Sport: New Golf Ball

Larger, lighter. It is conceivable that another change may be made in the weight and size of the golf ball.

A few years ago when the U. S. G. A. and the St. Andrews Club of Scotland standardized the so-called 1.62-1.62 'ball, there was a good deal of agitation among amateurs as to just how important this standardization was. Questions of whether. a score of 119 played with a "maverick" ball beat a 125 played with a standard ball were raised and discussed—ofttimes heatedly.

Now the U. S. G. A. officials seem to be looking...

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