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Show i | Speakinn Speal.ln Spealln Spealttnt . ; of Sports- Sports SportsPro SportsPro Sports - . Pro Golf War WarSimmers WarSimmers Sinlmers Simmers ; New NewHostilities NewHostilities NewHostilities Hostilities Seen SeenBy By ROBERT ROBCRT McSHANE McSHANC MCSHANG McSHANCReleased MCSHANGReleased ; ( Released by w \ Wtstcrn est.rn estrn estern . Nc Ne No vapaper yspnper vspaper Union 1THOUGH I 1 I'THOUGH THOUGH 'THOUGH THOUGH ' the Battle ot of Pomonok Pomonokis IS now past h story it may have havercpercuss haverepercuss havercpercuss rcpercuss repercuss ons which w 11 Il U eflect effect the theentire theentire theentire entire structure ot of o1 the Profess ProCess onal Golfers onalGolfers associationYou association associationYou , You arc are undoubtedly familiar famlhar WIth WIthgolfdom withgo1Pdom withrolfdom golfdom go1Pdom s crcat grcat great war Storm clou elou s sstarted sStarted sstarted started gathcringr gathering as soon as P G A AofficIals Aofficials Aofficials officIals twotime notified Dcnny Denny < ; Shute hute two time tournament winner that he was wasguilty wasguilty waspuilly guilty of a technicality techmcahty In not pay paymS paying paying mS ing ' ' hs h s 1939 assoma association hon dues "I I within withinproperly " withinproperly thm thmproperly properly prescribed time hme limits hmlts and playin therefore andtherefore " was "as as not eligible ehglble to play in the P G A c1as classic IC on the I omo omonok omonok omonok nok course at Flush ug ng lY N l\ l h \ YShute Y YShute Shute s fellow players v . were werezroused wereiroused ere .roused roused zroused . 'aroused aroused ' In fact they were wcre soaroused soaroused so aroused they decided not to play playunt playunt playunt unt 1 I the tournament comm ttee 11ft hit 11fted hited lifted DennyThe ed its off oBTcial ofl'cfal oflcfal ' clal ban against Denny The stnlmg stnl stril ing mg play pla pia > ) ers held up tourna tournament tournamcnt tournamcnt ment mcnt play for t vo hours before that thatpermlss thatpermiss thatpermiss permlss permiss on was finally grantedOne granted grantedOne One man was respons Me ble for de declarmg c1armg clarmg dedaring dec1armg Shute in That was George GeorgeJacobus Jacobus president of P G A Heover He Heover Heover throughhis throughhJS over ruled his 11 governors through hJS his act on thereby mak ng 11 poten potent potental tal t al cnem enem es Jacobus pos tion hon v.as vas was v.asnot wasnot . wasnot not an enviable envJable one He of course courseleal courseteal courseleal leal teal zed Shute had violated P G A Ab Ab Abi b ) laws and was const tutionally tutlOnally tutfonally In Inel inel inel el g ble to play On the other hand handhe handhe handhe he was aware of the associat assoclat assocfat on s sduty sduty sduty duty to the large gallery wh ch bad had hadr t G1ti G1tiAevy r , a aG1ti Aevy ) h ht /t t / ; yi 4 4ibjii v vs s a J _ _ . . . . . . . . ibjii - . . * WM - - Jkt JktH c /H H / m ! fWn .ram ram 'wh wh - ' ? wfAfl wfAflDEVNY , DEVNY DE'aJY DEaJY DENNY ' SIIUTEgathered SHUTE SIIUTE SHUTEgathered gathered to see the play And It Itseemed itseemed itseemed seemed there wouldn t be any play playunless playunless playunless unless Shute was in ill the midst mJdst of It it . . It has since SlDce been revealed that thatShute thatShute thatShute Shute was in m favor of droppine droppmg dropping the theprotest theprotest theprotest protest and withdrawing wlthdrawmg in 1D the ID in IDterests interests intercsts terests of diplomacy When the ar argument argumEnt arCumtnt gument was at its heieht height Dens Densmore Densmore Densmore more said saul in effectThe effectThe effect effectThe The officials have my okay The Therules Therules Therules rules are on their side and I lost lostmy lostmy lostmy my chance to play So forg-et forg et forget - thIs thIsstnke thisstrike thisstrike stnke strike and go out and play coif golf golfNo coifNo No RetreatThen Retreat RetreatThen Then Horton Smith moved the theplayers theplayers theplayers players strike stnke ultimatum ultlmatwn be WIth WIthdrawn withdrawn withdrawn drawn Johnny Farrell backed hIm hImup himup himup up But to no avail The rest of ofthe ofthe ofthe the players felt they would lose pres prest t ge by beating beatmg a retreat in 1D face ofopposition ofoppositionPresident of ofopposItion ofopposition opposItion opposItionPresIdent President Jacobus saved further furtherargwnent furtherargument furtherargument argwnent argument by issu fssu ng the Shute Shuteplays Shuteplays Shuteplays plays edict edJct Perhaps it was for fortunate fortunate tortunate tunate that Shute did not win wm The Thegovernors Thegovernors Thegovernors governors couldn t stop Denny from fromplaymg fromplaying fromplaying playmg playing but they could exercise cer certam certam certarn tam rights in m cert certifying ymg the P G A AchamplOn Achampion Achampion AchampionKegardless champlOn champion champlOnRegardless championRegardless Kegardless Regardless : of the outcome pro professlonal professtonal professional fesslonal fesstonal eolf golf did not benefit from fromthe fromthe fromthe the tournament war Both Doth officials officialsand officialsand officialsand and players were mistaken The Theplayers Theplayers Theplayers players though worthy of praise for fortheIr fortheir fortheir theIr loyalty to a fellow player erred erredlD erredin erredin lD in waitmc waltmg waiting until the last moment to toactively toactively toactively actively assert themselves And Andwhen Andwhen Andwhen when cool headed beaded Judgment was wasneeded wasneeded wasneeded needed the officials were found foundwanhng foundwanting foundwanting- foundwanting foundwantingThe wanhng wanting wanhngThe wantingThe - The meet more closely resembleda resemblcda resemblcd resembled a dog fight than a golf tournament tournamentMembers tournamentMembers tournamentMembers Members of the club who had re reImqulshed relfnquished rehnquishcd Imqulshed lfnquished playing playmg rights m ill in order to togIve togive togive gIve the pros a chance to d splay splaytheIr splaytheir splaytheir theIr ab ablity I1ty lity v . vere were , ere completely dls dfs dlsgusted dfsgusted disgusted gusted The situation had reached reachedsuch reachedsuch reachedsuch such a point pomt that oCFcials offcials of'cials ofcials ' were werewarned werewarned werewarned warned to take their tournament olf off olfthe offthe oHthe the premises premlses or to begin plaYingRebellious playingRebellious playing playingRebellious Rebellious players many of whom whombuilt whombuilt whombuilt built up the pro tournament were werefar werefar weretar far from pleased with the W1favor unfavor W1favorable unfavorable unfavorable able press notices devoted to the af of affair offair atfair fair They did not want to settle settlethe settlethe settlethe the Shute issue in m such a drastIc drastIcmanner drasticmanner drasticmanner manner but seemingly seemmgly thought It Itthe itthe itthe the only way out . . The governors d d not like Jaco Taco Jacobus Tacobus Jacobus bus method of handling bandlmg the dispute disputeThcy disputeThey disputeThey Thcy They bad had voted Sbute Shute ineligible mel1glble on ontwo ontwo ontwo two occasions occaSJons . ? , , and expected theIr theIrprcsident theirpresident theirpresident prcsident president to abide by the official officJal de dedSlOn decisson decision dSlOn cisson He did not do soAt soAt so soAt At present there Is talk that the thestars thestars thestars stars intend to form an organIzatIon organizationof of their own If U this movement Is Issuccessful Issuccessful Issuccessful successful ft It may sound the death deathknell deathknell deathknell knell of the P G A The orgaDlza- orgaDlza organiza- organiza orgaDlzatlon organization oreaniza-tlon oreaniza tlon - - tlon tion needs the stars tar far more than thanLhe thanthe thanhe Lhe the ( stars need ItThe itThe It ItThe The questions qucstlOns will be answered answeredat at the executive meeting meetmg m in No Novcmber November Novcmber vcmber vember : Either Ilther some of the dIe dIehards diebards diehards hards bards wiU will be dropped from the or organizatlOn organizatfon organlzation ganizatlOn ganizatfon or the stars will strike strikeQut strikeout strikecut Qut out tor for themselvesRIght themselvesRight themselves themselvesBight Bight RIght now the latter situatIOn situatIOnseems situationseems situationseems seems the more likely I1kely |