Show speaking aking of sports pro golf war simmers new hostilities seen by ROBERT mcshane released by western newspaper union T THOUGH HOUGH the battle of is now past history it may have repercussions which will effect the entire structure of the professional golfers association you are undoubtedly familiar with golf doms great war storm clouds started gathering as soon as P G A officials notified denny shute two time tournament winner that he was guilty of a technicality in not paying his 1939 association dues within properly prescribed time limits and therefore was not eligible to play in the P G A classic on the pomo nok course at alushin flushing Fl I 1 N Y shutes fellow players we were re aroused in fact they were so aroused they decided not to play until the tournament committee lifted its official ban against denny the striking players held up tournament play for two hours before that permission was finally granted one man was responsible for declaring shute in that was george jacobus president of P G A he overruled over ruled his 11 governors through his action thereby making 11 potential enemies jacobus position position was not an enviable one he of course realized shute had violated P G A bylaws by laws and was constitutionally ineligible to play on the other hand he was aware of the associations duty to the large gallery which had V R M DENNY SHUTE gathered to see the play and it i t seemed there be any play unless shute was in the midst of it it has since been revealed that shute was in favor of dropping the protest and withdrawing in the interests of diplomacy when the argument was at its height densmore said in effect the officials have my okay the rules are on their side and I 1 lost my chance to play so forget this strike and go out and play golf no retreat then horton smith moved the players strike ultimatum be withdrawn johnny farrell backed il him 1 n up but to no avail the rest 0 of f the players felt they would lose prestige by beating a retreat president jacobus saved further argument by issuing the shute plays edict perhaps it was fortunate that shute did not win the governors stop denny from playing but they could exercise certain rights in certifying the P G A champion the meet more closely resembled a dog fight than a golf tournament members of the club who had relinquished ed playing rights in order t to 0 give the pros a chance to display their ability were completely disgusted rebellious players many of whom built up the pro tournament we were r e far from pleased with the unfavorable press notices devoted to the affair they did not want to settle the shute issue in such a drastic manner but seemingly thought it the only way out the governors did not like jacobus method of handling the dispute they had voted shute ineligible on two occasions and expected their president to abide by the official decision he did not do so at present there is talk that the stars intend to form an organization n oi of their own it if this movement is is successful it may sound the dea death th knell of the P G A the organ organization 1 za needs the stars tar far more t than ban the stars need it the questions will be answered at the executive meeting in november N 0 either some of the diehards h arc Is will be dropped from the organization or the stars will str strike ike out for themselves right bight now the latter solution seems the more likely |