The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-06
SCIENTIFIC PHASE,
OFFICIALS DECLARE
Steel Shafted Clubs Barred by
National Rule Makers
at Meeting.
TITLE MEET INNOVATION
Admission Charge of 81 a Day
or So Week for Cham
pionships.
TITLE MEET INNOVATION
BY KERR n. rETRIE.


the national amateur and open cham
pionships. These, in a nutshell. sum
marise the important findings of the
executive committee of the United
States Golf Association at the session
held the end of last week at Pine
Valley. This much was made known
yesterday by Cornelius s. Lee, the ma
tional association secretary. after a
memorandum announcing the changes
IN rules and policy had been dis
patched to the several sectional as
sociations in membership of the parent
body
The pronouncement relating to the
stymie is no doubt the most important
many that the stymie had forever
been banished from the United States.
Despite this belief many rabid pro-
stymies are known to be infesting the
highways and byways of golfdom and
up to late hour last night reports
were filtering in telling of the acrobat
les being performed by many of these
Mt the victory. There was even a rumor
president of the Metropolitan Golf AS
ISOLATION, had started a series of hand
springs that bid fair to land him in
the middle of the Nassau links. Mr..
Douglas has been one of the stanchest
pro-stymies of the lot. 1t was he who
urged the metropolitan delegates at the
annual meeting of the U. S. G.. A. to
come on out to the U. S. G. A. meeting
at Chicago and tell the golfers Of the
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mistake in taking the stymie out Of the
game. Tell them that they have killed
the tiger"
"Tiger" Back I'm the Game.
The tiger is back and, it looks as
II it now would stay. The rule now
conforms to that of the Royal and An
Gent Of St Andrews. but ii is not be-
cause of this that 1t has been returned
to the code of golf by the U. S. G. A.
In the recent three day session at Pine
Valley. attended by nine committeeman
and two former presidents in the per-
sons of Howard r. Whitney and G. Her
bert Walker it was practically the unaI-
imous opinion that the stymie belongs
In golf that. in fact. II represents the
most scientific phase of the game
This represents very decided change
OF opinion within the course of year.
Twelve months ago or "A little more the
stymie was being spoken of as some
thing in the nature of plague. II had
many opponents and few proponents. or
SO 1t seemed. Canada. like the United
States ordered the stymie rule erased
from the code. but after fair trial Of
the divers makeshifts as evolved in the
back to the point from which it had
started. announcing last fall that the
stymie once again was to have its place
Of honor in the rules of the game as
observed across the Dor der
All last season IL was apparent that
tidal wave OF sympathy for the almost
defunct stymie was setting in Then
game Joe Kirkwood and his bag OF
tricks. which included a stymie spe-
cialty that had golfers the length and
Breadth of the land initiating him.
Very likely there will be some out
cry from the disgruntled faction in the
Western Golf Association at the res
foration of the stymie. but the Y. S. g..
A. feels that 1t has given the alternative
schemes suggested a fair trial and that
golf without the stymie leaves some
thing to be desired.
RIB Faced Clubs to Remain.
II may strike Some as strange that
-. 1rs
ter Of the steel shafted club and leave
the question OF rib faced mashies and
niblicks severely alone. Corrugations
and fluted faces doubtless will be con-
s.dered later. For the present 1t is the
steel shafted club that has been con-
demned to the guillotine and simply be-
cause Il was felt that with such shaft
the lack OF torsion caused the club to
act differently from the ordinary ac-
ha limit of
distance has practically been reached.
:. Experiments and tests show that an
fmperfectly played iron shot with the
steel shafted club often gets results for
the reason that the blade or the club
has not turned even when entering too
deeply into the turf. This being the case
II Is felt that instead OF making for
good golf II offers too much OF an aid
to imperfectly played shots.
An innovation was decided upon with
regard TO admission to championships.
but this decision is not unexpected. At
che next amateur and open events OF
the u. 3. G. A. there will be charge Of
81 per day, or So for the week. This Is
only In line with practice in other lines
OF sport. including tennis and football
IN is also necessary as n means OF In
ereasing the income OF the associa ton.
which only receives annual dues OF $40
rom tho active anu 9lU from tnc nj
lied members.
badges will be issued for those at
tending championships. and the policing
OF the course viii be attended 10 by the
United states Golf Association. AS a
championship often places the enter
tanning club under a great expense be-
sides doing damage to the course. the
association win be In a position to re-
imbursc the club to greater extent
than heretofore.
Experiments IN golf balls also were
made at Pine Valley. but because Of
wretched weather conditions no positive
conclusions were reached. A larger ball
4. being considered. the c!ief object be-
ing to hit upon an article giving greater
dura bilitv.
Nothing positive was decided upon at
the meeting with reference to an Amer
lean team to compete abroad. A British
team will be here during the coming
season.
Tho Lido Country Club OF Long
Veach. l.. r. the City Park Golf Club.
Denver Col. and the Orlando Country
Club. Orlando Fla, were elected to nc
tive membership, while the Defiance
Golf and Country Club. Defiance. Ohio .
cascade Hills c. CT, Grend Rapids.
Mich Amarillo G.. G.. amarillo. Tex. !;
wanakah G. G.. Hamburg, y. ". Hyde
~ood @. c.. North Plainhcld. n. j.. and
The Colorado Springs @. c., Colorado
iEprings Col, were added 10 the allied
tist The Scarboro Golf Club of Boston
was transferred from allied TO active.