NEWS OF THE GOLF W O R L D I N BRIEF

Megarge ls GC (G. W. Anti l la , pres . -mgr . ) , Deca tu r , Ind., will open as 9-hole semi-public course th is s u m m e r . . . Joseph Fiorelli to open 9-hole semi-public Haml in course, Jessup, Pa., about May . . . Baldwin City (Ks.) 9-hole course to be in play th is s u m m e r . . . P res -cot t , Ariz., p lann ing 9-hole g r a s s course . . . Newcomers-town, O., to build course . . . E i n a r Allen res igns a s pro, Broadmoor GC, Por t l and , Ore. . . . S a n Jose (Calif.) N e w s ca r r i e s p ic tures a n d s to ry on flood a t Hill view muny course . . . Other courses in S a n t a Cla ra Valley r a t h e r badly hit by floods.

Phoenix Open t o u r n a m e n t souveni r pro-g r a m one of m o s t beaut i fu l ever published on t o u r n a m e n t c i rcui t . . . Lot of colored p ic tures of Color fu l Arizona . . . Gummed, pe r fo ra t ed labels in back of p r o g r a m for mailing, p e r f o r a t e d cardboard scorecards and p r o g r a m inser t of s tubs good f o r daily pa i r ings and s t a r t i n g t imes were o t h e r fea-tu res of the book.

Ryder Cup 1953 ma tches to be p layed on West Course a t W e n t w o r t h . . . Locke to compete in th i s yea r ' s Br i t i sh Open a t Royal L y t h a m St . Anne ' s . . . Some t a l k now about t h a t cou r se being too easy for a na t ional open championship . . . W e n t w o r t h west course, k n o w n as the B u r m a Road, is much tougher , a l t hough some Amer i can girl pros scored well on it . . . W e n t w o r t h , being first course near London on which Ryder Cup m a t c h e s will be played, is ex-pected to d r a w record gal ler ies .

John Ste inberg , Hil lcrest CC (LA dist .) , properly proud of his sons . . . One, a law-yer, came up wi th discovery of t a x i tem on which clubs h a d been over -charged . . . The o ther boy, a f t e r w a r t i m e fighting in Marine Corps, now scoring a s a jou rna l i sm professor . . . H o g a n to compete in Seminole Club, Pa lm Beach, Fla., p ro -am M a r c h 18-19 . . Ben will be t r a in ing f o r t he Mas t e r s . . . Ray Gafford, Nor thwood Club, Dallas, pro, out of hospi ta l a f t e r successfu l opera-tion.

W a l t e r Scot t , 58, St. A n d r e w s nat ive, who c a m e to De t ro i t d is t r ic t in 1927 as ass t . a t Oak land Hills, died in Dea rborn (Mich.) Medical Clinic, J a n . 19, o r a hea r t a i lment . . . F o r some yea r s he w a s p ro a t Birch Hill in t h e Detroi t dist., and w a s wi th Meyers ' r a n g e f o r 12 yea rs . . . He w a s an

organizer of t h e Michigan P G A . . . H e is surv ived by his widow and a son, W a l t e r F . Scot t .

B e n j a m i n Wil l iam Owen, 33, who w a s p ro a t Madison (Ky.) CC unt i l l a s t spr ing, died J a n . 5, in Ve te rans ' Admin i s t r a t ion hospital , St . Pe t e r sbu rg , F la . . . . He w a s a f o r m e r a m a t e u r s t a r and a v e t e r a n of Wor ld W a r II . . . He p u t up a g a m e fight aga ins t Hodgk ins disease . . . He is surv ived by his widow

and two youngs te rs . Gordon W a t s o n now pro a t Brynwood CC

(Mi lwaukee dist.) . . . Dave Carolan goes f r o m R u m s o n (N.J.) CC to be pro a t Day-ton (O.) CC . . . F r a n k Gr imm named a s pro a t Mauh-Nah-Tee-See CC, Rockford , 111. . . . Roddy N e w m a n now pro a t Home-s tead Club, Spr ing Lake , N. J . . . . M a r t y C r o m b appointed publici ty clunn. fo r P G A Na t iona l Course, Dunedin, F l a . . . . Now some copy has s t a r t e d to flow out of Dune-din to home town pape r s of pros and the i r m e m b e r s who play t h e P G A course.

T o m m y Meehan and Bob MacDonald have opened a 4 net golf school in Sea r ' s s to re a t S t a t e and Van Buren, Chicago . . . One ne t h a s the Electrogolf length record-ing equ ipment . . . Lot of lessons and p rac -tice a t 50 cents a pail . . . Badges a t t he Club M a n a g e r s Assn. 25th Jubi lee conven-tion had clips ins tead of p ins for a t t a c h i n g to lapels . . . A l i t t le deta i l b u t one of those t h ings t h a t shows good m a n a g e m e n t is a lot of deta i ls and improvements .

Tom Walsh , f o r m e r pres., PGA, and op-e r a t o r of W e s t g a t e Valley GC (Chicago dLst.) elected director of Moun t Greenwood S t a t e B a n k on Chicago 's f a r south side . . . Char l ey Hall , a n o t h e r f o r m e r PGA pres. , some y e a r s ago was m a d e director of a B i r m i n g h a m (Ala.) b a n k . . . Oakland Hills CC ce lebra ted i t s 35 y e a r s by burn ing i t s $124,000 m o r t g a g e . . . C lub ' s income f r o m 1951 Na t iona l Open, a f t e r taxes , w a s $69,402.58 . . . A t one t i m e c lub 's indebted-ness w a s up to $800,000 . . . P a r t of t h e c lub 's income now derived f r o m Nor th Hills GC, p a r t of Oakland Hil ls ' or iginal layout , which w a s converted to semi-public course du r ing depression of t h e 30s.

W m . George now mgr . , E l Dorado (Ks.) CC . . . H e w a s a t C a r t h a g e (Mo.) CC in 1951 and f o r 25 y ea r s prev ious mgr. , Jopl in (Mo.) CC where his son now is m g r . . . . F r e d E a t o n now p ro a t P o m o n a (Calif .)

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CC . . . J immy Crichton, Po r t Huron (Mich.) CC pro opera t ing winter school in Har r ing ton hotel, P o r t Huron . . . F r a n k Esposi to now pro at N a s s a u County (N.Y.) P a r k course . . . Men and women's a m a t e u r associat ions and PGA underwri te construc-tion of additional golf facilities a t St. Al-bans Nava l hospital, Nor thpor t Ve te rans hospital and a t Mitchel Field.

A1 Gruber, pro at San Jose CC, Jackson-ville, Fla . renewing deal fo r television pro-g r a m which proved big success last y e a r . . . Oldest golf p rog ram on basis of year ly renewals is "Pars , Birdies and Eag le s " which Joe Jemsek and Charley Nash a r e running fo r fifth year a s effective promo-tion fo r their Chicago distr ict semi-public courses . . . Har t fo rd (Conn.) Junior Cham-ber of Commerce al ready going s t rong in ballyhoo fo r the i r $15,000 Insurance City Open this summer . . . The Jaycees a re pub-licizing it a s "New England ' s Greatest Golf Event . "

Joe McMorran, s t a r t e r a t PGA Nat ional course in winter, will begin his 34th yea r as pro a t Indian Hill Club (Chicago dist.) th is spr ing . . . Joe came f r o m Troon and a f t e r landing worked with S tewar t Gardner , Jock Black and Nipper Campbell . . . J a y -cees have set up four yea r sectional ro ta -tion p lan for the i r Nat iona l Junior cham-pionship to give every p a r t of the count ry a chance to be host to the event,

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t h e b i g g e s t in golf . . . By reduc ing t h e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 20,000 e n t r a n t s to f o u r m e n a n d o n e a l t e r n a t e q u a l i f y i n g per s t a t e , t h e c h a m p i o n s h i p field can be handled . . . P l a y s w i t c h e s f r o m t h e p r e v i o u s m a t c h p l a y bas i s to meda l p l a y in t he 1952 J a y c e e N a t i o n a l J u n i o r a t E u g e n e , Ore., A u g . 11-16 . . . Low 100 J u n i o r s will p lay 72 ho les m e d a l a f t e r ini t ia l 36 q u a l i f y i n g . . . A g e l imi t of c o n t e s t a n t h a s been reduced f r o m 19 to 18 . . . J a y c e e c h a p t e r s in n o r t h e a s t q u a r t e r of U.S. ( f r o m Minneso ta , I o w a a n d Mis sou r i e a s t ) a r e el igible t o bid f o r 1953 c h a m p i o n s h i p .

G e o r g e T . Swanson , I B M CC, E n d i c o t t , N . Y. n a m e d by n o m i n a t i n g c o m m i t t e e t o be pres . , N e w Y o r k S t a t e Tur f Assn . . . . O t h e r o f f ice rs n a m e d : E d w a r d P . B r a d y , P e l h a m Spl i t Rock, vp ; D i r e c t o r s — T h o m a s B o w e n , Y a h n u n d a s i s ; C h e s t e r T a g g e r t , O r -c h a r d P a r k ; M. M o n t g o m e r y Maze, B l u e Hill.

Bob Hoffner , K r o y d o n ' s Middle A t l a n t i c r e p r e s e n t a t i v e , s t i l l t h r i l l s w i th a m e m o r y of t h e N a t i o n a l A m a t e u r of 1924 . . . H e h i t a g r a n d shot off one tee a t Mer ion a n d a s h e w a l k e d down the f a i r w a y a f a i r - s i z ed g a l l e r y g a t h e r e d . . . S u r p r i s e d by the g a l -le ry B o b h i t severa l m o r e in quick succes -sion, a n d t h r o u g h his f o g of a n g u i s h h e a r d one s p e c t a t o r s a y in d e e p d i s a p p o i n t m e n t , "Hel l , t h a t a in ' t J o n e s . " . . . H o f f n e r w a s

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abou t Jones ' build and wore s imilar a t t i r e b u t t he r e the golfing resemblance ended . . . W h e n Hof fner r eads of t ou rnamen t s t a r s record ing thei r g r e a t e s t thrills, he k n o w s t h e y ' r e all second to the thri l l he had.

If Gen. Eisenhower goes back to t h e old home town, Abilene, Ks., this sp r ing he'll see t h e CC's 9-hole course now has g r a s s g reens and a p las t ic pipe wa te r ing ins ta l -la t ion pu t in by D. B. Bell and Son . . . Mid-At lant ic Assn. of Golf Course Sup t s . h a s i ts en t i re y e a r ' s educat ion p r o g r a m se t u p . . . Chickweed control , spr ing fe r t i l i za-t ion, zoysia f a i r w a y pro jec t , turf improve-men t , w a r m season grasses , fall renovat ion and golf course records a r e among sub j ec t s scheduled for t he mee t ings . . . Mid-At lan t ic sup t s . en la rg ing i t s mai l ing list to include g reen chmn. of all c lubs in i ts d i s t r i c t . . . A c h a i r m a n in t h a t t e r r i t o r y who doesn ' t ge t t h e Mid-At lant ic Turf News Le t t e r is l ike a fel low who si ts t h r o u g h a g a m e wi thou t a scorecard .

F r e n c h Lick Springs , Ind., to have i t s 17th annua l Midwest A m a t e u r , Apri l 4-6 . . . E v e n t ge t s b ig field f r o m Chicago, In -dianapolis , Louisville, S t . Louis and w a y s t a t i o n s . . . F a i r ba l ance of s t a r s a n d fel-lows who 've come f o r sp r ing t r a i n i n g . . . Roy R. Seneff, F r e n c h Lick pro, is hand l ing rese rva t ions f o r the t o u r n a m e n t gues t s . . . W e s t e r n Golf Assn. announces t h a t f o r first t i m e in h is tory of E v a n s Caddy Scholar -

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To see what fellows can do when they determine to really have a golf course look at Prineville, Ore., where 2l/i years ago a course was started under direction of Bob Hogan, brother of Eddie, pro at Riverside CC, Portland, Ore About 80% of labor and materials for course and clubhouse was contributed... Membership has been closed at 120 while the course has had only 6 holes, but will be up to 150 when additional 3 holes now being constructed are completed . . . Initiation fee is $320 . . . Dues, $6 a month . . . Alex Weber, formerly supt. at Kelso (Wash.) Elks Club became supt.-pro-mgr. at Prineville G&CC Jan. 1.

Ocean City (Del.) getting new course to be known as Water Wood . . . Reginald D. Giddings, pro-supt., Seaford (Del.) G&CC designed the course with cooperation of Andy Lagagtes, pro-supt., Mapledale G& CC, Dover, Del. . . . Greens were roughed in during December and finishing work being pushed as weather permits . . . Dave Tosh to Maysville (Ky.) CC as pro-mgr.

Westwood CC (St. Louis) comes back into tournament record books with 1952 Western Open, May 29-June 1 . . . The boys

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Scioto CC, Columbus, O. had comple te inven to ry of clubhouse fu rn i sh ings a n d equ ipmen t m a d e and in su rance increased accordingly , shor t ly b e f o r e fire t h a t w r e c k e d the clubhouse a n d conten ts . . . I n s t e a d of usua l deba te w i t h in su rance companies , pay-off on a c c u r a t e d a t a w a s quick a n d c lubhouse rebui ld ing is p r o g r e s -s ing rap id ly . . . Club off icials and m a n a g e -m e n t usua l ly p u t off m a k i n g inventory f o r insurance , b r ing ing policies u p to date , a n d fa i l t o m a k e complete check-up of inside a n d ou ts ide fire p ro tec t ion until t h e y ' r e s t a r i n g a t t h e flames . . . W i t h volunteer fire d e p a r t m e n t s provid ing fire-fighting service in m a n y coun t ry club local i t ies the c lubs

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IJSGA Green Section proposal to set up regional office on west coast has m a n y supts . in t ha t p a r t of the country hopeful . . . Unique problems with considerable year -a round play require much research . . . Development of Turf Advisory commit-tees fo r close-up prac t ica l recommenda-t ions fo r the Green Section cooperative pro-g r a m s is one nation-wide need . . . Another is how to get money needed for f inancing work the clubs wan t done . . . Too m a n y w a n t to ride on a pass.

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H a w a i i a n J a y c e e s p l a n n i n g golf cl inic p r i o r to a so f t ba l l g a m e b e t w e e n J a y c e e s and P r e s s - R a d i o t e a m a t Honolu lu s t a d i u m w i t h t h e whole s h o w financing H a w a i i a n t e a m to U S J u n i o r C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e c h a m p i o n s h i p a t E u g e n e , Ore . . . . Golf con-t i n u e s t o boom in H a w a i i . . . P ropose n e w cou r se a t H a l a w a . . . One fel low w r i t e s in Hono lu lu A d v e r t i s e r p r o t e s t i n g a g a i n s t p roposed course , s a y i n g " t h e only do l l a r s a golf c o u r s e will e a r n a r e do l la r s t h a t a r e a l r e a d y h e r e in t h e t e r r i t o r y . " . . . M a y b e he doesn ' t t h i n k t h e t o u r i s t s who b r i n g mi l -lions of do l l a r s in to H a w a i i each yea r , d o n ' t w a n t to p l ay golf . . . A l i t t le look in to F lo r ida , Gulf Coas t , s o u t h e r n Ca l i fo rn i a , A r i z o n a a n d N e w Mexico, s t u d y i n g t he v a s t c a p i t a l t h a t fol lowed g o l f e r s into t he se lo-cal i t ies , m i g h t be e n l i g h t e n i n g to t he m a n w h o ques t i ons t h e i n v e s t m e n t va lue of t h e p r o p o s e d course .

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British PGA suspends 69-year-old Rob-ert McKenzie, a former chmn. of the body and an honorary life member . . . He is working in a store sports dept. contrary to the British PGA rule which prohibits such employment . . . Perhaps the reason for his offense is that he likes to eat, even the skimpy British austerity chow.

Saucon Valley completes the job of con-ducting the most perfectly run champion-ship in golf history—• the 1951 National Amateur — with a round-up of statistics in the Dec. issue of the club magazine, Coun-try Club Topics . . . Overall income of about $100,000 resulted in net profit of $2,598.71, after split with USGA, giving USGA $24,330.07 . . . Ticket sales were approxi-mately $49,000 . . . Detailed financial state-ment appears in Club Topics . . . Especially interesting is labor record showing that in addition to 350 club members working on committees, there were 998 of course and clubhouse regular staff and extras and other persons, including USGA staff and press, working at the championship or al-most 7 people per contestant.

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"Criticus" in Golf Monthly of Edinburgh suggests that Ryder Cup matches be aban-doned for 5 years . . . During the "breathing space" Britain "to discover, streamline and toughen such youngsters as we possess." . . . Legalization of center-shafted putters by R&A has boomed British clubmakers' business in this type of club . . . Some of the new British center-shafted putters look peculiar to American eyes.

Arthur J. (Chappie) Chapman in his 32d year as Wheeling (W.Va.) CC pro . . . Tournament circuit loses a couple of good ones with Glen Teal going to Transit Valley CC (Buffalo dist.) and Ed Furgol going to Westwood CC (St. Louis dist.) on pro jobs . . . A1 Zimmerman, who retired from Alder-wood CC, Portland, Ore. pro job to go vacationing in tournament play in U.S. and Europe, married to Barbara Sofia Zuniga.

Walter Romans, pro at Baltimore (Md.) CC married to Jeanne Claire Brandon . . .

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W a r r e n Townley , f o r p a s t 22 y e a r s pro-mgr . , W o o d s t o c k (N.Y.) CC died in J e r s e y Ci ty hosp i t a l a f t e r long il lness. H e is sur-vived by h i s wi fe , t w o b r o t h e r s a n d t h r ee s i s t e r s . . . W a r r e n b r o u g h t m a n y i n t o golf a n d t a u g h t t h e m how to e n j o y t h e g a m e .

R u t h W o o d w a r d , t a l en t ed a m a t e u r go l fe r who h a s handled w o m e n ' s golf fo r Golf Wor ld , is e n g a g e d to E d w a r d Cornel l Kip F inch , a s s t . t o publ i sher H e n r y L u c e of T i m e m a g a z i n e . . . The f o r m e r Joyce W e t h e r e d , n o w Lady H e a t h c o a t - A m o r y , a n n o u n c e s h e r r e t i r e m e n t f r o m c o m p e t i t i v e golf t o devo te h e r s p a r e t i m e t o g a r d e n i n g . . . In t h e opinion of m a n y s h e w a s t he g r e a t e s t w o m a n go l fe r . . . P G A of A m e r i -ca m a d e a n i n s t r u c t i v e p i c t u r e of he r in slow m o t i o n film, a long w i t h J o n e s and Va rdon i n s t r u c t i o n movies .

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t runk or locker . Car t , Bag, and Seat in one l ightweight uni t . A w o n d e r f u l at tention getter , it sells itself.

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T h e Seat is the same size and construct ion as the " 3 F O R E 1 ' ' GOLF C A R T , of which there are more than 3000 now in use. C A R T and S E A T f u l l y g u a r a n t e e d f o r o n e y e a r . T H E S E A R E " M U S T S " F O R E V E R Y P R O SHOP. Some sales territories available fo r qualified representatives.

Simply a t tached to any center-post cart . T h e Seat s t ructure carries all the weight , put t ing no strain on the Car t . Doesn^ interfere with the pu l l ing bal-ance of the Car t .

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S w e e t l a n d is r e t i r i n g f r o m p r o bus iness a f t e r close t o q u a r t e r c e n t u r y of fine serv ice t o g a m e . His h o m e c lub course , Ba t t l eh i l l GC, Union , N. J . h a s b e e n sold f o r d e v e l o p m e n t of i ndus t r i a l s i t e s .

H a r o l d " H a d " L a n g d o n l eaves P l e a s a n t Val ley CC, Connellsvi l le , Pa . , t o a s s u m e p r o du t i e s a t Colonia l CC, H a r r i s b u r g , P a . . . . Alex M c l n t y r e moves f r o m t h e Ed i son Club, S c h e n e c t a d y , N . Y., t o t a k e c h a r g e of p ro o p e r a t i o n s a t Ca tsk i l l (N .Y. ) CC . . . George F a z i o h a s p u r c h a s e d a F o r d au tomob i l e a g e n c y in C a m b r i d g e , Md. . . . D a n n y Wi l l i ams , J r . will be p r o a t Rock-a w a y R i c k CC, Danv ille, N . J . a n d K a h k -w a CC, E r i e , Pa . , wi l l g r e e t J a y H e b e r t a s t he i r n e w p r o . . A t S p r i n g m e a d o w CC, F a r m i n g d a l e , N . J . , J o e D a n t e wil l b e t h e n e w pro t h i s y e a r and a t Coblesvi l le (N. Y.) CC, Bill S m i t h t a k e s over p r o du t ies .

H o m e r Da r l i ng , pres. , J u n i p e r Hi l l s GC., N o r t h b o r o u g h , Mass . , h a s s t a r t e d w o r k on t h e addi t ion of 9 holes to t h e e x i s t i n g 9-holes of t he p o p u l a r fee golf c o u r s e . . . H a r r y H a n s o n h a s moved f r o m B e n t o n (111.) GC to a s s u m e du t i e s a s s u p t . of Evansv i l l e ( Ind . ) two 18-hole m u n y courses .

Gene S a r a z e n ' s f i r s t six p i c t u r e s of ex-t ens ive se r i e s on inc idents a n d s cenes a t f a m o u s U . S. a n d Br i t i sh c o u r s e s wil l be re leased soon f o r te levis ion a n d c lub movie

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T H E B U S I N E S S J O U R N A L O F G O L F

Front Cover: This is the par 4, 375 yd. 6th hole of the Robins Air Force Base GC, Macon, Ga. The course teas open for play April, 1951 adding to sum total of approximately 60 such courses at military installations in the U.S., the construction, maintenance and operation of which in the main has been

financed from revenue other than tax dollars.

Swinging Around Golf 3 Technical Study of T u r f Gets Top Billing at GCSA Meet 3 5 How A P r o Found Profit Hunting New Ideas By "A Young Old Pro" 4 0 Course

for "Typical G o l f e r " Popular at Pinehurst 4 3 The Story Course Cost Records Must Tell By Taylor Boyd 5 0 Southeast Appraises Its T u r f Research Plan By B. P. Robinson 5 4 It's Easy to Get What You Want f rom Jerry 's Shop By James McGuire 5 7 Managers ' 25th Convention Seeks Operating Answers By Herb Graffis 6 1 Research Big Need on Poa Annua Chemical Control By Ralph E. Engel 6 4 Los Angeles Looks Ahead to Ease Golf Shortage By Darsie L. Darsie 6 8 How the Assistant Pro Can Really Assist By Joe Paletti 7 2 1 9 5 2 Tournament Schedule 7 6 Reducing Thatch Brings Back Healthy T u r f By Warren Bidwell 7 8

SWING ING AROUND GOLF (Continued from page 33)

s h o w i n g . . . P i c t u r e s , w i t h G e n e do ing t he n a r r a t i n g , a r e in b lack a n d w h i t e f o r TV and m o s t l y in color fo r movie . . . Gene h a s se lec ted g r e a t f o o t a g e a n d h a s a n i n t e r e s t -ing r u n n i n g s t o r y w i t h t h e p i c t u r e s . . . F i r s t s t r o k e by s t r o k e b r o a d c a s t of a N a -t iona l A m a t e u r f inals w a s done a t C o u n t r y Club of B r o o k l i n e in 1934 by R o l a n d Win-g a t e w h o t h e n w a s T H E C o u n t r y Club ' s p ro . . . Ted H u s i n g w a s scheduled t o do i t bu t w a s swi t ched t o a n o t h e r a s s i g n m e n t a t t h e 11th hour .

A r t A n d r e w s , Jr . , s igned a s p r o by A u r o r a (111.) CC . . . S o m e of finest sou th -e rn g r e e n s you ever could p l a y a r e F lo r ida E x p e r i m e n t S t a t i o n s t r a i n a t F t . M y e r s ( F l a . ) CC . . . F r e e d o m f r o m d i sea se h a s s o m e F t . M y e r s p l a y e r s w i t h succes s fu l f a r m i n g expe r i ence in t h i s s ec t ion wonde r -ing if c h l o r d a n e t r e a t m e n t of g r e e n s f o r insec t p e s t s h a s n ' t been a f a c t o r in reduc-ing s p r e a d of f u n g u s d i sease by insec t s .

Pro Shows Gift Stock in Club Dining Room

A S c o t c h p r o , J . P . M a c L e o d , H a g g s C a s t l e GC, Glasgow, p u t a c r o s s a Chr i s t -m a s golf g i f t se l l ing idea t h a t m a n y A m e r i c a n p r o s m i g h t file a w a y f o r use w h e n n e x t C h r i s t m a s c o m e s close. T h e

idea a l so is one t h a t could be a d a p t e d f o r e v e n i n g s a t n o r t h e r n c lubs be fo re t he s ea -son opens .

M a c L e o d g o t p e r m i s s i o n f r o m the c lub to hold a w e e k - l o n g exhibi t ion of C h r i s t -m a s g i f t golf m e r c h a n d i s e in t h e c lub d i n i n g r o o m f r o m 7 t o 9:30 each even ing . I n h i s l e t t e r of i n v i t a t i o n to the m e m b e r s he sa id t h a t m e m b e r s seldom h a v e t i m e on t h e i r occas iona l v i s i t s to t h e club, a t t h a t s e a s o n of t h e y e a r , to vis i t t h e p r o shop a n d inspec t t h e s t ock .

T h e exh ib i t ion w a s well a t t ended .

Six New England Supts. Receive 25 Year Pins

F o r t y - f o u r m e m b e r s of the G r e e n k e e p -e r s C lub of N e w E n g l a n d a t t e n d i n g t h e r e c e n t a n n u a l m e e t i n g a t W a l t h a m F i e l d S t a t i o n , W a l t h a m , Mass . , honored s ix of t he g r o u p w i t h 25 y e a r service p ins . F r a n k Wilson, p a s t o f f ice r a n d c h a r t e r m e m b e r , m a d e t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n t o H . Mosher , J . Counsel l , M. O 'Grady , J . L a t v i s a n d P . H a y d e n . E . P h i n n e y w a s u n a b l e t o be p r e s e n t t o receive h i s p in .

Of f i ce r s e lected f o r 1952 a r e : P r e s . , A r t h u r C. Cody; 1st V P , Michael O ' G r a d y ; 2nd VP , M a n u a l F r a n c i s ; 3rd VP , A l b e r t Al len ; Secy., N. J . S p e r a n d i o ; Treas . , J o h n L. Counse l l ; T r u s t e e f o r t h r ee y e a r s , G e o r g e Vo lmer .