The members disapprove. They will cut him dead. The social compact at the club level doesn't have to be written down and voted upon. It is an automatic, self-regulating mechanism which always works. But co-editor Mike Orgill seems to have found a genuinely valid reason for showing some colour on the court.
White trousers are impossible to find in American clothing stores.
This is a crisis for traditionalists like me who eschew the wearing of shorts. I do not exhibit my hairy legs on the croquet lawn, and I do not wish to view the hairy legs of my opponents. For me, white shorts are not an option. I first caught a glimmer of the crisis last summer when I shopped for whites to replace my increasingly shabby collection. I went to all the reliable suppliers, from Walmart to Target, Mervyns to Macys, Banana Republic to The Gap, Nordstrom to Brooks Brothers.