Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-05
U. S. G, A. TICKET IS NAMED
List of Officers for 1915 Includes
Golfers from East, West
and South,
DENVER MAN is PRESIDENT


NEW YORK. Dec. 4--The 1916 ticket
OF officers Of the United States Golf as
ISOLATION. announced recently by the sec
rotary. Howard f. whitney. IL the most
representative that has been compiled
within the memory OF the oldest golfing
inhabitant. IL takes In men from all
points OF the compass and becomes, as Il
was hound TO become, truly national
list
To the man who studies golf Il means
several things. First. that those sections
such as the far south and the far west
ore surging forward in affairs golfing.
Second, that the association Is following
the game in Its broadening process. Third.
that II will not be long ere the Pacific
coast viii find representation IN national
circles. In other words, the United States
Golf association II rapidly assuming all
that its name implies
In Frank l.. Woodward, elected to office
al the meeting in this city last January.
the vast territory west OF the Mississippi
river was first represented I'm the presi-
dency. Woodward had been an official
| for several years prior to that time and
the choice proved to be highly popular In
the west. as may be imagined. They are
doing things in golf out there. you know.
The custom is TO give a president two
terms. and the Denver Country club rep
rescntative was renamed.
From the east comes the first vice
president. Howard w. Perrin of the
Merton Cricket club. a man for whom
Philadelphia is roofing. II is nothing new
for Perrin to be prominent IN national az
fairs. John Reid, Jr., Is the nominee fol-
second vice president and, although ht
/ represents the St Andrews Golf club, he
Is really Wisconsin man at present Hs
lives there
whitney ms Secretary.
| Howard II. Whitney, once club cham
pion at Nassau and present title holder
at Piping Rock. represents that Calling
center around Glen Cove In the secre-
taryship and the selection of a man for
treasurer from the same territory as the
secretary Is for a matter OF convenience.
Percy X. Pyne I'd asked not to be named
because OF the pressure OF business af-
fairs. so presidential timber OF tha.future
was appropriated In the person OF Fred
erick s. Wheeler Of Apawamls, thrice
chief executive OF the Metropolitan Golf
association.
| Note the territorial distinction among
the other members OF the executive com
mittee. for the officers count as COM
mitteemen: NJ. Lewis Crosby. BrAe Burn,
Massachusetts. Walter h. Smith. onwent-
sia. Chicago; DR. Walter s. Harlan, CO.
lumbia, Washington. ID. c., and John s.
Sweeney. Country club of Detroit
Even more significant is the naming
of an additional southerner on the 1916
nomination committee In William Il.
Stauffer OF New Orleans, while George
l. Walker comes on from the middle
west. st. Louis. The nominating COM
mittee is completely changed. and Is as
follows: Milton Dargan. Atlanta: VIII
lam E stauffer, New Orleans; Albert r.
-tsh. Long Island; George H. Walker,
81. Louis, and Henry II. Wilder. Massa-
chusetts.
A resume OF the ticket, including the
new nominating committee, shows that
there is one candidate from the far west,
three from the middle west. three from
the south. two from New England, one
from Philadelphia and four from the
metropolitan district including Reid, who
is practically a middle westerner.