The New York herald., 1922-10-16
Vets OverWhelna Drys in
Battle on Nassau Links
Win Team Match Fl to 9, but Fail to Change Club
Emblem From Acorn to Demijohn Despite
Glorious Victory.
BY KERR y. PETRIE

Often is the remark heard these days
that the Eighteenth Amendment has de-
stroyed many old time phases of metro
politan life. Members OF the Nassau Coun-
try Club of Glen Cove can affirm they
know for a positive fact that it has dis
rupted the usual calm and quiet of Mott
street and Hester street" and has on
occasion turned these garment strewn
tboroughfares between the rows of steel
lockers into a double barreled bedlam,
with red or blue ribbons in their lapels
and chanting variously and with malice
prepense of the old oaken bucket or the
little brown jug of hallowed memory.
Such a scene as that described was
enacted last Saturday. About noon men
began to turn the corner Of Mott and
Hester streets at high speed and on one
wheel Coming in from the city by train
or from the surrounding countryside by
automobile they deployed rapidly to these
remote recesses where on golfing days
they hang up their hats, discard the
business suit for the tweed knickers and
shake the street shoes for the hobnailed
brogans of the links.
Off in dark corners of Mott and Hes
ter streets they soon were whispering
darkly in groups One could catch such
snatches as aqua pura. Aqua pura
Rah ! rah. rah Hurrah for the old
village pump!" or again, "Ah, just let
me smell that cork again. 1t arouses all
my fighting instincts. oh, what we'll do
to those fellows -
Like n Tong Wnr.
An innocent bystander attracted TO
Nassau by the invitation tournament
final became alarmed. 1t looked like
the dark doings before the outbreak of
tong war or gathering of irrecon-
ciIables in the hills of Fermoy.
Under a towel rack dived the inno-
cent bystander. The noise and clamor
grew. Leaders came in and tagged their
men with red or blue ribbon and were
cheered vociferously
Water" came defiant shout from
Mott street.
"Likker e, called back all Hester
street Hard lkker. Or at least light
wines and beer -
Grape juice Is strong enough"
bah Tell it to the canary birds and
the white mice!"
Cheers and groans intermingled as the
orator of Mott street mounted bench.
Listen, fellows" he said, this will
stop them: With water. water every
where you'll always get drink ="
But it didn't. From Hester street
came the ready rejoinder: Keep the
water in it's place and pour it down the
sink -
Just as It seemed that the reds and
blues were about to fall upon each other
! with flashing niblicks a signal was given
and out upon the links the rival armies
poured. utterng their shrieks OF battle ::
"Dry, Wet" Dry" Wet!
AS he crawled from his hiding place,
shaken and pale. the innocent bystander
encountered Sam. who has had charge
Of the Nassau locker room from away
back.
Sam Gets a Scare.
"Oh. 'scuse me-" said Sam. who was
armed with an old shoe. "Ah was jes
ayoin' to throw this at yoh haid. /
thought you was one of these fellows
! comm back. All was hidin' under the
mex. rack to yours. Ma goodness, an
never had such scare since ah've been
at Nassau and that's since the links was
jes a little putin course. All cahn't al
les been a father for five weeks. No.
sub. this is no time for a father that
young to be takin' no chances
whats de trubble. you asks? Huh
All know what's de trubble, all rightly.
Volsteadisms de trubble ah specs, cause
ah never saw dem act like dat betoh'
You see they lect n new praisident to-
night. Mr.. Robert f. Dwight it's to be
for Mr. Howard +. Whitney IL used 10
be that they jes had match beween
Mott street and Hester street an let u
go at that. Now it's VETS ana Drys
and they wear red a"d blue ribbons.
les look at them out there prancin' up
and down like the horses over at the
PIPING Rock show"
Sam ran his eye down the teams.
"Mistah Whitney's de captain oh de
Vets an Nistah Dwight is de captain
OBJ de Drys Huh And VIII yo' 1es
look who dey's got on their team. VIII
yo' les look at Mr.. william l.. Hicks
playin first man on de Drys. with MT.
Dwight and Mr.. Gardiner White wearin
a blue ribbon and playing second An
IL there isn't Mr. Findlay Douglas. the
president of the Metropolitan Golf AS
sociation. adm an abettin' Mr.. Whit
pey. An Mr.. w. RI. Nichols. Jr Wet.
an Mr.. c. y. Smithers. who owns banks
an oil wells an things. An. well. II
there isn't Mistah w. " Hester. who
owns newspaper Lordy! lordy
right down there with the Vets" Sam
threw up his hands.
"But now theresa funny one. Mistah
Harrison NJ. Christ among the Drys. an
he's the managing editor Of Mr.. Hes
tcr's paper. That looks like leg on
beth sides oh de fence, but 'spose it's
the privilege OF managing editor to
be dry.
MaxweIIs Are Divided.
"If ALI might say so. there appears TO
he too many oh de Maxwels among the
Wets-Howard. Jr., and John II. But
wait. that's good Howard. Sr., Is
Dry. An will yo' jes look. for lands
sakes. among the Drys J. r. Coles Tap
pan and that man r. Mortimer Barnes
and D. A. Loring Jr. To tell de truth.
abs beginnin' to have my suspicious OF
this here whole Wet and Dry business.
There's sure something about 1t that
don't quite seem z nuwine."
Reports from Nassau are TO the effect
that Dwight was inducted into office on
Saturday night without anything more
untoward than n few hard looks from
the victorious VETS, who won the match
by the overwhelming score Of 81 to Q
"In view OF the outcome" said Mr.
Tappan later. at Is perhaps fortunate
that the points registered In the match
were not regarded as votes. else In our
beloved club there might now be n state.
Of confusion under a moist regime. We
did our best 10 vindicato our cause ac-
cording TO the methods suggested by