Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-10
EKWANOK AWARDED
AMATEUR TOURNEY
National Golf Classic Goes to
Vermont Course by IMAM
imOnS Vote.
GOSSIP OF THE LINKS

The national amateur golf cham
pionship of 1914 will be held at the
Ekwanok Country Club, of Manches-
ter VT. 1t was so awarded by unani-
nous vote at the annual meeting of
.ne United States Golf Association
held in New York last night.
The national open championship
was awarded to the Midlothian Coun-
try Club, of Chicago ILL.,, and the
woman's championship was given to
the Nassau Country Club, of Glen
Cove, l.. L. The awards on both were
made unanimous.
The meeting was presided over by
President Robert C. Watson. No
dates for the three CHAMPIONSHIPS
were decided upon. This was left to
the executive committee. Officers
We're reelected as follows:
President, Robert C. Watson, Ma
tlonal Golf Links of America; vice
presidents. Milton Dargan. Atlanta
Athletic Club, and Frank l.. Wood
ward, Denver Country Club; secre-
tary, John Reid, jr., ST. Andrews Golf
Club; treasurer, Percy r. Pyne. I'd
Garden City Golf Club; executive
committee, Charles l.. Allen, Chi
cago Golf Club; Harry L. Aver. Brae
Burn Country Club; Howard w. Per-
rim, Merton Cricket Club: Knowlton
l.. Ames, Glen View Club.
1t was decided that to prevent over
crowding of the course in the
national amateur championship event
the competitors be limited to those
players who are entitled to q handi-
cap rating of not more than five
strokes, instead of six, as heretofore.
The national handicap list of 1914 will
be limited to players of such rating.
1t is expected to have this list ready
for publication by March Is next
1t was announced that Miss GLADYS
Ravenscroft, of England who won
| the woman's championship of 1913.
and Miss Muriel Dodd. another Eng
lish woman, who was a medal winner
in this event, have promised to com
pete in the woman's championship
tournament, of 1914.
The nominating committee of the
Women's Metropolitan Golf Associa-
ton made public its selections for the
year 1914 last night. Once more Mrs.
Myra d. Paterson, of Englewood, is
| chosen to direct the affairs of the or
ganization. She has served several
| terms. and although she announced
some time ago her intention of retir-
| ing she has been prevailed upon to
stand for reelection. The rest of the
ticket is as follows: President,
| Mrs r. r. Donohoe, of Montclair;
treasurer, Miss Eleanor N Whitney,
Morris County; secretary, Mrs. Law
\ renee Swift, HOLLYWOOD and Mrs.
| Walter Perry, Baltusrol Miss Page
Sehwarzwaelder, Englewood, and Mrs.
Percy Ingalls,, Essex County, MEM
| bers of the executive committee, to
act in conjunction with the officers.
| Harold Slater of Fox Hills, proved
no match for Maurice Risley, of the
Atlantic City Country Club, in yester-
days semi-final round of the eleventh
annual midwinter golf tournament at
Pinehurst. N. C. Going out Slater
won three holes and halved one, max
ing the turn two down, but he failed
to rally coming in losing the first four
holes, rs, 6-5, "a and 6-5. In the
consolation H. V. Seggerman. of En-
glewood, was three up and two to play
in his match with w. E. Truesdell, of
| Fox Hills.