Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-15
TTERE dwelleth the king and Philadelphia
IL will be the golf capital of the United

TTERE dwelleth the king and Philadelphia
L L will be the golf capital of the United
States next year.
Howard Perrin the sole nominee for the
presidency Of the United States Golf Asso-
citation, will be inaugurated in January az
the annual meeting of the national goll Doay
I'm New York and Immediately upon the
crowning will start the wheels OF what Is
expected to be an extremely progressive ana
popular reign.
Perrin is the first Philadelphian who has
ever held Americas supreme office and his
selection shows the determination OF the
body to install golfer whose reputation for
fairness keeness and energy is seldom as
puted. He has the confidence or all the
clubs in the national body and his selection
is n popular one both over the reaches of
Yankeeland and in the Quaker City, where
he is best known.
OF National Import
Besides having Perrin for president, Phil
adelphia is assured of two out of the three
main golf Journeys for next season, the
United States open championship and the
women's Championship of America.
What is more important. the Quaker City
contains players who are entirely capable
and likely to lift either or both of the titles
and present them to the city, making 1t
still more the golf center of the country
next year. Jim Barnes, professional cham
pion of the country; Charlie Hoffner. who
went to a tie for the metropolitan open,
| and Jim Fraser, Philadelphia open cham
| pion, are all among the shining lights for
| next years title.
Mrs yanderpecK. last years national
| champion; Miss Mildred Caverly, this years
| fnalist; Mrs. Ronald II. Barlow and Mrs.
| Caleb Fox both former finalsts, should
| also be the leading candidates for the
womens title over local course next
| year.
| With two more public courses under con-
sideration, three private links more or less
| in the course of completion, Philadelphia
| easily takes it's place as one OF the fouI
| big golf sections of the country, and by
| reason of the royal honors conferred OF
| Perrin the spreading local section will be
| hailed as the crown city
No California Split
The new president-elect, over whose right
| to the throne there is no question as TO thu
vote in California or the legality of votei
in New Hampshire, is well qualified for hii
honors.
a couple of years after the first nationa
championship was held in this country, anC
| about five years after golf first began e
be played in Philadelphia. He has beer
champion of Philadelphia three times, ant
has won barrel of events and local title
of all sorts.
| Lately his game has dropped off bi
because pressure of business has not lie
him play regularly; but Perrin's interes
In the game was never greater. He started
| TO play at the Philadelphia Cricket Clul
when il was only a nine-hole course, ant
was its treasurer for years. Later he wen
| TO Merion but now he is most actively in
terested in Pine Valley, where he is tn
| president.
Perrin has always been interested In ma
tional golf, matters, sometimes intimately
as during the last season, when he wa
vice president of the u. S. G. A.
The president-elect would express n
opinion on the amateur question, over whicl
the Woodland Club expects TO kick up
revolution, no less at the annual meeting
II anticipate a very interesting time o
it," said Perrin today. but the whole mat
ter is entirely up to the delegates. II the
want TO tear up the rule 1t Is up to then
They framed it last year. Francis Oume
is a very likeable fellow Perhaps IL wa
unfortunate that he came under the ruling
but II couldn't be helped"
Perrin was particularly pleased with IN
selection OF Bob Gardner to place on tn
| executive committee.