El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-06
UNITED STATES GOLF
ASSN AND WESTERNERS
ARE At OUTS AGAIN

; NEW YORK Nov. s.-Just prior 70
f1N Uncle Sans entry into the world
war. relations between the Western
{ Golf association and the United States
Golf association had become a trifle
strained.
There were rumors going the
rounds that the western body would
demand certain moves on tbs part
OF the e. S. G. A. which. II not made.
would result IN an open break be-
tween the parent body and the vest
iern association Plans actually were
formulated for widening The scope Of
Z the Western Golf association In the
event Of a break with the national
body and OF taking in clubs not only
{ Of various districts in this country
{ but also OF Canada. When the war
came the Western Golf association
I pigeonholed the whole business.
Not Good for Game.
Now reports are coming from the
middle west that the unrest IS APP
parent once more. In some quarters
these reports are not taken seriously.
while in others they are considered
purely in the light Of a spirit Of golf
ing radicalism in the west which
must be fought for the good OF golf
There O. rot nearly the amount
Of rudIcuIism IN the middle west
and west that many Eoifers in
the east imasine. While 10 WAS
in some sense n radical move on
the part OF the Western Golf as
ISOLATION 10 abolish the stymie, "a
was on the other hand, doing
only what % percent Of the golf
ers east and west do in their rri-
waite matches and what many Of
them uEree TO do in tournament
competition unless in some chum-
nloushin where the rules OF the
event require that the stymle be
played.
Plan Net Inconsistent.
The fact Of the matter is that iu
the year that francis Ouimet won the
western amateur championship the
men behind the movement for broad
ening Of the scope Of the Western
Goif association contemplated such a
move only in the event OF inability
70 bring about certain reforms in the
United States Golf association. and
enc OF those reforms was TO have the
parent body more representative.
They could not see any COM
mqE sense IN situation where a
minority Of active clubs alone
having the right 10 vote IN the
United States Golf association
annual meeting and the allied
clu1as which are IN the majority
being obliged to accept their de-
cisiOns-
Why there should be two classes
OF membership in the organization
today IS one Of the things known
only 10 those guiding thedesunles oil
the parent organization The only
distinction between the two, appar-
emily, is that one set pays SO year
and the other $50. In other words,
10 IS equivalent 70 an arrangement
OF suffrage whereby the man Whe
goes 70 the polls and can afford $50
for the privilege OF voting gets the
vote, while the other man, lacking in
the wherewithal, can only 90 as FAR
as the polls and see how his Weather
netgnbor votes and what the effect
Of the vote Is going 20 be on him .
Fee Could he Cut.
II the United States Golf associa-
ton needed the extra SO there
might be some reason in the arrange
ment5 but there are so many clubs
nual fee could be cut 10 $50. OF even
SIS, hat rate. and class all clubs as
active without putting the organtza-
ton in any Danger OF penury.
There has been the feeling for sew
eral years past that the United States
Golf association is not representative
because Of its mem uerEhiD claEEifica-
ton. and there also has been the feel
ing in certain quarters that the va
rious minor EolflnE associations
should ali be affiliated with the par
ent body. II there Is any stir in
middle western circles today n doubt
Dissatisfaction ever the nonrepre-
sentative character OF the United
States Golf association. II IS quite