The sun., 1916-02-28
SECTIONAL BODIES
TO Be SUBSIDIARY
Such Is United States Golf AS
socistion Plan Now UP
Before Committee.
II. L. AVER ITS SPONSOR

The remarks made BY President Frani,
L Woodward at the annual meeting Of
the United States Golf Association about
a plan for Strengthening the power and
influence OF the L. s. q. A.. which were
commented upon in these columns last
| week. seem TO have sprung from a
scheme proposed by Harry l.. Aver.
president Of the Massachusetts Golf Az
ISOLATION. Al the u. s. q. A. meeting
President Woodward created the impress
sion that n movement was on foot TO
bring the various district associations
under the direct control Of tho Y. S.
q. A. and It now transpircs that such q
plan was suggested by Mr.. Aver.
In a letter written to the executive
fore the meeting in Chicago. the Mas
sachusctts president outlined n way TO
bring the sectional associations into the
national association, instead OF conduct
ing their affairs entirely Independently
az they do now, and the executive COM
mittce thought SO well OF the suggestion
that the echemc for giving the allied
clubs the power 10 vote was dropped in
favor Of the newer and more attractive
idea Of Mr.. Ayers.
II Is safe to say that in accordance
with the pledge made by President Wood
ward at the Chicago meeting the U. s.
@. A. executive committee now is en-
gagged In working out the new plan and
that every effort will be made to put Il
through.
| Al present each sectional association
IL O law unto itself. and while che wishes
OF the national association usually
are complied with there is no obli-
CATION on the part Of the district as-
ISOLATION to do SO. and several times in
the past conflicts between the L. s. q. A.
and the Western Golf Association have
! been aNerted at tho last minute.
| Much credit belongs to Mr.. Aver for
taking the FIRST step in the movement.
and II IS probable that when the plans
have been completed the association OF
which he Is president Will be one OF the
/ Nrst to fall In line The Metropolitan
Golf Association also can he depended
J upon. for II always mas ins.s,c: spon a
quasi alleehince TO the L. :. q. A.. ia
! fact its constitution requires every club
which seeks admission to the Metropoli-
tan association TO JON the national organ
I liza tiOn first.
The good Old runor that some of the
( leading British professionals are to visit.
tho United States soon has cropped up
again. This time It's sponso is GolrnG.
a British magaz!nc of considerable re-
putc and the professionals offered e. us
/ arc none other than the triunNira'".
Harry Nardon. Jane, Braid and j. H.
Taylor. Ordinarily the publication -
: such "a statement In Go'nrg would really
mean something. hut in these day any
, thing at all looks like news TO IA British
! golf magazine.
I Members Of tho Greenwich Country
, Club have been much In the limcliglt
IN the last week or two. Down at Belle
air Henry Topping and Hamilton Kerr
| met In the final 81 "A big tournament on
, Friday last and word comes from the
Pacific coast that Samuel J. Graham
was tho winner ~ tho midwintcr tourna-
mcni of tho Raymond Golf club near
Los Angeles.
Graham. who lived In Greenwich. was
forced to go to California some time
ago because Of i'll health. so his many
friends among the golfers OF the Metro
pol.tan district will he glad Ia learn
that he is able to take part in tourna-
ment play once more. lie won tic
medal IN the qualifying round and then
went through the field without much
difficulty, beating W. a. Dawson NJ MI
waulec In the hnal by UP and to
play,
James spencer, professional who
has kept himself SO well concealed At
Mcridcu. Conn. Tor the last SIX yeas
that no one knows much else about him.
has been engaged by the Washington
Suburban club Of Washington. II. G.
Spencer originally came from EPSON in
England, the town which sheltered
George Sargent In his youth. and II was
due 10 the former open champions
recommendation that Spencer obtained
his new berth.
Special train or no special train. the
Pacific coast golfers are confident that
most of the leading Middle Western stars
will max. the TIP to california for tho
Western amateur championship July -
10 10. IN order To make things AZ pleas
ant :ls possible for the visitors other
Journeys are being planned. and one
will he held in either Seattle. Washing
ton or Portland, Ore, during the week
after the Western AZ Del Monte.
Dave Robertson, who has been en-
gagged as "a professional a. clubs In and
about rttshurg for a number OF years
and has won considerable fame in that
locality, will succeed Tom IIuckna,l at
tho ThornburG Country Club this season.
Dave Robertson Is "a brother Of Peter
and Bi,i Robertson. both OF whom are NJ
Utica. y. Y. All three come from Cav
noustic. tho Scotch Holting town which
produced so many Of the professionals
now in this country,