Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
new ONE LABELED
SLUGGERS' DELIGHT
Suggests Both Be Made and
Players Be Allowed to
Take Choice.
REDDIE MCLEOD, dean OF
X golf professionals about
wosl,i,aOtoya uyhn farohablv

~ REDDIE MCLEOD. dean of
H golf professionals about
washington, who probably
knows as much about hit
ting a golf ball as any living man,
thinks the new 1.62xle68 ball will
not be as satisfactory for general
play by all classes OF golfers as the
present 1.55x1.6S one, which has
been dubbed the balloon ball"
and worse by many golfers who
watched its action on courses
since It's introduction January 1
last.
Mcleod strings along with Tommy
Armour, declaring that the present ball
makes for greater skin and control,
while the new BAH win yield up its
secrets only to the siuggerS and VIII not
pay dividends for the finesse in stroking
and putting that the present one pays.
Armour says the present ball Is the
greatest contribution that has been
made 10 the game Of gclf, and thinks 1t
should be retained.
On the other hand, J. Munro Hunter.
r., the mighty slugger Of Indian Spring,
thinks the new ball win revive the SUI
prenAcy Of the man who can hit 1t q
long way and stfIl control Il. But he
also believes that the SIS size win make
1t easier to hit and easier to get up
from close lie en- the fairway, Hunter
Is one OF the few golf professionals
around washington who has actually
played with the new ball.
Gets More Distance.
A month and half ago he secured
few Ct the new I.62xi.e8 golf balls, put
out privately as an experiment By q
large golf bah manufacturer. we have
had practically no wind In which to
try out the new bal" Hunter said. But
noticed that It went q little further
than the present oficlal hall and did
not hobbIe around on the putting green
as much as the present ball"
Mcleod holds that the present ban
made for the greatest good for the
greatest number and that most golfers,
after playing with the present ball, win
ind the new heavier one harder to get
I'D from the fairways. He believes that
the present ball IS the finest we have
had in many years. But Freddie has
other ideas about the golf bah.
why not permit the manufacture
Of both the present and new types" he
asks, ''and permit players TO take their
choice OF the two spheres. The present
ball may suit one type Of player and
may not suit another. 80 why not make
them both and let the golfer take his
choice"
AS . precedent Freddie cites the old
Gays back around 1914 when o leading
bail manufacturer put out three weights
and sizes Of bah, ranging from the l.62
xise and weight of the old ball uf to o
BAH Of about the size and weight Of the
present balloon ball. Then we could
take our choice" Freddie said. We
could play the small, heavy ball in o
wind and the larger, lighter ball down
the wind or on calm day. think as
q matter Of preference we should be
allowed to take our choice between two
sizes and weights Of golf balls"
Amcng the amateur golfers about
washington. generally speaking, there
has been little dissatisfaction with the
present ball. A few isolated instances
exist. Of course, but IN the, main the
golfers have gone along playing the
present ban with few sldeks."
But nov, with the announcement Of
another new ball to become oflctai for
play "a 1884, many amateurs believe
that . standard ball shculd be finally
decided upon and the business Of an
oGaciAl bah settled once ana for al.