Evening star., 1941-10-31
PEA. Sectional Body
Is Not Labor Union,
Paid Clan Holds
Cox Is Reelected Leader,
Though Trying to Quit;
Beaver Dam Leuse Near
BY WALTER McCALLUM.

BY WALTER McCALLCM.
There is not and will not be union
ism among professional golfers in
the Middle Atlantic section The
Professional Golfers Association of
America is a benevolent organiza-
ton and is not a union organized
TO fix wage standards or working
hours for its members.
That is the stand of the Middle
Atlantic P G. A., but meanwhile an
educational campaign is to be un-
.dertaken to build up the relations
between pro golfers, the clubs and
their members. These matters were
outlined at the annual meeting of
she sectional pro body last night at
Indian Spring, where Witty Cox,
Congressional pro, reluctantly took
over for a second term the presi
uency of the Middle Atlantic P. G. A.
Witty took the presidency again
only after the 25-odd pros present
rose in body and refused to accept
his resignation. They did the same
for Gene Larkin of Woodmont, who
refused the Office of secretary treas
Alrer for a second term, and the pros
overrode his refusal and made him
accept.
HOughtOn Vice President.
The complete list of officers for
-l942 follows: President, Witty Cox,
Congressional; vice president for
Washington, Al Houghton, Beaver
Dam; vice president for Baltimore.
John Flattery, Country Club of
Maryland; vice president for Vir-
ginia, Dave Thomson, Washington
Golf and Country Club. Tourna-
ment chairmen: For Washington,
al Houghton; for Baltimore. John
Flattery; for Virginia, Erie Ball.
Gene Larkin and John Bass, the
latter a public parks pro in Balti-
more, will represent the Middle
Atlantic section at the P. G.. A an
nual meeting in Chicago next
month.
The pros took under advisement
two proposals on their amateur pro
Journeys. which proved highly sue
cessful affairs this year. They will
try to arrange their events to avoid
holding a pro-amateur affair during
the same week of similar affairs held
by the Maryland State Golf Associa-
tiotion. This can be done, they
agreed, by conference with officers
of the State association. They will
discuss during the winter a pro-
posal by Bob Barnett of Chevy
Chase that in future pro-amateur
affairs all the simon-pures will be
from the host club.
Their schedule. which will start in
April and run through October, will
be arranged by the tournament
chairmen, who will fill the dates on
requests from the men who want to
hold affairs at their clubs. In any
case the tournament schedule prob
ably will not be as crowded as it has
been. oas 1-z -.l,1=
Individual Ability Is Gauge.
On the unionism matter the pro
golfers agreed that the success of a
golf professional has nothing to do
with working hours, wages or any
thing but individual initiative and
ability. Some of the pros pointed
out that some of their associ-
ates have been treated unfairly" by
clubs or golf organizations on salary
and working conditions. But success
in club job, many others said, is
purely perSCnol matter hori1G to
do with ability, and not with work.
ing conditions.
Al Houghton of Beaver Dam an
i1ounced that negotiations for the
lease of the Landover club to a
private individual are proceeding
satisfactorily and predicted an an
nouncement of consummation of
the lease in few days. For weeks
Gilbert Shapiro, Maryland busi-
mess man, has been negotiating for
q lease of the Beaver Dam club.
The negotiations now have pro-
gressed to the point, according to
Houghton, where all that remains
Is the signing Of the lease.
SEoughton also said that if the
club is leased by Shapiro the new
lessee will put on luscious open
championship with purse which
may run as high as $4,000 That
would make the biggest golf show
ever held in this territory, by flock
of brassie shots
Eddie Stevens Doffs Uniform.
Eddie Stevens, former Manor
Country Club assistant pro, has been
released from the Army and is back
in multi. Eddie's p ans for the
future are undecided. He may &C
back to Manor or he may g1
into business in Washington The
youngster was highly popular at
Manor, where he served for about
10 years under Al Treder.