Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-22
STANDARD GOLF BALL
EXPERT SAYS oliver" BALLS
MAKE COURSES WORTHLESS
Hr"rCr 4. trump ASSERT. That In
provcments Mndc in Manufacturing
balls Force RECOMMENDATION OF Links.

In the opinion OF George ~ Crump.
The Philadelphian who made Pine VAL
ley possible. the most important thing
before the golf world to-day is a
standardized golf ball. He declares
that clubs all over tho world are spend
ing thousands of dollars constructing
courses. but IL :; new ball is made each
year that can be driven twenty to
thirty yards farther than any other
ball on the market, all this money Will
go to waste.
not afford to construct expensive
courses and then have all the work
undone by golf pail that any one
, ,h n nuH ,ol , =" Tgm.S' ears "sE when
on the market. il Was found that il
could be driven very many yards far
,htr than the ola Guttapercha bali.
What was the result? Every golf
course here and abroad had 10 be con
S;ruct.d. Those We're the days Of the
Did cross bunkcrs. and these served
But as soon as the players began to
use the resilient ban none Of these
bunkers would hold il because of its
excessive livelincSs
1T was not long before the chairmen
OF The green committees found that
the traps that caught the old Eutta-
new ball, simply because the players
could drive we'll over the bunkers or
they would not hold the balls which
aliEhtcd in them. In more ways than
one il was an excellent thing that the
new ball was introduced. for longer
holes and the new style bunkcring was
the result. The old cross bunker in
most cases. was u hidcouS affair and
IN no way conformed to the surround
inES. They were all regular in out
line. and all looked alike Now. two
bunkerS rarely Of the same con-
tour. and in place OF the old cop bunker
we have the sunken traps and pits. the
mounds and the new hunkcrs. which
DO the work and are not eycSoreS.
New Balls Arc "Ii,rr.''
unfortunately. the colf ball makers
each year are, turning ont new balls
balls used the year previous. and. as
every golfer likes TO hit the ball far
each improved bail has that many I'D
vocates, If Il keeps up, we shall have
10 change all our bunkcring to suit
the new ball. or else bar ccrtaiC balls
from III being EN- used: No club would care
rehunkerinE "a course would he ire.
mendous. II even the poorer players
can discover ball that can be driven
200 yards or more. We Will lind that
All our bunkcrinG has gone for moth
ing. and the three shot holes will be-
easy two-shot affairs. and tho .wc-
nashie approach. n addition none OF
the traps over which we haze spent
so much time would longer serve their
purpose.
They have q standard ball in base
ball and tennis, and no other ball can
he used in championship matches. II
they can do that ia other sports. why
no IN golf" Eut we will have TO go
lutte farther than that. and II iVe
one standard ball for play at all times.
Many Of the clubs apparently do not
realize this condition of affairs. but
before very long united action must
be taken toward that end"
Continuing his remarks Mr. Crump
expressed his opinion of the Ouimet
case as follows.
THE failure TO restore Ouimct TO his
amateur standing Is very much To be
regretted. believe that greenkocper.
or professional. or any other mar.
who gets his living directly from gclf
or who teaches or plays for hire. should
he professional. but | do not agree
with the idea that a young fellow that
works IN sporting goods store and
sells all sorts OF sporting goods is a
professional because he at the sime
time sells clubs and balls and other
things used in golf. The United states
e;on association did not go about the
question in the right way at the am
nual meeting. and the whole amateur
situation did not receive the attention
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