New-York tribune., 1921-01-20
Westchester
Golf Players
Elect Sawyer
Metropolitan Champion Will
Captain Team; Lee Max
we'll Chosen as President
BY Ray Mccarthy

The Westchester Golf Association,
an organization which has grown tre-
mendously within the last few years,
held its annual meeting yesterday, at
which officers for the coming season
were elected. Lee Maxwell, Of the
Sleepy Hollow Club, was chosen as
PRESIDENT; Merrill Waters, OF Ardsley,
was elected vice-president; r. p. Wall
don, OF Apawamis, was reelected treas
urer. and John G. Anderson, of the
Siwanoy club, was reelected secretary.
G. G. Benton, of Hudson, will be in
charge of the tournament committee.
while Ned Sawyer, of Siwanoy, metro.
politan amateur champion, was chosen
to act as captain Of the Westchester
team.
1t is a live crowd of members that
composes the Westchester association.
They intend to make 1921 banner year
in golf and are preparing to hold q
number of tournaments, including the
annual amateur, open and junior meet
ings. The amateur tourney will probably
take place early in June again, while
the open is likely to be held in May
In addition 70 these meetings, team
matches will be played again with the
New Jersey state players. An amateur
pro tournament will also be held some
time in the spring.
The association has grown to include
twenty-one clubs. In addition to the
above-named tournaments, il is expect
ed That special money meeting will
be put on for the benefit of the English
and American professionals.
Howard +. Whitney, president of the
United States Golf Association, brought
to light new menace 20 the game of
dress to the members of the Profes-
sional Golfers Association at their
dinner the other night, he said that the
next problem the officials of the u. S
6. A. would have to deal with was that
of the trick or freak club.
The U. S. G. A. president then tolc
OF q club called the stop-shot cluf
which is now on the market and o.
how it reduces the skill of the game
The size and weight of the golf bal
had to be regulated, and it now look,
as if the officials will have to take
some action to prevent freak clubs
being put onto the market. All O.
these things, as Whitney stated, tend ts
do away with the skill of great game
Louis Costello, the popular little pro
fesslonal of the Quogue, L. l., club, whC
, is conducting winter school at the
, Astor Hotel announced last night thai
he had arranged to have Walter Hagen
ex-National champion, Tom Kerrigan
Of the Siwanoy club. and George Nc.
Lean, Of Grassy Sprain, give an exhibi
ton Of golf play at his school on Mon.
day afternoon. The performance
which is somewhat Of q novelty. will
start at p. II.
Jim Rice, noted coach Of the Colum
bia University crews, dropped in on US
last evening and during the course of
the conversation the subject of golf
was mentioned.
Golf game, what do you mean ?'
questioned Rice, and then, continuing.
said: "Deliver me from that sport,
Last summer q fellow took me out to
see an exhibition between those Eng
lish stars and two American PLAYERS,
| followed the crowd around trying to
figure out what it was ali about. And
do you know there is one question about
that game ! have never learned; will
you tell me--who is supposed to be
the athlete, the player or the caddie %