Show I PUBLIC WILL BEAR BURDEN NEW WAR TAX Golfers Will ViII Pay More lore for Elusive Pellet Chicago March 21 Golfers Golfers nn others who play athletic games will wIn have havo to bear tho the brunt of ot the tho new war tax on athletic goods this summer summer It ItIs ItIs Is announced by manufacturers of ot balls ball clubs racquets and other paraphernalia Golf GolC balls which have been sold durIn during during dur dur- In ing the high price period of or the war tar will advance from 10 to 25 per cent and coif clubs will bear price tan tags front from 1 15 t tr to l 25 S per cent higher than last st 3 year CS C. C In mo most moat t. t cases producers in their spring price lists quote golf balls bans that sold nold last JaSt season for tor 1 each cacti at from tram 10 to although a a few Cow ow maintain main maln- taut tain the old price In some cases th the tax will be bc paid by the purchaser er In lam addition to the cost of t tho the ball Golf oJ balls that formerly sold for tor 85 cent cents tt hll will h bo advanced h to r- r 90 an cents cent n ortt or v n I do 0 70 season will advance anco to S 55 cents Th The cent fiO hall ball has mostly been annulled the minimum price now being 60 cents The price advance in golf golt clubs will willbo be bo about GO 50 cents t to l the tho club Tennis and amid other sporting goods will require about the same samo proportionate increase to oto cover coyer the war tax Ten years cars ago before the time great boom In golf caused tho the building of r free freo public links Jinks In every fry elt city of ot or and tho the doubling of ot the lie number number num num- ber her of or private golf clubs tho the newly Invented rubber core ball which supplanted supplanted sup sup- planted tho the old solid gutta utta percha sphere sold for tor 35 cen cents ts or lr three for or 1 The Tho price advanced ad to 50 cents cent aa as the tho demand quickened with hundreds hundred of or additional golfers Then Improvement improvements Improve improve- ment ments In in cores and windings to increase in increase In- In cr crease aso tile the distance of or flight sent tho the price for the best balls to 76 75 cents each With tho the e expiration of or the Haskoll patent English balls entered tho the American market marker and the lie price sagged various ranging fr from lm 40 4 to 61 cents each The manufacturers b by advertising wide widely what were termed the greatest distance balls balls' gradually gradual gradual- ly Increased the prices of at the tho special brands to 75 5 cents each before the tho war sta started The shortage of rubber during the war caused tho ball hall makers to put out brands brand at it 1 si I each ench with other grades at nt 55 75 60 and 50 cents And now comes the now now war var tax adding 10 to 25 i cents for tor each ench ball ballA v vA A good golf ball is good for three rounds or 51 t holes of or play and will last Jast a half dozen more rounds round for tor practice practice tice but In sharp contests crack players play play- er em ers nse rise a new ball every evory few holes and amid the lost host lo t halls balls increate the demand for tor or tre fresh h stock with resultant maintenance nanco n- n anco ance of It high prices |