eld
and Detroit were left out In the cold Skokie
did vote for Mayiield.
silas W, strawn, president OF the L. $
q. a, In lsll and l9l.. seemed to have a
proxy for nearly every Chicago club. When
ever prominent Chicago club WAS reached
on tho list Strawn did the voting
When 1t came time for the selection Of
the course for tho open event the roll call
was dispensed with and "A standing vote
was taken. John Reid, Jr., evidently did NOT
like the Irregular method of procedure and
made tho delegates remain Standing until
he had counted a clear majority for Mid.
lothian.
Just two votes were recorded for the Chi
cago GOLF Club. which has held me re cham
pionshtps than any other club, when the
contest for the women'a event began Charles
l.. Allen and Milton Dargan, both members
or tho executive committee. were the men
who voted for the Wheaton course They
rose from their places behind the ,f,ciuIs'
table, made low bows to each other, and sat
down. "'
The delegates who presented the quaIin-
cations OF their clubs for the amateur cham
pionship showed "A startling unanimity in
stating the time when their courses would
he In the best condition, All three said thai
the week beginning with Labor Day was the
pest As II has become the regular thing 10
Tor the women's event, both delegates who
not hard to see why they all agreed.
1t was the same way with the aspirants