The New York herald., 1922-12-07
SOUTH WANTS GOLF
MEET, NOT MEETING
to Head Off Atlanta
for Championship Doomed
to Failure.
By KERR n. PETRIE.

There will be no gnashing Of teeth
or spilling of invective on the troubled
air in the city OF Atlanta. Ga. over the
spiriting away OF tho United States
Golf Association meeting to Pittsburgh.
There will be no lynching. no night rid
ing and no burning at the stake OF un-
happy Pittsburghers caugh. confess.ng
the fact
It appears that whatever culpability
there is connected with the case belongs
in its entirety to Atlanta's own repre-
sentative on the u. S. G. A. executive
committee. Thomas B. Paine. And the
miss-fire on the meeting in reality is
no miss-fro at all but a carefully con-
ceived piece OF business whereby At
ianta has calmly passed the package
on to Pittsburgh with the air of a man
who says: Here. old top. do have
banana. 1 don't eat en-
Moreover the feline Is out OF the
gunny sack about January weather In
the vicinity Of Peach Orchard street.
Weather In fact, Is the rock which has
diverted the oral golfing traffic toward
western Pennsylvania. There may be
large crystals of perfectly delightful!
black snow falling when the delegates
hack their way into Pittsburgh. IL
may be piling underfoot like pea coal
before a blast furnace. No one Is 70
worry II 1t does, not even II 1t is down
to zero. The North is the North and
Pittsburgh is Pittsburgh.
But consider the tender susceptloih-
ties of beauteous Atlanta which mas
passed up the annual meeting because
there ia a danger that In the month OF
January the weather may possibly be
trifie sour Alas and lackaday! In the
north the best thing that can happen 10
n golf meeting Is TO have the weather
not only sour but II possible IN tnal
blue-green moldy stage. Give Nortn-
erners a meeting under such aT1iable
auspices of weather and there is some
excuse for attending
For what other possible incentive can
there be for any one to attend a session
~ which the most thrilling action Is
taken when the secretary calls the roll
and the delinquent clubs through their
delegates trot UP to pay their annual
dues SO that they can sing in the Ay'
ay" chorus by way OF topping OH ioe
Of dry routine
Once Upon a Time.
There used to be some little tang or
pleasurable anticipation when the possi-
bility loomed OF having the courses
named for the national championships.
These are now selected year IN az
vance And II this is very praise
worthy scheme there also Is denying
that 1t sort of flattens out the annua,
| golf meeting In these peaceful days OF
oniescent and even docile sectional golf
associations.
To return to the hopes and Tears OF
Atlanta is to commend the sagacity and
strategy of the aforementioned Tnomas
B. Paine. It begins to look as II MT
Paine has heard the whisperings OF the
little bird that said that the one reason
why Atlanta would get the annual meet
| ing was that such plan would head OF
any nefarious attempt on. his part 10
land a national championship for the
city Of Bobby Jones. Not that any town
that rears a golfer of the qualities OF
Jones is not worthy to have champ
| ionship. However. It seems to be the be
| lief in high places that Atlanta Is too
| far from the beaten track to have any
| course that qualities In the champion
ship category.
Mr.. Paine knows that such an idea
actually does exist. He does not care SO
much for the meeting as for the champ
ionship. He would like the delegates
down there so he can take them around
and show them what Atlanta has to
| Orer IN the shape oI boii INNS -
uary he might not be able TO do this,
hence the sudden switch to Pittsburgh.
Mr.. Paine at the January session VIII
endeavor to have the following meetins 9
| transferred either to November or to
early spring. For he wants the dele
gates down there at time when he Will
be able to prove to them that they have
been under misapprehension In think
Ing that Atlanta is not fit and proper
..fo t,, oh, IN n national Il
pionship. :.
To alter the date OF the meeting II
will first be necessary to change the
constitution OF the United States Golf
Association. This Mr.. Paine Will en-
deavor TO do II he has to break leg.
And thus will the honorable member
from Atlanta meet stratagem with STRAIT
agem. Great work. Mr.. Paine! Great
work