The New York herald., 1920-01-30
WOMEN GOLFERS TO
CHANGE THE MAP
Make Staten Island Part of
WestcheSter for Team Match
Purposes.
GREENWICH GETS TOURNEY
Delegates at Metropolitan Association
Meeting Select Connecticut Links
for Annual Championship.
GREENWICH GETS TOURNEY

In addition to deciding 10 stage their
championship tournament this year on the
links of the Greenwich Country Club. OF
Greenwich, Conn. the delegates of the
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association
clubs at their annual meeting held at the
Biltmore Hotel elected to change the map
Of the United States to the extent of max
ing Staten Island a part Of westchester
county.
Where there is a will there is always a
way. The women in discussing their plans
for the coming season arrived at the con-
cusion that for the team matches a gen.
eral dwelling UP was desirable. Last year,
for instance. there was both North Jer-
sey and a South Jersey team. In the next
competition one side will represent the
entire State and instead of four there will
be only three contending sections. Long
Island, which heretofore has proved to be
much too strong for the others, will have
to rely upon it's own resources entirely.
while Staten Island, which formerly went
in with Long Island, will be thrown in to
strengthen Westchester.
In other respects the team matches will
be as formerly. There will be fifteen play
ers on each side and scratch conditions
will obtain. Mrs. G. +. Uebelacker asked
the delegates in view of the one-sded
matches seen in certain cases last year
whether they did not want to introduce
the handicap system of play into these
contests, but it was decided that substan-
tally the same result would be attained
by putting plenty of players on the team,
for while Long Island might have the
stars to lead with it was no better off than
the others farther down the list
Nassau County Club and Greenwich
Country Club were the only two applicants
for the championship. In view of the fact
that the event had been held in New
jersey last year and in Long Island on
the occasion previous to that Westchester
was considered to have the right of way,
and so the offer Of the Greenwich Club,
Just over the line, was accepted. No date
for the tournament has been selected as;
yet, because. as it was shown, Greenwich
lis to hold the Connecticut State amateur
championship. To avoid the possibility
of conflict of dates the women agreed
to wait until they were notified as to the
time selected for that championship.
A letter received from Miss Ethel Maule.
secretary of the Philadelphia Women $
Golf Association, was read to the meet
ing In this the dates of the Eastern
championship and Griscom Cup tricity
the links selected that of the Philadelphia
Cricket Club. This being the turn OF the
Philadelphia women to hold these events
the selection of dates and venue devolved
upon. them this year. The metropolitan
team is the present holder of the Griscofn
Cup.
A dozen or moro clubs announced
through their delegates their intention OF
holding one day tournaments during the
season. Among these were Arcola, Hack
ensaclS, Baltusrol, Scarsdale Essex
County. Swanoy. North Jersey. = a pa
wants and Century. Instead of the war
Saving Stamps which have been awarded
as prizes during the last few years, a
dozen golf balls will be given to the winner
of each of these tournaments.
With bank balance of $5lS.6i. the asso-
citation was shown to be healthy finan-
cially. There are now seventy-four clubs
in membership, the following having been
admitted during the year:-Engneers'
Essex Fells, Flushing, New York Golf
ST. Adams, st. Georges and Gedney
Farms
So efficiently have the officers of the
association performed their varied and
exacting duties during the year II
was decided to return the group intact.
They are:-President. Mrs. G. +. Uebe-
lacker Hackensack: Vice President, Miss
Marion Holuns. Westbrook; Treasurer.
Mrs NJ II. F'rayne, Dunwoodie; Secre-
tary, Mrs. r. Percy Thompson, Arcola
Executive Committee Mrs. Howard L.
Whitney. Nassau; Mrs. j. S. Irving,
Englewood, and Mrs. T. F. Sanford, Essex
County