Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 25, 1909, Page 32

FLICAT OF THE GOLF BALL Scientific Inquiry Into the Conditions Governing Course in Air. RIGHT SORT FOR BEST RESULTS *ir Malph P-ynr»‘—l:kol an Exhaus tive Inquiry and Tables Rew His Investigations and Conclusfons. of NEW Ga YORK way rec ~8ir Ralph Payne made a sclentific and practical investigation into the merits ditferent kinds of golf balls and published the result of his experiments in two articles Times. April 2 London Sir Ralph employed a projectile engine by which the ball eould he thrown as from catapult or hit away with a striking arm a golf club, with different degrees of speed or force. By the use of this de bails could be thrown or hit for intermediate distance up ards, according to the force employed he angle of elevation. A dogzen of each as with se the destred and engine at a mark 160 yards dis- and each ball was shot twenty times another was tried, the indentations they made where they fell being marked by a fore caddie with pegs for subsequent and record. When the results from one ball wers ro- d then another was dealt with, the angle of elevation and the projectile force of the engine being ldentical in every case On shooting straight down wind there was little difference in thelr length of carry or steadincss of filght, though the solid guttie excelled all In distance, being on aix occaslons in its first serles of twenty shots a few vards further than the longest of ‘any of the other balls On shooting the balls against a head wind or with a side one he found that balls with the roughest markings Invariably car. ried the shortest distances, owing to their always tending to fly too high or to soar upward at about two-thirds of the length of their flight. In a fresh side winfi from the left all the balls except the’ guttie pitched from eight to twelve yards to the right of the mark at a range of 130 vards or an iron shot Balls Most Untrue. He found another thing In regard to flight—that the balls that were most untrue in regard to their center of gravity not only always dropped the furthest to the right, but aiso ran at a more acute angle in the same direction after contact with the ground. Against the wind or through it the guttie was always from fifteen to eighteen yards short of the rubber-cored balls. Later he fixed a pad of rubber on the striking arm n the measurement carry This is just a short talk which of arious makes of balls were thrown | trave as far The results obtained {rom that a olub a non-elastic lub will drive | an n the gut(le ~d a9 any of them | the with guttie sug an’ clastic face will drive ball as well as & hard-faced with the advantage that the better of the two he says, elastic one, former I8 infinitely the on the putting green Sir Ralph then experimebted with a per- tectly smooth ball and found that it ducked in w most extraordinary manner and sel dom carried than eighty yards and was a total for putting. He then engaged ward Ray the well known | British professional, to try out the smoolh ball. Ray, who has a reputation as a long could not drive the smooth ball over 100 yards. 8ir Raiph then nicked the smooth ball slightly with the point of a knife, the nicks one-third of an inch apart and the ball flew splendidly for well over 200 yards each time from the machine and actually out-distanced the ordinary balls. Later on he put more nicks in between those previously made, but found that this treatment not only reduced the length of flight b several yards, but caused the ball to soar too much upward when projected ’HKI“'!"I a head wind. In this connection Sir Ralph ates the surface of the average golf ball is too rough. He suggests a ball with slightly ralsed lines Intersecting its surface, with #paces between the lines where they Inter- sect, which would resemble in pattern the network on the outside of « melom. Center of Gravity Dislocated. one of the rubber cored balls were cor- trect as to their centers of gravity, though some were much more incorrect than others, nor were any of them truly spher- jcal in shape. When placed In a basin of water the same small part of each ball always floated upward clear of the water. The center of this spot he marked with a pencil and however roughly the balls were wolled in the water the same spot came up. Ae to the spherical shape of the balls —this was demonstrated by means of & par- lel vise or callpers set just wide enough to let a ball pass between its jaws. A ball would just pass through the jaws in one position, but would not do so when it was turned around into another. This was the case with all the balls except the gutties. Sir Ralph then tested the varfous balls for accuracy of roll in putting. 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IF EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS, THEN WHY NOT ASK FOR AND DO YOUR SHARE IN MAKING A (GREATE R.OMAHA THE OMA H | the track to succeed Poughkeepsie in the big trotting line. missed it was usually within an inch of the mark. Any of the balls if played fairly hard from a cue would be made to hit the thimble every time, but such a hard-hit ball would go far beyond the hole in golf, and probably ovefrun the green He then put rough green balze over the table to try the ball under conditions sim- liar to those on & putting green. In this case the balls, with the exception of those that were noted as having thelr center of | gravity much out of place, ran with far greater accuracy. Most of them hit the thimble eight or ten times in thelr indi- vidual series of twenty shols, the guttle, as usual being an easy winner, With a badly balanced ball the easiest of short | putts may fail, especlally on a downward tlope, though the player rarely Suspects that the ball and not his skill Is the blame. Conel lons from Experiment. As the result of his experiments Sir Ralph suggests that balls to be used in important matches should be carefully tested as fol- lows 1. Float the ball in a bowl of water and allow it to become stationary. Then mark with a pencil dot the center of the smail part of the ball that floats above the water. Next, roll the ball over and over. If the dot comes up ~quickly to the top of the ball into its previous position the center of gravity of the ball is very incorfect, and short, slow putts will be constantly misseq with ' It, particularly ‘on hard, smooth ground On the dther hand, If the dot hesitates to come up or comes up very slowly the ball is a good one. If the dot does not come uppermost, or first one part of the ball floats clear and then another part, after it has been turned round and round in the water, then the ball is perfect for putting and . playing through the green, Provided, ‘of course, It is ai8o 4 true spherc. | 2. Test the ball with calipers (of the Kind that can be fixed with a thumb screw) to see If it is spherical. It is not spherical it it passes between the points of the cali- pers when it is held in one position, but will not do so if held in another. 3. Test one ball against another for elas- ticity. Hold a couple side by side as high a8 you can reach and drop them together ontd a stone slab, such as a doorstep. The ball that bounces higher, always provided that 1t is correctly balanced and is of WITATHE COLLEGEATHLETES| Doings in the Field of Sport in East and West. INVESTIGATOR GETTING BUSY Inquiry Inte tho"'orll- of ldrlfi-llfll Amatenr Comching for the Uni- versity Crews—Question Pu te Former Oarsmen. A circular letter was sent out not long ago to the prominent oarsmen of the last decade in those Eastern universities which have crews. The letter contained five questions which dealt with the subject of amateur graduate coaching in American university rowing. The writer of the let- ter wal intending an article on the sub- | Ject, which up to this time has not ap- peared. The questions were these 1. Do you know any reason why can college men should not be as well qualified to coach crews as are the Bnglish | 2 Do you personally feel competent to | undertake the coaching of a university elght in conjunction With several other graduates? | 3. Could you find the leisure to coach without compensation? F 4 Do you belleve your living expenses while coaching should be paid? 6. Do you see any advantage In an amateur system of control and the elim- | ination of all professional watermen ex- cept boatmen? What American Coaching Means. The whole argument in behalt of ama- teur coathing lles in the 'feeling that If | there were amateur coaches for crews | there would possibly be less talk about Amer!- true spherical shape, will be the better and pleasanter to play with through. the | sreen | 4. Toss a ball up as high as you can and | slightly against the wind. If it I8 really | bad one in shape and gravity you may dis- tinctly see it swerve in the , in which | case it i3 useless for accurate golf. 6. Select a Iall with as smooth a cover | as you can find, for, though all golf balls require to be roughed in order to steady | their flight, those most deeply ecored travel the shortest distance and are most affected by & head or a side wind. GAP IN THE GRAND CIRCUIT New Yorkers Try to Replace the Poughkeepsie Track. NEW YORK, April %4.—Strong efforts are being made by a number of prominent trotting horsemen 'to fill up the gap caused In the grand circuit by the abandonment of the meeting at Hudson river driving park, Poughkeepsie. There is every reason to hope that this will be accomplished, and the newcomer will be a mile track in the east. Gentlemen who aré interested in the matter—some of them most directly—are now doing their best to fill up the date, which is the week of August 25. According to reports, the first step taken was to approach James Butler and secure the Bmpire city track for a trotting meet- ing on that date, when the Yonkers track will be available for the purpose. While no definite answer is given, yet it is re- ported that Mr. Butler has the matter un- der consideration and there is some hope that he may decide favorably and allow If this proposition can be carried out suc- cessfully, then the grand circuit will be as it was when Empire City track occupied | & prominent position in harness racing sport—namely, from Buffalo to New York and the) to Boston, Hartford and so on It Is needless to say that the incoming of the Bmpire track will not only save the circult of next season, but be most ad- vantageous to harmess racing in the east. There is not the least doubt that the en- tire grand circult campaigners can be brought to New York, and the mesting, being the only harness event in the metro- politan district, will draw a large attend- ance. In case this plan falls through Narragan- sett park track at Providence will be the next choice to fill up the vacant date. There was some talk last year of Provi- dence filling up the date abandoned by Long Brafich, and it is believed that if Em- pire City track cannot be secured it will be an easy matter to arrange a meeting at this point Bofore harness racing was abandoned Narragansett park track for mdhy years was a leading membér of the big line, and each season helped to make some of the best turf records in the country. The track now is in the same condition as it was formerly. and would require very little expense to put it in proper shape for the proposed meeting. Owners and trainers of clrcuit horses are equally familiar with both tracks and one will suit them as much as the other; but in point of shipping facllities and prospective attendance, of course, New York is far the better of the two. The report from Boston that the Dover. N. H., track has applied for grand circuit dates assigned to Poughkeepsle has proved to be premature. Dover, however, may be taken up as a last resort. OWNERS AN—IT BREEDERS ALERT Have Established a Large Fund arantee Certain Stakes. NEW YORK, April 24.—Nothing has been done since the passage of the Agnew-Hart law at Albany, last June, that will go turther to restore confldence and build up once mere the sport of thoroughbred rac- ing than the organization of the Associa- tlon of Owners and Breeders in this city last week. In establishing a fund of| something more than $100,000, and which it | is sald on good authority will séon reach $200,000, for the purpose of guaranteeing certaln stakes to be run during the various meetings, the breeding industry of this country will be fostered and conserved, for the simple reason that horsemen can now | see their way clear to go into the market and buy with the chances almost as bright | as in happier days for the sport of earn- Ing a falr return on thelr investment The five associations which applied for racing dates this season can be depended on to do thelr part in building up the sport once more, but thelr best efforts might have avaljed nothing without the help of the new organization, as it 1s un- | reasonable to belleve that the crowds will'| flock to the track until such time as It has been definitely settled just what can or cannot be done In the way of making a wager. The men who subscribed to fund are men who are interested in the horse for the sake of the horse and its | proper development along the right lines. On the authority of one whose word can- not be questioned. the rumor that four bookmakers, who are anxlous to see racing §0 on for thelr own ends, had subscribed to the fund, can be set down as mere Kossip, worthy of no consideration. Some of these former bookmakers might be quite willing to subscribe, but their help is not wanted. for the simple reason that a wrong con. struction would be put upon It by the enemies of racing. The Jockey club and its’ friends are making an earnest effort to save racing for its own sake, and while mistakes have been made in the past. the right road has now been found, to all ap- pearances. the | had the brains to coach a crew as well as [the time and an | the ““Courtney’'s men” and “Rice's men,” and | “Kennedy's men” than there would be | about Cornell, Columbla or Yale crews The often made statemsnt that Courtney | is the czar of Cornell rowing is what the | amateur theorist objects to. He belleves thers migh be a better spirit of true col- lege enthusiasm among the oarsmen, or, at least, that is what he Is Indicating by In- ference when he objects to the established system of professional coaching. Of course, in one way it would be very much better in any branch of sport if there were amateur coaching, that is If it were true amateur coaching. But here fs the very point: Suppose, by the wildest flight of imagination, that there were an oafsmen, a graduate of a college who a professional, and suppose he had also unlimited income. He | would devote his time year after year to coachlng crews. What difference Is there between him and a professional? Solely | the fact that one man Is pald for his | work and the other man has so much | money he need not be paid. | Granted that some professional should | strike it rich by having a wealthy rela- tive leave him a large sum of money or| else have him come Into a gold mine or | two, and suppose that he then, instead of | charging for his services, devoted all his tima i coaching for the funm of it, as he| might well do. He would be exactly the same as that amateur in every way. An | amateur graduate coach who had the | money and the leisure to devote all of his | time to coaching would be simply an un- | paid professional. Any other system | | which involved the changing of a coach | frém year to year such as is done in somo colieges in foot ball would be a flat faflure | in rowing. The Professional’s Value. What makes & successful professional Towing coach is, besides his knowledge of | the game, his personality. If a man has the magnetism that fits him to tvain men | and to make them enthusiastic over what he is Instilling Into them he is a good coach. It fs a doubtful thing whether if | the graduate system were conducted on | the lines of changing the rowing coach each year there could be annually a man of the proper personal magnetism even it he were of enough influence among his fol- lowers to have been captain of the crew, and it stands to reasan that in many cases colleges would elect captalns of crews who could not afford the time or take trouble to remain at college for a coaching. the year Many coliege oarsmen have all sorts of freak and erroneous ideas on the subject of rowing. Thev have theorles which un- doubtediy they would try out if they were put in charge of the coaching, theories Which would result not only in losing races, | but In doing physical damage to the men Of course, the great argument in favor of the professional coach is that he generally produces a good crew, good in point of re- sults. Naturally not all the coaches can do this in the one season, because there can be only one winning crew in each race Other Different Conditions. There are not so many young men of in- dependent fortune who will have time day after day to devote to coaching crews The English university student is a differ- ent sort of a man from ours, and what might apply to him would not at all be the case in this country. And In spite of that even with what wealthy amateurs do de vote their time to helping coach the crews in England, they still feel the necessity | for professional watermen. It seems that argument against the professiona! coach is here a little weakened. What kind of answers may have heen re- turned to the question, “Do you personally feel confident to undertake the coaching of a university eight in conjunction with several other graduates?’ does not appear to be important Whether or not a man feels himeelf confident to coach a crew has nothing to do with the actual facts # the | matter He ma believe that he s l greatest rowlng coach who ever lived and | still not be | | | the Why should his influence be inflicted upon men who afterward enter his college and who want learn row right Into races trained suffer actual physical lefs in the matter In the last degree unimportant, and it would be a very con- ceited man indeed who, after rowing thr or four years. felt as competent a crew the older Ten Eyck Wray The fifth question vantage there may tem of control and professional dea to row and who want and who want that they damage? His be- to to go will not =0 to eoach or Jim which asks what ad- | be in the amateur sys- the elimination of all | watermen except boatmen in part with ethics and in part wi facts. The advantages of a graduate sys. tem of control would be to ellminate professional spirit from college rowing. So prominent an authority as President Ei. | fot of Harvard asserts that rowing Is the cleanest of college sports. Rowing is the one college sport in which the professional coach reigns supreme. If the conditions | are such as satisty Prof. Bliot, who 1s the severest critic of the American system of intercollegiate athletics, certainly should satisfy other men whe up to th time have not seen fit to raise objections. | all Two Col Columbia, like all others, in favor of graduate lumbia h ses that Chamged. tor a time was coaching. 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