New-York tribune., 1920-12-02
Tip Regarding g
Coming Classic
Given at Dinner
Feast in Honor of Jim
Barnes Results in a
Wonderful Golf Rally
By Ray Mccarthy

While munchng food at the expense
Of the Pelham Country Club at a re.
ception and dinner given last night in
honor OF Jim Barnes, recently signed
as the clubs first professional, we got
the tip that the national open golf
championship would be held in the
Metropolitan district next year. This
may not be news to some lnasmuch as
the East is due to get the event next
summer. But Phlladelph,a is in the
field for the tournament, and is going
to bid for it at the annual meeting cf
the U. S. G. A. However, our inform
ant assured Us that it was practically
certain the meet would be held in this
district.
And now word or two about the
Pelham club and the fine dinner it
gave its guests last evening. Some 800
men we're there. colored jazz band, a
couple of Scottish pagpipers, several
imported jokers and several other self
appointed and impromptu jokers and
speakers.
jim Barnes himself, of course, was
present, dollcd up in tuck ct al, and
received a splendid ovation. In fact
no other PRO" probably ever received
so warm welcome by his members
as Long Jim got from the Pelham
golfers last night. He was called on
to make o speech, which he did with
neatness and dispatch albeit he WAS
considerably flustered
Our own opinion of the Pelham or
gaAlzation and its members is that it
is live crowd, q good bunch of demo-
cratic fellows, who will be heard from
given time, and who impress one by
their good fellowship. They are leav-
ing nothing undone to make this club
one Of the best in the country, and
according to Devereux Emmett. Jim
Barnes and others, who have been over
the course, it contains many good holes.
The members have a neat clubhouse of
the cozy kind, which is nevertheless
spacious enough for dances and recep-
tions
The first two hundred members have
already been enrolled and a start has
been made on the last and third hun
dred. 1t is expected that the member
ship limit Will be reached before the
next season rolls around. and that a
waiting list will be in order. Devereux
LllH!et, VINO IS constructing the course,
promises to have it ready in the spring
Golfers here in the North are busy
preparing fer the flight to the Sunny
South. Most Of the star professionals
will be among the pilgrims tha. will
migrate Southward, and it is expected
there will be plenty of keen competi-
ton for the various tournament titles
to be distributed below the Mason
Dixon. line.
Pinehurst, Palm Beach, Ormond, ST.
Augustine and Miami are making ex-
tensive preparations for one of the
biggest golf seasons ever. while sew
eral resorts on the Pacific Coast are
also planning big doings in golf this
year.
Leo Deigel and Eddie Loos, the two
young Chicago pros" will make trip
to the Coast next month 70 spend the
winter, while Jim Barnes. Tom ker
riean, Tom Mcnamara, Walter Hagen
and many other stars will 90 South to
compete in the various tourname ments.
The Hagen Barnes matches featured
the competition in the South last
winter, and these two viii meet again
this year in several individual matches
es we'll as in regular tournament COM
petition.