The New York herald., 1922-11-21
PROS FAVOR JUNE
FOR GOLF TOURNEY
2. G. 4. viii Ask L. S. G. 4,
to Change Open Cham
pionship Date.
ny KERR v. PETRIE.

| Having spraddled all over the calen-
dar. from June to September. the pro-
fessonals have como TO the conclusion
that an carly season date is best for the
national open golf championship. The
matter was threshed out very thoroughly
yesterday at the annual executive COM
mittee meeting of the Professional Coli
ers Association held at the headquarters
of that organization, 366 Fifth avenue,
and by unanimous vote IL was decided
TO recommend to the United States Coli
Association that the tournament to be
staged next year at Inwood be played
In June.
While several considerations have lie I
up to this request there is little doubt
that the chief reason Is the poor luck
that the professionals have experienced
with midsummer courses during the last
year or two. Last year they had CO.
lumbia With it's blazing sun and spotted
green and this year the tournament
was only saved at Skokie as BY .
miracle. Evidently the professionals be-
lieye that for n safe and sane month
they cannot do better than select a wees
In June.
Next year at Inwood there should be
no trouble even with midsummer date
less danger at least than there would
in the middle West or farther south
Once bitten. twice shy is a maxim that
holds UP pretty well. Having been twice
bitten recently II is not surprising that
the experts have developed a sort OF
subconsclous shyness of everything tina I
esembles midsummer tourney. whether
East, West, North or South.
Opposed to Gambling.
/ Tho p. @. A. put itself on record as
being opposed to gambling in golf This
matter was brought up In almost fu-
nereal solennity. The members OF the
executive committee, each with q hand
upon copy OF the code, vowed to love
honor and obey-or, rather to do every
thing in their power individually and as
an association TO maintain golf as a
clean sport.
This does not mean TO imply that the
P. G. A. considers 1t within It's province
1 to interfere with any harmless diver
! sions OF the amateurs such as the sweep
stake, the pool or the put and take, or
even to make itself responsible for the
morals of the cadd!e shed, where quite
possibly there may be "a clashing of the
/ African niblicks' now and again. But
/ the p. @. a. does intend TO stand guard
with Jealous care over the moral welfare
of its own set.
/ Not that there is any crying need for
such close supervision and guardian
! ship. Nevertheless there Is no telling
what may develop with the game. The
! T. q. A. realizes this and therefore has
virtually served notice that those who
! come snooplng around the game think
/ ing that the professionals can be used
for anything in the nature of a shady
scheme, or by way Of setting up an
office at an open championship or tour
nament will be surprised to find how
many niblicks the members OF the pro
fession can pool and the variety Of uses
| TO which these can be put.
Wants Honorary Members.
( BY way of strengthening the entente
I cordiale with the amateurs the y q. A.
Is TO circularlze the simon pures. lnvit-
ing them to come In as honorary mem
I hers OF the association. an excellent
start I'm thls direction was made when
I :. J.. Jermain OF Toledo was elected hon
orary president. MIR. Jermain has proved
himself stanch friend Of the profes-
sional on many occasions. When the
championship was held at the Inverness
Club in 1920 he was indefatlgible in his
efforts TO make the pros comfortable.
Among those at the meeting were
Ernest Anderson. Bronxville. the secre-
tary; Harry Bowler. Boston Fred
Brand. Pittsburgh Wilfrid Reid, Wash
ington: Jack Hobens. Philadelphia
George Sargent, Columbus; Willie Ogg,
Worcester: Alex Pirie. Chicago; Bert
Way. Cleveland. and Jacl; 1IacKie. In
wood I1obons and Mackie were re-
elected trustees Of the Benevolent Fund.