New-York tribune., 1911-01-21
GOLF SKIES STILL DARK
Arch DiSturber OF the West Once
More on Rampage.
THROWS DOWN GAUNTLET
Higgins Says Further Attempt to
Wave the Olive Branch Is a
Howling Farce.

OH tDt Boli Hoii|ol' At tHe annual meeting
OF the Western Golf Association, to be
held tonight, the proposition to change the
Golf Association" remove all geographical
lines and go It alone will be taken up with
renewed vigor.
Crafts W. Higgins, regarded by many
golfers as the arch disturber, is once more
on the rampage. thoroughly disguised, so
he declares, with the work accomplished
by the United States Golf Association al
it's annual meeting a week ago An idea
Of how Mr.. Higgins feels at present may be
gathered from the following. which is part
OF a letter received from him by the writer
OF all the bunk ever perpetrated, l think
the recent United States Golf Association
! action takes the cake. Ii is neither hsh
flesh nor good red herring. II won 100
the Western Golf Association expdnsloHISth
the least bit. was on thS IenSe' I'm 4" te tea
strong leanngs to give the United states
Golf Association one more chance 10 De ~
But / am so dlsgusted with the puslllahI. =
nous attempt TO fool US 10y leadims pSop1, bn,
! 10 think they did something they dld NOV
do that | am now an out-and-out AheilCait
Golf Association man. 1T is now n,li3n ~
fight as | think any further atIetIpI, ~
wave olive branches would pc nov III LII
! farce II is no compliment TO our lntelll
rence to think we can be worked for tht
she'll game-that we are punch ol su'h
erS.
IN tho opinion Of Mr.. Higgins the west
ern Golf Association Is an organization ia'
hotter formed to secure real American
code than the United States Golf Associa'
t,on He contends that the former i
mora actually representative; that IL ls
NOT dominated by few autocrats and
that IT is possible to appoint a special com
mittee TO draft the rules, capable OF dolhs
tho work. This last is provided for IN the
section OF the Western Golf Association
which reads: .
..The board of governors shall appoint
such special committees and delegate u
!: them such powers a. may be deemed au'
yisable.' Ill.
Tho first section Of the same article
gives the directors this power in THESE
words: ,hts
..The control and management OF TINS
! loeeociation and OF its affairs and propeIIS -
ebau he intrusted to board or directors
composed, etc" ,-..o,,
u,,ob correspondence between Leighton
CaIkine and Mr.. Higgins seemed for
,in,e as likely TO bring about the tanning
! pY
ceived by the president Of the Plaihhe'd
5 Co,,,trv Club has changed the aspect
comnletely. and now even Mr.. Calklns mas
about given up hope Of being ao'e 10 N.ef
rho restless element in line much lohs l.
The letter from Mr.. Higgins 10 NJ Oa'
lins reads In part as felo"s'
hardly think it necessary now % lS9,fRcpyi; TTpii;;
10 your criticism that II would pe uI I'M =,
for me TO maintain the ptopoSinT,,osnn Tnertain
nv recent article that the clau9o "ar
jnS, to form and make OF CLUBS IL ilot p.i, ~
OF the rules for the action taAen a. ~
: meeting on Saturday nlghI nI,a maI me- "S cIr,b
/ cIsSIse relating to form and MAKE VL VLCteta -
q a mart of the United states GoIL aS9OU,TT ay','aT
e ton rules. According TO What M naI fonfnot
q told me however, TINS clause Ihe heiigis,, -
and INTERPRETATION and also the TeVlSioih ~ a.
= ~ .Ilc srst naragraph of Rule l are not ~
vet any of them a part Of the ST AnGIS
= r1Iies But not for the reason th
: stated I'm nv article. According " Ss.tt S.t
T hyiays Of the Royal and Ancient, an eX.T,
s i1g ruIe cannot be amended except WIN ,,,n en
3 approval OF two-thlrds FotS , Hat 90 Reel
, eral meeting Of the clHo. ,snns nay i,St 81 ruIe
G hos been solely the action or the ruleS y
= the golf committee. and thls mas mO' oS IN.
been ratified at a genera! HIoeGGd6 HHIIoeGGn66sIG toI,
cIub-at least, that Is what NdCuof,aiH f' ~,
e mo on Saturday night. IhereIott ~
e United States Golf Association i III @ -,
position of having adopted me ruieS HTrrnott
2 and here before they have actuaIS Oe''
r'sde rules by the Royal and Ancient
The United States Golf Associate ma
attempted ,dSse 10 PefS9 use the PERSONAL tern
J merely as the sef-constltuted spokeS2iitaahi
, Of certain Western men. know that % hac
! donald, Ward and John heid are noyv noy Ina
, Eates Helner and some other NtsleIl
. men who we're at the meeting were hot Sdt
sed certainly ,Hn inIted d states Golf Assoca
: tion. How you feel OF course 90 no
know. , 49,, e,- bo,,or 10
the GOOD of the game in this country an,
also eyervwhere else, and would nave peer
a%tinr i'm a much more dignihed manner
had the United States, Golf AsSoclaIlo'
amended Section y and its bylaws as
Surgested This FOR the reason that uhue
the bylaw as il read before Whatever &C
tion was taken by the Royal ana Ancieh
became Immediately operative as far as tl
I-nited States Golf Association was con
p I am am frank to confess tnat am thor
oughlv disgustcd with the action OF th'
rited states Golf Association last Satur
day night II IS neither one thing nor th'
othe- They have apparently attempted Y
currv favor with everybody, ana an
inclined 10 think, when people UNDERSTAND
lust what was done. that their acton WI
please NOBODY
When seen a. his office Yesterday Mr.
CaII,ins stated that he had replied 10 Mr.
yIgeins's letter. hut had refrained from
nointing out a number Of msstatements
Tho first named merely contcnted himself
, with expressing regret over this lates
D stand on the part OF the Westerner, anC
added that he CMr Calkins) deemed II fal
more advisable to continue 20 work along
on harmonious lines in an endeavor u
bring about the desired results, even Il
what had already been accomplished va!
not all that could be desired.
When Robert c. Watson, secretary Of the
United States Golf Association, was told
Yesterday afternoon. OF the impending
trouble in the West II was with difficulty
that he kept his composurc.
, what does this man Higgins want, and
what is he sore about, anyway" said Mr.
watson. I'VE have our rules. The inter.
rretatlon over which there is so much talA
was drafted 10 let in the Schenectady
putter. Nobody puts with a mallet As
FOR tho b6ge rules. that matter was left
IN the executive committee 10 take up with
81 Andrews. Personally, / hope the pro-
posed bogie code viii be thrown out We
,baye troubles enough as II is. Let IN,
hogie rules be kept local. / suppose by anc
by some one will want us TO adopt a set OF
rules for moonlight golf"
rrcppc pIAV CORNELL upPC