Evening star., 1941-11-26

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turning out shiny new links equil
lions of dollars worth TO the sev-'
eral millions of buffers throughout
the land.
But the tip is out this year that
the men who figure they need a
new set of iron clubs or a new
quartet of wooden weapons had bet
ter get quickly in that line forming
at the immediate right and have
their order in at once. Christmas
will not be too early, and even if
you cannot get the 1912 models,
the tip is you had better buy now.
Priorities May Cut Output.
No sales talk is needed to impress
any American with the fact that
certain materials widely used in golf
clubs have been included in defense
priorities. Such vital metals as steel
and aluminium are essential parts OF
golf clubs. And that drive for old
aluminium last summer was not
phony. You don't have to read
further than the newspaper front
pages of two days ago about that
American military force going to
protect the Dutch Giana bauxlte
mines to know that aluminium and
its production is on the must list.
Bauxite, in case you didn't know,
is the base of aluminium production.
There isn't any use talking loosely
about the relatively small amount OF
steel used in golf club shafts being
so minor that it should be overlooked
by the omnipotent o. P. M. and for
gotten as too trivial TO talk about.
The average steel shaft weighs
around five ounces. Multiply this
by approximately 100000,000 and you
have a quantity of steel which ism
exactly trivial.
That figure of 100 900 900 isn't too
high. either. considering that there
are about 100000 golfers in the
land, and that each of them, in ad-
dition to his l4-club set has half a
dozen spares in the club locker or in
closet at home with which TO
knock down chandeliers and scar the
ceiling during the winter. And this
doesn't count the unsold clubs or
dealers shelves, or in the golf clubs
or the factories. No, even the stee
is no small item.
Manufacturers Hopeful.
The manufacturers themselves are
maintaining a stiff upper lip atti'
tude. selling where they can anc
when they can and advising retail
outlets to order at once, on ''wher
delivered basis and without thu
usual price tags, in many cases. II
other words deliveries for sprin:
business will be made if the manu-
facturers can produce the clubs
The price is another matter. al
though the manufacturers hope Il
maintain this years prices on stand
ard equipment.
John c. Duffer isn't exactly the
fall guy in this deal for which we
can blame a gent named Hitler
The average set of golf clubs bought
in the last half-dozen years is
pretty stable collection Of merehan'
disc. Golf clubs today are similar
TO the famed British motor car o.
few years back Literally they
never wear out. The only way they
can be ruined is by brushing-no
too Hghtly-a rock. or by cracking
them against a tree, INTENTIONAL.
or otherwise In every other par'
ticular tl\y are indestructible.
Buy Now If You Need En-.
But every year a new crop O.
linksmen and linkswomen get al
idea they would like to overhaul
their golf equipment. The logica
answer is a new set of clubs. eithe,
iron or wood, or both And tn,
answer to that one is: Buy now
Later the price tag may be highe
and still later, if the same gen
,, named Hitler persists in trying Il
stick a ring in the nose of the world
they may not be obtalnable at all.
Golf isn't exactly a necessity il
!. world gone war mad and tani
mad. even though they insist Oh
, playing it in Germany nowaday'