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MAKI tU cu/INl ING MAKI tU cu/INl 7x >>tr J r HERB G^A^^^^^^J^ THE GOLF NEWS IN BRIEF Don't hlim your tup on the latest Family fracas vUthln the I'liA.. , Papers will make II out as a conflict between the hail players and the home club pros, . . Both are in golf to make money anil friend* anil to help the Kami' grow.. . They've got no real fight. . , Just misunderstandings. , . When they all learn « hat the wore Is and gel the gas t>(T their stomachs they'll be playmates to- gether again... There are two main sources of had publicity and wrangles within the l*<; \., . One Is too many secret meetings. ,. They're damn foolishness. . . No group In sports has less to hide and more to present as basis of extensive publicity than the PGA. . . But ilu> Iron Curtain publicity policy so long employed by the PGA Is hard to eliminate. . . The oilier cause of PGA jams is failure to have detailed financial statements of PfiA operation*, including the Tournament bureau, supplied to each member. . . An organisation in hlg business with '-HIIII stockholders and partners Hint doesn't acquaint its personnel with its full financial story is A cinch to have headaches. Whatever mistakes the PGA home club pros or tournament players may make would only be those inevitable in a growing big business. . . Nothing reflecting on per- sonalities. . . And probably amazingly few mistakes. , , So why let the public get the idea that a Donnybrook is sure to range at certain intervals within the organization? . . If all the pros had all the facta there'd never be any teeing off with a saloon swing. . . The "public relations problems you hear the boys talk about as a PGA need would be very easily solved by informing each PGA member of the association's business matters. No other pro sport shows hetter relations between newspaper and radio men anil I he pros than such relations in pro golf. . . But when the relations get mi a national basis and the I 'GA follows the pattern of going underground on whatever's doing that's news the result too often has been In pre- sent the organization unfavorably, .. Thai's a rough deal for PGA officials who are giv- ing able, conscientious service to Ihe as- sociation nationally and see 11 on ally. . . For this work they spend their own time and money. . . And It can't he said thai they are paid richly In gratitude. The playing pros when they had their representatives on a PGA committee soon got enough problems and pains to be fed up. . . Well, they'll just have to have some of their group get back on a committee sweating again . Looks like club officials could tip the PGA to one cure for a head- ache. . , When a member Is bellyaching in high G about the condition of "the course smart officials make the fellow green-chair- man. That cures him, . . Crue) punish- ment but it always works. Biggest man in golf these days is MH,I- nard G. (Scoltyl Fessenden. former W est- ern GA and Chicago IHstrlcl GA pres. and e\-chmn. PfiA Advisory committee. . . He's swelled up in proper pride and Joy celebrating the arrival of Sentty, Jr.. who weighed in March 22 at 6 lbs. 12 oz„ at Passavant hospital, Chicago. . , Mama, the enchanting Thalia, is as proud as Papa hut not nearly as noisy. . . The kid is. . . lie's Daddy's own hoy. . . His first words were, "Be sure I get Ihe tab," Elizabeth Manor GC. Portsmouth. Va„ to open play on its 18 about July 1. . . Construction to start soon on new club's clubhouse. . . Top O'Scott GC, formerly City View, Portland, Ore., bought by H. L. Osborn and others. . . Osborn will manage It. . . 800 younF pine trees destroyed hy tire at Berwick (Pa.) GC. . . Greenkeepers Club of New England's April meeting at Waltham iMass.l Field Station Is associ- ation's annual dealer meeting with dealer representatives as principal speakers. Hall the ipieen. . . Susan Elizabeth born March 22 to reign over Papa Frank and Mama Adaline and hrother Arthur Hen- derson, . . Papa Is owner, Femcllffe GC, West Caldwell, N.J . . . . Florida Green keeping Supts, Assn. at Palm Beach Bittmore hotel. May 21-23. , . Kverglades Experiment Station Invites supts. and club officials to see planting and fertilizer effects on ft different greens at CC of Everglades, aerifying fairways, chemical need control and greens mole drainage. . , Hoy Grlnnell leaves Pine Needles GC, Southern Pines, N.C., to take pro job al Colonial Mills course, flarkes- ville, Va. George Fazio gets Woodniont CC I Washington dist. I job. . . Woodmont's new plant at Rockville. Md.. one of na- tion's best. . . Club has 650 members. Lester Bice wrote swell yarn about Helen Hicks In NY Journal-American. . . Helen's

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THE GOLF NEWS IN BRIEF

Don't hlim your tup on the latest Family fracas vUthln the I ' l i A . . , Papers will make II out as a conflict between the hail players and the home club pros, . . Both are in golf to make money anil fr iend* anil to help the Kami' g r o w . . . They 've got no real fight. . , Just misunderstandings. , . When they all learn « hat the w o r e Is and gel the gas t>(T their stomachs they'll be playmates to-gether aga in . . . There are t w o main sources of had publicity and wrangles within the l*<; \ . , . One Is too many secret meetings. , . They 're damn foolishness. . . N o group In sports has less to hide and more to present as basis of extensive publicity than the P G A . . . But ilu> Iron Curtain publicity policy so long employed by the P G A Is hard to eliminate. . . The oi l ier cause of PGA jams is failure to have detailed financial statements of P f i A operation*, including the Tournament bureau, supplied to each member. . . An organisation in hlg business with '-HIIII stockholders and partners Hint doesn't acquaint its personnel with its full financial story is A cinch to have headaches.

Whatever mistakes the P G A home club pros o r tournament players may make would only be those inevitable in a growing big business. . . Nothing reflecting on per-sonalities. . . And probably amazingly few mistakes. , , So why let the public get the idea that a Donnybrook is sure to range at certain intervals within the organization? . . If all the pros had all the facta there'd never be any teeing off with a saloon swing. . . The "public relations problems you hear the boys talk about as a PGA need would be very easily solved by informing each PGA member of the association's business matters.

No other pro sport shows hetter relations between newspaper and radio men anil I he pros than such relations in pro golf. . . But when the relations get mi a national basis and the I 'GA fol lows the pattern of going underground on whatever 's doing that's

news the result too often has been In pre-sent the organization unfavorably, . . Thai 's a rough deal for PGA officials who are giv-ing able, conscientious service to Ihe as-sociation nationally and see 11 on ally. . . For this work they spend their own time and money. . . And It can't he said thai they are paid richly In gratitude.

The playing pros when they had their representatives on a P G A committee soon got enough problems and pains to be fed up. . . Well, they'll just have to have some of their group get back on a committee sweating again . Looks like club off icials could tip the P G A to one cure f o r a head-ache. . , When a member Is bellyaching in high G about the condition of "the course smart off icials make the fellow green-chair-man. That cures him, . . Crue) punish-ment but it a lways works.

Biggest man in golf these days is MH,I-nard G. (Sco l ty l Fessenden. former W est-ern GA and Chicago IHstrlcl GA pres. and e\-chmn. P f i A Advisory committee. . . He's swelled up in proper pride and Joy celebrating the arrival of Sentty, Jr.. who weighed in March 22 at 6 lbs. 12 oz „ at Passavant hospital, Chicago. . , Mama, the enchanting Thalia, is as proud as Papa hut not nearly as noisy. . . The kid is. . . l ie 's Daddy's own hoy. . . His first words were, "Be sure I get Ihe tab,"

Elizabeth Manor GC. Portsmouth. V a „ to open play on its 18 about July 1. . . Construction to start soon on new club's clubhouse. . . Top O'Scott GC, former ly City View, Portland, Ore., bought by H. L. Osborn and others. . . Osborn will manage It. . . 800 younF pine trees destroyed hy tire at Berwick ( P a . ) GC. . . Greenkeepers Club of New England's April meeting at Waltham iMass.l Field Station Is associ-ation's annual dealer meeting with dealer representatives as principal speakers.

Hall the ipieen. . . Susan Elizabeth born March 22 to reign over Papa Frank and Mama Adaline and hrother Arthur Hen-derson, . . Papa Is owner, Femc l l f f e GC, West Caldwell, N.J. . . .

Florida Green keeping Supts, Assn. at Palm Beach Bittmore hotel. May 21-23. , . Kverglades Experiment Station Invites supts. and club off icials to see planting and ferti l izer effects on ft different greens at CC of Everglades, aer i fy ing fa irways, chemical need control and greens mole drainage. . , Hoy Grlnnell leaves Pine Needles GC, Southern Pines, N.C., to take pro job al Colonial Mills course, f l a rkes -ville, Va.

George Fazio gets Woodniont CC I Washington dist. I job. . . Woodmont 's new plant at Rockville. Md.. one of na-tion's best. . . Club has 650 members. Lester Bice wrote swell yarn about Helen Hicks In N Y Journal-American. . . Helen's

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teaching at Jack Redmond go l f school. . . Jack was featured on Ed Sul l ivan's tele-vision show March 26. . Char les T , Jack-son, 68, member o f Edgewa t e r CC (Chi-cago dist. ) has played e v e r y week-end f o r past 8 years at Edgewate r , . . Vic East played a round with Jackson on snow covered course. , . Ernie Shulse and Cline Nichols operat ing Mt. Prospec t ( I I I . ) C C on lease.

Un ivers i ty o f N .C . second nine designed by George Cobb now under construction. . . I T ace* made on Un ive rs i t y of N e w Mexico course last year . . . Smiley Quick signed as pro by L iv ings ton (Mont . ) CC. . . Cleveland, O, pros started home season ear ly p lay ing 1'eb. 15. . . Busy schedule ar ranged Tor Cleveland distr ict pros. . . Match between teams of d istr ict pros and amateurs to fx- a season highl ight .

Golf Course Guide, describing about 1800 U.S. and 200 courses, compiled by An thony Merri l l , to be published by Thomas Y . Crowel l Co., 432 Four th Ave . . N e w Yo rk , In May . . P r i ce wi l l he $3.50. . . March meet ing o f Middle At lant i c Greenkeepers Assn. at Fa rmlng ton CC, Charlottesvi l le . V a „ Chas. Schalestock, supt. . , . Char ley put on a demonstra-tion of high speed aer i f icat ion. . . Bill Lynch, asst. pro. Or est m on t CC, W e a l Or-ange. N.J., in 5th year teaching classes a t

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management spot at Wlchlht (K s . ) CO. . . New Wichi ta clubhouse, one of mldw est '* finest, being pushed fur complet ion In late summer. , . Henry T . lsl ieh signed as supt.. Glen R idge < N „ L ) CC. . . Jack Van Vaal-len now supt., Mt . T a b o r (N . J . ) CC. . . Ed Garvey , f o rmer Torn salesman, now supt., Mountain V i ew GC, N e w Ci ty , Rockland Co., N . Y Jersey greenkeeper* lament-ing passing o f Jacob Swelsberger , supt.. Saddle R i v e r (N . J . ) CC who died recently of heart fa i lure. , . He w a s n No . I man in his field uud a fine w a r m personal i ty, . . He is survived hy two brothers in course siipt. w o r k ; Wm. , supL at Kldgewond CC and Ed of Kn ickerbocker CC, Tenatly, N J .

R a y GafTord goes to No r th wood CC. Dallas, as pro. , T e r r y Malon to Cape Fear CC, Wi lmington, N.C., as pro. . R u m o r Snead go ing to Nipperstnk Lodge resort northwest of Ch icago exploded when Sam wanted bankable money Instead of newspaper talk about cash. . . Tarn O 'Shanter CC (Ch i cago dist . ) installing telephones on e v e r y tee f o r tournament scor ing and members ' use,

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years hack on her game. . . Prof. Thomas Donaldson Armour brought her golf hack to good health with a few treatments on the Boca Raton lesson lee. , . Riviera CC, Miami, Fla. team won Bahamas CC Invi-tation 4-Rall from Held of 49 teams, It from south Florida.

Snead names Pinehurst No. 2 as "heat all-around course." . . . Then, in order Sam likes Southern Hills CC. Tulsa: Au-gusta (Ga.) National CC, Bob ol.ink GC (Chicago dist.) and Cascades GC. Hot Springs, Va. . . . George Aulbach hires Carl Rystad as his asst. at Amarillo (Tex.) CC. . , Amaritlo's play average for 1949 was 47 per day. . . Joe Devany, Mich. PGA pres., has been conducting classes at Downtown YMCA, Detroit and doing a weekly clinic on television. . . Frank Walsh hires Al Besselink as an asst. at Red Run GC (Detroit dist.I. . . Warren Oriick, Monroe I Mich.) CC pro recently made pro-mgr. . . . Warren also opening his own range in Monroe.

Veteran Chester Horton's been visiting his brother Elijah In St. Petersburg, Fla, . , . Chester's (19 now and plays close to par, alternating right- and left-handed shots. . . As a teacher Chester developed a lot of stars. . . Vic Ghezxl lauded for nice work as American "Ambassador of Good Will" while appearing in Guatemala

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Emil Mashie, supt., Onwentsia Club (Chicago dist.) winner of several national Green keeping Supts. championships be-came a winner again March I. , . Mrs. Mashie presented him with an 814 lb. son. , . N G S A Executive committee presented retiring pres. Carl A. BretzlafT with wrist watch In appreciation of a big job well done. . . Usual excellent reference work is latest annual year book of Southern Golf Assn.

Nat iona l Greenkeep ing Supts. Assn. wil l hold Its 1852 Tur f Conference and Equip-ment Exhib i t at Columbus, O. . . . Mat t Hey.ek now supt., Southmoor CC (Ch icago d is t . ) . . . I t im land It. A rmacos t . f o rmer l y pro-gkpr. , Wahconah CC, Ral ton, Mass. resigns to start Berkshire L a w n & l a n d -scape Co., l ) a l ton. . . M m . V . Kingdon, 910 E. Keas ier Blvd., Indianapol is 20, Intl.. aec.-treas., Wes t e rn Seniors' G A contact-ing pros f o r names and addresses of ama-teurs o ve r 50 el ig ible to membership In rapidly g row ing new organizat ion .

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I l l inois P G A to have spr ing meet ing and business clinic at Hote l Morr ison, Chicago. Apr i l 10. . . P ros and assistants of Il l inois and surrounding states invited, . . A m o n g speakers wil l be J. Havey , Henry Cowen, Bob Mac Donald, J. P. Jones. John Revo ] la. Ed Vines, Fred Barkes and Herb Graf f is .

Cha i rman W a l l y Mund of Minnesota P G A Educat ional Clinic announces the sec-tion's annual clinic f o r Apr i l IT a t the Cni-vers i ty of Minnesota. , . A l s o on Apr i l 17 is annual spr ing meet ing and business clinic of Indiana P G A at Hote l Lincoln, Indian-apolis.

Rancho Carrf l lu at Kan l l i ego , Calif . , proposed as site of new muny course re-placing present 9-hole course to he sub-divided. , . Mgr . -pro Ear l P r y says con-struction on A lameda , Cal i f . , additional !l holes al muny course wi l l start a f t e r July. , , Const ruction uf Sl-hole public course al Rraml I 'ar l i , Gleudalc, Calif . , being con-sidered.

Por t land, Ore., three public courses' revenue was $85,043 in 1919. , . Increase of $4890 over previous year . . . Fees were raised. , . P l a y was 173.579 in 1919. Wea the r accounted f o r drop under pre-vious year. . . Hol l ister , Cal i f . , plans to open Its Bolado P a r k course w i th tournament sponsored by Gen. Hi lar io Moncado, Fi l i -pino guer i l la l e a d e r . . , If a r r a n g e m e n t are

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made the General will be assisted by his genial aide-de-camp. Pvt. Eddie Darrell, leader of the locker-room guerillas,

J i m m y Commisso, God f r ey McGarvey , H o w i e HeAn^elus, Joe Garin, t-'rank Com-misso, Armand Lannot l i , lloh Stonzel, Mike D e l i r e g o r y and George Vandenhrul, Rochester dint, pros, s tage third annual golf clinic al Edward ' s Dept. Store. . . Some lalk In Ca l i f o rn ia about amateur go ing into pro status when the amateur ac -cepts a money split f r om his buyer in u Calcutta pool. . . There ' s been a hit of wonder ing about what might happen If the income ta\ guys look Into the big Calcutta pools. . . A w tell 'em you got It f r om A IOIIJT shot at Tropica l and put it all hack on a glue f ac to ry I>1' that ran a had lasl.

Miss R. J. Lohr, mgr. , Kenwood Q f t O C (Wash ing ton , B.C. dist. ) put on a highly successful " T w e l f t h N i g h t " par ty as is linale to the holiday season. . , I I was founded on the old English custom of burn-ing the Chr istmas tree Ihe twe l f th night a f t e r Christmas. . . Burned al ) Ihe club-house Chr istmas g reenery In the fireplace, ate. danced, drank and members wished they could toss their Chr is tmas bills Into the blaze. . . Pat Casey Ki l ter prises, 5504 Ho l lywood. L . A „ promot ing "s treaml ined g o l f " game f o r go l f pract ice f a i rway in-stal lations.

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ha, Neb., says pros could boost sales of complete outf its by d isp lay ing clubs in hags. , . Bill tells that the idea works in his club. . . T o pro object ion that the bags might ge t d i r ty Bill has an easy answer : " K e e p them clean." . . . " P a t " Pat terson, long act ive in Southern Cal i forn ia pro gol f and f o rmer national v p of P G « ret ir ing f r om Wilson Sport ing Goods. . . Pa t is 73. . . Looks, acts and thinks much younger . . . Paul Burdette g e t t i n g fine collection of color photographic studies of Midwest greenkeepers.

Southern ( io l f Assn. launches campaign f o r $lll,niH> f o r lurf research at T l f t on , Ga. station. . . Southern starts off Ihe Southern Tur f Foundation drive with $1000 contrihu-tion. . . Southern voted to e l iminate ga l lery fee at l is 19B0 Ama t eu r , N e w Orleans { l ,a . i CC, June 19-24. . . A m a t e u r is regarded as a go l f interest s t imulator rather than finan-cial venture, , . A t lanta pros present platpie* to amateurs who "did most f o r gidf promotion in A t l an ta in 1949."

Joe Wa lsh making R K O - P a t h e movie of the Bauer kids. . . U S G A O K s Bauer sis-ters' appearance in it as amateurs as they ge t no pay f o r picture starr ing. . . W m . C. Gordon s tar t ing his 25th year as pro a t P lum Brook CC, Huron, O .'. Bill still has his ruch Scotch b u r r , . . P lum Brook course has four new greens and a sw imming pool

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this year as part of p rog ram pushed by P i e s Lionel Searle. , , M ike Fr i t z , Mi l ls Creek. Sandusky, O., pro, returning f r o m Dunedin, Fla., P G A course where he changed to w inter oil.

No t i c e women 's gol f is present ing some very good looking dolls. . . W e a lways thought there was nothing in the rule book to prevent the gals using co ld cream and avoid ing that pony express saddle com-plexion. . , Orvi l lc ( A b e ) Forhrich. pro at Norwa lk , O., CC and lov ing spouse Virg inia, have bought new home al Po r t Clinton, O, , . ( ' Ireland s CC , Port Cl inton, (>., rebuilds all II Kteens and gets new lessors f o r 5 years . . . A l w a y s l ike to hear a pro b ragg ing about what greenkeeper l e a m m a t e has done w i th th? course . . . Frank Factor , pro at N o n t alk (O . ) E lk* Club pract ica l ly sings opera bragg ing about u Iml Gkpr , Fid I .enharl has done wi th the club's greens.

L e o B iage tU, promis ing yo l ' th on Paul Bertholy 's Sandusky lO . ) R a n g e staff , s igned on Go l f c ra f t adv isory staf f . . . Car l Aves , owner of Vermi l l ion ( O . ) CC says last year ' s business of resort go l f e rs con-vinced him resort golf Is in f o r big boom unless all business goes to hell. . , P G A of Amer ica now counting Canadian Open scores on R y d e r Cup and Vardon t rophy standings, . , A r t Wa l l , p lay ing the w in te r circiiit be fore s tar t ing on his first asst. pro

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Field days and conference at Un ivers i ty of Cal i forn ia gol f turf plots, Ia>* Ange les , wil l be M a y 8 and 9. . , F r e d Grau, <>. <1. Noe r , Charles I la l lowel l and other nat ion ' a l ly noted exper ts wil l join V . T . Stoutr -rnyer In putt ing on the program, . , This Southern Cal i forn ia work under the able direction o f S toutemyer Is outstanding demonstrat ion of valuable results with greenkeeper and chairman cooperat ion. . . Nor thern Cal i f . Tur f Con ference M a y 16 and 17 at U . of Cal i f . , Berke ley . . . John J. McEl roy , Agr icul tura l Extension Serv-ice, U . o f Calif . , Berke ley 4, Cal i f . , hand-ling registrat ions,

John Henry Oke, 69, native of Northam, Devon, Eng., died at Jacksonville, Fla,. March 8, of cancer of the throat. . . He won the 1904 Canadian Open and was pro at Ottawa, Can.: Highland CC, Pittsburgh, Maysvtlle iKy. ) CC and other clubs. . . He retired tn 1948 after serving as pro at Elizabethtown (Ky . ) CC. . . He won numerous events in England, Canada and the U.S., the last of which of consequence was the 1925 Shriners' tournament at Miami. . . He served in the Canadian Army during World W a r I I . . . He Is survived by his widow who resides at 4514 San Jose Blvd., Jacksonville 7, F la Jack was

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15 British Army sports groundsmen sent to greenkeeping spring short course con-ducted hy British Hoard of Greenkeeping Research. . . Golf turf experimental plots nf University of Illinois In he located near Lisle, III,, Chicago southwest suburb. . . Midwest supts. association cooperating in establishing plots. . . l learl of American Greenkeeping Assn. committee, headed hy Chet .Me ml en hall, K. J. Throckmorton, dean Kansas State College School of Agri-culture and his staff, met in the dean's office March 2. planning establishment of Central Plains Turf Foundation. . . Foun-dation will assist promotion of turf re-search at Kansas State and short course in turf maintenance.

Annual convention of American Insti-tute of Park Executives at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Tex., Sept. 25-28. . . For details write Frank L. Brunckhorat. Exec. Sec., AIPE, 30 N. LaSalle, Chicago 2, . . Port-land (Ore) Junior Chamber of Commerce considering J15,000 Open for 1951. , , Joe Mozel going to Europe this summer. . , Vvill play In British Open and Investigate golf range possibilities In England and France.

George Hall, Cornell University golf coach, starting campaign to have golf In Olympic (iumes. . , Paul H. Helms, Sr.,

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founder of Wes t Coast ' * He lms Ath le t i c Foundation, also pushing f o r gol f in the Olympics . . . Golf was In the 1904 Olym-pics al St. Louis when George S. Lyon of Canada won. . . St, A n d r e w s Old Course closed dur ing March f o r wo rk preparing f o r British Amateur . . . Severa l weeks prior to closing the course was played " l e f t -handed" s tar t ing f r o m 1st tee to 11th green, 18th tee to Ifith gre*-n, e tc .

Art Andrews, Sr. to Oregon (HI.) G C as pro-mgr. , . . His son, Art , Jr.. moves from Oregon post to Elmhurst CC, Oska-loosa, la . . . Patty Berg In good condi-tion again after lay-oft from overwork and virus attack. . . So she's starting again on a strenuous schedule of exhibitions. . . Walter Keller, pres.. Driving Range Operators' Assn. of L A dist, range own-ers, issuing informative bulletin on operat-ing methods and policies.

V ie Ghe/.zl selected as pro by Inwnod CC ( N V Met dLst.) succeeding veteran Jack Mackle who retired. . . Bali-s of ap-plications f o r Ihe job. . . V ic ' s In a fine homestead a f te r all Ihe g ypsy ing he's done on the tourney c lrcul l . . . Mackle , the ntan Vic. succeeds, has been with In Wood so long he's part of the piace. . . Jack was Ihe man who put the P G A on a sound financial basis. , . Personable and able young Fred Gronauer, f o rmer l y asst. to A l

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Collins. signed hy Sands Point O C ( N Y Met dist. ) as pro.

Los Angeles soon to begin construction of another muny 18 in Sepulveda dam area. . . L A Recreation and Park Dept. says 458.484 rounds played on its public courses In 1949. . . Construction of first 9 of eventual 18 designed by Billy Bell soon to begin by Yuma ( A m . ) CC. . . If Oliver General hospital is closed Augusta, Ga.. plans to acquire course as city's second public layout. . . Earl E. Davis, formerly operating course at Jerome, Ida., now managing Weiser ( Ida. ) GC,

Miami Beach muny gol f range opened. . . EUy Vines gets A l .Shawhan as asst. at WUshlre C C ( L A d is t . ) . • . Junior Cham-ber o f Commerce members wo rk ing to g e l Elko ( N e v . ) course Into condition. . , R a t l e y ( G a . ) GC dead during w a r years, being rev ived. , , Organ i z ing Intcrlachcn GC at Bcl levue In Seatt le , Wash. , dist.

Open muny short course at San Bernar-dino, Calif, . . . 2500 yd. 18-hole course with some boles 150 to 180 yards and with sand traps, managed by Charley Spauld-ing with Paul Mangrum. brother of Lloyd, as pro, , . San Bernardino to have full-sized 18 ready in Nov. , . . The Bauer kids rate Louise Suggs as hest pro woman golfer and Polly Riley best woman ama-teur, according to newspaper quotes. . .

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The Life magazine story on Alice and Marlene saying their father intends to have them turn pro after this season could make them Ineligible for USGA competition as amateurs.

Coronado, ( i i l i f , to have new course* . . Cedar City. Utah, discussing hnlldiiiK course. . . Whispering Hill* CC course near Tltiisville, Kla., rehabilitated and re-operiod. . . Orion ( I IL ) OC, 9-holes, bought by Keith Saunders of Moline, III. . . . Ojai (Cali f . ) CC hack nine now open In good condition. , . Duke I>anahan kept bu*,v last winter teaching golf at three high schools on Slaten Island, N.Y. . . . Itcmodeled 9-hole course at I j i ke Wilder-ness near Seattle, Wash., Io open In May.

John Rrennan, Long Island golf scribe, says Johnny FarrelTs program is hest golf presentation In television. , . Laguna Beach. SO miles south of Los Angeles, building course. . . It's fourth new course of past 12 months in LA dist. . . , Ash-land, Ore . course leased by Elbert Wil-liams and Merle Russell.

Fred Ingwcrson, 59, a founder of Mid-west Greenkeepers* Assn. anil 14 yearn supt. at Shore Acres elub (Chicago (list.) died March 28 af ter lung Illness, . . Fred also had been al Hudlong Woods. Glen Flora and Hunker lltlls as supt. . . . He is survived by hi* widow and two sons, Kicli-

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L a Mesa CC, San D iego , Calif . , optioned f o r sub-dividing, , . John Steinberg. Hi l l -crest C C ( L a dist ) e lected pres.. Southern Cal i fornian Club Managers ' Assn. . . John, one of the l amed pioneers of f a r c y night club management be fore he go t into club management , was the inventor of the cover charge. . . But you still can't help l ik ing the guy.

T o m >1 cMalton of the I T . A Adv i so ry hoard reported to he a candidate ( o r hand-ling P O A tournament a f fa irs . . . Branson, Mich., to reopen course which was a w a r casualty. . . T lmpanogos second fl at I ' ro-vo, I ' t ah , to be p layable this summer, . . Pe t e I 'arr lsh and w i f e to operate Ontar io (Ore . ) CC. . . Pa lm Spr ings and Indio resort courses In Ca l i f o rn ia have ruled out use of narrow- t i red hag carts. . . Cart makers are pay ing more attent ion to t ires in reducing compla ints of course suplft. and green chmn.

George S. A lder ton ' s sports column in Lans ing (M i ch . ) S ta t e Journal g i v es strong plug to Ch icago Distr ic t G A oper-a t ing cost survey among C D G A ' s 77 mem-ber clubs. . , Clubs in south and southwest did wel l in March of D imes fund rais ing, . . W m . D, W i l c ox has bought Gearhart

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(Ore.) course. . . 18-hole layout is second oldest in state. . . Fred Corcoran, operat-ing out of Savoy-Plaza hotel, NYC, steam-ing up Women's FGA summer tournament schedule. . . Weathervane cross-country 4 events for women getting big entry of women proa and amateurs.

George Corcoran, Greensboro (N.C. ) CC pro, opened Ills new shop with an Inspec-tion party and cocktail soiree and HOuveniors. . . He says It's finest golf shop in the state. . . (ireensboro Free Tress Sportin' Around column devoted to George's new shop with amusing and big-gest newspaper plug we've ever seen given a pro shop. . . Gunnar Nelson, lt»ckford (HI.) CC, says 230 players at his elub last year averaged Hi, . . Itiggest handicap class of those reporting scores was in 18-23 bracket

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Pocono Tur f A sun., w i th mem hers hip mostly In northeastern Pa., has elected Ted C. ttelsser, CC of Seranton, C l a rks Summit . Pa., pres.; George Pat terson. Eddy ' s Fa rm, Sparrowhush, N .Y . , vp . ; Samuel Spencer, I r em Temp le CC, Dallas, Pa., see., and Marry Itrennan, Buck Hill Fa l l * ( I ' a . ) Inn. treas. , . . Meet ings a re held third monlh o f each month f r om A p r i l to fk ' toher , inclusive.

Cornell's 3d Turf Meet Boosts Turf Standards

A n intensely pract ical p rog ram kept 150 course supts. In session March 15, 16, IT at the Third Tur f Conference at N e w Y o r k State Co l lege o f Agr i cu l ture . Cornell Uni-versity, Ithica, N . Y . John Cornman, asst. prof , of ornamenta l hort iculture at Cornel l arranged the p rog ram in association w i th N e w Y o r k State Turf Assn.

T h e N . Y . state organ iza t ion held i ts annual election dur ing the conference. Re -sults:

A l Schardt, Wanakah CC. Buf fa lo , N .Y , , pres.

A r t Twomb ly , Pe lham CC, Pe l ham Manor, N.Y. , vp.

Directors : ( N . E . ) Robert Mitchel l , Edi-

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