Titleist golf balls and found that most were poorly constructed with off-center cores and prone to erratic shots. This inspired Young to produce his own line of golf balls, which would become known as Titleist. 1930: Young developed a machine that could uniformly wind rubber string around a rubber core, making a "dead center" golf ball. He named the ball "Titleist," noting it was the "winner" of the quest to create the best for the game. 1935: The golf division of the Acushnet Process Company produced the Titleist golf ball, which had consistently been the company's most successful product. 1948: Introduced
Jennings & Company the laws of Illinois and it purchased the assets of O. D. Jennings & Company from the estate of Ode Jennings. On May 15, 1957 Jennings & Company was merged into Hershey Manufacturing Company of Illinois, a company that had been incorporated on April 27, 1939. Over 80% of the business of Hershey Manufacturing then comprised the manufacture and sale of slot machines through its Jennings division, although it also engaged in governmental subcontract work and the manufacture of vending machines and photoflash equipment. By the early 1960s, there were five major manufacturers of slot machines in the United States.