GOLF.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16323, 12 January 1921, Page 3

GOLF.

AT HOME AND ABROAD,

(By THE OADDIE.) George Duncan and A 1221 MJtchel ha:"€' been making some oxperiments With ono oi ‘rlm first spemmens of_t~he new ball which some golfers P 913“ 1“ (Tammi; a standard ball. though it is nothl‘flg 0* the kind (says the London correSPOfld‘ em. of the " Siar”)- The Amenconfi would not agree in a. standard ball With which We should all be compelled to r-lav ; ”,5,“ wo‘nlld only go so far as 3:0 fix the: miniimim size and the manmum Weight, 1+ does not follow that play erg will have to 'ls? a. hall f’f twise dimensions. They ma? 1313.? Vl9}! 3 Mgany and lighter (ma_ and. unless I am Ln. much'mistakeu. they Will do SOFm; I am doubt-fill Whether lhe he“: ball is alioge‘hher suitable for “we ordinary man. and I am confident _that “‘1" ladies will not look on if .WIH’I fa-VO‘IT' .\‘nl, only is the size a, handicap. bu? the weight. makes it diflficulf._to pick up ex-Cc-pt from a very good he. Thore may be thme’who take :1 different flow. but I think that film; present " I’9 ' 15 ““116henvy enough for ihe handicap player, 1 especially at, this firm: of tho year, when ’ all courses are soft» and Invlmed to he stir‘kv. The heavipr thn ball. the closer if lie}. to the ground. and with?“ Wooden (‘lllll a, good doul of'hard hitting is required in get it- up in lhesedarmp days. In my npiniiou. there is a. limit to the striking powers of every player. and it is not necessarily the sii'ongesf- 'man Whn can exerl ilw greatesat- force m n. I shot-l Strungih in golf. is only _raluabln when it is svientifically applied. and when one attempts to exceed one s ‘ Capabilities. in this direction ihe result I is almost certain lo be disasfrons. l\o i hplter advice can be given to a. golfer than that he is sure to go wrong as soon as he applies a, power greater. than he can nr-ourately control. Tt 1:. of course. possible to make the ”31 V’ l travel further than the “:39.” but tha (htference‘ in the length of the flight of the two balls: depends to a very largo extent on the player who makes the 1 shot. The “31" will only fly further i i if it is hit With the. force to niak¢_a it do ‘ so. and the point T am making is that. the handicap player. except in rare vases. cannot strike with the necessary power to get ihe real goodness out of this. heavier hall. It is no secret that the St Andrews oommiftee who carried out- flw negotiations with the Americans decided on a real standard. ball. and tho standard they fixed was a very simplr‘ one: if was to be any hall that would float. There are some professionals who would have~welcomed a restriction of lhis kind with hot-l 1 armc, as if. were. J. H. 'Taylor, for instance. was. very strongly in favour ofvtha introduction of a floater. Golf would have her-in a very different game- for in all if a light floating ball had been enforced. For one thing. we should have had to learn to keep it down. whereas now fohe ordiw ary player just- hits his hardest. knowing that the weight will he sufficient in itself to muse a more or less low tra-jer-tory. The result nf Hie ntpei'imenbs by Din-man and llitz-lwll with the “PW lmll have. been Wary differént from those antinipated. 'l‘hev found that they t‘mild gni' greater length than ever lJFfore. 'l‘lie came of this is that 't-he smaller surface of the hall offers less rosistanm; in ifs passage through i‘hn :m': and that {he slighfireducfinu in weight is not an adequate set-gfl'~_ . , . A writer in the " New York Herald." m. an interezdins: artir‘lc on the' visit to America. of Harry Var-don and Ted Ray. gives a, complete list of their matches during the tour. He say-5:“. Van-lon and Ray arrivm‘l in this calmtry about the middle of July and immediately started out to fulfil a schedule of engagements which kept them con—stantly on the jump for more tl'mu three months and tool; the-m practically all over the United States with the exception of the Pacific Coast, and also to many points in Canada. \Vlien Vardou and Ray last 11' 9 here in 1913 they were defeated only once. They have found ‘liings very different this limo, however. but while they have lost many games, they have maintained a high average throughout. “More—over. success crowned the .chief Venture of all. for. while Ray won the national oan ohampiouship at Tole-do in August, Vamlon finiahed in a_tic for second.

_ “ The famous British pros. arrivedr‘ m )ew York on Saturday, Juh' 17. Their first match was next dav atfinmnor. where: they defeated - Ned 1 bawyer. the metropolitan amate'u‘} champl-m. and another amateur. John G. Anderson. by 3 and l in the morning . and then defeated Tom Kerrigan and Tom .\l‘Nmnara, pros. in the after. noon hv ‘2 my] 1. Ray then went to‘ Shawna. Where, on July 20 and 21. he took part in a. professional tourna—ment, \"arclon no? competing 01) account: of an injured hand. Bay, with 2921. finished second *0 Barnes. who scored 287. On July 2212 the visitors defeated Tom Boyd and George Fath—ermgto'n. the Staten Island pros. by 9 and 7, Their leading matches after that were thesa:—-Jul.\' 23. a: \Vood‘ tray. Stamford. Conn. defeated Jerome D, Travers and Oswald Kirkbj. ama~ teurs. by .3 and 4; 26th. defeated Barnes and Hagen at Shenecossert. New London, by 1 up: 29th. at Beaumont Spring. Boston. defeated Frauds Onimeb and Jesse Gliilford, amateurs. by 4 and 2. and later in the. season rl9, feated ’he'snme pair at Brookhne, Mates. by: an equal];~ convincing man gin; 3lst. at Seardale. NAT. losL to Jack Bowling; and Tom M'Namara. by 6 and .3 (their first thiny—six hole defeat). August 2, at Hollywood, N.J.. lost by Hagen and Barnes. by 4 and ‘2; inst. at Skokie. Chicago. lnet ‘t-o Chick Evans and Phi} Gnndin, put, ‘by 6 m 5; 22nd. at Lake Shore. Chi~ \ cage, lost to Eddie Los and Leo Deigel, pros. in the morning, by 3 to 1. but won in the afiernoon by l 1117' from Chick Erans and Robert A. Gardner, anmteurs: 25*13. at Glen View. Chicago. inst to Jock Hutchison and Lauria Ayton, pros. hy 7 and 5. September 5 at Sunset liiil St Louis, defeated Hagen and Barnes. 1 up; 14th. at Kokomo. Ind, lost to Chick Evans and Bob li’Dona-Id. pro.. by 5 and 3; after defeat at Morris County by Bobby Jones and Chink Evans they lost at Englewoc-d on September 19 to Bobby Jones and Cvril‘ \Va‘lker, pro.. 111 the morning by 3 to 2. and to Jones and Kixkby in the afternoon by 3 and 2. Jones thus winning three matches against them in two dam; 20th at Cherry'Valley. defeated Frank Rl'Namars. 311:1 Jork Dow—ling, pros., by 3 and 1; 23rd, at filer-ion. Philadelphia, defeated Chick Evans and Max Mars—ton. amateurs. by 1 up; October _2, at Upper Montclair. N.J., _defeated Travers and “‘illiam M. Reekre. amateurs. by 4 and 3; sth. at th'e Garden City Go‘xt‘ Club, lost. to Barnes and .Hutchisou, prom, by 6 and 5, In special 1500 dollar prize mat‘L-h‘; 7th_ at Essex County, N.J., lost to ‘lnvcrs and Dave Barron, amateurs, by 2 and 1; 30:11, lat Nassau, L. 1., lost; to Hagen and Jam Maiden. “pl-05., by 4 and 3; 31st,'at Tuxedo, ‘N'.Y . closed thew tour by. dofea‘ting George Fozhermgham and John Golden, progp by 3 and 1. " '