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

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Red R u n GC, Royal Oak, Mich., to be hos t to 6th Na t ion-al A m p u t e e tou rnamen t , Aug . 20-21 . . . If you know any w a r or indus t r ia l ve t who's lost an a r m or leg a n d who plays golf and w a n t s to en te r t he t o u r n a -ment tell h im to wr i te Dale S. Bourisseau, Possibili t ies Unl im-ited, Inc., Solon Center Bldg., Solon, O. . . . Bourisseau to be Ed Sul l ivan 's guest on Ta lk of t he Town in boosting t h e t ou rnamen t .

Gordon Wr igh t , sec., Gan ton (Eng. ) GC where 1949 Ryder Cup m a t c h e s were played, and member of the B o a r d of Man-a g e m e n t of Spor t s Turf I n s t i t u t e was a t the M a s t e r s a s one s top on quick t r ip to inspect U. S. golf turf r e sea rch establ ish-men t s and courses . . . Joe Wil l iams, vet -e ran spor t s columnist of N. Y. World-Te legram Sun wri tes t h a t golf is "headed for m a j o r scanda l" because of b ig money Ca lcu t t a gambl ing . . . Wi l l i ams says he has "assembled considerable dope on these count ry-c lub hust lers ," and if libel prevents publication of in format ion he will tu rn i t over to " t h e golfing f a t h e r s . " . . . Will iams adds t h a t income t ax angle a lso might be in teres t ing.

" S a n d y " A r m o u r recover ing f r o m opera-tion a t W a s h i n g t o n . . . J . H a y n e s Wate r s , fo rmer ly ass t . to Willie Goggin a t Upper Montclai r (N. J . ) CC now pro a t L a k e Mohawk (N. J . ) CC.

New E n g l a n d PGA s p r i n g mee t ing f ea tu red by Al W a t r o u s clinic . . . P ros noted ea r ly s igns of big season in pro shops . . . P r o s in Georgia and Caro l inas who were looking over the M a s t e r s sa id spr ing business genera l ly had been well ahead of spr ing 1953 shop sales and p l ay . . . Bud Ward moves into pro spot a t Peninsula G&CC, San Mateo, Calif.

P r ince Georges CC ( W a s h i n g t o n dist .) w a r n s first offenders who don ' t replace div-ots, s ays second offenders will be suspended fo r 2 weeks and 3d offenders expelled f r o m club . . . U S G A Green Section began issu-

ing N o r t h e a s t e r n T u r f l e t t e r Apri l 1 f r o m N o r t h e a s t e r n of-fice a t R u t g e r s U., New Bruns -wick, N. J Tur f l e t t e r will be issued 6 t i m e s a year and sent to subscr ibers to USGA region-al turf service in Conn., N. J . and N. Y.

F r a n k Wilson f r o m A r r o w -head G&CC (Chicago dis t r . ) to Roselle (111.) GC as pro . . . Wil-

GRAFFIS son h a s scheduled p r o g r a m of class lessons for high school

s t u d e n t s . . . Says k ids who learn golf et i-q u e t t e as p a r t of c lass lessons have fore-s igh ted clubs now welcoming y o u n g s t e r s whose considerat ion f o r o thers on course, t h e course and the en t i r e golf p lan t m a k e s t h e m models m a n y older gol fers should i m i t a t e .

J e r r y Bell now pro a t Greeley (Colo.) CC . . . Bell las t yea r a t Red Hill CC, Upland , Calif . , and win te r t each ing a t Camelback Inn , Phoenix, Ariz . . . . Greeley CC, wi th t e s t i n g pa r 72 course , and magni f icen t scenic location, recen t ly completed $100,000 bui lding p r o g r a m wi th clubhouse improve-m e n t , new pro shop and pool . . . Al Bes-selink and J o Ann St i lhvagon of Houston , Tex., mar r i ed a t B e t h a n y Chr is t ian Church, Hous ton , Apri l 17 . . . The Jack ie B u r k e s had introduced the t w o a t C h r i s t m a s Day , 1951 p a r t y . . . J o Ann is gorgeous . . . Even m o r e beaut i fu l t h a n Al.

N o r t h e a s t e r n Wisconsin GA holds i t s an -nua l mee t i ng and club opera t ions clinic a t Oshkosh (Wis.) CC M a y 10 . . . S t a r t s 8:30 a .m. s h a r p . . . Mee t i ng br ings t oge the r pres idents , secre tar ies , green cha i rmen, supts . , house cha i rmen, manage r s , p ros and s p o r t s commi t t ee cha i rmen of all c lubs in the d i s t r ic t in f o u r panels for d iscuss ing a n d solving club o p e r a t i n g problems . . . H igh ly pract ical , va luab le p r o g r a m s t a r t e d 4 y e a r s ago by e n e r g y of Dan Ste inberg , J r . , N E W G A sec.- t reas .

Na t iona l Associa t ion of L e f t - H a n d e d Gol fe r s s t eaming u p f o r 15th annua l t o u r -n a m e n t a t Miami Valley CC, Day ton , O., A u g . 9-12 . . . D a y t o n is home t o w n of

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C l u b m e m b e r s a p p r e c i a t e t h e h a n d y , r o o m y a c -c o m m o d a t i o n s o f G e n e r a l S t e e l L o c k e r s a n d R a c k s . Y o u r i n v e s t m e n t p a y s o f f i n l o n g e r l a s t i n g , t r o u b l e -f r e e s e r v i c e . W r i t e t o d a y , l i t e r a t u r e o n r e q u e s t .

GOLF LOCKER No. 72

S t u r d y a l l - s t e e l c o n s t r u c t e d d o u b l e d o o r l o c k e r , m a d e i n s t a n d a r d s i zes . C o n -t a i n s f u l l h a t s h e l f , c o a t r o d a n d h o o k s , p r i v a t e - l o c k i n n e r c o m p a r t m e n t , 4 s p a -c i o u s o p e n c o m p a r t m e n t s w i t h l i d s h e l v e s , m i r r o r , t r a y , t o w e l r a c k , a n d c y l -i n d e r l o c k se t i n h a n d l e . B a k e d - o n e n a m e l finish i n g r e e n o r g r a y .

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K e e p s g o l f b a g s a n d c l u b s i n a n o r d e r l y , c o m p a c t a r r a n g e m e n t . H e a v y d u t y s t e e l c o n s t r u c t i o n , d e s i g n -

e d i n s e c t i o n s 3 f t . w i d e b y 3 f t . d e e p w i t h 1 2 " s q u a r e o p e n i n g s . I l l u s t r a t i o n s h o w s t w o u n i t s w i t h 4 2 o p e n -i n g s . T h e s e r a c k s c a n b e m a d e t o y o u r s p e c i f i c r e -q u i r e m e n t s . B a k e d - o n e n a m e l finish i n g r e e n o r g r a y .

LOCKER R O O M BENCH No. 72-LB (not illustratedi

S t e e l p e d e s t a l s . H e i g h t 1 7 " , w i d t h 8 - 1 / 4 " , s o l i d o a k t o p 1 - 5 / 8 " t h i c k . C u t t o a n y l e n g t h r e q u i r e d .

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N A L H G pres . , K a y S t o c k m y e r . . . F o r in-f o r m a t i o n on m e m b e r s h i p and t o u r n a m e n t w r i t e Sec. Rob t . R o m b e r g e r , Toledo 13, O.

Rev. T. J . L u n d y , son of Mr . a n d Mrs. T o m L u n d y of Greenvil le , Miss., o rda ined to office of deacon by Rt . Rev. D u n c a n M. G r a y of E p i s c o p a l Diocese of Miss iss ippi in se rv ices a t S t . J a m e s church , Greenvi l le . . . F a t h e r of t h e y o u n g c l e r g y m a n is p ro a t Greenvi l le CC a n d vp of S o u t h e a s t e r n sec t ion P G A .

H e n s o n Maples , sup t . , P i n e h u r s t ( N . C.) courses , e lec ted p res . of newly o rgan ized C a r o l i n a s Golf C o u r s e Sup t s . ' Assn . , a t i t s first mee t i ng , M y e r s P a r k Club, C h a r l o t t e , N . C. . . . 17 c lubs r e p r e s e n t e d . . Mike L u c a s , Greenvi l le (S . C.) CC e lec ted v p . . . G r a n t B e n n e t t , F l o r e n c e (S. C.) CC, sec. . . . R. Ripley, E l e c t r i c Ci ty CC, A n d e r s o n , S. C., t r e a s . . . . J o e Dey , J r . , R . P . Rob inson a n d M. K. J e f f o r d , J r . of U S G A G r e e n Sec-t ion spoke a t t h e m e e t i n g .

J i m F e r r i e r t o L a k e w o o d CC (Los An-ge le s d is t . ) s u c c e e d i n g H a r r y Coope r . . . Bill R e m s e n n o w p r o a t C lea rv i ew GC, one of N e w Y o r k C i t y ' s 10 m u n y c o u r s e s . . . E x p e c t t o open A l m a d é n GC, S a n Jose , Calif . , 18-holes in Oct. , s a y s C. E . ( P i k e ) Ross , in c h a r g e of t he d e v e l o p m e n t . . . H e n r y S t a m b a u g h p a r k m u n y course ,

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A Koppers Shelter House recently installed at the Oakmont Country Club, Oakmont, Pa.

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Ko p p e r s Shel te r H o u s e s blend beau t i fu l ly wi th t h e l a n d s c a p e of

a n y golf course. T h e y a r e rus t i c in a p p e a r a n c e , a n d do not need pa in t ing . T h e s e she l t e r s c o m f o r t a b l y seat a s m a n y a s seventeen people , p rov id ing t h e m wi th good pro tec t ion aga ins t s u d d e n showers .

Because t h e lumber is t h o r o u g h l y p res su re - t r ea t ed aga ins t d e c a y a n d ter-mi t e a t t a c k , K o p p e r s S h e l t e r Houses last t h r e e to four t imes a s long a s ones

m a d e of u n t r e a t e d wood. And y o u r y e a r l y m a i n t e n a n c e a n d r ep l acemen t cos ts a r e p rac t i ca l ly e l imina ted .

K o p p e r s She l t e r H o u s e s a r e pre-cu t f o r quick a s sembly . T h e y a r e s h i p p e d a s a comple te u n i t (all l u m b e r a n d h a r d w a r e i nc luded ) a n d can be e r ec t ed by two m e n in t h r e e or f o u r d a y s .

T o find out m o r e a b o u t K o p p e r s S h e l t e r Houses , wr i t e u s t oday fo r pr ices a n d descr ip t ive l i t e ra ture .

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Youngs town , O., open ing n e w $100,000 club-house th i s m o n t h . . . J i m McGuin iga l in 23d season a s S t a m b a u g h p r o . . . J a c k T h o m p s o n n o w in his 27th y e a r a s p ro a t T ippecanoe CC, Y o u n g s t o w n , O.

S a n Diego (Cal i f . ) C o u n t y B o a r d gives El C a j o n C h a m b e r of C o m m e r c e u n t i l A u g . t o p r e s e n t p l a n s f o r proposed $200,000 18-hole cour se n e a r Gillespie F ie ld . . . P r e s t o n Hol low CC, Da l l a s , Tex., opens n e w b a c k 9 . . . W o r k be ing rushed on c lub ' s o t h e r 9.

Spokane , W a s h . , A th le t i c R o u n d Table g ives $75,000 to c i ty f o r c lubhouse a t E s -m e r a l d a m u n y cour se . . . R o u n d T a b l e p re -viously d o n a t e d land f o r cour se . . . E r -nie P ie rce n a m e d pro a t E a s t m o r e l a n d m u n y cour se a t P o r t l a n d , O r e . . . . J i m T o m -linson now p r o a t Weiser , Ida. , Rol l ing Hil ls GC, s u c c e e d i n g George Guy w h o goes t o L a G r a n d e ( Ida . ) CC a s p ro . . . Bud Die t r i ch ' s shop a t G r a n d M a r a i s S t a t e P a r k course , Belleville, 111., robbed of 5 se t s of clubs, 30 doz. bal ls .

George D e n t a n d wi fe m a n a g i n g A t l a n t i c ( l a . ) G&CC . . . Va l le jo GC t o bui ld $25,000 9-hole c o u r s e on c i t y p r o p e r t y . . . C o n s t r u c -t ion begun on T a b l e M o u n t a i n GC, Orovil le , Calif . , 9-hole c o u r s e . . . George A. H o f f m a n of S a n A n t o n i o des ign ing 18-hole c i ty-

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county course to be built at cost of $180,000 at E l Paso, Tex.

James W. Lowe, 88, father of Mr1- ~tob ert E . Harlow, bus. mgr. of Golf Worl died April 19 a t St. Petersburg, Fla. , fOi lowing a brief illness . . . "Pop" Lowe was a pioneer of cattle business in the west . . . He was born in Maryland, spent years in Texas and drove cattle into Montana . . , He operated hotels in Montana and Wyo-ming from 1884 until he moved to St. Pe-tersburg in 1922 and engaged in the restau-rant business . . . He was buried in Royal Palm cemetery in St. Petersburg.

Comstock Enterprises, Inc., to build ho-tel and 9-hole course south of Reno, Nev. . . . Idaho State Land Board approves build-ing 9-hole course at Blackfoot, Ida. . . . Holes at new 9-hole course being finished on infield of Golden Gate Fields race track ( S F dist.) to be named after famed horses that have raced a t the track.

Clubhouse of Pinewood GC, Saxonville, Mass., totally destroyed by fire . . . Law-renceville (N. J . ) School's new 9-hole course opening scheduled for May 30 . . . Law-renceville probably first school in U. S. to have its own course . . . Joseph Swan, archi-tect of St. Andrews and Shinnecock courses

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buil t Lawrencevi l le course in 1897 . . . Lock-wood W a t k i n s now pro a t Columbia (S. C.) CC.

New York City 10 muny courses season play t icke ts th is y e a r $15 . . . U p $5 f r o m 1953 . . . Ticket -holders m a y play weekdays f o r 50 cen ts and Sa tu rdays , S u n d a y s and holidays fo r $1 . . . Fees to o the r s a r e $1.50 and $2.

E a s t e r n Open a t Balt imore, Md., M a y 20-23 to pay $500 appea rance money to win-ners of i ts previous affairs , Dick Mayer , Doc Middlecoff and Sam Snead . . . Dewey Ricke t t s pro of new Brooke J o h n s Manor Club in Wash ing ton , D. C. dist. . . . Glou-cester , Mass., f igur ing on golf course in Magnol ia a rea present ly used a s c i ty dump.

Mid-At lant ic pros, supts. , m a n a g e r s and club officials t o have t o u r n a m e n t a n d din-ne r meet ing a t P r ince Georges CC, J u n e 14 . . . 101-match schedule f o r h igh school boy golf leagues in Wash ing ton , D. C., d is t . a r -ranged wi th co-operat ion of p r i va t e clubs.

Wes tches te r County (N. Y.) Board of Supervisors over-ruled proposal t o build 5 th and 6th coun ty courses . . . Bud Höl-scher to be a n ass t . to H a r r y Cooper a t Metropolis CC, Whi te Plains, N. Y. . . . York, S. C., consider ing building course . . .

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