The New York herald., 1921-02-17
W.G.A. PRESIDENT TO
HELP RUN j. S. G. A..
Wilbur Fl. Brooks Accepts APP
pointment on National Golf
Executive Committee.
4 NEW MEMBERS NAMED
A. L. Walker, Jr., Roger D.
Lapham and John R. Le-
mist Are the Others
By KERR N. PETRIE.

With the addition OF Roger D. Lap
Of Denver and Wilbur II. Brooks to the
executive committee of the United
states Golf Association. no longer can
the Western Golf Association charge
that the national organization Is not
as truly representative OF the West as
st Is OF the East. The three in ques-
tsoa. together with A. L. Walker, Jr..1 Of
New York. president OF the Intercol-
iegtate Golf Association. have been
added to the executive committee In
accordance with the decision arrived at
some time prior to the last annual meet
ing to amend Article " OF the consti-
tuition SO that 1t should read as fol-
lows:
There shall be an executive COM
inttee consisting of FIVE officers of the
association and eight others. They
shall by membership therein represent
thirteen different active clubs In the
association. They shall be elected by
ballot at the annual meeting of the
association each year and shall hold
Office for one year and until Their sue
cessors are chosen
That the United States Golf Associa-
tion has chosen wisely cannot be denied.
for Mr.. Lapham is president of the Cali
fornia Golf Association, Mr.. Lemist
president of the Trans Mississippi Coli
Association and Mr.. Wilbur III. Brooks
lead of the once belligerent Western
Golf Association and one of those who
not so very long ago was busy telling
tie world as well as all OF the golfers
III Chicago that the United States Golf
association was incapable OF controlling
the game In the United States since it
did not seem to know that 1t was neces-
sary to have set OF rules different
from those in use in Great Britain. be-
cause of the wide difference in the cli-
matte conditions of the two countries.
Although asked tc state specifically
just where the conditions were enough
at variance to make necessary two diff
ferent sets of rules or how he happened
10 come by such knowledge Mr.. Brooks
was silent When reminded that golfers
familiar with conditions abroad had
spoken with enthusiasm of the Lido
links at Long Beach. wind. turf and
other matters considered, being almost
the exact counterpart of some of the
famous British seaside golfng stretches.
he still had nothing to say. However
now that Mr.. Brooks has been made
member Of the u. s. G. A. executive
committee golfers will be interested to
note the change that will manifest It
self In the national association when it
begins to feel the influence of that pro-
found golang wisdom on which the
Western Golf Association so greatly
prides itself. Mr.. Brooks like Messrs
Lemist. Lapham and Walker. has made
formal acceptance of the appointment.
With the additions the United States
Golf Association becomes as truly a
representative organization as II would
be possible to make II. The president.
secretary and treasurer are from New
York. one of the vice-presidents from
Pittsburg and the other from Chicago
while on the executive committee. as IL
stood before the change. was a golfer
from Boston, another from New Or
leans. a third from Philadelphia and
still fourth from Detroit. Add to that
the presidents of the California, Trans
Mississippi. intercollegiate and Western
associations. and the result is dainty
dish 10 set before a king--or even the
Western Golf Association.