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NEW! GROUND-HUGGING TOROHITCH GIVES CLEANER CONTOUR-CUTTING Now • • • fully flexible mounting for each Spartan Gang Mower! It's the new Toro Universal Hitch that's engineered to follow every ground contour for a smooth, even cut. Two scientifically determined draw points give an equal pressure on all rear rollers. No bouncing or skipping of units. Connects easily to any standard tractor -j.lst a simple pin drawbar. And it's dependable and economical, too! Double- train, machine-cut gears. Simple throw': out clutch for transport gives long life, low-cost operation. You can't beat it! The new Toro Universal Hitch is available in 3, 5 or 7 gang units. Five and seven unit models have ball-socket hinge joints for quick coupling. For complete information on this new cutting combi- nation, call your Toro distributor (seethe classified section of the.J~~Sc!!i~71(1 phone book) or write today to: lORO MANUFACIURING CORP. 2801 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis 6, Minn. TORO mowers serviced throughout the United States and Canada April, 1953 11

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NEW! GROUND-HUGGING TOROHITCHGIVES CLEANER CONTOUR-CUTTING

Now • • • fully flexible mounting foreach Spartan Gang Mower! It's the newToro Universal Hitch that's engineeredto follow every ground contour for asmooth, even cut.

Two scientifically determined drawpoints give an equal pressure on all rearrollers. No bouncing or skipping of units.Connects easily to any standard tractor-j.lst a simple pin drawbar. And it'sdependable and economical, too! Double-train, machine-cut gears. Simple throw':out clutch for transport gives long life,

low-cost operation. You can't beat it!The new Toro Universal Hitch is

available in 3, 5 or 7 gang units. Fiveand seven unit models have ball-sockethinge joints for quick coupling.

For complete information on this newcutting combi-nation, call yourToro distributor(seethe classifiedsection of the.J~~Sc!!i~71(1phone book) orwrite today to:

lORO MANUFACIURING CORP.2801 Snelling Ave., Minneapolis 6, Minn.

TORO mowers serviced throughout the United States and Canada

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"AGRICG keeps turfthick despite

excessive traffic"

JOHN J. DORGAN, Super-intendent of Parks, Brockton,Mass., and D. W. FieldMunicipal Golf Course,Brockton.

"AGRICOhas been used on both parks andgolf course here for a period of 12 years,"says John J. Dorgan, superintendent ofparks, city of Brockton, Mass.

"In this time we have always had excellentresults, especially in keeping a good healthyand thick turf. It is not unusual for us tohave as many as 700 rounds of golf p'layedhere on a good week-end.

"Despite the excessivetraffic on our greens,wehave been very successful in maintaininggood playing conditions through use ofAGRICOCOUNTRYCLUBFertilizers."

• Order Agrico now - it's America's pre-mier Golf Course fertilizer. Contains bothorganic* and inorganic plant foods. Askyour regular supplier or write to TheAMERICANAGRICULTURALCHEMICALCo., 50 Church Street, New York 7, N.. Y.

*Organic derived fromAGRI N ITE, the better(over 8% nitrogen) all-organic plant food.

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the green and a river behind it, is thereason a golf ball factory had to be builtin Elyria • • • Red adds that Worthing-ton's ball business outside of the homeclub water hole is starting out to be muchbigger than merely collosal this year.

Construction advancing rapidly on new18 hole Hillcrest CC, outside of OklahomaCity, Okla., designed by Floyd Farley. . . Course is 6300 yds., par 70 . . . Club-house with pool, etc., to cost $200,000 ...Farley, pro with Fred Schindler atMeridian GC, Oklahoma City, also has de-signed additional 9 for Lakeside munycourse, Ponca City, Okla., to be built thissummer ... He's been conferring withTulsa, Okla., park officials about design-ing additional 18 at Mohawk Park . . .Floyd has a lot more work in prospectremodelling Oklahoma courses convertingfrom sand to grass greens ... Farley'smoving No.9 green at Meridian to pro-vide space for a day and night practicetee and 15 acre range with tees 30 yds. infront of pro shop.

Championship committee of R&Aabout $6000 short of $15,000 needed tosend Walker Cup team to US this fall •••Expected to cost British about $18,000to

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R1HING10N1953 MODEL F CHIEF

Now 20 Percent More PowerfulThe new Worthington front-wheel-drive, Model FChief power unit, features a valve-in-head enginewith 20 percent greater horsepower. This means morereserve for steep hillside work, more capacity forhandling the front-mounted, hydraulically-controlled,three and five-gang Blitzer and Fairway combinations.

And, of course, the 1953 Model F has the samefeatures so popular before:

This new engine is also installed in the 1953Worthington Model G rear-dri ve tractor. YourWorthington franchised dealer will be happyto demonstrate either of these tractors.

___ W_O_R_TH_I_N_GT_O_N_M_O_W_E_R_C_O_M_PA_N_Y_~STROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

Worthington tractors forlower maintenance, higherefficiency, lower over-alloperating costs.

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~~~~\~~?:i~.lo~~!.won't count against your score. Aclean ball clicks 011 par far better

_ ._ than the penalty of lost balls too6. ~ dirty to find.

HOW T~ MAKE A HAPPY GOLfER

Better· than- ever Lewis BallWashers are ready to come tothe aid of the golfer. Up goesthe paddle, in goes the ball,and in a few quick seconds,you're ready for the te e-ott.

WEATHER WINNERTwo "sfick-Ia st" coats of paintshielded by an all weather·protector plastic. Any season.•. year after year ... readyto keep your golfers happy.KEEP YOUR PATRONS SATISFIED

Order 'rom your dealer now!

G. 8. LEWIS CO., Wat~rtown, Wis.

hold 1953 Ryder Cup matches ..• Clementvan der Straeten Best, 63, member ofAdvisory committee of R&A and afounder of European Golf Assn. died re-cently in Belgium ... Sea and river floodsrecently did heavy damage to English golfcourses.

Jack Morton points out that DaveDouglas is the only one of Scotch ancestry _who's in the money on the winter circuit... Ray Gettle from Berwick (Pa.) CCto pro job at Irem Temple CC, Dallas,Pa .... Joe Durham, formerly of Lawton(Okla.) CC and Leo Byrum, formerly proat Durant (Okla.) CC have leased RollingKnolls CC, Ft. Smith, Ark. ... WoodyKerr from Chickasha (Okla.) CC to Law-ton (Okla.) CC as pro ... Eddie Miller toMiami (Okla.) CC as pro-supt .... JackGuild from Miami (Okla.) CC to pro spotat Shawnee (Okla.) CC ... Henry Cedar-holm now ,Pro at Hillcrest CC, Minne-apolis, Minn.

Frank Mitchell, Kroydon sales mgr.,back from Mexican trip .•. Joe Taylorfrom CC of Bristol (Tenn.) now pro atBerry Hills CC, Charleston, W. Va..•• W.G. Walkley, managing director of AmpolPetroleum, wants U. S. women pros to

There is PM A 5 The provenHERBICIDE·Only One FUNGICIDE

TreatALL.

5 A VET I M E. LAB °R. M ONE YTurf for Crabgrass. Disease and FertilizeIN SAME SPRAY APPLICATION

Herbicide-FungicideKILLS CRABGRASS and

Controls Copper Spot. DollarSpot. Brown Patch. Snow

Mold and Helminthosporium

+ NITRO-GRO••••

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Plus Trace Elements •••CALCIUM, COBALT, COPPER, IRON, -IODINE,

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w. A. CLEARY CORPORATIONNEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY

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is light and easy to handle ...Triangle Flexible Plastic Pipe is amazingly light! Crew's time and effort is reduced to a minimum.The pipe can be moved to new spots at will. Being flexible, it goes around obstructions.

Obviously, a pipe so much easier to handle means important -savings.

won't rot, rust, corrode or freeze ...Thousands and thousands of feet of ordinary golf course pipe have to be replaced annuallybecause of 'corrosion and rust, among many common failures. There are no such drains on yourmaintenance budget when you use Triangle Flexible Pipe. This pipe is guaranteed against rQt,rust and corrosion. In addition, because Triangle Flexible Pipe expands with freezin.g water, thefrost line presents no problem.

is tough ...Triangle Flexible Pipe can take a beating. It can be dragged over rough terrain and it can beburied shallow or deep. Moreover, it can take pressure. Every coil of Triangle Flexible Pipe isthoroughly tested to far exceed its rated working pressure.

TRIANGLE Plastic Pipe is a,AI~ for your course

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Why don't you try this remarkable pipe? The men who handle it will be enthusiastic and you willsoon see marked savings on the course budget. Try it - and prove it to yourself.

PLASTIC P·RODUCTS DIVISION

TRIANGLE CONDUIT & CABLE CO., INC ..New Brunswick, New Jersey

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Here's a duo-purpose

heavy sod or grinds the toughest organic mat-

ter into the finest compost material or mulch

and also loads it onto trucks, etc.

GRIND ONLY OR LOAD ONLYGrinder can also beused separately. Allmaterial is thorough-ly ground beforepassing through roll-ers. Even reducessmall stones to biss.Screens furnished tamake potting soiland topdressing.COMPLETE

'_0-1. WICHITAEACH SECTION HAS ITS OWN MOTOR AND IS MOUNTED ON WHEELSWrite for Complete Information and Name of Your Nearest Dealer

come to Australia next year • • • Ampolput up guarantees for U. S. men pros trip"Down Under" last year.

British Open prize money increased toabout $7350, with first being raised toabout $1500 . . . Allan Ray Weeks, for-merly asst. to Bill Gordon at Tam0' Shanter CC (Chicago dist.) now pro atWinnetka (Ill.) Playgound muny course. . . Final day admission at Masters'· thisyear $7.50 ... Augusta (Ga.) National GCbuilds press building replacing tent pre-viously used during Masters' tournament.

AI Mengert, runner-up in 1952 NationalAmateur, joins Claude Harmon's staff asasst. at Winged Foot CC (NY Met. dist.). -•. Alex Wilmott now pro at Beloit (Wis.)CC • • . Henry Ransom to Fine Lake(Mich.) CC as pro succeeding the lateJack Inkster . . • John Copeland headsdrive for course at Wagoner, Okla.

Bill Brooks pro at Rosevill (Calif.)CC to open soon ... Alabama PGAschedules am-pro matches for every otherMonday from March 9 thru Nov. 23 ...Porky Oliver registering at tournamentsas playing pro of EI Mirador hotel courseat Palm Springs, Calif .... It is an 18-hole putting course.

REDUCE SHARPENING COSTS!

This compact, portable Simplex Lapping Ma-chine will recondition with lapping compoundany reel-type hand, power, or gang mower.

Keeps them in top cutting condition betweengrinding jobs. Just carry the Simplex out tothe mower and use it right on the grassl Can

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with a

SIMPLEXPortable Lapping Machine

be used on a bench or on the floor too. Couplesto either side of a mower. Gang mowers neednot be unhitched. Drive shaft is adjustablefrom 3" to 17" and runs either direction at theflick of a switch. No noisy gears - operationis quiet, simple, dependable. Write today forillustrated, descriptive folder~

Dept. G-4-S. Plymouth. Ohio

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-rrtJ:1r1fA aTCO Greens Mowen for

Lighter! ••• Faster! •••ATCO 17- and 20-inch GreensMowers are under two-thirdsthe weight of domestic mowers,minimizing turf compaction.Yet their steady, even balancemeans smoother cutting ongreens, aprons and tees at anydesired speed.

AICO Reputationl ATCOGreens Mowers are used atNorth Berwick, Royal Belfastand other famed British courses.Over 150,000 ATCO PowerMowers are now on the job -more than half of the 1921models are still working.

• Li,hter weight

• Greater clepenclabillty

• Easier operation

Simple to useI Finger-tipclutch and speed controls. Hi-Speed 9-blade shock resistantreel allows up to 34 close clipsper foot. Sheffield Steel bladesstay sharp. Metal-to-metal coneclutch means smoother take-offs, easier, trouble-free opera-tion at all times.

SERVICE Parts Avail-able. For the name of theATCO sales and service dealerin your locality, write to:

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"MILOIGAIIZED"

These are reasons why GolfClubs use more MILOR-GANITE than any othercommercial fertilizer.Our Soil Testing Lab-oratory and Turf Serv-ice Bureau are avail-able to you upon

Mayor's golf committee submit reporturging construction of muny course atPalo Alto, Calif...• Report says 500 indi-viduals would advance $100 each towardfinancing course... Dunwoodie GC,Yonkers, N. Y., sold by Joseph LoCascio,Jr. to Sherdrei Corp•••• Long Beach,Calif., Chamber of Commerce to suggestto city council that new 18-hole coursebe built on area acquired by city for pro-tection of runway approaches to munyairport.

Riverton, Wyo. discussing formation ofgolf club ... Clifford Wagoner now supt.Sunnyside GC, Fresno, Calif .... DonaldJ. Baker succeeds Wagoner as supt.,Modesto (Calif.) muny course ... FrankBishop leases Elks CC, Pittsburg, Ks.. . . Wm. B. Benedict now mgr., Topeka(Ks.) CC ... Expect to start constructionof new Portsmouth, Va., muny course soon. .. Jimmy Crossan, vet who's been asst.to Harry Pressler at San Gabriel (Calif.)CC for 4 years, now managing Montebellorange in LA. dist.

Joe Stolarick from Orchard Hills CC,Niles, Mich., to Monroe (Mich.) G&CCsucceeding Warren Orlick who took projob at Tam 0' Shanter CC (Detroit dist.)

Mus(atine, Iowa

GOOD GREENS AND TEESAll SEASON

Experts all over the country are finding green and tee trouble stem fromhard packing.

Bent roots must have oxygen and they can't get it thru a hard, fine packedtop layer.

The answer is the use of a uniform coarse sand that is clean and free fromhard packing fines. , Spike tooth the green, clean, apply uniform coarsesand and drag.

We'll ship anywhere - bagged or bulk

NORTHERN GRAVEL COMPANY407 East Front St.

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Used by the nation's best.clubs, courses and institutions

ARMOUR FERTILIZER WORKSGENERAL OFFICE • ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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LEWISGo" C'ubCLEANINGMACHINE

• New l~Sl Faster Brush Ac-tion. (Conversion pulleys'.p..eed up 1950 models ~••,.••- ....~,tJ;,le free) ·~~),ItWl~•. Cleans woods or Irons in.econds without hand rubbing~r scrubbing. Anyone can useU. Can be coin operated forpublic cOUlses•• Built lor years· (it .depend.able eervic'e with a minimumof attention. .

A$K fOB DW£B.DEIt10HSTRATIDlJ

G.e •..LEWIS. C·O.WATERTOWN • WlseONSIt.a.

. . . Lovington, N. M., to build course ••.Glenmoor course. at Lansing, Mich. to beconverted to huge shopping center • • •New clubhouse to be opened this springat Homestead G&ee, Spring LakeHeights, N. J.... Inglewood ee, Seattle,Wash., renews lease for 10 years.

Ben Sheets from Meridian Hills ee, In-dianapolis, Ind., to manage Evanston (Ill.)ee ••• Paul Hahn signs 3-year contractwith Ellinor Village co, Ormond Beach,Fla., to represent the club on tour •.. That'shis mail address now ••. Don Young who'sbeen pro at clubs in Florida and Indiana,now getting publicity on his system forbeating roulette • • . He's making a nightclub act out of his idea as he's not a bettingman ••• Hope he has better luck than proshave had with systems for beating horses• • • Only publicity they've had is fromcreditors writing letters that start "Un-less •••"

Lawrence Huber, supt., Ohio State Ucourses, Columbus, 0., hires V. Lewis Pay-son, one of Prof. Dickinson's graduates, asasst .... Golf Course Supts. Assn. ofAmerica sets 1954 National Turf Confer-ence dates Jan. 3-8 at Miami, Fla ....

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FLOOR PROTECTIONDefinitely - MELFLEX means the safest, most enduring and the most economi-cal in service-years-cost of all golf clubhouse flooring,A trial order will convince you, as it has hundreds of maintenance-wise managersand professionals, that MELFLEX PRODUCTS are the answer - this year andfor years to come - to your problem of member safety and floor protection.

Try MEL·ISLE. the ribbed type runner - or MEL·FLOR, the smoothtype runner.Both are champions at handling heavy duty, spiked shoe wear - andeasy to clean. Both are made of the toughest, surest-footed materialobtainable - rubberized fabric full 1/4" thick. MELFLEX DiamondTread Step Treads - years and years of safety service. MELFLEXLanding Mats - rugged, non-curling, easily cleaned. MELFLEXSTANDING MATS-SHOWER MATS-KITCHEN MATS.

USE MELFLEXMEL-ISLE orMEL-FLOOR RUNNERSin your pro shop, lockerrooms, halls. and heavytraffic lanes.

MELFLEX can supply,promptly, on direct,factory - to - you -purchase, in any rea-sonable length orwidth.

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FOR THE DRIVING RANGE:MELFLEX Heavy Duty Driving Tee Mats - made of bomber airplanetire carcasses. Smoothest playing, longest lasting of tee mats •MELFLEX Rubber Tees, tough, tubular, at $17.25 per hundred.

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