Show iron sports equipment widely used in ancient times steel or iron have been favored for or sports equipment since ancient limes when greek athletes hurled the javelin in their games and then down through the middle ages when armored knights tested their skill in tournaments today steel is more prominent than ever in sports and games and every year millions of pounds of steel are bought in the form of sports and recreation equipment when many modern sports r I 1 were developed wood and leather were used widely but the trend is now toward steel where speed strength th and safety are important golf a game in which little steel was once used in 1938 absorbed about pounds in the manufacture of new clubs exclusive of other uses on the courses of the total for golf clubs pounds of steel were used for the shafts of wood h headed abed clubs while pounds were used for the shafts and heads of irons on the courses indeterminate amounts amoun ts of f steel were used tor for pins to mark mar k the steel cups and for watering equipment pails mowers and other machinery tor for upkeep |