Show SPORT T T TALK LK j I n JU What Not ot 1 f V By Lon Richardson V V TilE THE NEW NEV AND OLD i- i V The new V golf gaIt ball and old has been hashed over rehashed rehashed rehashed re- re mention of it cr cre creates hashed and arid hashed again until the mere V ates the ire ir of tl the e average reader V B But t today were we're offering a new scientific angle on the subject as told by James Eugene Rowe who was for 16 months chief at the Aberdeen proving grounds Rowes Rowe's terms are slightly technical but nevertheless in in- in V With a given blow of his bat Babe Ruth is able to knock a baseball farther than he would be able to knock a n. n tennis ball with the same blow he states because the ballistic coefficient of ot the baseball is greater than that of the tennis ball From there Rowe goes goos on to point out that since the ballistic coefficient of the new golf ball is not so high as that of oC the old ball one has no right to ItO expect to make as long drives es A simple application of his coefficient Indicates a stroke which would give a 0 distance of ot yards with the new newball newbalL newball ball would give yards ards If the old ball had been used lot Of course the total score of oC an hole 18 course depends upon many factors However 1 if we assume that the total score obtained with a particular type of ball Is In Inversely 1 proportional to Its ability 00 to pierce the air the new par of the balloon golf gal ball would be 81 as compared with 72 for the old ballPlayers ball ban V Players who have ha been accustomed to make scores of 5 85 95 and with the old ball might be expected to tomake tomake tomake make scores of 96 and with the balloon ball In short your score with th the old ball multiplied by 1124 the ballistic coefficient should give you your our normal score with the balloon balloon balloon bal bal- bal bal- loon ballOne ballOne ball V One Important factor that fundamentally funda fund a.- a. mentally Influences all athletic efficiency elf effi I- I clency has been entirely neglected continues Rowe A lOA very excellent player will more efficiently solve new difficulties than a mediocre pla player er My own feeling is 15 that a poor or mediocre pl player yer i Is more affected by z a change in the type of ball If we consider consider con con- sider alder players who were accustomed to make scores of 72 80 90 and with the old ball these same players might be expected to make 81 81 90 0 13 with the new ball I If no knowledge of athletic ability and Is taken talen into consideration However if this factor is considered the new expected scores might be 75 85 85 98 98 Let me rue emphasize the fact that 1 I Ido do not attach very great Importance to these numerical values I do claim as asa a scientific fact that the ballistic coefficient of the new balIs ballis bailIs ball bal Is less than that of the old ball and that hat we do not have the right to 00 expect as as much distance with It Moreover I claim that with a little attention to such scientific principles principles ples pies a better ball even ball even a R. bigger and bet better r ball could ball could have been bern de- de to replace the present balloon ball by employing the same prin- prin |