The New York herald., 1921-11-15
]. F. BYERS NAMED
AS NEW GOLF HEAD
Pittsburgher VIII Succeed
Howard f. Whitney, Who
Refuses denomination.
By KERR n. PETRIE.

| Having sent it's amateur champion
ship this year farther West than II ever
had been before, st seems fitting that
the United States Golf Association
should look in that direction for its next
president. The fact that Il should be
necessary to choose a new chief execu-
tive FOR 1922 Will be surprise to most
for IL has been customary TO give the
president OF the national golf body a
second term. This time, however, How
ard +. whitney has declared himself as
against remaining in office, and there
has been nothing left for the committee
but TO cast about for successor to the
Nassau Country Club man. The selee-
tion quite naturally has fallen upon j.
Frederic Byers of the Allegheny Country
Club, Pittsburgh. who for the last two
years has been one of the vice-presidents
of the association.
1t was the desire of the nominating
committee TO have Mr. Whitney. serve
another year. but, like George III. kalker
OF St Louis, who resigned last spring,
he finds that business requires the time
that he would otherwise have to give TO
golf affairs. Iinksmen indeed are
under Il deep debt of gratitude to Whit
ney. inasmuch as he has been in office
continuously since 1916, the first six
years Oh HIS SlcNaAOShaP AA~N1AA5 pNSii
spent as secretary.
There is also to be change OF secre-
taries Wynunt p. Vanderpool OF Morris
County having been nominated for the
vice-presidency along with Robert a.
Gardner of Onwentsia, Chicago, renomi-
mated. Cornelius s. Lee of Tuxedo has
been named to take Vanderpoors place,
while Edward S. Moore of the National
Links will be the new treasurer.
Tho above named officers and the fol-
lowing will serve on the executive com
mittee: Roger d. Lapham of San Fran
cisco; John Lemist. Denver; James d.
Standish, Jr.. Detroit; Alan Z. Wilson
Merton; Thomas Il. Paine, Atlanta; Aza-
rah T. Burlington. Fall River; Albert L.
Locke, Brac Burn, and Bonner Miller,
ST Louis.
This is the first ticket nominated un-
der the changed constitution. which pro-
vides that six of the executive commit
tee must be members of State, sectional
or recognized associations. The six are
Gardner Lapham, Lemist. Standish,
Burlington and Miller. and they repre-
sent the Chicago district, California,
rans-Mississippi Michigan State. Inter
collegiate and Missouri Golf associations.
Than this 1t would be difficult to have a
wider geographical distribution, as on
A. now are representatives of such golf
ing districts and sections as Boston,
metropolitan. Philadelphia. west Penn
sylvanla, Michigan. Southern. st. Louis,
Chicago. Missouri Trans Mississippi and
California.
James A. Stillman, chairman of the re-
firing nominating committee, has an
nounced the 1923 committee as follows
James IT, Burke. Oakmont David Nc.
Alpin I'd. National Links; Walter j..
Ross, Inverness; II. Chandler Egan,
Waverly, and w. Stauffer. Audubon.
At an executive meeting OF the
Women's Metropolitan Golf Association
the following members wore selected
TO serve on the nominating committee:
Long Island district, Mrs. G. u. Smith
ers, chairman, Nassau; Mrs. G.. NJ.
Heckscher. Piping Rock: New Jersey
district. Mrs. Charles Fowler, Baltusrol.
and Mrs. M. d. Paterson, Englewood
Westchester district. Mrs. J. J. Thom-
son, Swanoy.
The members OF this committee will