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Non-Tech : Callaway Golf -- it's a buy -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Dorsey who wrote (145)	6/4/1998 10:28:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 307

(REUTERS) "Big Bertha" golf club maker hires attorney "Big Bertha" golf club maker hires attorney CARLSBAD, Calif., June 3 (Reuters) - Callaway Golf C0. <ELY.N> , embroiled in a war of words with the game's ruling body over its oversized metal drivers, said on Wednesday it had retained a high-powered attorney with expertise in sports litigation. The move comes after the company, which makes the popular Big Bertha metal woods, launched a series of full-page newspaper ads last month calling those in the U.S. Golf Association seeking to ban the oversized clubs as "elitist" and acting without regard to ordinary golfers. The association is considering whether to ban some oversized clubs on grounds that they hurt the game's integrity. A decision by the association could come in the next few weeks, a Callaway spokesman said. Callaway said it had retained Leonard Decof of the law firm of Decof and Grimm in Providence, Rhode Island, as special counsel. Decof is a trial attorney specializing in complex business litigation, sports litigation and anti-trust litigation. Callaway has been hit by stiff competition in the golf equipment market and the economic crisis in Asia. Last month, the Carlsbad, Calif.-based company said its second quarter earnings were likely to be well below analysts' expectations.