New Britain herald., 1929-10-30

meetings of the Massa chusetts and
 the New England Golf associations
 held at the Algonquin club in Bos-
 ton. last week. He returned a more
 enthusiastic golfer than ever.
 MT. Humphrey reports that con-
 siderable effort will be made, dur
 ing the 1930 season, to establish the
 New England championship as the major golf event in this section of
 the country, The best amateurs Of
 Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont.
 Massachusetts, Connecticut and
 Rhode Island will be urged to en- | ter
 The tournament w;,! be staged
 at Portland on a course said to be
 up to the standard requirements Extra flights and side matches
 which cannot be accommodated
 there will be played off at Poland
 Springs, 30 miles distant.
 The first week in August was selected as the date for the cham- pionship. The suggestion of the
 Nutmeg State delegates that it be held the first three days of the
 week, instead of the latter part of the week as heretofore, was accept cd. This will give the entrants chance to get acquainted with the course over the weekend.
 A resolution was passed to the e'- feet that the United States Golf as- soclation, the national ruling body or golf, be requested to rcscind it's rule that the expenses of stata teams shall not be paid by clubs or the state organization.
 It developed during the discus- sion on the upkeep of links that It was almost the unanimous opinion that some strain of Washington or Metropolitan bent was the most suitable for greens in this section or the country. It also appeared that experience had shown that ar tilicial fertilizers made the best winter covering for the greens,
 MT. Humphrey, in commenting on the Shuttle Meadow greens, said, there was general satisfaction with the 14th and 18th which were re- surfaced with bent by Orrin Smith this season. The plan followed this summer of watering the greens dur ing the night proved beneficial. Three million cubic feet of water was used for this purpose or 50 per cent more than has been cOnsumct m any previous year, MT Humph- rcy stated.
 Keen interest was manifested at the meeting in report on the
 new ball. Herbert Jaques, chair man of the implements and balls committee of the |. s. G. A. ex- pounded it's merits. He has played "lth It all summer and in addition 10 his personal observations he gave summary of tests made at Chlcopcc, Mass, Iy Spauldinss.
 Accordlng to the report, the |
 l.55' ball loses only six yards dis i tancc in comparison with the pres cht ball, when the driving machine | sends It out for what would be n 2oo yard tee shot. By mechanical | means 1t has been determined that | It goes eight inches farther on a ilVe foot putt, on level green, if IS easier to putt down hill, than is the ordinary ball. Up hill the now ball needs more push than the one 1t will replace in 1881.
 It will bounce higher than the old ball but will not roll as far. If Will take slices and hooks easier put It will go no deeper in the rough There and in the fairwav It IS more likely than the old ball to get itself good lie. Thus it is much easier to hit with a brassie.
 Some of us who have been us- ing the ball agree with Mir. Jaouos
 IL more | than once this summer on the To- cal course. Last week a player used it on windy day at Shuttle Meadow and shot Sl. Against the wind his tee shots went out about as far as he had been getting win the regular ball. With the wind at his back he hit some of the long est drives he has made this fall
 The fact is, Mir. Humphrey said point to an early popu- larity for the ball. The purnos. was to shorten the game of the crack golfers. It was not expect. nd to help, especially, the ordinary player. It's use thus far may b, said to have benefited the duffnr and 1t may not prove to be any handicap to the stars.
 DARTM0UTH W0RKN HARn |