The Washington herald., 1922-01-19
new ORGANIZATION
WILL Be KNOWN AS
NDIANSPRINCCL
Radical Changes Adopted
In First Annual
Meeting. <
By GORDON SHAND.


The silver Spring Golf Club. the
newest entry into the links game
IN Washington. is no more. In its
place rises the Indian Spring Club,
new association. which win abb
sorb the Silver Spring Club. Incl
dentally. the cheapest golf PROPOSE
tion ever offered to Washington
links enthusiasts is the result.
These radical changes were the
outcome of the first annual meet
ing of the Silver Spring Club held
last night in the offices Of the
Rialto Theater.
Under the new plan, geo members
of the Silver Spring Club will be
admitted to associate membership
In the Indian Spring Club. with no
Initiation fee and no assessments
q any kind. save for the payment
OF 500 yearly dues. Associate
members will be granted all club
privileges. The membership Of the
Silver Spring Club Is at present 102.
The total membership in the Indian
Spring Club will be limited to 800.
The change in name Is due large
ly to, the fact that the course Is
not actually located at Silver Spring,
but at a nearby spot, the site of the
famous Indian Spring.
It was announced last night that
from . to IL holes Of the new
course win be ready, by April 1,
and IL Is planned to- complete the
club house by July l at a cost OF
about s35,000
Donald Ross. the golf architect.
In charge Of the construction of the
course, now has sixty men and
twenty teams on the job Mr.. Ross
has stated the entire course may
be ready by April 1. but that to
give the, new grass a chance, play
will nod be advisable on certain
holes until September.
The next meeting of the club
/, will be held a week from tonight
in the offices of r. II. Yeatman in
the Munsey Building for the pur-
pose Sof Strengthening out matters
concerning the absorption of the
original club by the new Indian
Spring organization.
For the first time in its history,
that get together spirit, all for one
and one for all, seems to be a fact
in United States Golf Association
circles From all reports IL is evil
dent that after the address made by
Howard F. Whitney, the retiring
president, prior to the annual meet
ing in Chicago last week. represen-
tatfves of the various sectional as
sociations realized more fully than
ever what had been and what was
being accomplished by the parent
body.
Unless all signs fail. the western
Golf Association is in hearty accord
with the efforts of the national or
ganization- One of the points
brought out by Whitney was the
necessity for sectional cooperation,
and he also made IL clear thar the
line between amateurs and profess
SIGNALS is now more clearly defined
than ever because of the decision of
the executive committee to the ef-
fect that the acceptance of golf
balls, clubs or golf merchandise by
an amateur from manufacturers or
dealers gratis Is an act detrimental
10 the best interests of the game,
and a player violating this rule will
be considered ineligible to compete
In the amateur championship"
According to reports. the main
theme of Whitney's address was
that the aim of contestants in the
title event should be that of honor
and glory. and not that of merely
using the championship for indi-
rect financial gam.
Up in New England, many of the
tournaments scheduled for 1929 are
Oh the amateur-professional order.
form of tourney which proved
very popular last year. This Is n
scheme which might go well here,
but for the fact that Freddy Nc
Leod would just about clean up
everything in sight With the ex-
ception of Freddy, some few of the
local amateurs could give Washing
tons pros a very satisfactory run
for their money.