El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-08
AMATEUR GOLFERS CLEAN HOUSE;
INTEND T0ST0P SHADY TACTICS
Practices of Prominent Am ateurs Who Accept Pay Ad
vertise Hotels or Sell Go If Supplies On Their Rep
utations as Players Are To Be Eliminated by AS
ISOLATION According to Rumors Being Heard.

ATEW YORK, Jan s.-The United
N States Golf association has quite
l. a problem on It's hands if it in
tends to clean house thoroughly enough
10 live up in letter and spirit TO the
agreement reached by the recent cor
Eress OF rulers of amateur sports. who
framed a new definition Of an anna
fcur following two days OF 0eDale AZ
the Hotel Astor here. Howard F. Whit
neT- secretary Of the body which rules
over golf in this country, attended the
meeting as delegate OF his assoclauon
and practically pledged II 10 ABIDE Dy
the decision made.
A prominent official Of the Amateur
athletic union, speaking OF the recent
congress, expressed the opinion thaI tne
golf association viii have a more 'olIil-
cult task than probably any Of the OIh-
ers represented at the meeting II II Is
going to obey all the mandates OF the
amateur rule adopted
y There are dozens OF cases OF Flole-
lions Of the new clauses occurring al
most constantly within the membership
Of the golf body" he declared "A lot
of them can be called not only fragrant
VioIatcrs. but prominent also. some
of the foremost figures in amateur Sol1
in this country are involved num-
Der Of men who have represented tins
country in competitions in Europe are
among the miscreants- This should be
remedied as speedily as possible, more
particularly now since the golf associa-
lion is on record publicly as being op-
posed to the things done by certain
men"
Used Assumed Name
Perhaps the most fragrant case
brought up is that of former proml-
nent amateur track and field athlete'
who has held some OF the highest non
ors that can be earned in competitions
where physical versatility counts ne
is not the most prominent misereant
because. though he has been IN many
goffinE events, he never has won a na-
ffonal championship. Among offences
charged against him Is one, winch ne
never denied, Of competing under an
assumed name part Of II and tpe pro-
fessiOnal phase. Still a third count IS
against him-cOaching for money. he
is the athletic director OF big eastern
preparatory school and coaches nearly
all its teams
Many Capitalize RenOHn.
Capitalization Of athletic fame is one
of the forbidden practices under the
new amateur rule There are so many
instances Of prominent amateur golfers
making their living as statesmen OF gOn
Goods that there is no need to 90 into
fetal here Another way in which
that fame is capitalized is through the
use OF ones name as tile author Of
some article about golf which, IN fact,
was written by another One of the
greatest golfers in the country is guilty
OF that. according to the informant his
name has appeared as author OF news
paper and magazine articles on the
game and also as coauthor Of a book on
golf IT is said the golfer didn't write
4 word OF the golf book and supplied
only an idea here and there.
Some Advertise Hotels.
Still another way Of capitalizing ath-
1etic fame is seen in the habit Of many
golfers Of prominence who 1unket about
the country from hotel to hotel play
ing on the hotel golf courses as an ad-