Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-28
GOLF BALLS
To be Manufactured.
An Important Branch of
rubber Industry.
Goodrich Company will
Lead Others.
The Brownies Proved to be
Great Sellers.
Machinery Brought to Akron--Items
Of Interest.


The manufacture of golf balls prom.
ises TO be one of the most important
branches of the rubber industry in the
year 1901.
Tue B. F.. Goodrich Rubber Company
has made preparations to take up this
line very extensively. Its leading ball
will he the Haskell which comes near
er perfection than anything yet turned
out.
Ever since golf has grown to be q
popular pastime in the United States,
American ingenuity has been severely
taxed to produce ball that was not
altogether Gutta-percha, and which
would do what balls now on the mar
ket will not do, and notably to fly fur
ther than the liveliest of them all.
The Haskell ball, according to official
records. will fly from 10 to 20 yards
further than any ball now on the mar
ket. The ball Is the result of an ex-
tremely interesting discovery in con-
nection with rubber. Its center IS
made of rubber thread, which is
stretched to its limit, and then wound
tightly by a machine constructed for
the purpose. 1t Is found that a ball
made Of thread thus stretched ana
wound has peculiar Gutta-p a-percha-l like
rebound, with perhaps trifle of added
resiliency In order to protect the
thread, it is covered with a Gutta-per-
cha she'll The ball is patented in the
United States and in Europe. The
durability of the ball is, of course. a
matter that interests all golfers. With
careful playing the Haskell ball will
last much longer than the ordinary
ball. In the line of proof of this, can
be cited a letter from a prominent
member Of the Crescent Athletic club
of Brooklyn, in which he states that
he had Haskell ball with which he
played over 100 holes, and it was still
in good condition. Clubs and indiyid.
ual golfers all over the world are
awaiting with much interest the in
PRODUCTION of this ball on the market,
'''~' 'iii pt Naiiy III tht cDlfnk.
BROWNIES ARE HIGH.
During the days preceding Christmas
one of the most popular novelties was
the Brownie Man" He is made of
rubber and is product of the b. f.
Goodrich Rubber Company Few peo-
pie ever stop to consider the amount of
money that is tied up in this one
branch of the great industry. Every
mould that was made for a Brownie
Man represented an expenditure of
500 or more.
NEVER SET UP.
The rubber plant used by the late
Peoria Rubber and Manufacturing Co.
which was dismantled and removed to
Akron, has never been set up here.
NEW CATALOGUE
Every dealer in druggists sundries
will count himself fortunate who re-
ceives copy of the latest illustrated
Price List Of India-rubber Druggists
sundries, Manufactured by the B. F.
Goodrich Co" It's broad tinted pages
are illustrated freely by means of
Photographic representations of a line
of goods which embraces about every
article included in the catalogues is
sued by other houses in this line, and
some articles not included in any 9TH
er. Some stationers' goods are given,
dental dam, balls and toys, and nu-
merous specialties. Here and there
through the books are some
pictures thrown in for ornament; by
way of frontispiece is good view Of
the Akron Rubber works, and the
cover is embellished with a picture in
colors of a rubber plant. a portion of |
the contents of this catalogue appears
in a smaller publication, labelled "Rub- |
Der Toys and Sporting Goods" also
attractively got up.