Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10
STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE

| proposed millennium by cutting down the
driving length of the golf ball. One
manufacturer, seeing the trend Of golf
ball legislation has been experimenting
| for several years with larger and lighter
golf balls and has succeeded in making
larger and lighter ball which can be
driven farther than the present small
"jack rabbit" ball.
The U. S. G. A. hopes that with the
new ball. which is to be 1.63 inches in
diameter and SIS ounces in weight. dis
lance of the long hitters from the tee
will be very materially reduced. But.
according to Armour, this will not be
the case If the manufacturer in question
puts his new ball on the market. The
change will affect the average high
handicap player by cutting down his
distance from the tee, both Armour
and Fred Mcleod, the Columbia men
| tor, claim But Mcleod goes a step fur
ther and declares that the long hitter
the first-claSs amateur golfer-will find
it far more difficult to score with the
larger and lighter ball, for a shot hit
with slight slice or hook will be ex-
aggerated in the matter of loss of line,
while the new ball will not duck into
the hole on the putting green with the
same ease of the Jack rabbit sphere.
But both Armour and Mcleod, who
are golfers of the old school, foresee a
vast Improvement in the game with the
advent of the new ball. Their comments
on the new ball were almost identical.
This new ball will bring back into
the game the control Of shots that made
Vardon and Taylor the masters they
were. 1t will bring back the half-shot
and the three-Quarter shot and make
of golf thing of control of clubs in
stead of a mere matter of full shot
with all clubs Instead of a full space
mashie a player with the new ball will
have to learn half shot with the
maShie and instead of a full spoon shot
he will learn half iron shot. The
control will be the thing with the new
ball, and there will no longer be the
f1inging away of full shots with clubs
built to cover the distance"
Page Hufty shot the best golf yester-
day in the Town and Country Club
tourney of any of the semi flnalists,
holding a 30-foot putt on the ninth
green to score 80 for the first nine
in his match in the afternoon against
j. A. Cox, whom he defeated and 6.
The second round was marked by the
surprise defeat of S. H. Buttz of Indian
Spring by j. j. Lynch, who played golf
superior to that shown by the Indian
Spring title-holder to close him out on
the fifteenth green. and 8.
Miller B. STEVENSON of Columbia,
holder of the District amateur title, was
the lone player from Washington to
qualify in the first flight in the Balti-
more Country Club tourney and is play
ing in the first round today against
Tol T. Speer of Baltimore, chairman of
the Baltimore Country Club golf COM
mittee. Albert r. Mackenzie, Columbia
Country Club star, took "a for the round
and was out of the tournament.
Hugh H. Saum of Columbia regis
tered an SO and qualified in the third
flight, where he met Dan S. Neill, a
Baltimore veteran. w N. Baldwin of
Manor is in the fifth flight with card
of 81, while r. B. Cummings of Column
bia took 90 and made the fourth fight.
J. H. HinemOn was to meet DR.. w. B.
Mason in the final round of the COM
petition for the French High Commits
sion Cup at the Chevy Chase Club this
afternoon. Hinemon yesterday defeated
E. P. Porcher. l up, while Mason
downed E. O. Wagenhorst, and 5.