Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-08-07 | Page 14 | Women's Golf Body Bans Wearing Shorts

Women's Golf Body Bans Wearing Short Make Ruling After Brisk N. N c cOrcutt Orcutt Defends and Another Says Princ of Wales Wale Wears rs Em i il NEW YORK Yon Aug 7 wielders pf fit the mashie and the 11 lick were plunged Tu Tuesday Into i n argument that threatens threaten to shake ti th ancl ancient nt Scottish pastime to Its lu found lions and it has hu nothing to do iU wIlli mashIes and niblick either The Women's Metropolitan association I sitting in solemn iW Go Golf Colt bly Monday decreed that henceforth no woman may wear shorts In any tournament play pIny under it its direction The associations association's statement did not make clear whether the objection el of It its It members rested on moral o or e grounds It merely announce that due to the fact tact that vario varlo member clubs and other have expressed ed their disapproval disapprovals disapproval's shorts short or abbreviated knickers th the Women's Metropolitan Golf Golt tion lion requests that all contestants contestant r re train fram from wearing such apparel ir In future tournaments in deference to these then wishes I Tough TouCh on Some Maureen Orcutt one of 01 the game leading leadIng- play players era on the feminine side Ide opened the rebuttal She said shE shi would obey the ruling but added It is Js going to be hard on those ladle lade who have reduced their hips or have secured a beautiful leg tan tJ Beatrice Gottlieb one of ot those helped make a burning issue out o oj the shorts question by wearing theat then the at a recent association tournament took the setback more seriously j Most of ot us w appear In bathing suit suiL before beCore the public she said I HI don think that same public would bi be shocked Im I'm all for shorts they athe an are the only sensible thing and they an aie about the only thing that makes make the thi heat endurable in Florida or the thi drouth states J Played With Wilh Prince I Miss Gottlieb once defeated the thi prince of oC Wales in a match and flit pointed out that the prince wear shorts IS l I Miss ML's s Josephine F F. Windle tive secretary of ot the association pointed out that the rule would hav to be enforced by moral persuasion We HWe play under the U. U S S. S G. G rules of course she said and te ted could not force such an an anti anti- shorts ruling on any lady members member However in courtesy to the mem i clubs whose guests we are dun dur tournaments I believe the can be explained and trouble avoid ed U