The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-24
new NATIONAL LIST
TO TELL The STORY
Names of Golfers Barred by
Amateur Rule viii Not
Appear on Ii.
NELIGIBLES ARE FEW

rhe fact that no attemp, to rate the
'eading golfers of the country will be
made this year by the United States
t,o,f Association when z ssues its an
mai list of golfers eligible to play In
N. amateur championship Is not going
q detrac, from the l;eknness OF the In
.res, With which the 1916 list will be
awaited Heretofore the annual lists
ave been watched for by the golfers OF
ne country in order to see how the
ave been the cause of more than one
controversy su a. that which arose a
ear ago when jerome d. Travers was
laced on an equality with Francis
hmme'. although the latter had ~trounced
r-,yers IN the amateur championship of
aii 81 EkW tnok II might he i'm
cir.d therefore that with the ratings
,bclishcl the new list will lack piquancy.
M, such will no I've the case.
When the 1916 list appears II will he
,o,ahle not for what IL contains but for
rh,, 20 does not contain. Il must be
-ensmper-d ina the rev list is to in
,ude tho names of all golfers eligible to
las IN the national amateur champion
hit. and that since the year began n
~ rule has been adopted by the L. $.
q \ which dchars from the amateur
ANS all golfers who are engaged IN
Grain Cainful pursuits in which their
anne as golfers contributes TO some or
II Of the gains. Therefore when the
1915 liz, comes out. as " will in a month
ar two, " Will no include the names OF
few golfers whose skill on the l. is
sufs lent to eu'ijie them TO n place on
NJ national eligible list. The inference
MI he plain and easy enough TO draw,
y, missing ones will be those to whom
.Ns doors Of amateur competition have
hper closed.
IT, ru other WAY does the L. :. u. A..
NJ. nd tu reveal the names Of the golfers
tho have been dehsrred under the new
rulc RI. association has taken the
stand tina, the matter is personal to the
md ,iouai golfers concerned and will not
MAKE "a formal announcement OF the
raniss ot those who haN seen nt 10
nut themselves outside the pale. There
tre only a few Of them. much to the
cra'lrcation Sf the members Of the
eNeCutlve committee. and the method
idop'si 's to notify ach one Of the
mel yibles. personally. that his presence
n amateur competitions is no longer de-
sired. The members of the u. S. q. A..
executive committee represent the diff
f.rent golfing centres OF the country n
% each OF them has been entrusted the
task ~ notifying the in~eiigibies In his
hsiliwick. Most of the work of notif,-
cstion already has been done. and nearly
all OF the few golfers who have been
-r'sn out know their fate BY this time.
Any OF the debarred golfers is well
ONE TO announce the fact of his in
eligibility " he wishes to do so. hut M
to the present, no one has seen MT to 40
50 Perhaps some of them may decide
70 break the news themselves. hut II be-
rr> 10 ooh az though the eligible list
eTll he the first TO tell the tale.
lust wha, the status OF these ineligible
golfer will be no n seems to q
The I. =. -. A. does not declare them
professionals. 4, simply says they are not
lnlatcIrs and lets II 60 at that. II
there II, II c~ommodious middle ground be-
tween amateurism and professionalism,
they are at liberty to occupy il II they
% desire, n Inc l.. :. q. 4. at least is
not likely to disturb them.
n" work OF getting together the
eligible list is likely TO he q slow job
'u- YEAR for each 81 the larger sectional
tsSocIations viii have to report which
-ol''rs IN its jurisdiction il considers
-ood enough TO play in the national
championship. IL IL something which has
not been lone he tore, 30 progress neces-
suIr Fill be SLOW and the list is likely
20 hs later than its predecessors