Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-10
BIC MANUFACTURER
SOON TO MAKE CUT
Dime Reduction, Effective
December |, Likely to
Become General.

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the bunker bordered Nation
i are going to get break at
last in a reduction in the
inflated prices of at least one item
of golf equipment.
One of the largest manufactur-
ers of golf balls, who probably
ranks at least second in volumes
of sales of golf balls, will announce
within few days reduction of
10 cents per copy in the price of
his golf balls. This probably will
mean that the other large golf ball
manufacturers will have to meet
this price, and probably will be the
opening wedge in a general down.
ward revision in the price of golf
balls.
The reduction will be effective on De-
cember !, and will cut the price of balls
from rs cents to IS cents. How long the
reduction will be in effect will not BIZ
stated in the announcement, but 1t Will
bring the standard price of a standard
article below the price which has OBJ
tanned for at least two decades. There
are several golf balls on the market at
SO cents. a few at 81 and at least one
at IS cents, but in the main the bulk of
the golf balls sold over the counter re-
tail at rs cents. The price of golf balls
has not kept pace with the inflated
prices of other articles of golf equip
ment in recent years, which have scared
far above their normal value, and golf
balls are the first in the list of equip
ment to take a tumble in price.
Twenty years ago. before the era OF
the steel shaft, you could step into your
professionals shop and buy the finest
handmade wooden club in his collection
for So. Iron clubs sold for So. Along
came the steel shaft and machine
methods of production and the prices
jumped up and up. Today a club with
wooden head and a steel shaft sells in
the better makes for SIS, and set of
three-driver, brassie and spoon-sells
for $45 The sets of steel-shafted
matched irons, which are 50 much in
vogue just now, sell for $40 apiece or $50
for set of nine. while the wooden
shafted irons sell generally for Sc apiece.
MRS. PAUL RANSOM and Mrs. L. H.
w Hedrick have tied for first place
in the ringer-score competition
among woman golfers of the Congress
sional Country Club. both with selected
scores of 70. Third place went to Mrs.
Thomas Shock with 70, and Mrs. M K
Barron won fourth place with IA. Mrs
John Upham, Mrs. j. T. O'Rear and
Mrs. E. A. Moves tied for fifth place
with cards of rs. Low net prize went
to Mrs. Royce with Sc. which won for
her the Upham trophy. Mrs. Paul Muel-
Ter. Mrs. CARRIER Mrs. H. Allen and Mrs.
w. A. Angwin tied for second with net
cards of So.
winners in the final event of the sea-
son were: Nine holes, Mrs. John Lee
net So. Eighteen holes-Mrs. L. H. He'd
rick net 80.
Members of the Women's Golf Com
mittee were given tokens of appreciation
by the fair golfers of the club. Those
receiving these gifts were Mrs. Berkeley
Merchant, Mrs William Angwin and
Mrs. Lewis Coke
Next Monday woman golfers of the
city will flock to the Chevy Chase Club
where they will play in benefit tour
nament for the unemployed of the city
to be staged by the Womens District
Golf Association. An entry fee of ST
will be charged. with all the proceeds
to go to the unemployment fund All
woman players in the city. with or with
out club Affiliations are invited to par
ticipate, and prizes will be donated b.
the chairmen of the Women's Golf
Committees of the clubs about the Capt.
tai.
A new tee has been built for the new
tenth hole at the Congressional Coun-
try Club, Immediately west of the club
house. The new tenth and eleventh
holes will be put in use next Spring,
under present plans of the club.
OFFICIALS of the Kenwood Golf and
~ Country Club today were complet-
ing the returns from the National
Capital open championship, which was
concluded at the club Sunday after
noon When returns are in from all
the agencies which held tickets for sale
it is expected report will be made on
the money returned for the tourney.
About $4,000 in cash was taken in at
Kenwood on ticket sales at the club.
but thousands of tickets were sent to
the other golf clubs and other spots
In and near Washington for the ad-
vance sale. When the returns from
these are in the club will know whether
the tourney was a financial success.
tournament expenses were about 81 900.
II the tourney cleared expenses, the
club. with the experience gained this
year. plans to renew the tournament
next Fall, with the prize money being
boosted to $4,000.
Tommy Armour, the British open
champion, plans to return to Washing
ton from PinehurSt on Thursday and
will remain in the Capital about a week
before going South to Boca Ration, his
Winter berth. Tommy has received an
offer to make tour of the Orient next
Spring, leaving the United States short
~ after the North and South open at
Pinehurst and travelling west by way
of Japan, India and Europe. to arrive
in Britain the first week in June, in
time To defend his British nner, title