Evening star., 1932-04-10

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Billy HoteH, the Virginia fash, ,OiH be
more experienced in competition thus
year, and his followers expect great
things fror, him on the links.
Fay Coleman is another topnotcher. He is
a solid golfer who carries high ideals OF sports
manship. 1 have mentioned many good ones
here, but, as I told you, do not pretend 70 De
an expert Just an observer and golf course
farmer whose job it is to keep the grass grow
ing I saw them all play at Chicago and, no
doubt, will see them again at Baltimore Be-
fore closing I want to discuss two more anna
teurs who may may not rank high this sea-
son. One is Paul Jackson, Kansas CITY, VINO
not quite hand in Chicago last year He
seems to be temper erarnentally f1t, but lacking In
championship experience. He plays Win
great deal of finesse and puts with extreme
care and deliberation He is one Of the players
who may reach the heights in a year or two.
If not, he will never be heard of again as a
topnoteher He isn't the type to be hallway
player.
Eugene Homans is good, experienced
golfer but his ability is somewhat swayed ny
mis- emotional reactions, which are always un-
der control to such an extent as not 70 oe Chs
cerned easily by the average observer. In other
words the breaks of the game affect him IN
wardiy and his play is consequently aneeted
also
There are other players who doubtless should
be mentioned here, but this covers the Inst
have watched rather closely.
As to the average golfer he worries little
~ about the fate of the stars. He ID wen-
dering whether he can break . hundred" dur
ing the hot Summer months and beat thas
III, last
Today the expert and the dub are both ex-
perimenting with the new ball, wondering
whether 1t win hinder or help their games
The balloon" made made its exit last No
vember when n. II. Ramsay. president Of the
United States Coli Association. announced that
the Executive Committee had adopted q new
and heavier ball, effective January l, 1881.
Mr. Ramsay said at that time:
Effective for play January !, 1882, the saze
Of the eOlf ball shall be not less than 16e inches
in diameter and the weight shah not be great
9 than I62 ounces ayoirdapois
The foregoing specifications retain the ssze
Of the present ball and change the weight speca-
hcations back TO the wesht Of the old bal"
The new and heavier ball made 20 many sae-
cessfui assaults par during the winter toux-
nSments in the West and South that Albert u
Gates, administrator Of the Professional
it ultimately will be recognised az the inteTna-
tional sphere
The new han made q hit during the pre-
fessienal and amateur tournaments dAKing the
Winter and am more hopeful than ever that
England and ether powers in the wogld Of seff
viii soon accept 1t as the international ball,
he said.
Almost all Of the pros tell me It Is wer-
derfM putting ball and that it cuts the wind
better than the old ball.
Mention of cutting the wind reminds me
what Mr.. Gersten said about Babe Ruth and ms
power on the links I asked the green's expert
who was the hardest hitter Of the tee he ever
saw and, to my surprise, he said
Babe Ruth. played IN feursoEae with
him at Merton one time and was amazed at
the power Of his swing. Honestly, / thought
Ruth was simply going to crush the httle bah
into a pulp the way he hit IT, But the surpris-
ing part of it all was the distance the bah
carried. His drive didn't land in the next
county at an but merely the length Of any
reasonable drive"
How did that come about?' asked
Its hard TO figure" said MIR. Gersten My
theory is that because of the power, the wind
resistance was too great at the outset 1t would
take q scientific experiment to figure all out
beiieve the expert driver doesn't kill ms
ball but hits it I'm such q way that It starts
on with less wind resistance than Ruths ball
and carries farther when in flight. I noticed
that Ruth's bali went very high i'm the am
which doesn't help In the length OF . drive
Mr. Gersteh discussed with Ruth the qaes-