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A cad die scholarship plan patterned a f ter tlic Chick E v a n s C a d d i e S c h o l a r s h i p Foundation of the Western Golf Assn. is to he established for N e w Yo rk state caddies . . . I t ' l l be known as the Gene Sarazen Caddie Scholarship Foundation . . . Wel l deserved honor for Gene who in all his t ime of pro glory has never for-gotten that as a graduate of the caddie pens he has the ob-ligation of being a good example and help-ful to kids who fol low him . . , Organizers of the Sarazen Caddie Scholarship Founda-tion are Marshall Bachenheimer, James Abbott, Gerald Shattuck, Sidney L . Wain, Ed Sullivan, Harry Wismer, Bill Corum, Joe Wil l iams and W m . Fitzglbbcns . . . Gene didn't know anything about the fund being started until plans were completed and the fund-raising work started.

Jack Forrester running the Park-Shera-ton golf school at N e w Yo rk while his team-mates Wi l l ie Goggin and Ben Roman are making the tournament circuit. , . Jack's lesson appointment book is con-tinuously filled but he'd like to ge t back on a home club pro job. . . Pa t t y Berg now in her 21st year of competitive golf . . . She played in her first competit ive event when she was a kid of 13. . , She looks great now af ter a rest f rom heavy schedule of tournaments and exhibitions. . . The girl pros are the hardest workers in golf . . . Sister Suggs went through a crowded routine on her Hawai ian trip that would have killed five men and three mules, but she recovered quickly. . . Babe Zaharias started to play competitive gol f too soon a f t e r her serious operation last summer and gets tired now. . . Some rest away f rom the crowds would do our Babe a lot of good is my guess but who am I to be practicing medicine without a license?

The stork Is go ing to make a lot of items in the next f e w months. . . On Mr, Stork's schedule are dates at the homes

of Fred Corcoran, Ladies' P G A Tournament Mgr . ; George Ja-cobus, Ridgcwood (N.J, ) CC pro and former pres., P G A ; and " P i n k y " Pencovic, energetic Wes t Coast golf salesman.

Pros think they have their troubles, but so do the manu-facturers ... One cluh manufac-turer told at N . Y. Sports Goods' dealers' show about his company gett ing an order f o r a certain model of 4-iron which

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John Ruddy succeeds Frank Newell as pro at Fircrest CC, Tacoma, Wash. . . Dave Killen from Olympia, Wash., to be pro at Laurel wood GC, Eugene, Ore. . . . One of the biggest opening open house affairs golf business ever saw was the debut party of Wilson Sporting Goods* New York sales quarters at 345 Hudson St. . . . Very nifty layout arranged for convenient work and plenty of It and for excellent display.

Jim Gallagher, veteran clubmaking ex-pert, presenting an interesting exhibit of bench clubmaker's equipment and supplies to the U S G A museum, . . Jim says one reason old-time players had such tre-mendously strong r ight hands was on account of sandpapering hickory shafts. . . Jack Jolly showed us a poem Dan Mackie wrote about a yearning to visit the old home town in Scotland and the memories of boyhood days there. . . I t is one of those things that get right into your heart, whether or not you're a Scot. . , Dan's brother Jack was too sick to hear i t be fore Jack departed f o r greener

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Henry Cotton named captain of 1953 British Ryder Cup team, . . Francis Gal-lett, pro at Blue Mound CC, Milwaukee, Wis. f o r 28 years, visited Carnoustie again this winter. . . Gallett halted for his generosity in contributing prizes for com-petitions at his old home town. . . Maurice Boesch now mgr. North Hills CC (Mil-waukee dist.).

A s usual Phoenix issued most interest-ing and beautiful program of any on the tournament circuit. . . One section again devoted to striking color illustrations of Arizona scenery. . . Carl Wilborg-, former-ly asst. to Lou Strong, Park Ridge (111.) CC, now pro at Quincy (111.) CC. . . Palm Beach Round Robin shifts this year from Wykagy l to Meadowbrook CC, Westbury. L.I. , . . This is the 12th of the Palm Beach affairs.

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Charles Lepre f r o m Doy les town ( P a . ) CC to Tav is tock CC (Phi ladelphia dist. ) as pro. , . Leo Gaulocher to O lympia CC, as pro. , . Ern ie Pagno t t a f r o m Y a r d -ley CC to Hopewel l CC (Phi ladelphia dist.) as pro. . . A r t Ehvood, Pagno t ta ' s f o rmer asst., moved up to Ya rd l e y pro job. . . D ick Lal ly selected as pro f o r Ph i lmont CC (Phi ladelphia dist. ) .

Good showing of Amer ican stars ex-pected a t P a n Amer i can Open at Club de Gol f de Mexico, Ap r i l 29 - M a y 3. , . Mex i -can event f o l l ows new "Tournament of Champions" a t Desert Inn GC, L a s Vegas, Nev. , which finishes Apr i l 20. , . Miami, Fla,, C i ty Mgr . A r thur Evans recom-mends to C i ty Commission construction of 18-hole course on c i ty-owned 189-acre tract, . . Rober t F . ( R e d ) Lawrence pro-posed as architect of the course,

J immy Whlcher now pro at A l exandr ia ( L a . ) CC. . . Wh lcher succeeded a t Mar -shall ( T e x . ) CC by F red Stagner . , , A r t Cra ig returns to his manager ia l duties a t A lde rwood CC, Port land, Ore., adding them to his w o r k as course supt, . . . George N o r t h goes f r o m A lde rwood to Port land (Ore . ) CC as mgr .

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to play its 1953 championship at French Lick Spring's, Ind., July 13-18. . . There'll be flights for those who don't quali fy for the championship and for senior south-paws. . . Robt. Romberger, 2555 Berdan ave., Toledo, O,, is sec. of the Lef t -Handers.

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Cmdr. Roe of the British P G A has been discussing with officials of Went worth Club where 1953 Ryder Cup matches will be played the use of American tournament features such as a grandstand near the 18th green and walkie-talkies for quick, complete posting of scores.

Dick Neumann, formerly asst. to Russ Davidson at Westwood CC {Cleveland dist.), signed as pro at Kirtland (O.) CC. . . Managing Director Phil Perkins

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Andrew Bertoni f rom Barton Hills CC, Ann Arbor, Mich., to Meadowbrook CC (Detroit dist.) as supt. . . . Louis Sinelli, Bertoni's asst. at Barton Hills, takes over that job. . . Bob Sutherland goes f rom Meadowbrook to Hillcrest CC, Mt. Clem-ens, Mich., as supt. . . . T w o more fine old-timers were lost to golf when Chester and Chick Nelson of the six pro golf Nelson brothers died within a week of each other, recently. . . The Nelsons were builders of gol f in Indiana and active in Florida golf . . . Wal ly and Lee at Indian-apolis, Ervin at Culver and Forest at Ormond Beach, Fla., are the surviving brothers. . . A l l the Nelsons made excel-lent reputations as players and teachers.

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H u g h M o o r e , w h o es tab l i shed h i g h r epu-t a t i on f o r d e v e l o p i n g fine t u r f on g o l f courses a t A l b a n y , Ga., M a c o n , Ga., and e l s e w h e r e in south, appo in t ed supt. of P G A N a t i o n a l G C course, Duned in , F l a . . . . I f a n y b o d y c a n g e t t h a t course in C lass A cond i t i on H u g h o u g h t t o be t h e g u y . . , O ldes t p l a y e r in N o r t h and South Sen io rs ' a t P i n e h u r s t l a s t y e a r w a s 82. . . Y o u n g e s t p l a y e r in the D o n a l d R o s s M e m o r i a l a t P i n e h u r s t w a s 4 y e a r s old. . . S u r e enough, g o l f is " T h e G a m e o f a L i f e t i m e . "

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Col. L e e S. R e a d resigns as Southern G A pres. and as U S G A committeeman, , . Hea l th and business pressure compel re-t i rement f r om of f ic ia l duties of a grand gent leman who's done g rea t w o r k f o r the game. . , A beef you may hear o f t en again this summer is Lhat about syndicates buying most o f the l ikely winners when Calcutta pools are run. . . Tha t com-plaint and the temptat ion o f b ig money is reason clubs o f gent lemen sportsmen are agree ing w i th U S G A disapproval o f the Calcuttas. . . Pres. E isenhower paint-ing a portra i t of Bob Jones, . . I k e has ac-cepted honorary membership in Southern Seniors' Golf Assn.

Bob H a g g e and A l i c e Bauer marr ied at Sarasota, F la . , . , Bob's dad is mgr. . L a k e Hil ls CC, St. John's, Ind. . . . Both youngsters are 35. . . They met when they were opponents in an exhibition match a t Saugatuek, Mich. , . , Bob, a f ine b ig lad who can powder the ball, plans to go on the tournament circuit and A l i c e wi l l con-tinue p lay ing tournament and exhibition go l f . . , A swell t eam of kids. , . Best of luck and happiness to them.

Bob Har low, Fred Corcoran and Herb Graf f is col laborat ing in organiz ing a tour

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of go l f e rs to the R y d e r Cup matches, Wentwor th , Eng., Oct. 2 and 3, and to p lay Scotch and Engl ish courses. . . Pres. Ma i M c L a r e n host to G C S A off icials, U S G A off icials, district gol f association of f ic ia ls and press at lunch during supts.' convention. . . Jack Ormond, now in his 25th year as supt., Canoe Brook (N .J . } CC, expressed opinion of many veteran supts. in remark ing that younger mem-bers of the leading clubs are f a r more demanding about course condition than are the older p layers who ' ve seen g rea t progress. . . Jack adds that good thing about the younger p layers is that they are w i l l ing to spend money to have their demands met.

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Hol lywood, Fla,, considering adding an-other' 18 to Orange Brook muny course. . . M iami CC members who paid $150 f o r memberships in 1945 wil l get $2,225 when Dade County buys the course March 15, . . County wi l l take possession Aug . 1 and sell it f o r homes. . . Happy reunion a t G C S A convention between George Mc-Kenz ie of St. Dav id 's CC (Phi ladelphia dist, I and Jim Pat te rson of Montrea l whose last previous meet ing had been in their home town, Montrose, Scotland, in 1912, be fore they came to work across the At lant ic . . . L i t t l e George in A 1 con-dition again a f t e r serious operation. . , Says when he was peeking thru portals of the K ingdom Beyond no bunch of guys in this wor ld could have pulled f o r a pal any stronger than St. Dav id mem-bers.

Cleveland district supts. a t G C S A meet -ing lauded Hor ton Smith, P G A pres., f o r ta lk he made a t Cleveland Distr ict Golf

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Fr i t z Ha l l to Eag l e R i ve r (W i s . ) CC as pro-mgr . . . . Hal l 's been asst. a t Frankl in Hi l ls CC I Det ro i t dist.) in summer and Indian Creek CC, Miami Beach, Fla., in winter , , . Wi l l i e Kle in goes north f r o m his 25th w inter as pro at LaGoree CC, Miami Beach, Fla., f o r his 28th year as pro at Whea t l e y Hil ls CC ( N Y Met dist.) , . , W i l l i e w a s made Wheat l ey Hi l l 's only honorary member 3 years ago, . . He en joyed an Old Sett lers ' reunion in Miami Beach w i th Whea t l e y Hi l l members Frank Devlin, George Gregory , W m . Dixon and Howard Schenck. . , Devl in is mayor of

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East Wil l iston, L X . , . Dixon used to have the job. . , Both were Whea t l ey Hil ls o f f ic ia ls and are race t rack off icials. . . T h e y are cheerful career men at head-aches, . . Devl in ran into an amaz ing mind-reading act a t a Miami Beach hotel. . . He recommended the mind-reader so enthusiastically Wi l l i e is go ing to take lessons in one-putt ing f r o m the act.

5- and 6-woods aga in sold wel l a t leading F lor ida pr ivate club shops this winter . . . Business a t F lor ida pro shops picked up late but wasn ' t l ike it used to be. . . A n s w e r seems to be that pros a t northern clubs are watch ing members be-f o r e they go south ami seeing that mem-bers a re wel l stocked. . . P r o s a re ge t t ing back on jobs in north earl ier than they did some years ago. . . Be t t e r dra inage of northern courses opens the season earl ier.

Open w in te r in large part of midwest, when ground was f r ee f r om snow and tem-perature not too low, saw more w in te r go l f p layed than ever be fore . . , W i n t e r go l f in central states has heen rare al-though a lot of it has been played f o r many winters around Boston, N e w Yo rk , Philadelphia, Washington and in N e w

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Philadelphia district supts. say they ' ve had a lot of p lay this past winter and although it is not the best thing in the wor ld for the courses i t g i v es the mem-bers more health and pleasure f o r their money, so it 's O.K. . . . When the supts. want the courses closed is during spr ing thaws when expensive damage can be done by comparat ive ly l i tt le play.

Looks l ike Snead, a f t e r tak ing it easy in Flor ida this winter, is p lay ing so wel l he might be bad news f o r other tourna-ment contestants later this year. . . His 62 at F t Mye rs ( F l a . ) CC in an exhibi-t ion with P a t t y Be r g included a shot wasted on erroneous advice and a couple of putts under 4 f t , blown. . . The l i f t in his l i gh t shoe is compensat ing f o r the % in. longer l e f t l eg resulting f r om a back in jury in 1939.

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Weather vane events, considerably f a t -tened. . . Bever l y Hanson, p laying in the field's last 3-some of pros, won the initial lap by a s t roke a f t e r Be t t y Jameson and P a t t y Be r g had tied. . . Girls p layed 36 holes the final day. , . F i rs t t ime g ir ls had gone two rounds in a day in a m a j o r tournament. . . M a j o r i t y of final round g i r l pro scores w e r e better than those of the morning round. . . Louise Suggs picked up $1500 as the winning maid in the member-pro finale of the Wea ther vane opening act f o r 1953. . , Second 86 holes of Weathervane w i l l be played at Phoenix, Ariz . , Ap r i l 11-12 in connection with Women 's Trans-Mississippi.

John and L e w i s Serbin sponsored a women 's open tournament a t B a y Shore CC, Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 6, 7 and S that drew b igges t gal ler ies of the year in the area. . . Cerebral Pa l sy fund was beneficiary, . . Be t t y Jameson led the field. . . Tournament finale was a fashion show of Serbin gol f dresses which have be-come b ig sellers a t pro shops and leading women 's stores , . . Men pros who saw the finish of the tournament g o t some good merchandising education on how a fashion show of women's go l f wea r draws crowds.

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M o r e a n d m o r e g o l f e r s a r e t u r n i n g To K e n n e t h Smi th w o o d s a n d i rons because t h e y r e a l i z e the n e e d f o r c lubs m a d e to f i t the i r phys i ca l charac te r is t i cs , . . the i r n a t u r a l sw ing . Kenne th Smi th c lubs o r e h a n d m a d e t o f i t you r cus tomer 's i n d i v i d u a l measu remen ts , sc ien t i f i ca l l y m a t c h e d a n d a l l c lubs in a set i d e n t i c a l l y sw ing b a l -a n c e d . N o o t h e r c lubs a r e so m a d e a n d so b a l a n c e d . W h y d o n ' t y o u sell m o r e Kenne th Smi th c lubs?

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A l l i c Reynolds, Yankee piteher, came f r o m behind to beat A l v i n Dark , Giants shortstop, f o r Nat iona l Baseball players ' championship a t M iami Springs ( F l a . ) CC. . . George Abrams, Acushnet bail salesman, and f o rmer l y of Cincinnati Reds, won baseball p layers ' t i t le in the inact ive m a j o r league division. . . George rare ly gets a chance to play in the sum-mer but plays every day at C learwater , Fla. , where he lives In the winter .

Saul Yuran, mgr. , Venet ian Hotel , has added to his ar t ga l l e ry of winners when they 're in Miami the photographs of Reynolds, Bet ty Jameson. Bever l y Han-son and M a r y Lena Faulk. , . George Jacobus again did Grade A publicity j ob f o r Miami on ball players ' tournament. . . A r e a needs plenty of gol f publicity as its courses w i th exception of couple of pri-va te clubs, are g e t t ing too crowded and gol f tourists are go ing elsewhere. . . Yuran picked up b ig tab f o r ball players ' tournament but didn't g e t a bow f r om ci ty 's publicity dept. . . . The Stork is go ing to announce new starters be fore

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Ta lk about rhoen ix is that i f P G A tournaments go to §15,000 f o r 72-hole events there won ' t be any Phoenix Open on next winter 's circuit. . . P r o invitat ion l imited to 25 or 30 in field and member-pro a f fa i r l ike P a l m Springs is one local suggestion f o r replacement. . . Others ta lking about putt ing on Seniors* winter tournament on a grand scale. . . Thunder-birds, Phoenix Jaycee organization, made a profit this year . . . N o t as much as on 1952 Open, . . Thunder birds have another problem wi th some members o f Phoenix CC and A r i z ona CC not want ing a tour-nament e l iminat ing members ' p lay f o r al-most week a t winter season heigh th and beat ing up the course.

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At lanta , Ga., now lias 8 muny and 8 pr ivate ly-owned f e e courses. . . I t prob-ably wi l l lose a 9-hole James K . K e y course due to a new h ighway construc-tion. . , A t l a n t a now has Lincoln Park , a 9-hole pr ivate ly owned course as its only course f o r Neg roes but is planning an 18-hole muny course f o r Negroes . . . Ta lk In several cit ies about N e g r o pr ivate clubs being built. , . N e w e s t pr ivate course w i th N e g r o membership w e think of Is Apex CC, Pomona, N.J. near A t -lantic Ci ty . . . W i l l i am Spence is pro.

A l Mengert , runner-up to Jack Wes t -land f o r 1952 Nat ional A m a t e u r title, s igned by Claude Harmon as asst. at W inged Foo t CC ( N Y M e t dist . ) . . . Menge r t wi l l make next winter 's tour. . . Fred W a r ing 's Shawnee Inn & CC, Shawnee -on-D el aware. Pa., to have 30th annual Shawnee Inv i tat ion M a y 7-10. . . Bill W a i t e Memor ia l Inv i tat ion and N a -tional Old Masters ' to be p layed a t Shawnee Sept. 8-13.

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on their women 's enterta inment pro-grains. . , Women ' s dress on courses is ge t t ing better looking. . , S t range thing how so many usually we l l -groomed women are so carelessly at t i red oil go l f course that the men ( the old hens) com-ment. . . M e n can't understand w h y so many women play in worn-out, sloppy gol f shoes. . . P r o shop merchandising of women's gol f w e a r and shoes a lready Is beginning to improve women 's appear-ance on courses.

Sympathy o f the many in gol f business who know him is extended to Clayborne Watson, supt., Seminole CC ( P a l m Beach, F l a . ) and to Mrs. Watson on loss of their daughter, who was fa ta l l y injured in an automobile accident, . . The W a t -son's son-in-law was en route to Korea at the t ime of the accident.

P G A at torneys file petit ion opposing appl icat ion of Per fumers* Guild of Amer i c a f o r t rademark cover ing initials " P G A . " . . . Good story on Mildred Dld-rikson Zaharias in Feb. 2 T i m e magaz ine and most o f it faets . . . Bahe's recover ing s lowly f r om her serious operation last summer but now that she knows she has

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Cornel l Tur f Conference, Feb. 24-26, on Cornell campus a t I thaca, N .Y . , w i th John Cornman hav ing valuable p rog ram that can be applied on the jobs a t go l f courses. . . Metropo l i tan Golf Assn. 38th Met Open Sept. 22-24, Rockv i l l e CC, Rockv i l i e Center, L . L , N . Y . . . . Wes t e rn Gol f Assn, "Caddie Shots " bulletin says many clubs improved caddie recreational, housing and wo rk ing faci l i t ies in 1952. . . A m o n g new caddie houses were those a t Spokane (Wash . ) CC, Exmoo r CC, H igh-land Park , 111., Mt . Lebanon CC, Con on s-burg. Pa,, and Mission Hil ls CC, Kansas City , Mo.

Greenkeeper Club of N e w England in Its News l e t t e r thanks Joe Looney, Bos-ton Glob3 gol f wr i te r , f o r his g l ow ing recognit ion of the superintendents' per-formances on N e w Eng land courses . , . N e w Eng land supts. are up agii inst prob-l em of many di f ferent strains In their old greens. . . Greens a t Brae Burn CC where Ar thur Anderson is supt., a re 50 years old. . . W i t h m a n y variet ies o f grass, " g r eens maintenance, " says Anderson, " i s about l ike running a hotel w i th 1000

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guests and every one of them must be kept happy."

Several Chicago district semi-private course owners met recently at Sarasota, Fla., to discuss plans f o r this year's operations. . . Wal l Street Journal quotes golf goods makers at N .Y . Sports Goods Show as saying golf is still go ing strong but is being slowed by lack of courses. . . Phil Young, Acushnet ball pres., winter-ing at Coral Gables, Fla., and ful ly re-covered f rom illness. . . Phil's playing a lot of golf , has changed f rom sailing to power-boating in his Sparrow and has added croquet as another sideline to his golf game.

A . B. (IHonk) Keith, pro-mgr., Hughes Club GC, 5334 LeeJand ave., Houston S3, Tex., opening second 9 this month. . . Kei th and f ew other members — all em-ployees of Hughes Industries, laid out course, supervised construction. , . Club-house and course 17 miles f rom Houston. . . Has 160 act ive on golf teams playing intra-eompany and other matches against Houston area industrial teams, . . Keith would be glad to compare notes with those operating or planning golf facilities and programs for other companies. . .

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The Hughes club includes recreation f a -ci l i t ies f o r all members of employees ' famil ies. . . Hughes colored employees also have f ine club of which they ' re ve ry proud. . . N o gol f course ye t at this club.

Nothing1 l ike a good healthy, innocent error to prove that G O L F D O M is read by experts. . . A Mi iorgan i te ad in G O L F -D O M referred to Frankl in Hi l ls CC (De-tro i t dist.) in the copy and had, b y mis-take, an i l lustration of the Los Ange les CC north course. . . W e heard about that plenty, but pleasantly, f o r which we ' r e thankful .

A lbe r t Al len, supt., Ke rn wood CC (Eos-ton dist.) on facu l ty a t Univers i ty o f Massachusetts W in te r School o f Green-keeping a t Amhers t . . , This pioneer school started by Pro f , Lawrence S. Dickinson has done more f o r go l f course maintenance and supts. all over the nation than eve r has been general ly recognized. . . Dick showed his f e l l ow-workers how to make use of research and w i th a bunch of veterans in course maintenance made a tremendously valuable tie-up of class-room and field work on courses. . . The influence o f the Dickinson work has reached fa r and continues to be one of

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campaign wi l l step up its consumer adver-t is ing budget more than 50% over 1952 and put part icular emphasis on helping the professional sell more Spald ing mer-chandise.

The campaign wil l reach every age group w i th a tota l of more than 75,000,-000 messages through national magaz ines such as the Saturday Even ing Post , T ime, Newsweek , Ho l iday and Esquire which wil l ca r ry 24 color ads during the height of the sell ing season. In addition, over 100 advert isements wil l run in nine con-sumer sport publications. The ma j o r i t y Of the ads in 200 col lege newspapers wil l be on go l f .

The first ad o f the series w i l l be on Spalding's newly designed Synch ro-Dyned gol f clubs. I t appeared as a two-color page in the February 28th issue of the Saturday Even ing Pos t and is to run later in color pages in T ime, Newsweek , Hol i -day, Esquire and other publications. Sub-sequent ads wi l l feature Top-F l i t e gol f clubs and D o t and Top-F l i t e gol f balls.

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Dept., announces the addition o f two new sales representatives. Mr . Ralph A , Pe t -rone f o r the Eastern states and Mr. Eu-gene W . Zy ls tra f o r the Midwestern states. These representat ives are cal l ing on go l f course superintendents and dis-tr ibutors to promote the sale of Up John's new antibiotic turf fungicide, Act i -dione Fer rated.

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the b ig construct ive fac tors in modern course maintenance.

Ha r r y R immer , pro a t Marshal l (M ich . ) CC died during ear ly January. . . Leonard " B r o w n i e " De Bruyne, over a quarter century supt. at R idge CC, Chicago dist., died late in December. . , Emi l Fraccaro, f o rmer l y a t Olympia Fie lds is new man-ager a t P a r k R idge (Chgo, dist.) Glen O, Gunderson replaces Fraccaro at O lym-pia. . . A l f r e d Tul l engaged to construct the fifth 18-hole course a t Be thpage ( N . Y . ) State Park . Tul l says that the genera l plan of the new layout prepared by Joseph Burbeck was so good that it was adopted w i th f e w changes. . . T o fit in Bethpage 's newest 18 it wil l be neces-sary to build 24 new greens. . . Sam Spencer, f o i m e r l y pro at I r em Temple CC, Dallas, Pa., building 9-hole course on his f a r m at Dal las which wil l open this summer as Lehman CC. . , Chicago Dai ly

Fee Golf Assn., thru their pres., Ralph Melin, (mg r . Chesterf ield CC, Glenview, 111.) sent invitations to several hundred fee course of f ic ials to attend association's w in te r meet ing at Sarasota, Fla. Despite short notice f e e owners f r om nine states attended. . . H i gh interest in exchange of operat ing ideas and in solv ing common problems points toward f a r greater at-tendance at next winter meet ing f o r which an important p rog ram of discus-sions is planned.

James L a w s on, f o rmer supt. at Mis-quamicut GC, W a t c h Hi l l , R.I., recently died suddenly. I n addit ion to his w i f e , Mr . Lawson is survived by his son, Lawson is survived by his son, W i l l i am Lawson and tw :o daughters . . • A i s x Wi l -mot, pro at Nor therna i re CC, Three Hi vers. Wis., assumes new duties a t Belo i t (W i s . ) CC , . . Ra lph H u m m e r building new course f o r Dal las Athlet ic Club and also f o r new club in Oak Cli f f , Dallas . . . Press Maxwe l l remodel ing Oklahoma City G&CC With four nsiv greens and dozen new tecs plus traps, in advance o f U S G A Nat . Amateur Championship Sept. 14-19.

M iami ( F l a . ) CC thru a f t e r this season . . . T o be subdivided . . . Members bought the club in 1945 f o r $175,000 . . . County Commission in 1950 appraised the 113.19 acres a t Jl,115,000 f o r county purchase . . . Los Ange les Board of Supervisors orders condemnation and purchase of Western Ave , public course so it wi l l be kept as a course instead of being subdivided,

Wi lmington ( D e l ) . Sportswri ters award Dave Douglas a trophy as the state's out-standing athlete of 1953 . . . When Dave was on the tournament circuit the trophy was accepted f o r him by his father , pro a t Rock Manor CC f o r 32 years,

Supts and chairmen at G C S A conven-tion said carelessness o f members adds considerable unnecessary expense in keep-ing course wel l g roomed and in good con-dition . . . Members f a r worse than caddies as source of untidiness . . . Supts- said that w i th waste containers handy to tees it 's not unusual where re freshment stands are be-tween 9 th gre^n and 10th tee f o r t ractor operators to have to dismount and pick up empty bottles as f a r away as 13th green.

A ! W y m a n f r o m Danvi l le (111.) CC to Edgewood GC, Fargo . N . D „ as supt.-pro-mgr . . . , Le i f Halvorsen to Oakwood CC, Dodson, Mo., as mgr . . . . Buck Worsham f r o m At lant ic City ( N . J.) C C to Pe lham ( N . Y . ) CC pro job . . . W i lbur (Dutch )

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HIRAM F. GODWIN 22366 Grand River Ave., Detroit 19, Mich.

Hood, Buck's asst. a t A t lant i c City , pro-moted to pro spot w i th Leo F raze r also handling par t of p ro job f r om which he was promoted to presidency of the club.

M a r t y Lyon , L lanerch CC (Phi ladelphia dist.) pro out of hospital and in par physi-cal condition f o l l ow ing operation . . . There 's been p lay on the P ine Val ley course every week f o r 8 years . . . E . R . Steiniger, P ine Va l l ey supt, applies vegetab le dye when greens go off color hut are otherwise in good condition . . , A1 L inkoge l resigns as supt., W e s t w o o d CC (St . Louts dist. ) to de-vo te entire t ime to his nursery, course, lawn and garden supply business . . . A l ' s succeeded at W e s t w o o d by his f o rmer asst. Ra lph Sehrt . . . H o w a r d Becke t t who re-t ired f r o m pro duties a t Capital C i ty CC, At lanta , Ga., is concentrat ing on supt. re-sponsibilities f o r the c l u b . . , George Smith, Capital C i ty supt. f o r about 40 years, has ret ired on pension.

W a y n e Sti les who as a member of the firm of Stiles and Van K leek , and individu-ally, was responsible f o r architecture o f numerous fine courses, died recently a t Wel les ley , Mass. . , . H i s ear l ier courses were mainly in N e w England and N e w York. . .The Sti les and Van K leek f i rm did some excel lent jobs in the south, too . . . A f t e r the t w o architects wen t into busi-ness individually Sti les designed, built and managed a course in South Amer i ca but lately had been inactive.

Joint meet ing of Phi ladelphia and N e w Jersey supts.' assn. scheduled f o r Hercules CC, Wi lmington , Dela. w i th O. J. Noe r as program lieadliner , . . De laware State A m -ateur championship a t Hercules C C Jnne 8-13 . . , Hercules club one of nation's f o r e -most industrial recreat ion operations w i th some fea ture f o r every member of the f a m -

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M a x Parsons now supt. A l gonqu in CC {St . Louis dist. ) . H e succeeds Oscar Bow-man who is supervising construction of 18-hole pr ivate club a t Ladue, Mo. (St . Louis dist. ) and wi l l remain as supt, . , , Jim Brandt f r o m Indianapolis ( Ind . ) muny op-erations to be supt,, Danvi l le (H I . ) CC . . . Gene Sarazen in interv iew wi th Assoc iated Press sports wr i t e r W i l l Grimsley, says there's g o t to be more public go l f a t mod-erate prices o r people wi l l g e t discouraged and quit the g a m e and municipal authori-ties wi l l flop sadly on job of providing fac i l -ities f o r pursuit of health and happiness . . . Gene says municipalit ies w i l l have to build new courses on cheap land far ther out . . . W i t h superhighway deve lopment the courses won ' t be hard to reach . . , Gene says it m a y take President Eisenhower to g i v e impetus to needed new construction of public courses as one of the country 's ur-gent ly needed recreation faci l i t ies.

N o r m a n Johnson, supt., San Jose CC, Jacksonvi l le, Fla,, supervising remodel l ing of Sawano CC, Quincy, Fla., f r om 9 to 18— Johnson also wo rk ing w i th Duval County (Jacksonv i l l e ) on course now In blueprint s tage . , . Joe D o w e f r o m Denver (Colo . ) to Boulder (Co lo . ) CC as pro . . . G C S A un-decided whether or not to have outdoor demonstrat ions of equipment a t Its 1954 national convention and equipment show at Miami , Fla., Jan. 3-8 . . . G C S A now has more paid-up members than ever be fore in history o f supts.' assn. . . . More than TOO . . . Dues are $35 a year , Including $1000 l i fe insurance.

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• MEYERS 52 ZOYSIA • Zoysia Matre l la Tlfton 57 Bermuda

TiHon 127 Bermuda and St. Augustine Grasses

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T h e B u s i n e i * J o u r n o l o f G o l f

Front Cover

Gulf Hills Hotel and Gol f Course at Ocean Springs, Miss., has a right to boast of an 18-hole course richly endowed with scenic splendor. This view loots from the tee toward the green on the 187 yd., par 3,

17th hole.

Swinging Aronnd Gol f By Herb Graffis 3 Greatest Educational Program Presented at 1953 GCSA Meet 39 " B i g g e s t " L i t t le Shop « r George Lake 44 USGA Business Sessions Fil l 3 Days; Re-elect He f f e l l ingc r 48 What the Superintendent Has Done f o r Gol f By Joseph C. Dey 51 Siwanoy Builds Members and Kerr igan a Super Shop 56 Invitation Tournament That Runs Smoothly By Harold Claxen 60 "Operat ion Zoys ia " Exhibit " A " in Cooperation By Willis H. Glover 65 Counter That Sells and Stores 72 Cool Season Grasses in Today 's T u r f By H. B. Musser 74 Pinch lira t's New Shop 10 Club Managers Seek Answers lo Prob lems at Annual Meet 84 What Club Officials Don' t Know About Course Labor Bjr Frank W. TuU 86 1953 Tur f Conferences — - -Green Section Pol icy Now Accents Service at Clubs What Use Can Be Made of Lessons o f Experience?

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By James E. Thomas 97

SWINGING AROUND GOLF (Continued from page 127)

dropped out because of dues increase that pinches on their salaries and their own pay-ment of local and national meet ing ex-penses mainly f o r benefit of their clubs now wan t to re jo in as clubs are including supts, assn. membership fees in course b u d g e t . , . Present G C S A rule is to readmit only on payment of dues f o r year ' s mem-bership lapsed which makes i t a w k w a r d f o r supts. to ask clubs to pay their back dues , . . G C S A of f ic ials t r y i ng to find the happy answer,

Kansas Tur f association has voted $100 f o r research a t Kansas State co l lege in Manhat tan . . . S imi lar grants in 1951 and 1952 . . . K -Sta te , the turf association, and the U S G A sponsor the research p rog ram a t the co l lege to develop better turf f o r lawns, parks, athletics fields, gol f courses, and cemeteries.

Ama t eu r s interested in enter ing e ighth annual A za l ea Inv i tat ional Golf Tourney to be held March 26-29, are invited to con-tact I tear Adm. W . S. Popham, CC of Charleston, S. C. . . . Minn. G C S A Annual Tur f Conference a t Curtis Hotel , Minne-apolis, March 11-13 . . . Clias. Marzol la ,

popular pro at Blue Hi l l CC, Orangeburg , I f , Y . , now teaching third son, Konald, proper g r ip on baby size clubs . . . Kans, T u r f Assn. holds next meet ing a t Rol l ing Hi l ls CC, Wich i ta . . . Arno ld E. Too le new pro-mgr , a t Ox f o rd (O . ) CC . , , March of D imes got big support f r o m Pau l Jones, pro a t Meadow brook CC, Lubbock, Tex., through hole-In-one tourney . . , John Sliorey, pro a t ABentown ( P a . ) muny, or-ganiz ing industrial go l f league . . . O. B. F i t t s ret ires as supt. of Columbia CC, Chevy Chase, Md,, on doctor 's orders, and wi l l ca r ry on as turf consultant, a j ob f o r which he is we l l qualif ied , . . O. B, spent five yrs, in tur f research with U S G A Green Sect ion and 25 yrs . in practical manage-ment at Columbia CC.

F igures submitted by all members o f the Golf Bal l M f g r s . Assn. show tota l of 1,-845,687 doz. go l f balls sold during calendar year of 1952 , , . Spencer Murphy, Glen Oaks CC, L . L , adds Bill Collins f r om Phi l ly dist. and Bob Tay lor , Waterv i l l e , Me., to his staff . , . Bud Geoghegan, Crestmont CC pro. Orange, N . J., to start series of n ight gol f clinics in N M C A , Newark , N. J. . . . Barney Leiss, Metuchen (N . J.) CC pro fills new job as pro-supt, at Jersey CC, Paterson. N . J.