Harry B. Martin

"Dickie" Martin (26 May 1873– 15 April 1959 [1]) was an American cartoonist and golf writer, one of the founding members of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA).

[3] In 1894, Martin was living in St. Louis and working as a cartoonist, and was hired by Chris von der Ahe as the secretary and official scorer for the St. Louis Browns.

[4] Martin originated the Weatherbird character and single-panel comic strip for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on February 11, 1901.

He drew the strips It Happened In Birdland (April 12, 1907 – January 6, 1908 and February 26, 1909 – September 7, 1909 for the New York Evening Journal)[6] and Inbad The Tailor (April 27, 1911 – June 18, 1912, for the New York American).

He organized a number of exhibition golf matches and was a founder of the American PGA.