Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-05-17
The Once Over
THAT NEW GOLF BALL


"A new golf ball, larger and lighter tina ntne one
now used, has been adopted by the United States Golf
Association. and golfdom Is all agog and aquiver with
curiosity.
The golf addict can hardly wait to step UP and
miss 1t.
No matter how big the new ball is. 1t will still be
too small for the average golfer, judging from the
form revealed ut the country clubs 50 far this spring
According to the golf association, it will be easier to
hit. but viii not 60 as far ms the old ball. -Whaddya
mean as far as to the old ball?" pipes the divot-dig-
ger. who Is yet TO get O long ball except down q steep
nin.
Another point claimed for the new marble Is that
1t win give a better lie. resting atop the grass instead
Of hiding among the blades and affording as impress
i've q target as a quinine pill In o load Of hay. That's
the trouble with the present golf ball-it doesn't sit
up where you can get O good sock at It.
The new ball will be much better for approach
shots and for putting. the golf experts say. That1l
be nice.
Not until you stand on a golf course and watch
players try to get on the green from within thirty
yards can you get an adequate idea Of how badly help
is needed liz this department OF the game.
And as for putting. even II the new ball does I'm
prove a golfers game. his putting viii still be terrible.
The new ball win not be put In play until 1891. AT
that time the ball now in use viii be outlawed. This
NA AAAuAG ooA AAC b4Edb 1AAbA year ia AActOlNs M
matter how bad a golfers game goes, he can then
blame IL on the new apple.
why, It's that d. new BALI" viii be the cry
from bunker, marsh, swamp. woods and trap. TITS no
good. II that had been one Of the old balls II would
have gone straight down the fairway for $50 yards.
What rights the United States Golf Association got
to monkey with the size and weight Of golf ballsP
There oughta be a law!"
Interviews in locker-rooms today. however. showed
no opposition to the change. Anything they 90 70
the present-day ball will improve it" declared Connie
sullivan. the eight-putt man OF Wykagil. They GER
tainly can't make It any worse"
But ii remained for Elmer Tvitchell to express In
a nutshell the attitude Of the rank and file. The golf
ball" he declared fatty, "will always be all wrong
no matter what they do to it,
Did you observe Mothers Day?" the popular
Song-writer was asked.
mo" he replied. Il was busy on a Nanny num-
Der"
II has been revealed that when he was in the White
House John Coolidge played a saxophone- It costs a
lot TO be president.
The Bcok-of -the-M Month Club has sued one OF its
severest critics for 100000. It'll make a great case
II Joan Lowell Is retained to prepare the briefs.
One Of the best yarns OF the season Is that OF the
s~cofflaw who. being told the stuff was just off the
boat. replied as he nearly choked. You must have
lscraped II Off"
AMERICANA
First Citizen: Whatever been doing?
Second Citizen: Jury duty.
First Citizen: What kind Of a case?
Second Citizen: Terrible. The defendant wore
long skirts.
Ina Claire and John Gilbert have been married.
The contract to fit up the new home with full-length
mirrors must be the ambition Of every interior deco
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