The New York herald., 1922-05-22
MUNICIPAL GOLF TO
HAVE Big TOURNEY
U. s. G. A. Will Stage Public
Links Championship at
Toledo in August.
BY KERR N. PETRIE.

the United States Golf Association Is
given in the announcement from the
headquarters OF that body that a ma
tionai championship for public links
players Is to be added to the schedule.
The plan has been in the minds of the
officials for long time, but only now
with the creation of q subcommittee on
municipal golf has 1t been found possi-
BILE to bring the scheme to fruition.
James D. Standish. Jr. chairman OF
the subcommittee in question. has Of
fered a permanent trophy, and the ten
tative arrangement for the first cham
pionship calls for gathering at To-
ledo. Ohio. August 2S to 81. Toledo.
incidentally. deserves this honor mas
much as the pdblic links phase of golf
probably has developed there more rap
idly than anywhere else in the country.
At present, owing to the efforts of the
indefatifable s. p. Jermain. Toledo II
pushing through plan for four
course arrangement in its public parks.
The national public links champion
ship would be under the recognized con-
ditions Of title play. starting with q
thirty-six hole qualifying test and pro-
ceeding thereafter through the elimina-
It is bound to be 6nly a question Of
time before q tourney OF this sort draws
q really national representation. Public
links are springing up In all directions.
At tho present time Chicago leads the
list with nine public courses. Toledo
has four. Indianapolis. Buffalo, Milwau-
kee. Cincinnati and New York three
each: Des Moinea Cleveland, Minneap-
oils, Washington. st. Louis. Boston and
Seattle have two each, while In Denver,
Philadelphia. San Francisco. Los An
gelea Pittsburgh, Detroit and many
other cities there Is at least one public
circuit set aside for the populace.
Regulations for Tourney.
Naturally championship Of the kind
will require close supervision. It win
entail a vast amount Of work Mr..
Standish has drafted tho following con-
ditions regulating the competition. which
have been approved by the u. s. G. A.
executive committee.
Exhibit A. First-The right to compete
Is limited to amateurs who have not
violated any Of the provisions of the
bylaws as set forth in Section Z, de-
fining amateur standing. except that any
person who may have been guilty OF a
violation thereof and who has been duly
reinstated as therein provided. may from
the time Of such reinstatement only be
deemed an amateur.
'Seccnd-No amateur shall be allowed
to play unless he Is a duly registered
player.
"Third-No amateur shall be allowed
to compete who is a member of or enjoys
the privileges Of q private club main
tanning and supporting its own course
or which is Q member Of the U. S. G. A.
"Fourth-Each person to whom regis
tYation is granted shall receive q card
on which shall be plainly written his
name and the date OF expiration OF his
registration.
ssFifth-Sectional subcommittees In
such districts rs are deemed desirable
shall be appointed by the u. 8. G. A.
public links committee. and such COM
mittees shall receive. examine and de-
eide upon all applications for registra-
ton and ISSUE cards as provided in
Section 6: provided however that the
public links committee of the U. 8. G. A.
reserves the right to revoke such reg
istratfon.
Register for One Year.
"sixth--An applications for registra-
ton must be signed by the applicant ana
accompanied by a fee of one dollar Such
registration shall be in force for one
year from date, and to renew Same a
new application must be made.
"Seventh-The conditions, time and
place of play shall be determined upon
by the municipal links committee of the
II. q. @. A., subject to the approvaa OF
the executive committee.
"Eighth-The winner of the competi-
ton shall be the amateur public links
champion for the year. He shall receive
a gold medal and the Standish cup shall
be held for that year by the district from
which the winner shall be entered. The
runner UP shall receive q silver medal"
Exhibit B" provides that each regis
tered player shall receive a copy OF the
rules and etiquette Of golf. together with
q short treatise telling of the history and
traditions of the game. IT shall be the
duty of the sectional committees to ar
range for the display of literature at all
public courses in their districts and to
Distribute such data as are sent them to
the proper authorities In charge Of such
courses. The out of pocket money ex-
penses Of competitors in II. s. q. A..
events may be paid by the district they
represent or by the section holding the
championship. Such regularly registered
players as meet the current eligibility
list requirements may be invited by the
executive committee OF the U. s. q. A. to
compete for the national amateur cham
pionship. The bulletin of the green sec
ton OF the ". s. @. A. shall be fur
nished gratis to all public courses
through the sectional committee.
SIX Registration Committees.
Under Exhibit c" provision Is made
for six registration committees. sec
tionally divided into the Pacific Coast.
West. Middle West. Central. East and
New England divisions. The Pacific Coast
takes In Los Angeles. Seattle and San
Francisco, with headquarters at the
last named city; the West includes Des
Moines, Denver, Minneapolis and st.
Louis with headquarters at st. Louis !;
the Middle West section takes in Chi
cago, Detroit, Toledo, Indianapolis and
Milwaukee. with headquarters IN Chicago ;
the Central section includes Cleveland.
Buffalo. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh, with
headquarters In Cleveland. and the East
takes In Washington. Philadelphia. New
York and Baltimore. with headquarters
In New York. while the New England
committee will have headquarters In
Boston.
Westchester-Biltm ore Opening.
John NICE Bowman OF the westches-
ter-Biltmore Country Club, Rye. N. r..
has planned a very ambitious opening
Thursday, May q. The feature oOthe
days golf will be four ball match In
which Walter Hagen, Jim Barnes. T.
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