The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-10
Knickerbocker Club Is Formed
and Now Ma and Pa Look
Alike on Links.
BY KERR n. PETRIE.

Should you happen TO be golfing in
lot OF embarra ssment IL on going out
of morning and noting the slow couple
ahead in tweeds and Knockers you take
a second glance down the course before
yielding to the temptation to send ball
hurting after them. Things are not
| always what they seem. That couple
clutterng up the field and running your
game because of the swaits entaled may
look exactly like the pair who sat IN
and took away all the luck in the poker
game the night before, but there is also
chance that they are only couple Of
members of the women's "knickerbocker
golf club" out tor a round
In an age where anything is possible
II may not be surprising TO find that
there are women golfers brave enough to
vote for the Punishment of the skirt.
The new club has come into being in
Washington. d. c., and, as 1t only re-
duires start in such matters. very
likely 1t will not be long before the fair
ones in the--ahem !-skirtless suits are
found scattered all over the South.
Whether the fashion will spread to the
Northern playing fields by another sea-
son Is Just one of those grand things
that make future rosy and worth while.
That the fair devotees of the ceek
have not donned the new apparel merely
for the sake of making themselves con-
spicuous they demonstrated last Sunday
when they held a tournament over the
links of the Bannockburn Golf Club.
There were eight starters, all arayed
according 20 the constitution and by
laws. and while eight may not seem to
be a large number, there is no telling
how big the field might have been had
the tailor been able to outfit in time for
the founders tourney all who have taken
out membership cards.
II Is worth while noting that most
Of the contestants spoke in glowing
terms Of the new golf garb. many Of
them declaring that despite the fact
that they felt bit self-conscious for
start they never played better nor scored
80 low since they had been at the game.
Attached to the actual scores made there
is good deal of mystery. The secre-
tary of neighboring club, mere man,
had CALAMITY volunteered to handle the
tourney. but when the women returned
from their round this individual had
vanished. scoreboard and all. Whether
he had taken to the woods or merely
gone off to buy pair of colored glasses
has not been divulged.
u. s. G. A. Meeting Too Late.
While II can be said that the East
and the Eastern press are solidly be-
hind the United States Golf Association
in its coming struggle with the Western
Golf Association n has to be admitted
that there are times when tho national
body does not show the best OF judy
ment or go out of its way to find out
what Is likely to best suit others. Any
one who gives a moments consideration
TO the matter must realize that with
so much to be discussed by the dele
gates this time It is a glaring mistake
to schedule the annual meeting for as
late as :45. When matters in the golf
world are going smoothly II Is some
times possible to dispose OF the selection
OF courses and other miscellaneous busi-
ness in about an hour. but II this time
the adjournment is called In time for
those who are intrusted with the bust
ness of disseminating the news to tell the
full story to all who want to hear there
will be much Joy IN the camp.
When deciding on the time for the
annual meeting 1t would have been well
II the executive committee had given
some consideration to the thousands
upon thousands of golfers who will not
attend the gathering at the Waldorf but
who nevertheless are just as keenly in
terested In what will be accomplished
and said there as those who do attend.
1t might have been thought that the
u. S. G.. A. had learned its lesson during
the hearing of the case of Francis
Ouimet several years ago when after
late start the meeting went right on into
the small hours of the morning with the
result that thousands waiting outside