Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-12
Anderson Against 'Gutty' Ball
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Gives Pellets a Thorough Test
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Strong for Rubber Core Now

ference of exactly % yards in favor
Of the rubber core,
Drives Rubber Ball Further.
At the second hole the drive with
the rubber core was % yards ahead
Of that with the guilty, and after us
ing my sammy for the second shots,
catching the guilty a powerful blow,
hitting it even harder than ! did the
rubber core, the latter was % yards
further along on the course. The dis
lance of the hole was about 440
yards and after the drive and sammy
shot the rubber core left an, easy Mt
tie mashie wrist pitch while 1uil
mashie shot was not good enough TO
get the guilty home in three.
When it came to playing the thru
hole, was interested to see how the
two balls would act against strong
wind. Catching the guilty squarely
with the brassy for a line ball, 1t dis
gusted me to see the ball come to q
stop 125 yards from the tee after l
had hit it in such way that normal
ly, with a rubber core, ] would expect
to see it go 225 yards. OF course, the
strong wind made a lot of difference;
but with a rubber core Immediately
afterward | went 165 yards. or 40
more than with the guilty The hole
is $50 yards, and against the wind 1t
took me two full brassy shots from
the tee to get home with the guilty, as
against a drive and mashie for the
rubber core.
The fourth hole was even more sig
nificant of the difference between the
two. The guilty was hit perfectly, yet
moment later a badly topped rub
Der core stopped just abreast of it
after rolling along as if that were It's
sole mission in life 1t was the finest
possible demonstration of the chief
difference between the old bail and
the new although the half top was
the result of my shortcomings rather
than generalization.
After topping one rubber core with
such results l played another into the
wind which went just As yards be
yond the guilty. This hole is 45O
yards long, providing another excel
lent opportunity for judging the dill
ference in length between the old ball
and the new, especially as at this time
it had such a strong adverse wind as
an additional handicap.
Short With His Mashie.
My second shot with the guilty. was
well MT, ana stopped at Il Spot W nICH'
with the rubber core, / would coy
slider a full mashie shot against the
wind. though full shot that would be
called under control. / put a rubber
core down at the same point and sent
it on the green with a mashie, then
tried the same thing with the guilty
The first attempt was all right so far
as the force Of the stroke was con
cerned, but the direction was not
good. At the same time the distance
gained was not nearly enough to reach
the green. put down another guilty,
and tried to get it home with a mid :
iron, but was yards short. Then !
tried a third, this time using a heavy
driving mashie. but even then the ball
was about twenty yards short of the
point where I had put the rubber core
earlier.
Play at the remaining holes merely
served to emphasize the results al
ready noted. Especially was this true
of the ninth hole, $50 yards with an
elevated tee, where I hit the guilty for