Sport: Ball Crusade

Since Jan. 1 when the U. S. Golf Association added .06 in. to the size and subtracted .07 oz. from the weight of the official golf ball, a great muttering has been heard from the fairways, greens and locker-rooms of the land. The U. S. G. A.'s prime reason for the change was to make golf harder for expert players. It was said that things had come to such a pass that long hitters like Bobby Jones and Horton Smith never had a chance to play a brassie shot. The bigger lighter ball...

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