The Washington times., 1921-11-06

oLF professionals keenly feel
VT the need of lower prices on
clubs and balls In order TO
increase their sales. The hesitancy
Of the average player over buying
balls at present prices Is shown In
the steadily-increasing number of
concerns dealing in so-called "re-
made" balls, which up TO a short
time since merely meant repaint-
Ing.
No. however. old balls are being
reprocessed at cost OF about so
cents each. The work includes put
ting on a new cover, fusing the core
with the new wrapper under hydrau-
lie pressure, equalizing the cover
around the core 30 as to rebalancs the
sphere and finally repainting, several
coats being applied. Then a mark ID
added. In color. to identify the origi.
nal make.
AS TO clubs, manufacturers complain
OF scarcity OF hickory and other
woods for shafts and heads and de.
clare that II experiments long In pro.
gress with steel shafts reach a salts
factory point decided cuts In prices
will be assured.
Deflation in shop prices is only one
OF the universal reductions that golf.
ers are insisting upon. Comparatively
few OF the clubs ask less than $l.60
for luncheon and a few charge 81.
which Is double the price of five
years ago. A few clubs have made
a horizontal restaurant cut, notably
upper Montclair, which long ago in.
stalled one of the best cafeterias TO be
found anywhere. That end Of its serv-
ice has attracted 80 much attention
that every few days a committeeman
from some other club drops around
to see II in operation. Much Of the
service is directly over the counter
to patrons sitting on stools, but for
those who prefer there are walters
for the glass topped tables.
Several of the smaller clubs on Long
Island have found that the same stew
ard can serve from two to four clubs
at the same time by relying upon
competent head walters.
A couple Of years since the big
Merton Club of Philadelphia, which
operates about thirty rolling and NOW
ing machines over it's two courses. de-
termined to do all it's own repairing
and ior the season of 1920 the ac-
coundng showed saving OF $500
from that item alone. The economy.
however, was really more than ap-
peared in the bookkeeping for the idle
time Of the equipment perceptibly de-
creased.
Some of the clubs are going back
to home gardens. The Engineers
Club OF Long Island lately made a
display of the garden sass" il had
raised that was attractive enough to
take a prize at a country fair. while
the Whitemarsh Club OF Philadelphia
sold enough such produce last year
TO members to set it's treasury $500
ahead.
The wykagyl Club of New Rochelle
took over the club manufacturing end
of it's shop, two years ago, and while
no figures as to the saving derived
are submitted the officials are clearly
complacent over the result. Ii had
found that the advertising secured
through having its pro competing In
tournaments half the time did not pay.
especially as the instruction end OF
the mechanical department suffered at
the same time.
One golf committee chairman says
II he is reelected the coming January
there will be a shrinkage of at least
20 per cent in the amount paid In 1922
for prizes He declares that shopping
around for trophies last year, as
neighboring organization dld, woulo
have saved Is per cent.
One of the most effective methods
of increasing membership fees is by
establishing partial subscribers, where
the week end capacity is taxed. The
Rrae Burn Club OF Boston provides
for a special class where tickets are
good only for the first four days OF the
week, while a somewhat similar ar
rangement has worked well at New
Rochelle course.