Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-10

Country Club was chosen as the battle
field for the next amateur golf cham
,ionship of the United States last night.
Two other clubs were also picked for
the delegates to the annual meeting OF
The U. s. G. A. here last night to vote
on, but the Engineers came through
when the two others dropped out OF the
| 'unning.
Ohio got both the open and the wom-
en- S national, the former going to the
Inverness Club, at Toledo, and the lat
ter to Mayfeld, at Cleveland. The
executive committee was given power
70 elect a committee to confer with
ike committee from st. Andrews on
the subject of standard rules, standard
rolf balls, the stymie and other golf
knots.
The new, officers, as nominated, were
,'ected in less than five minutes. George
u. Walker, st. Louis Country Club,
was elected president. with the rest of
the ticket as previously announced,
Hugh Wilson, Merton, being on the
new executive committee Of four.
Voted "Aye''
The meeting was like lightning for
speed and the tamest in years. The
delegates sat in and voted aye some
| times with emotion, sometimes not, to
the program they found on their chairs
when they entered the meeting place in
the Waldorf Astoria
Many Of them were still smoking
their first cigar when the meeting ended.
One delegate tried to cast a little
sand on the tracks by volunteering to
make a speech in the middle of the pro-
ccedings. He evidently wanted to dis
cuss lots of things in which the golfers
were interested, but was asked to defer
his thoughts till the disposal of the
, business. He did. Soon after this the
meeting closed.
/ But the duly accredited delegate made
his speech anyhow, in the lobby.
According to the bylaws of the L. S.
G. A., the executive committee picked
three courses for each of the titular
events and these clubs made their bids.
The list had been printed and the delc-
gates received a copy at the meeting.
Golfer f. II. Hoyt spoke for the En-
gineers' Club, promising there would be
mo megaphones, land stating that the
tourney was due the metropolitan dis
trict, where it had not been played since
1913, that the club was in easy reach
of New York. at Roslyn, l.. l., and
the links of the North Shore Country
Club would be available to play half
the qualifying round by half the field
while the other half was playing at the
Engineers.
This two course idea was first put
into effect by Merton in 1916. 1t made
possible the playing Of the qualifying
round all in one day.
North Shores delegate spoke in favor
of this and withdrew his clubs bid for
the whole tourney as did the delegate
from Baltusrol. the other club which
had entered its bid.
Pros Choice
Inverness easily won the open award
when it became known that, of the three
clubs listed, Inverness was the choice
of the pros. Walter Hagen, the ma
tional open champion, Gil Nichols and
other pros were present, but did not
speak on the subject. Flossmoor c. c..
Flossmoor. H., and Fox Hills, of the
Gotham district, were the other two
clubs in the field for the open. The
only rollcall of the night was held or
this choice, but it ended after a briei
start. by some one proposing it be made
unanimous for Inverness.
The delegates said AYE
The delegate from Nlayfield, wher
asking for the women's national there
won the argument in his opening
sentence.
eve would like very much 10 have
the ladies come to visit us" was al
he said.
Lochmoor, of Detroit, and Cherry
Valley. metropolitan district, withdrew
so that was over.
Bigger Appropriations
, Appropriation of $3.50, $1,000, anC
$3.50 respectively are made for the club!
holding the amateur, open and women