Evening star., 1915-01-18

vited the delegates to discuss the ques-
ton freely but to say nothing about
that this should be left to the executive
committee, which he said would do its
best to formulate rule that would at
once be as broad as possible and as
short as possible.
The discussion which followed showed
that the delegates were anxious to ac-
cede to the new presidents wishes. A
number of prominent golfers spoke and
was expressed pretty clearly. 1t soon
developed that the delegates felt that
no rule should be passed that would
conflict in any way with the British
definition etaI,lasI % OF an ar. amateur Several
course. carried with it the solution of
the course architect and golf writer
problems. for the members of neither
class are barred by the British rule.
president of the U. S. G. A. made the
last speech on this subject He pointed
out the troubles that would come If our
rule should contradict the British rule
IN any way and said that the executive
committee should be directed to confer
with the British authorities before
framing any new rule.
Protests From East.
The discussion was not all one sided,
however. and. contrary to expectations,
the protests all came from eastern
golfers. When it became evident that
the general sentiment Of the delegates
was in favor of adhering to the pres
ent rule and keeping in line with the
British ideas Frederick S. Wheeler of
ApaWamls. formerly president of the
metropolitan Golf Association. rose in
ms place and said that as far as the
course architecture question was con-
cerned ne thought that the minutes of
m c hn -H,
tlment on this point was not unanf-
nous. He said that there were many
golfers who thought that course archi-
tects should not be allowed to retain
their services and asked that tho ex-
ecutive committee take this expression
OF opinion into consideration.
Fred Herreshoff then contributed a
suggestion on the player-writer ques-
tlon that seemed to make a favorable
impression upon the delegates. He said
that the idea had been suggested to
him by another golfer, but that it had
impressed him so forcibly that he
thought 1t deserved thorough consid-
Grafton. Il is just this" he said: mo
golfer should be allowed to write for
the papers about tournament in
which he plays,
Robert c. Watson, as was expected,
ing view. He said there were some
abuses that ought to be done away
with. and as an example mentioned d
the fact that golfer had asked him
| if an amateur could retain his stand
ing If he obtained positions for a num-
Der of professionals and then received
! one-half of their profits as his reward.
Mr.. Watson said that the golfer who
had advanced this proposition had been
frowned upon, but the retiring presi-
dent added that he understood that a
stock company had been formed in an
other city to do exactly what the
golfer had been told he could not do
as an individual. Are you going to
professionalize all the stockholders?'
asked Mr.. Watson, land If you don't,
what are you going to do about it?"
Referred to Committee.
After Mr.. Watson had spoken mo-
ton put by J. X. Bole of Cleveland
was carried unanimously. 1t provided
that the matter be referred to the
executive committee, with the under
standing that it was the sense of the
delegates that the rule stand in the
main as 1T now is. and that section 8
! be amended In such way that 1t Will
be possible in the future for the
cases of alleged professionalism of its
| own volition.
After the adoption of the resolution
President woodward congratulated the
| delegates upon the manner In which
the perplexing question had been
follow the ideal which prevails in
Scotland, the home of this great game.
| "A man supposed to be an amateur
should not make money out of the
game of golf That Is what they know
| instinctively in Scotland, and they
sportsman cannot be anything but an