Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1910 — ASKS FOR NEW GOLF “SPOTS” [ARTICLE]

ASKS FOR NEW GOLF “SPOTS”

Follower of Game Wants Far West to Have Occasional National Tourney—ln East Too Often.

Picific coast and middle-western golfers are agitating strongly the holding of the national amateur championship in other sections of the country than in the east, as they have been torso long. They declare the holding of The tournament in New York or New Jersey or in the New England states has practically prohibited farwestern golfers from getting any chance to compete. It is advocated that in four years of tournaments two of them should be held in the middle west alternated with one of the Atlantic and one of the Pacific coast. This, they believe, will make it posslble for golfers from all over the country to compete in the tourneys. There is a general feeling of dissatisfaction in the west with the conduct of all forms of athletics and this has at length spread to golf. The effect of this is seen in all sports. In track athletics the east conceded the national championships to New Orleans this year and the event is sure to go next season either to Chicago or San Francisco. In other sports the viewpoint has changed. Franklin B. Morse, in the Golfers’ Magazine, advocates the need of more representative tourneys. His opinion coincides with that of other western players, and experts in this division of the country think he has some grounds for complaint.