Evening star., 1915-01-09
NO AMATEUR RULING
Golf Association Places Def.
inition in Committees Hands.
TITLE COURSES SELECTED
Walter s. Harlan Of This CITY Il
Elected Member Of Exeou-
tive Body.
TITLE COURSES SELECTED

NEW YORK. January s.-After esscA-
ing officers and selecting the cham
pionship course for 1915 the deleGaee0
to the annual meeting OF the United
States Golf Association at the Wel-
dorf-Astoria last night plunged into
the much heralded discussion Of the
proper definition of an amateur 8olfeS.
AS the meeting proper did not begin
until o'clock-it was preceded By q
dinner which most of the delegatsa at
tended-the amateur rule discussion
prolonged the session until q late hour.
number of proposed definitions
were submitted to tho delegates and
were dissected by a number Of speak
ers.
President Woodward opened the dis
cusston with a statement OF the e1ec-
utive committees position. He recon-
mended that the delegates make no ss-
tempt to fix the phrasing Of the new
rule. but leave that matter to the new
committee. This was done and the dis
cussion consisted of q review OF the
ideas Of the delegates. The commit
tee will formulate a new rule later.
Apart from the amateur discusstoo
the main business of the meeting wAs
the selection of the three champion
ship courses. The executive committee
first presented its list, which was an
nounced several weeks ago. and the
delegates proceeded to make their
choices for the three tourneya
Selection Proves Easy.
The process Of selection did not con-
sumo much time, as each OF the three
courses chosen won without much trou-
BILE. The three national championship
courses of 1915 will be:
Amateur championship-Coun Club
of Detroit, Crosse Point Farms. Mich.
Open Observation-Disclosures Golf
Womens championship - OnwensiA
Club. Lake Forest. Ill.
1t was announced that II there are
more than seventy-five or eighty en-
ship an eighteen-hole qualifying round
will be played on the Saturday proceed
Ing the championship week. The best
sixty-four in this round Will play on
the following Monday thirty-six-hole
ty-two will continue at match play Ter
the title. This will make II possible
to have all the match rounds At thirty.
six holes.
Frank l. Woodward of Denver was
the other officers chosen were: Vice
presidents. John Reid. jr.. ST. Andrews.
and Howard w. Perrin, Merton: secre.
tary. Howard F: Whitney. Nassau;
ton; executive committee. DR.. Walter
S. Harlan, Columbia; Walter b. Smith,
Onwentsia; John S. Sweeney, Detroit
and H. H. Wilder, Brookline.
Advanced From Vice President
The new president was advaneced
from a vice presidency. Mr.. Reid was
promoted from the secretaryship. Nr.
Perrin has been serving on the exseu-
tive committee. Mr.. Payne was re-
elected. All of the other 1915 e6loaSs
are newcomers. As soon a. the eleO.
tion was over the thanks Of the aaaOp
citation were rendered to the retiring
officers, Robert c. Watson, Garden City,
president: Milton Dargan, Atlanta. vtce
president. and the following members
Aver, Brae Burn: Charles l. Alien,
Chicago, and K. L. Ames. Glenview,
The report of the executive commit
tee which was read to the delegates
briefly reviewed the past year. II
showed that there are now S9s clubs
in the association. gain of thirty.
three since last year. A few clubs re-
signed or were dropped for non-pay-
ment of Dues The result Of the three
1914 championships were mentioned In
the report and the victories OF Francis
Ouimet, Walter Hagin and Mrs. H
Arnold jackson were commented upon
The treasurer's report showed that the
association is in good shape nnan-
cially.
About 100 prominent golfers from all
parts Of the country attended the din
ner and the meeting.