The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
SCIENCE AND THE GOLF BALL
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IoRLnN. March H.-sir Joseph ,.
TAomsoa. professor of eAperimsntAl
rAyaics a Cambridge University, varied
sat night The usual ssdAGs course VI
ecturss at the Royal Institution by die
SiInsing the dynAmics Of the golf ball.
Ne described the eCcentricities Of golf
bMlis. Illustrating them by uaing What
he called electric inks. With electrified
rartielss for balls, dynamo a. his driver
apoN erfNl magnet to Eivs the equivalent
- the erin. 81 english. 10 the balls. AND
Q red hot ter
The Roiferp IN the audience y ere taA-
einAted by the experiments SsT Joseph
sAlH that various explanations OF the
esr--scr II E',H lsalls had teen put Tor
ward and u all acre sound his lecture
should ~ exceptionally interesting. for
ksN old have ~ en'Inci.'e new theory
o. dynamite IL sometimes teercd that
the ee.,er the golfer the woTse HE dyna
hA u the CONVERGE we're the case every
conG dence might Re felt ~ the results
be had attained
n the hAlt Was IN the exceptional post
tion q having I" spin Il sped forward
without deNisting to the right or the LETT
% u did not have Ia sJIn its eouree ~ a.
nave erTstlc, vet it, moN sments ere
the TeSuit II commonplace and pr"saIc
law which a. its only seOItt. 30 tar a.
brad Effects Were concerned. that "
Alg ave- tried to tolloE it, o~n nns~
Practically the complete explanation
was eiNen nv Aswton. Who had ointcd
cat THAI the pressure " a. The greatest
or that ado u q tennis ball a. ~hich
nv ,Cr~ ard and roLAtory 'nouons con
suai ID together Hense the reaction II
the ayr wAs greater on that side and the
tall - a. pushed in the direction ~ WhlCh
IL fnl!Js ed its ou n nosc
After explaining Why the effects ~
s,Icins and pulling manifested them
sslves most strongly toward 'he end Of .
afRht. a. vas q matter ~ common ex
esrisncs. tho lecturer applied MS laws 10
me question Of how q player should pro.
esad IN order 10 get long carry IN Crc -
wIhd
II the wInd we're from the left 20 right
tnan the point 81 pressure would be he
hind the sliced ball and the slicine would
hello ns aiRhl On the other hand the
NT|U|0T' SO4t1 % w tTNuA VI HNiH~u
hall, which in consequence would he ~
tarded Hence theory indicated that Ia
20 q long carry IN q croes Wind from lsf,
20 right the hall should he driven into
the wind bur slightly sliced.
Bernard shaw has seen -Elektra :
Ne vas entrAncsd by strauss music
and Honmanstahl'S libretto Its horror
did not repsl hum In q review laudins
"Elektra- shaw says
what HonmansfAhl and Strauss have
aons 10 20 ,Clytsmnsssra and Egis-
thus and ny identifying them With every
thing evil and cruel. With all that needs
must hate the highest when Il see H.,
with hideous domination and coercion
Of the higher by the haser. with the muir
darous rage in which the lust for a life
time Of orgiassic pleasure turns On lie
slAvea. IN the torture NJ Ns disAppoinG-
nnAnt and the sl~epless horror and misery
oi lie nssrasfhsniA TO - rouse in W an
owsrMhelming food 81 wrath against Il
and q ruthless resolution to destroy II
hat Eiek,rG's vengeance b>oomes holy
20 NJ, and se come to understand how
even the xentbest ~ us could weld the
aSe Of Oyestes or twist our firm fingers IN
the black hair ~ C'pfsnrs~irn 10 drAS
back her head and leave her throat opsU
&c the stroke
That was q task hardly possible 90 ar
aAcient Greek and no, easy oven for NJ
who ere face 90 face ~ith ,he America 81
the Thaw cass and the European plu
tocracy % which thai Gaze Was only
trthinR symptom. and that 10 the tGsI
tAaf HohmansthaI and Strauss hav,
achieved Not even in the third scon'
of Das RhSinSold' or in tho Klingso
scene in ParSifsl' 10 there such an At mos
pAsrO Of malignant cAnCerous evil a. ",
not here. and that the power With ~h'cl
70 70 done "a not tho power % the evil 10
ealf bat Of the passion that detes's an,
must and finally can destroy that evil 0
chat makes the =oTs STA.: and make
No rejOscs IN re horror
Whoever understand 'hIS hoWsver
vaguely. will understand strauss music
Ikave often said. when asked 20 state IN
eass against rhe fools and money changer
Who are trying 20 drive us into . "a
With Germany. that the cAs> consists o,
the sin9ts word Besthovoa To-day
snouId aay with equal eon1dence Strauss
In thu music drama Strauss has done 70
10 just What he has done for his owu
countrymen
He has said for us with utterly salts
tying force what all the noblest power
oflife within us are clAmorinG 90 have sal
h protest against and defiance of the
oeenipressnt viIIainies Of our civilization
and this 10 the highest achievement q IN
highest arr
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