Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-11

YOU'D you know the diner.
AAI ence in play between the old
v v 1.62 golf ball and the new
1853 ball II you stepped out
on the first tee and some one handed
you several golf balls, and you played
round with them?
Ed Eynon thought he was playing
with the big ball when he stepped over
the first nine at Columbia . few days
ago In 80 strokes, but he wasn't sure.
He only became sure when he COM
pared the ball with which he had been
playing with an old size ball-a Lea
pellet, which he happened to have in
his bag. And within few hours there
after Eynon played the last nine in "a
strokes, again playing the new large
and light ball. Had he hooked up those
nine he would have Stroked the course
in 81 blows, which would have been
considerable golf by any yardstick,
But the big point Is that the action
of his shots gave no indication Of which
ball he was playing. "Tl1e new ball
acted normally, and really didn't
realize which one was playing until
my partner asked me-" Eynon said.
Fred Mcleod claims that all the hula
baloo about the playing qualities Of the
big ball is so much skinned milk. Il
don't think any one will know the diff
ference after he has played the new
ball few times" the Columbia mentor
says.
the Spring when the ground gets back
to normal and the Spring winds begin
blowing. The test of any golfer Is his
ability to play in wind, and the new
bah viii bring out his skill, II he has
any,"
Just to show how important this game
of golf Is in the structure Of our trade
balance, the Department Of Commerce
says that golf balls led all other i'm
ports of rubber manufactures coming
into the United States during the years
1928 to 1929, inclusive. Golf balls inn
ported into the United States In 1929
numbered 2,617,125, valued at 1886, 440.
The annual meeting Of the Maryland
State Golf Association win be held next
Friday night at the Rolling Road Golf
Delegates from all four Of the Wash
ipgton clubs which are members of the
association are expected to attend the
annual meeting.
A dinner meeting of the Middle At
lanhKc Association of Greenkeepers is
to Be held tomorrow night at the Ham,
ilton Hotel at $50 o'clock.
WHATEVER happens to the award of
wv one of the big national champion
ships Of 1932-and 1t now is sure
that an honest effort is to be made to
bring one to one of the clubs near
Westinghouse Baltimore Country
Club will not be so hard hit by the re-
cent burning of the Roland Park club
house as to preclude bid for q title
event.
The Baltimore Country Club Is q
wealthy club with somewhere near
$500 members, and in any event q big
championship would not be played at
Roland Park. The Five Farms course
of the club, located in the Green Spring
Valley about miles from the Roland
Park clubhouse, Is the layout over which
the p. q. A. championship of 1928 was
played and has been ranked as q true
championship course.
The clubhouse has ample facilities for
entertaining small field Of players, but
would have to be enlarged for cham
pionship of the magnitude Of the ma
tional amateur or open. The club Is
understood to be ready to make O strong
bid for the amateur championship Of
1892.
4 ARRANGEMENTS have been prac-
"A tically completed for the trip to