European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse A it gets by Steve Snider up staff writ., Rowe . Golf association us a m. Is plagued and frequently amused by the inventors of gadgets to shave strokes off a player s score. We re not trying to discourage Genius says Joe Dey of the Urga but obviously there must be limits in Urga so. It you re planning to play in an match or tournament governed by Urga rules As Many club events Are discard any Golf Ball that can travel More than 174 mites per that Putter with the mirrored bombing or until the next practice round or Friendly match with the Guy next do the same with Boll warmers for added distance Range finders clubs with adjustable Heads or that smaller British Ball brought Back from last summer s trip to of us Are vastly intrigued by Gadget or gimmicks in any line rom Auto mobiles to the household to any sport you want to Golf inventors have produced some fascinating items that can put a lot of Tunin the dreary business of shooting u2 on an easy Golf , if such gimmicks were permitted in us a Competition the Guy with the most gadgets and Money enough to hire two or three caddies to carry the stuff would have an things particularly a Lively Ball. From time to time Urga investigators buy balls of various makes and put the through the machine. Occasionally one Falls to pass and the manufacturer is so in formed. Some manufacturers have machines of their own for test purposes say Dey. And they All Are careful to stay within the size and Speed or velocity Are the Only would prove quite expensive to a Golf club says Dey if there were no limit on the Ball courses would have to be enlarged by Many acres to contain those Long hence the Speed limit on the Boll is174 Miles per hour. Actually the limit is 255 feet per seconds determined in a giant Ball testing apparatus in the basement of Urga head Quarter in new York things that count a Ball May be constructed with any sort of Center cover or outer markings As Long a it meets the two big tests. Clubs Are limited a to number 14 face markings movable or adjustable Heads and built in aids in putters such As mirrors that allow a player to View the Hole while Hla head is Down to address the Ball. Ont of de a favorite inventions Cam from a scientific golfer who wanted to know it it was Okay to put a radioactive material inside a Ball so it could be locate with a Gelger counter u it were lost. The answer yes. If it met other test. Samfay May 35, 1963 the Sims and St mks
