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HERB GRAFFIS

THE GOLF NEWS IN BRIEF

Snider Business Research Reports estimate retail sales uf golf halls in 1948 should br SI li.750,000, . . Baseball sales Should he $9,800,000 says same source. , , I.udies (iolf 1'nlon of Eng-land may l>egln charging gallery fees this year. . . The LGU needs money to conduct such events as I 'SGA-Brit ish Curtis Cup match at Birkdate, . . Shortage of funds and current strin-gent "austerity" conditions In Kngland open to question I ) . S. proposals to have Ryder Cup pro matches every year.

Gene Sarazen's mother died at New Ro-chelle, N.Y. Nov. 15. . . New Zealand pros threatened to strike at a tournament at Titirangi after T. W. Wight, former ama-teur who'd just turned pro and was not a PGA member won first money in the medal event, . Wight volunteered" to withdraw from the fol lowing match play evsnt and peace was restored.

Gasoline rationing in Hug la ml and Scotland is giving the golf clubs a tough time. . . Hau O'Brien. BS, asst. sales mgr. Wilson Sporting Goods Co.,

was stricken hy a fatal heart attack at Chicago, Oct. 8. . . Oan had been a member of the Wilson organisation for 28 years. . . Golfer sues Chicago dist. fee course for 55.01)0 damages for sit-ting in poison oak under a tree where he'd taken refuge from a rainstorm, . . Must have been strong poison oak lo go through the plaintiff's pants. . . Or maybe it didn't.

John Pomeroy, vp. Club Managers Assn. of America, and mgr.. Red Run GC (Detroit dist.) had his 20th anniversary at the club celebrated by members and other man-agers. . . Prank M. Whiston of Edgewater elected pres. Chicago District GA. . . George S. May who's brought to Tain o'Shanter some record galleries presented Lew W or sham. U.S. Open champion vs. Fred Daly, British Open champion, Sun-day, Nov. 16. , , Gate was free. , . Attend-dance was 155 by generous count, . , Wor-sham shot 72; Daly, 74.

Golf Illustrated of London put blast on British P G A for secrecy of pre-liminaries about Ryder Cup matches, saying. " I t is a sorry state of affairs when rumor has to take the place of off icial pronouncement." . . . Same rap could apply to PGA of America which often handles Its publicity with about the same eager frankness as the Ku Klux Klau. . . There's something that smart pros will admit is wrong with a publicity policy that moves the genial Bed Smith, sports columnist of the N .Y . Herald-Tribune, to write. "There is no gainsaying thai the ranks of pro-fessionals Include a passel of over-age hrais whose parents could have made far better use of a No. 5 iron at home than they ever did on the fa i rway . "

The veteran Willie Hoare is at Detroit Hotel, Central ave. at 2d st„ St. Petersburg 1, Fla. convalescing from a serious opera-tion. . , You ought to drop Wil l ie a few lines. . . Sammy Belfore is pro-mgr. for winter at Seabreeze GC, Daytona Beach.

William F. Gordon Company G O L F C O U R S E C O N S T R U C T I O N E N G I N E E R S

DOYLESTOWN, BALA -CYNWYD , Pen na. Penna.

( A S S O C I A T E D W I T H ) D O N A L D J. R O S S , G O L F A R C H I T E C T , P I N E H U R S T , N . C.

and

J. B. MeGovern, Associate, Wynnewood, Penna.

MILORGANIZED TURF G R O W S BETTER

LOOKS BETTER

m m m Fairways, greens and tees fertilized con sistently with M I L O R G A N I T E , the natural organic nitrogen plant food, are distinguished by rich, deep green color, uniform texture and a healthy, closely knit root system. " M I L O R G A N I Z E D " curf resists disease and withstands many of the climatic rigors to which less sturdy turf succumbs.

These are reasons why Golf Clubs use more M I L O R -G A N I T E than any other commercia l fertilizer. Our Soil Testing Lab-oratory and Turf Serv-ice Bureau are avail-able to you upon request.

THE SEWERAGE COMMISSION M I L W A U K E E • W I S C O N S I N

Fla. . . . The club's reopened a f t e r a shut-down of 5 years. . . Joel Bennett, one o f F rank Walsh 's assistants at Red Run, is teaching at W o f f o r d hotel, M iami Beach, Fla.. for the winter . . Sam Byrtl has re-signed as P lum Ho l l ow GC pro. . . Sam wi l l p lay some winter tournaments prior to de-ciding on new connection. , . Ve ry a t t rac-t i ve outside business o f f e r is t empt ing Sam who is a dil igent, canny and exceeding ly personable young man.

Claude Ha rmon , W inged Foot pro, hammered out a neat 31-30—01 on W i n g e d Foot 's pa r 37-35—72 E a s t course in closing his season at the club. . . , P l ay ing wi th him were Tom Koh-blnw, Jack Burke, W m . McCormlek and Gera ld Shattuek. . , Herbert Jaques, pres.. Country C lub of Itrookllne, Mass. . and L ' S G A pres. in 1833-34, re-cently made his third a r e on the C C s 130 yd. 12th hole, . . It w a s the fifth ace of He rb ' s gol f ing career .

Paul Bell is w in te r pro at Nap les Beach and GC, Nap les on the Gulf, F la. and wil l return to Rock Island (111.) Arsenal GC this spring. . . Ha r r y Pezzul io, pro at Mission Hills GC (Ch icago dist . ) , has opened a go l f school at 172 W . A d a m s s t „ Chicago. . . Ve teran gol f wr i t e r Bill I F a i r w a y B i l l ) Wa l lace has resumed winter publication of The F lor ida Gol fer . , . Bil l 's address is Box 3819, Miami 24, Fla.

FORE!! Make way for better Golfing

with the Royer Compost Shredder-Mixer . . . and Ihe "FOUR" reasons why Roy e rated Compos! assures top green and fairway con-ditioning thai brings golfers back lor more are: it ferments evenly in the pile to develop maximum nutritional values . . . II stays loose and fibrous lo hold moisture and allow roots and air to penetrate , , . it's velvety and uni-formly sized for smooth, even spreading it's free of trash and debris, 7

The Royer does it all—mixes in chemi-cals. too*—while one or two men shovel in materials. Quantity production means complete course coverage with mini-

m u m man power,"Send for Bulletin 46.

ROYER FOUNDRY & MACHINE CO. 1 7 1 PRINGLE ST., KINGSTON, PA.

Midwes l Greenkeepers Assn. held 1 heir annual dinner and dance at T a m o 'Shanter CC, Ch icago d i s t r i c t w i th large and merry attendance. . . George S. M a y . pres. of the host club, paid carnesl tr ibute to the uupts. in general and Tarn's supt.. Ka.v Didier, in parti-cular during an address in which he said exper l turf management was the has is of all prof i table investment in a ( ' lass A go l f clttb.

Fashion shows last year were ex t remely popular on gol f club enter ta inment pro-g r a m s f o r women. . . S o m e clubs staged spring and fal l shows but most of them featured summer wear . . . M a j o r i t y of the a f fa i rs w e r e put on w i th charit ies as bene-ficiaries. . . A l though amateur photography is discouraged at most m a j o r tournaments a Salt L a k e C i ty camera shop put on a pr ize contest f o r best sti l l and movie pic-tures made during 1947 Wes te rn Open and go t many excel lent entries, . . M igh t be a good t ie-up in promotion of attendance at pract ice rounds of tournaments.

Chicago, which gets the 1949 Na-tional Open on the No . S course of Medlnah CC, hasn't had the event since Johnny Goodman won ai No r th Shore in 1933. . , P r e v i ous Opens were p layed around Chicago in 1038, 1922, 1914, 1911, 1906, 1904, 1900 and 1S97.

PM/V /VOW while tha items you felt you needed ell

season and will need neit year, ere still

fresh in mind. Everyone can think of fu-

ture Improvements— why not jot yours

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This new weed boom is only one of many features

by which Hardie Specialiied Golf Sprayers mate

it easier, more convenient, and more economical

to keep greens and fairways in perfect condition.

Can also be used far application of liquid fer-

tilizer end brown patch control. Wri te for the

I94B Hardie Catalog.

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SYNKLOR-50 wetlalilf: powder contain inn 50® by weight of Chlorilatie.

SY!NKIX)R-Wt E—an i-mul-inn containing 48® of technical C(i Ionia lie. One quart contains one (t ) lit. Ants—8 oz. of Svnklor-50 W or pint of Synklor-48 E in 25 gallons of water per 1,000 eq. ft. of lurf. Ciitch Ittifis and Japanese Beetle Grubs—twenty pounds of Synklor-,10 V applied as a dust per arre or £'<4 gallons of Synklor-18 K in 100 gallons of water per at:re.

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. . . N e w Y o r k d is t r ic t a l s o h a s h a d 0 N a t i o n a l O p e n s . . . B o s t o n d i s t r i c t h a s had 8 w i t h 1 o f t h e m b e i n g the 1808, 1901. 1905 antl 1008 e v e n t s at M y o p i a .

Kenwood CC (Washington DC dist.I has completed new back 9 on club-owned prop-erty. , . Kenwood's former bick S> was on leased land. . . Leslie Cotton is doing a fine job of class Instruction of factory em-ployees in England. . . There's a lot of room for Increase of class golf instruction of fac-tory workers in the U.S. , . . About 65r-'r of rounds of golf in U.S. are played on non-private courses.

D e c a t u r ( I n d . ) G C o w n e d b y G , I>. M c L e a n autl d e s i g n e d by Itol iert B r u c e H a r r i s e x p e c t s to o p e n in m i d - s u m m e r If it g e t s g o o d w e a t h e r b r e a k In s p r i n g . , . . M a n r h * | ,t i\ford, e n e r g e t i c a n d g en i a l p r o m o t e r of Suit ) hern C a l i f o r n i a g o l f , h a s opened a fine s p o r t s s t o r e on Riverside d r i v e In the T o l u c a Lake d i s t r i c t of L . A . , , . John D u n c a n D u n n d i sc loses c l i p p i n g o f a n I N S s t o r y d a t e -l l ned D f t r o l t , M a y 85, 193'i i n ' w h i c h the B a b e sa id s h e w a s t a k i n g l e s sons f r o m D u n n a n d he ' d told Iter " a c h a m -p i onsh ip is not too m u c h f o r m e to e x -p e c t , "

Jim Mjlward. Wisconsin P G A and Open champion, is making the winter circuit

F a i r w a y - G r e e n A E R I F I E R Here is a practical imple-ment to improve turf on the entire golf course. The 3 unit gang cultivates a path 9 feet wide. May be pulled at speeds from 7-12 mph on fairways.

The hollow spoons remove soil plugs, re-lieving compaction and providing enough soil for top-dressing. The steel strips be-tween the discs prevent l i f t ing of shallow rooted turf . Cult ivat ion depth is adjust-able f rom 1-5 inches.

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registering from the Northernaire CC. Three Lakes, Wis. . . . The Northernaire is the super de luxe ultra and then some sum-mer resort Bob and Carl Marty, the Wis-consin cheese kings, built and own. . . Ed Patten, ass't to Pa t Markovich at Rich-mond (Cali f . ) CC for 2 years, now is pro-mgr., Mill Valley CC, Marin county, Calif,

l lell W . G r i g g s , W i l sh i r e CC , new pres., Southern Ca l i f . G . A . , . . W h v don't the T ' S G A and the P G A spill the dif ference and m a k e the lega l n u m b e r of c lubs 1A? . . . O. J. N o e r has been invited to make a tour of Mex ican golf c lubs to get them set right on golf turf development and maintenance. . . Mrs . W i l l i am Hitokenjos, Jr., n ew pres. N . y . W o m e n ' s Metropo l i tan G A .

Atlanta women golfers contributed $2000 to local Charity Circle out of profits from Women's Western Open and Women's Southern staged in Atlanta last summer, . , Before the 1947 tournament circuit opened Jimmy Demaret offered to bet Bill Mc-Nulty of MarGregor $100 Jimmy would be leading money prize winner of the year. . . Mac didn't bet, . . Said Jimmy already had taken too much of his dough on bets.

Babe Zaharias with a 74 on muddy Teni-son Park. Dallas, heat Nelson one stroke and Harry Todd and Erwin Hardwieke 4

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TURF BY c J C C t C * , IS THE KIND GOLFERS RAVE ABOUT. It's the

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strokes in an exhibition recently. . . . Mid-wick CC, one of the older clubs in the Los Angeles dist.. is to be subdivided soon, . , L A is getting very short of golf courses which were a prime advertising medium for the sunkist climate and more than any-thing else made southern California a win-ter vacationland, , . Some of the old ones that brought visitors overiand and which now are out of business were Sunset Fields, 36 holes; Culver City, 18; Altadena, 18 and Flintridge, 18.

PGA Advisory and tournament com-mittees are considering world's pro and amateur championship at (lie PGA ' s Dunedin (F la . ) National course. , . . Players from every country hold-ing national championships will he In-vited. . . Pro held Is easy to figure oul as U.S. pros' amateur "angels" can supply expense guarantee money for pro visitors and take a chance on get-ting some or it hack if a big tourna-ment al somewhat remote Dunedin course draws. . . Hut getting foreign amateur entries is a problem... Few of them probably could afford the ex-pense. . • Guarantee of amateur ex-penses by rich Yankee amateurs might be considered violation of amateur code by tJSGA anil HA A who now Itmil free trips to Walker Cup and Curtis Cup jaunts.

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Amateur status in this eountxy is plenty snafu. . . W e could use another national championship str ict ly f o r semi-pros. . . I t would cut down the Nat iona l Amateur field.

( ireat pro brother su*t of the Dutraa, Olin and Mort ie , is now united at Hil l-crest CC ( L A d i s t , ) . . . Olin, 1934 Open and 1933 P G A champion, is HUlcreat'a head pro replacing George l ; 'azio who has gone Into business in the east, anil Mort ie wil l remain al Hll lcrest as in-structor. . . Both l>utras started as caddie* under Peter Hay at Oelmonte and achieved f ame in elnh jobs and as playing pros. . . Th is Is the first t ime the widely known and liked brothers have been on a eluh j ob together since their caddy ing days.

l a r g e s t exhibit Ion of sport ing good* ever assembled wi l l be at 10th annual International Sports, T rave l and Boat show at N a v y Pier , Chicago, Feb, 27-Mareh 7. . . The f amed NleU Ka ider of Minneapol is who used to sell gulf club* and halls is promoter of these Inter-national sports shows In several metropol i tan cities. , , N i ck ' s made a

... makes your course independent of RAIN Now it the time to get information on the Stunner System Planning and Engineer-ing Service and make pis-* to keep your course fresh and green ,t(l summer lorig. Writ* lor catalog and details of Skinner Service. No obligation.

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V T O U R Soil Service has analyzed the soil J- of ou r greens and g iven m e r ecom-

m e n d a t i o n s wh i ch ( have f o l l o w e d , " wr i tes Mr . Gosne l l . " I f ind th is one of the best ways t o bui ld and m a i n t a i n good greens. 1 fer t i l i ze f our t imes a year , d epend ing on weather — twice In spr ing and tw ice in the fa l l , using Agr i co w i th sp lendid r esu l t s . " T r y Agr i co on your course—> ask your reg-ular source of supply , phone nearest A. A.C. Sales Of f i ce , or wr i t e to T h e A M E R I C A N A G R I C U L T U R A L C H E M I C A L C o , , 50 Church Street , N e w Yo rk 7. N. Y .

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NORMAN M.GOSNIU. Greenbeeper Bonnie View G.C. Mt. Washington. Mil.

f o r t u n e out of t h e m a f t e r t a k i n g a l i c k i n g in the w a r y e a r s . . . M o n e y cou ldn ' t h a p p e n to a b e t t e r g u y .

Lewis Weil and, gkpr. at Springdale ( N J1 CC for 27 years, now is gkpr., Hopewell Valley GC, Hopewell. N.J. . . . North Jer-sey CC, Paterson, N.J., votes to buy club from lessor. Wayne Holding Co. . . . Car-roll Boggs. winter pro at St. Augustine (P la . ) CC, says club this winter will have revived most of its pre-war events includ-ing the National Pro-Amateur champion-ship. . . Spalding featured in Connecticut Valley Historical society radio program for its prominence in the district's manufac-turing since it located in Chicopee Falls in 1895.

N e l l M c l l u g h h a s b e e n s i g n e d a s p r o - g k p r . a t G r o v e C i t y ( P a . ) C C . . . N e l l w o r k e d f o r i h e S i g n a l C o r p s a l Be l l e M e a d , N . J . f o r w a r y e a r s , c o n s t r u c t i n g a H-ltole c o u r s e In add t -1 ion to his w o r k a s w a r e h o u s e s u p t . . . . H e put In a b u s y y e a r Jasl y e a r by-t e a c h i n g a t a V a u x H a l l , N . J . r a n g e . , , . B e t t e r not d e l a y o r d e r i n g f e r t i l -i zer . . . W e ' l l lie s e n d i n g a bit to E u r o p e this y e a r a n d P . S . f o o d c r o p s w i l l h a v e Hrst cal l on w h a t ' s l e f t .

Midwest Greenkeepers' Assn. has begun publication of a bulletin for its members.

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, , . The Midwes t bulletin bears the interest-ing name of The Bul l Sheet. . . Western Golf Assn. headquarters now are a t 8 S. Dearborn, Chicago, 111. . . . Telephone is A N Dover 6950. . . A r t A lves , son of the veteran pro Grange, now is p ro salesman for Wi lsons in Cleveland dist,

N o t g e t t i n g a n y na t iona l pub l i c i t y w a s the t ie b e t w e e n the U . S . a n d B r i t i sh R y d e r C u p t e a m s — o f c a d d i e * .

C a d d i e s of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l p l a y e r s p l a y e d a g a i n s t e a c h o t h e r in the s a m e l i ne -up a s the i r p l a y e r s in the I I ,S . -B r i t i sh c o m p e t i t i o n s . . . M a t c h w a s pot on b y J o e M o z e l a t L l o y d G C . P u r t l a n d , O r e . . . . C a d d i e s of t he A m e r i c a n p l a y -e r s w o n o n e d o u b l e s m a t c h a n d h a l v e d t w o . , . ( " a d d l e s of the Br i t i sh p l a y e r s m a d e a l ike s h o w i n g . . . E a c h t e a m of r a d d l e s w o n 4 s i n g l e s m a t r h e s .

Harry Todd named pro at new Nor th-wood CC, Dallas. .. Women ' s Western Open date probably wi l l be changed because of confl ict w i th Curt is Cup date in England. . . Des Moines I l a , ) G & C C team won Women ' s Western G A 1947 par trophy event, 1 down to par, . . Cur l ing f ans of Chicago district go l f clubs met and decided to form a league.

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Donald Boss, w h o ' s huilt ahout 600 courses In the U.S., is hav ing one of his busiest times, . , Bo s s and J. B. Mc -Govern are bui lding 27 hides fo r H a r t -ford (Conn . ) G C . . , Other Ros s -Me -Govern eourses are be ing huilt in N e w York , Pennsy lvan ia and Flor ida, , . M a n a g e r s of Nor th and South Caro l ina and V i rg in ia c lubs have formed Pied-mont chapter of C lub M a n a g e r s ' Assn . of Amer ica , . . C. W . Gelwlck, M y e r s P a r k club, Charlotte , N .C . , w a s elected pres. . . . F r ank E. Mitchell has been made Field Sales mgr . f o r Kroydon. . . Mitchell Is a veteran in golf club sell-ing, having been with W a n a m a k e r and Wi l son prior to jo ining Kroydon 12 years ago . . . 11c fo rmer ly w a s see,-treas. of the Centra l N . Y . P G A .

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