The Washington times., 1902-01-12

uses the live ball, but he has each one
encircled twice around with corrugations.
and as result they fly better. do not
slice so badly, and do not assume that
eggshape which so often retards flight
through the air, assuming ducking or
gliding motion. The ball with this form
of treatment was used at many of tie
Atlantic City matches last season.
OF such Importance is the lively ball
that ii is believed the National ASSocia-
ton. which legislates for the game, will
raise objection to its official adoption. for
the reason that it would entail too much
cxpense for extending holes. or rather for
changing courses by extending holes.
Local Opinions Expressed.
Mr.. Ormsby McCammon, of the Chevy
Chase Club. and enc of the best golfers
in this section OF the country expresses
the opinion, and many of the leading
members of his club coincide with him,
that the rubber, or live ball is the
best to use if properly cared for and
properly driven. 1T is also the cheapest
because it lasts so much longer than
the old ball. he said, and if it is not
topped. it will be good for several hun
dred holes. | had one which | used over
300 holes, and it was still in good shape
when il was lost
DR.. Lee L. Harlan. the crack player of
the Columbia Club, is another strcng ad
vocate OF the rubber ball He uses, ii al
together, and will have no other. He
makes lower scores with it, and with less
effort in driving, and in approaching and
putting he finds it serves him well. He
also considers it cheaper than the old
ball because it lasts longer.
English Experts Dislike It.
Our English cousins do not take kindly
to the innova ton. What their real rea-
sons may be it is hard to tell. hut when
the American expert everywhere favors 1t
and uses it, though he may not recon-
mend its general Introduction, that en-
dorsement must count for something. 1t
has its weight at any rate.
1t is fair TO give the Englishman's
| opinion and his side is given a hearing
in the expression OF Mr. II. II. Hilton,
| the amateur champion of England, and
Mr.. ]. l.. Low, the runner-up.
Mr.. Hilton, writing in the Sporting
Chronicle says:
In driving | could not find that IL car
ried any farther than the ordinary gut
of shot. il certainly seemed to roll
farther than the latter ball. Still, | can
not see where the presumed advantage
of sixty forty, or even thirty yards can
come in. If there is an advantage
Which / have not yet proved to my own
satisfaction-it is. in my opinion, one OF
nearer ten than twenty yards, and l may
| say the experience of others confirms
| this opinion. In fact, several who have
! ,1o. ri
! as far with the Haskell as with 6
/ guilty ball.
ITO turn to iron clubs. l find l can
) certainly drive farther with the Has
| keII' than with guilty ball, and it
seemed to me that the innovation Kept
| straighter IN the air than the latter
Far from finding that it was impossible
| TO put any spin on the ball when APP
preaching. l found that the Haskell in
variably pitched many yards beyond the
| guilty. but no farther when both finished
rolling"
Mr.. Lows Opinion.
! Following is Mr.. Lows opinion OF the
| innocent little ball. as given in one of
his contributions to the Athletic News:
after all. the American ball has not
| reyolutionized the game, and the old sutta
| smiles again. The reason OF this Is that
! the ball has been tried and found want
| ing. not that the ball is too expensive
AS a matter of fact, / should say that
the ball is a cheap one. l have never
| played a round with gutta ball, and at
the beginning of the next game gone en-
without feeling that new one would be
| better With the Haskell the other day
I played around and found the ball ex-
| actly in the same state as 1t was before
it was played with. There was not the
| slightest mark or loss of paint, and the
| ball was quite round.
my ball however, received a fair trial,
! for | visited the ordinary number OF teeing
| grounds, bunkers, bitches and putting
greens which make up the ordinary golf
er's round. / do not wish to praise the
Yankee ball, for l do not like it, but wish
| to point out that the ball will be refused
| because it is not a good ball, not because
| it is dear. When our American friends
| send us over a ball that can be driven
fifty yards farther than the gutta, they
will get plenty of half crowns back in
return; but we have not had the ball yet