The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-27
ESSEX COUNTY GETS
JERSEY TITLE GOLF
Championship Tournament Of
1918 Awarded to Club That
Held II i'm 1910.
SET FOR NAY -. % AND %

-, .aIr., OF the Essex County Coun-
~. cub was chosen yesterday as the
..,f ..rc Sew Jersey state golf cham
,,..n.o OF 1915. and May -. 2S and 20
.,'erted as the dates for the tourney.
rrss. elections were made at the
,rc.ptr annunI meeting Of the New Jer-
,,y state Golf Association. held IN the
an of Fro. eek II. Thomas at ~
roadway IN The absence Of the presi-
dent Morgan *. Smith. who was detained
IN BOSTON. Mi Thomas occupied the chair
,,,,r william Watson OF Baltusrol was
,ic.,sd unanimously as Mr.. Smiths sue
e.,.o. Sine Of the twenty-seven clubs
winch belong to the association were rep
resented by delegates.
orly two courses, Essex County and
nssl we're offered Tor the championship,
,,d after the delegates from those clubs
s,d made brief speeches Essex County
,ras chosen by vote of 6 to 3. Essex
couutv held the Jersey championship as
r.cently as 1910, and last year was the
sstne OF the vOmen's Metropolitan cham
pIorsh,p
,,.d,ateIy precedes the week I'm which the
Metropolitan amateur championship will
ia nlaycd and reverses the usual order, as
in pasi seasons the Metropolitan tourney
has antedated the Jersey event. The Sc
lection Of May 81. 2S and 20 for the
Ierse,. tournament also will cause a con-
aict with the annual invitation tourna-
ment at Tuxedo, as May rs. 20 and 81
already have been assigned to Tuxedo by
tho METROPOLITAN Golf Association.
II was decided at the meeting yesterday
10 give up the plan OF trying to publish
In the association year book the length
81 a.N..1 h. sNaH. .Na
belong TO tho Jersey association. This
Man was adopted a year ago and has
proved anything but successful.
Other business transacted was the tN-
tension OF thanks Of the association to the
Morris County Country club for tho
handling OF the championship last year.
A vote OF thanks 10 the retiring presi-
dent also was passed.
In accordance with the constitution of
the association. President Watson wiil
appoint the subordinate officers and COM
mit;ees The treasurers report showed
that the Jersey golfers have cash bal
ance on hand Of S2S3.l5.
Thomas Boyd. a British professional.
who comes from the Parklangley Club.
Kent. one OF the newer London Courseg
has been selected as Isaac Mackic's sue
cessor at Fox Hills. The selection was
announced yesterday at a meeting of the
Fox Huls Golf club held at the Knicker-
boclcr Hotel
A. : Paine and G. W. Worthlcy were
elected directors OF the club TO succeed
John Slater and X. A. Sasseen, whose
terms expire at this time. The treas
urlr's report showed that the clubs con-
dton is entirely satisfactory Mackiss
resignation was accepted formally by the
club with an expression OF regret, as hc
has made an excellent record in his lon;
Der ol of service at Fox HIS.
Tie Essex FEELS Golf Club intends 10
enlarge It's course from nine TO eighteen
holes and work will ne begun as soon as
The weather is suitable. The following
officers have been elected 10y the club 4.
President. \. Greasy Morrison; vice.
president. Henry V Condict secreta, g..
H. j. McCoTd treasurer. w. w. Schru"-
der; governors, X. 9. Blankc. r :.
dEspard and Il. L. Seymour.
A. the annual meeting OF the Glen
Ridge Country Club the following d.
rectors were chosen to serve for thrso
years: Charles l.. CroSskil Henry O.
CruIkshank, Harry ID. Smith and Gilbert
W Taylor
In reviewing the 1914 record Of profes.
sonal golf in Great Britain Harold II.
Hilton, In the Golfing magazine OF which
he Is the editor, accords first place 10
Harry Nardon. who won the Omen cham
ponship for the sixth time. and further
attributes NardOns success to a remark
able improvement in putting. As Nardou's
putting has been his weak spot for many
years and was the poorest feature OF
his game while he was in America IN
1918 Hilton's comment on this point Is
Interesting. He confines himself to Var
don's work In two tournaments. a match
AFFAIR AZ Cruden Bay, and the British
open championship at Prestwiok, Con
corning vardon's Improvement on tn,
green's he says:
AT this tournament CCruden Bavl
nearly every member OF the first class
professional fraternity was present anr
IN the score play which preceded tn,
match play tournament Nardon HEADED
me held with score OF 1876 In tn
match play he in turn accounted fol
Braid. Moran. Ray and Duncan and Thu
feat at Cruden Bay may be said to repre-
sent the most brilliant achievement re
corded by Harry Nardon during the pas
twelve or fourteen years. On the evidenc,
o. those who suffered at his hands h
nls tournament the completeness OF Var
dons success was almost entirely at
rihutable to his deadly work when within
eight or ten feet ~ the hole. lie very rarel!
missed putt OF under ten feet in length
and as IL is well recognized that thi
task Of holing missable puts Is the on
great weakness in the great mans gam
ls not difficult to realize how thi
newly found accuracy must not only hav
affected his belief in himself but more
over the morale OF those whom he wa
called upon 10 play.
AT Prestwick much depended upo
The ability of Nardon to maintain hi
new found gift OF being able to get IN
hau INTO the hoe with consistent accuracy
Ana there was always the danger tina
ms confidence might disappear as quicld
as had arrived But while his putin
was not As deadly as IT had been on IN
INKS 'o the far north IL was nevertheless
'1fp'o'y more accurate than the class G
F1'ulg on" IL apt 10 associate with tn
nam" Of Harry Nardon--at least durin
recent times, and II was sufficiently goo
10 pul linn through after close tussl
with Taylor"
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