New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-14
u Sc. A. Takes Stand
Which Clears Long
Clouded Issue
py GRANTLAND RICE

,,,ietiop has Won N'OtV'S iN4 .
-, Interpretation o. amateur solI
viii clear Up the atmosphere Tor
-,,vvsa-s TO come.
p,ar6less Of The differences O. opin-
hat existed IN the past, the rev
-, =, things has at least extracted
=, cit o. chaotic tangle and
'..r,bv has improved general eOndi-
ions ip.neasurSo-y.
IA. one note of regret TO be sounded
hat &, grand a golfer. as clean a
.,rsman. as generous a competitor as
v.,,,is Ouinet. Of Woodland, had to
maintained IN indefinite removal
r.n The amateur field. But while II
:. b,en held by many, including the
.,,.r that 30 would have been fairer
..,.,ss no. 10 have included those
,,o bsd already been in the golf sup
i, husinsss before the new order was
,..n 10 E. IS undoubtedly better that
s.,N order should start with clean
S,u even though one national golhng
frn should have 10 suffer.
What Was Accomplished
Wat is the new order as compared
% the old, Briefly, IL is this:
/. From now on course architects are
JARED as amateurs where formerly
they we're not.
:. IRE new Interpretation, in regard
10 being in the golf supply business,
only applies 10 those Who have suffi-
dent skill 10 capitalize or CONNER
oisize, and no longer takes in the
uesge PLAYER whose game isn't sufii-
gently adept TO produce any general
publicity.
There may be new fields open to ar
;lrsnts in this latter Interpretation
$50 what should constitute sufficient
'all." but We have the statement OF
President Howard Perrin and other
-srbers OF the committee that no mar
tT te.hnicalities will be taken up
While no such wording of the rule has
zen made. 10 will probably apply only
b those IN the golf supply business
Gh rating that entities them 10
'nrets in the amateur championship
the association. The golfer who
ut good enough 10 have q handicap
o. viii likely be forced 10 spend too
much Of his time in traps and bunkers
70 ever organize MS game upon a pay
1 .ng basis. WELDING The well known
nIbics cuts into ones outside occupa-
tons al a fearful rate
Unfortunate Episodes
Getting hack to Friday nights and
saturday mornings meeting, there
we're several unfortunate episodes that
took place. Tho main blunder was the
Injection Of the Ou,met or the Wood
and case into the order Of business -
a least before the vital issue was
taken Up.
l This vital issue should have been p
AR full discussion Of the amateur
gla built around this central point:
10 the delegates Of the United States
Golf Association want A liberal or 4
.Tlci Interpretation of amateurism ?
II ~ pc UT AAlN NN ffEMAhklUIl ~
'nsisur conduct do they desire 10 have
II aiorcsd7
II That discussion never took place.
tHore d ever had p chance 10 come
Il ,rTard as the leading issue the atmos-
mere Nas 50 replete with adjectives,
H'houns, adverbs, smoke and a de-
'tssing languor that the tangle was as
neg as the underground OF a Congo
igs, where only the native boa con-
'ncioE can find his wav from one land
n ar 70 another. the final vote being
hei On none too definite amend
-ct
Porce 0uimet Issue
\ ms mistake, or the main part Of 1t,
1s' from the Woodland Clubs re-
4 '.ai 10 take up the case Of Ouimet,
'sAvsn and Tewksbury before any
Hfgle should be considered. II would
=" been Tar better for the cause Of
gnst Sullivan and Tewksbury If
eealano's fight had been made for a
.oN liberal amateur rule, with no per-
Nsiltes drawn IN, for then the final
lsls might have been close. UndouDt-
lne meeting at the start was full
friendly sentiment toward Ouimets
'hNaenent and more liberal anna
yI atalude But with the main issue
sly oeiogged by this Introduction OF
secondary and comparatively minor
-Ss, The far more skilful tacticlans
ga stra!eglsts on the side Of the golf
esOeiaton were given their chance 10
4 ,nph. 49,
woodland made he big mistake m
Nthung her case upon the basis OF
mree golfers and not upon the Tar
1oer tSue Of p general amateur
msngs And when ex-President Frank
5oeFarc read a leter from Ouimet,
o,gh dated after the rule was
"o, stating that ne Ouimet) IN
Il 1000 the ruling perfectly and that
II new wnere IL would place him IN
nS, Woodlands case, so far as
ctegstes we're concerned, Topped
"a ae abandon OF Zeppelin shot
0'ga the gas bag.
Woodland War Tamest
ne Woodland contention undoubt-
vas honestly and earnestly made.
9aand undoubtedly had certain
MceS that called for a better
n &c. - NV iutg NflN NV
o az the proper time nor in any
hc'rg way. As VIC understand il
~ neither Sullivan nor Tewks-
rave ever been officially notified
,e charges against them, except IN
Na"tl way. But this, after all. is a
i. Nv point compared 20 the greater
A. stake. And even that minor
vas wiped out in the reading Of
nN's letter.
he unfortunate remarks were
Vueted By tire Woodland side.
& 80 gers The utterances of G.. Her
II ,Nlndc err OF the Country Club,
Eins, wao desired 20 know whether
lnr" TO be brought down low 10 the
,.ate' Of profes: ionalisln. His &C
hI on the low"
u standards Of professionalism, in
I,..y OF craftsmanship, so far as
ls,re seen, arc every whit as nigG aS
4 Il IL.