GOLF.

Thames Star, Volume LVII, Issue 14729, 6 August 1921, Page 6

GOLF.

GAME BY GASLIGHT. The possibility of playing football, cricket, golf, lawn tennis,hockey; lacrosse, and other outdoor games by artificial light was discussed in a paper read by Mr. J. b. Dow, to the Illuminating Engineering Society at the Royal Society of Arts, London:—“The consumption of electricity necessary to light the area of a football ground,” he said, “would nob appear excessive in the case of a permanent ground where there is ample revenue from gatemoney.” To avoid lamp*; being damaged by the ball, he recommended that they should be mounted on posts 40ft. high, if practicable. In regard to cricket, the provision of lighting over the pitch for batsmen and bowler would present considerable difficulties. Adequate artificial lighting of the white batting screens placed in line with the pitch could doubtless be easily arranged. The lighting of a complete l golf links has .been contemplated in the United States. Mr. T. J. Little has described the lighting by incandescent gas, of a small area (40ffc by 80ffc) at New Jersey, as a putting-green. Holes were painted white inside, so as to bo plainly seen. It was that a ball on the green was easily' visible 200fb away, and sufficient light was allowed to scatter over the ground in the vicinity of the green to permit of mashie-shots from a distance of 100 ft. Lawn tennis has already been successfully played by artificial light, notably at Dulwich (England), where the lighting is effected by 1500-candle > power highpressure gas lamps at a height' of '2sft. Red balls were tried, but found less satisfactory than tho standard balls. Artificial light has been recently installed for the Ts9r nis courts at Queen’s Club. -