News of the Golf World in Brief

NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF

Edward P, Brady, New Washington, D. C., dist. . . . York City Department of Second 18 and new clubhouse Parks golf director, says land- to be open in April, 1957 , . . fill operations at site where Oklahoma State Park board Marine I'ark toursc is to be asked lo install golf course at built are nearly completed . . . Roman Nose State Park . . . It Will be 1959 or 1960 before Ilillcrest CC begins building course tail be constructed and course at Pulaski, Tenn. , . . jiut into |>lay . . . Army Navy Lions Club sponsoring forma- CC considering several sites tion of Dayton (Tenn.) in Washington area suitable GfcCC. for another 18 boles . . . Pres- HERB GRAFF1S Eddie Serrano, second base- ent club at Arlington will be mail of Reno (Nev.) Silver kept in operation , . , Club has about 1,850 Sox is in golf course management work at resident members. Preside Hills CXI, San Diego, Calif., when Venerable Freddie McLeod, Columbia he's not playing ball . . . Ren Cooper of CC (Washington, DC (list.), pro recently Kings Bay subdivision near Homestead, shot a 73, one stroke less than his age . , , Fla., got tentative OK from County com- Yuma (Ariz.) Sun noting opening of first mission lor building 18-hoIe course near 9 of Presroit, Am., muny course, com- okl Culler plant ol Florida Power & Light ments editorially on how much Yuma Co. needs a public course. Capital City CC takes over 18-hole Talla- Wm. Winders is pres. of group planning hassee, Fla.. muny course . . . Chuck Rea, to build IB-hole Willowhaven CC course formerly assistant at Lakeland, now is Tal- and residential development at Durham, lahassee pro . . . Tecpiesta, Inc., buys 350 N, C. . . . Houston (Miss.) Exchange Club acres at Jupiter, Palm Reach County, Fla., considering building 9-hole course . . . and will build 18-hole course and homes Ojien first 9 of new muny course at Ala- bordering course and natural waterways . . . meda, Calif. . . . Second 9 being built and Wm. H. Cook is sec., Jupiter Inlet Beach will be opened in early summer, 1957, Colony, Inc., which will direct the program. Ralph Lomcli is pro at new Tulare Open Belmont CC, 12 miles east of (Calif.) CC which opened its 9-hole course downtown Fresno, Calif. . . . First private in August , . . John Peters, jr., building club built in Fresno area since Ft. Wash- anrl will operate 9-hole course for Winn- ington dub opened in 1923 , . . Frank J. field (La.) Colt Assn. . . . Fred Davis sign- Sanders is Belmont CC pres. . . . Bert ed as pro at James Baird State Park, Stamps is pro . . . Golf architect Bob Bah Roughkeepsie, N. Y. dock is directing maintenance with May- Open first 18 of Indian Spring CC in Hard Steinmctz, the supt.

One of the 155 new courses built in the United States during 1956 Front was the 18-hole layout constructed ot Ft. Meade, Md. under the watchful eye of Lt. General Floyd Porks, sometimes described as _ "the most enthusiastic golfer in the Army." With him is George * Cobb, architect. Of the $10,000,000 this year that has gone inlo new construction ond additions lo courses already in existence, a Cover large pari of it has been spent by the armed services in providing golfing facilities for men and women in uniform.

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October, 1956 3 Hal Buroker named pres. of group to establish golf club at Murfreesboro, Tenn. . . . Plan to rehabilitate golf course and swimming pool which have been out of operation for some years . . . jack Bell, formerly asst. to Bill Ogden at North Shore CC (Chicago dist.) signed as pro by River Forest (111.) CC. Myrl G. Hanmore, 50, died from an accident' at Riviera CC (LA dist.) apparently caused when he lost control of a golf car on a steep incline and was crushed between the vehicle he was driving and one he was towing from the first tee to a storage barn. T FLAGS Bill McKenney pro at Natchez, Miss., FLAG POLES Duncan Park course gels fine picture story —MALL WASHER in Natchez Democrat on his job of cutting down donated golf clubs for use by kids , >HOLI CUTTERS Bill'l junior promotion with these clubs is f PUTTING CUfS bringing some highly promising and very active kid talent into play ... A high MULI SIGNS If you don't bate a school lad won Natchez city championship copy of our com- ^ BAG RACK! recently. plete "Catalog 56" • MARKERS in your files — One of the many curious customs of • ETC. golfers is that observed at the 12th hole write for it today! at Wannamoisett CC, Providence, R. 1. . . . There a certain foursome has the last one STANDARD MANUFACTURING CO. to hole out obligated to buy a round of BOX G, CEDAR FAILS, IOWA drinks . . . The foursome: Walter C. Mc-

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went to pro job at Mount Pleasant, Baltimore, by women and men officials of the club. Md., muny course, La Mesa, Calif., considering construction of Joseph F. Peters of Allen town, Pa., building par-3 course and double-decked range . . 9 of eventual 18-hole Twin Lakes CC . . . New York State Commerce Dept. asked to Expects to open first 9 next spring. Richard have public course built in hills near Rotter- S. Clark will manage the tour so . , . Brain- dam, N. Y. . . . Start building Kern County tree, Mass., muny course which city bought (Calif.) first 9, designed by Bill Bell, with no two years ago when it was privately-owned oratory . . . Temperature during ground-break- and on verge' of being sold for a housing de- ing was well over 100 . . . Herbert F.vans, Kern velopment has been miraculously rehabilitated County director of parks, expect* t» have the says Quincy (Mass.) Patrint.Ledger sports col- 9 in play next spring. umnist Roger Barry . . . Barry credits Course Monterrey GC, Vivian, La., 9-hole course Operating committee headed by Archie Mor- opened . , , Ernie Roberts is pro . , . Antelope rison and Supt. Charley Abel with leader- Hills muny 18 opened at Prescotl, Am, . , . ship in the achievement. Hampton Auld is pro . . . China Lake, Calif., Naval Station's $!M>,()00 course opened . . . Nine Complete construction of 9-hole course for hole par-3 night lighted course opened at Pocahontas County CC near Marlimon, W. Hacienda hotel, Las Vegas, Nev. Va. , . . Thendara GC, near Utica, N. Y., to add 9 holes . . . Long Island Senior Golf Assn. Southern California Chinese Golf Assn., re- paid Garden City (N. Y.) GC per player cently held its seventh animal invitation tour- for each man in a recent seniors' one-day event nament . . . Men and women's 18-hole tour- at the club in grateful acknowledgment of the nament piav was at Montcbcllo (LA dist.) . . . Garden City GC members' sacrifice of use of Matches between San Francisco and Southern their course and expenses incurred by the club. California Chinese Golf Assn. teams . . . C. K. Leong, 678 No. Spring st,, Los Angeles, is sec., Albert (Bert) Dudden, supt. of Skaneateles SCCGA. (IS. Y.) CC for 38 years, has new bridge on course dedicated to him . . . Bronze plaque at Chick Evans presented with the Fred Waring one end of 125 ft. bridge honors the veteran Sportsmanship Award during the Bill Waite supt. , , . Members helped build the bridge . . , Memorial tournament at Waring's Shawnee Lively ceremonies — ribbon-cutting, speaking Country Club, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pa. . . . and dinner — featured the dedication , . . At Chick's request the award was made a dual Bert and his wife were escorted across bridge (Continued on page 84) now pro at Portcrville (Calif.) muny course Swinging Around Golf . . , Harry Rainville, golf architect and (Continued from page 28) builder who started with Lawrence Hughes, now has Yorba Linda Ranch & GC ill Orange affair for the first rime . , . After he'd been County, El Rancho Verde CC in San Bernar- advised rite award was to be presented tn him dino county and Indian Wells CC near Palm he asked that it be given to Babe Zaharias, Springs, being built in California to his plans. then getting elose to the finish . . . Fred acceded to Chick's request, sending the award Lack of harmony between pros, supts. and to Babe and giving a Chick companion trophy, uigrs. more outspoken than we've heard it for l>. Scott Chisholm had another birthday vears . . . Disagreements generally can be traced to increasing cosls of operation and Oct. 20 . , . This makes his umpl it-til and uninformed officials , i . One"fact arguments he's in lively mental and physical condition are bringing out is that general manage- for his mileage . . . He is living at 127 Marine ment to be successful must be based on a St., Ocean Park, Calif. . . . He's a bunch of whole lot more than desire to get first bite calendars, the senior of alt golf writers . , . at the club salary money . . . The merry and beloved Scotty is a bright exhibit proving that milk from wild Scotch J. E. Mc Auliffe, chmn., National Mixed cows is not a deadly drink. Foursome Two Ball amateur championship which will be played al Boca Raton (Fla) Club Divot replacement doesn't seem to be worth Feb. 12 to 16, visited men's and women's USGA while on a course that has fairway watering Amateur championships discussing plans with . . . Replaced divoLs are much slower in leading amateurs . . . Competition has been healing than the repairs made by applica- transferrer! from Everglade at i'abn Reach tion of soil, seed and fertilizer , . . Herbert where it has been an annual fixture of grow- kronish, Beverly Hills, Calif., contractor; ing popularity . . . Pros forecast thai the Johnny Dawson of Thunderbird and Silver event, the U.S. counterpart of the highly suc- ado; and golf architect, Lawrence Hughes, cessful Worplesdon mixed foursomes, a British at work on 18-hole Reno (Nev.) CC project golf annual highlight started in 1921, will which is central feature of development of become a top feature of the amateur golf 2.650 acres by Truckee river. calendar with Jack Mc Auliffe as its engineer, Complete new clubhouse at 9-hole course John Handwerg wants to sell his 27-hole of Madera (Calif.) G&CC , . . Rudy Adams, Empire Slate CC near N'vack, N. Y, . , . Club pro at Tahle Mountain GC, Oroville, Calil., opened with deluxe clubhouse and pod! and speaking before Oroville Lions Club says on membership basis, Oct. 18, 1955 . . . that since the club opened Mar. 11 it has Handwerg says companies interested in buy- been played by 5,400 golfers . . , Each month ing a club for their employees have inquired the 9-hole course uses 2,850,000 gal, water about buying Empire State . . . in its complete watering system . . . Adams has 85 youngsters in bis weekly junior classes. Jimmy Johnson, New Farming ton (Mich.) CC, wuu Michigan PC:A using a putter he Expect early completion of 9-holc Bonita brought back into play after a long rest . . . GC, near Chula Vista, Calif. . , . It's owned Jimmy had played the putter 19 years ago as by Ray G. Koenig and Fred Sherman . . , an amateur when be won the DetroiL District Ed De' Alva, San Gabriel (Calif.) CC caddv championship , . . Bill Stoll now is supt, at master, told Don Johnson, Pasadena (Calif.) Ann Arbor Golf & Outing Club, succeeding Star-News sportswriter, that the number of his dad, Albert, who has been there 46 years golfers seemed to increase 125 per cent while . . . At one time he devised and operated an he was doing his Army hitch overseas. outfit that generated electricity lighting club- Start building 9-hole course at Grand Ledge, house for dances . . . Ann Arbor G&O gets a Mich., for Stephen Lipkowilz . . . Construc- substantial income each fall renting parking tion under wav on 9-hole course of Midwest space to spectators attending football games at City (Okla.) Elks G&CC to plans of Floyd I of Michigan stadium across the street from Farley . . . W. P. Atkinson donated land . . . the club. Course, with watering system, will cost $36,000. Willie Raeburn tiow supt. at Brae Burn led Maged signed as gen. mgr. and pro CC. near Plymouth, Mich, . . . Michigan will of Loch Alpine CC, Ann Arbor, Mich. . . . have among new courses opening next spring Club now being rehabilitated after having the Michigan State university course at Lan been closed since start of World War II . . . sing, Warwick Hills CC at flint and Hidden Expect to open first 9 next summer and 18 Valley CC at Gaylord . . . Callings Open to by 1958 . . . Mid vale G&CC, Rochester, be played at Flint (Mich.) CC next year. N.Y., buys its land from realty holding com- After a long, painful and sublimely valiant pany composed of 15 of its members . . . fight rest came to The llabe . , . She was Midvale completing $200,000 remodeling pro- one of golfs own faintly although many gram. sports previously claimed her , . . Some Wm. Whit lock and wife operating Powell maintain she was the greatest ol all women (Wyo.) CC , . . Willie Low returning to golfers ... She had beaten all other good Phoenix (Aril,) CC from summer job as pro ones of her era in winning her 82 title at Saratoga (W'yo.) Inn C.C . . , Roy Pixler events . , , Others, while admitting Babe's Supt's Managerial Role to be Emphasized at GCSA Meeting The superintendent's role as a man- ented at the conference along with a ager will be given equal emphasis with program for the training of new men. the technical side of his profession For the first time problems connected when GCSA holds its 28 th annual with small club maintenance will be Turfgrass Conlcrcnce and Show at the thoroughly aired, Williams added. Kentucky Hotel, Louisville, Ky., Feb. Although the above subjects cover, 10-15. for the most part, the managerial as- This was brought out at a program pects of the supt's job, new develop- planning session held in Chicago on ments in research will not be neglect- Sept, 17 when Robert M. Williams, ed. A special effort will be made this supt. Beverly CC, Chicago and GCSA year to show how new chemicals and education chrnn,, met with a seven-man other tools designed for better turf advisory group to plan the conference management can be practically ap- schedule. plied. Greater emphasis than ever before Attending the conference with Wil- will be put on subjects covering club- liams were: Agar Brown, executive supts. relations and the understanding secy., GCSA; Charles Wilson, Milwau- of maintenance budgets and their kee Sewerage Commission; Oscar Borg- place in the club financial picture, meicr, George A. Davis, Inc., and the Williams said, [n addition, a thorough following supts: Bert Rost, Ray Ger- study of "job description" will be pres- ber, Gordon Brinkworth, Ted Wehrle. greatness, rank Glemta Collett, Joyce Wetheted, PGA course has been steadily improving iu ram Barton, Virginia Van Wie and Fatty condition for past four years or so. Berg ahead of The Babe . . . There's no argu- New clubhouse of Commonwealth CC, New- ment at all about The llabc's top rating in ton, Mass., opened with exhibition of paint- gallery magnetism ... To her own gifts of ings by Boston Arts Festival winners as a marvelous physical strength and adeptness, feature , . . Among features of clubhouse Babe added a tremendous amount ol pro ex- are complete health club facilities for mett pert tutoring. and women . . . Club also has ski-tow and Marletie Stewart, 22 year "Id Canadian artificial snow-making machinery . . . Com- lass, who became the first foreign-born win- monwealth is country club allied with Bos- ner of the USGA Women's Amateur since Pam ton Club which is a city club. Barton won it in 1936, is expected to remain Liudo (Butch) Bernard ini, supt., Knoll in the amateur ranks for some years . . . wood club, highly complimented by players She's won the British Wc-mcn's Amateur, the in National Amateur, many of whom rated Canadian Women's Open four times and the Knot I wood greens as finest they'd ever put- U. S. intercollegiate, among other major events ted , . . Knoll wood experiment with chang- . . . She's a good looking, pleasant kid with a ing outline of rough bordering fairways game that's steadily improving ... At otic and greens for the Amateur decidedly suc- time dining the finals at Meridian Hills CC, cessful . . . Idea was proposed hy Joe Dey. Indianapolis. Miss Stewart was -1 down to Sam Snead Schools of Golf, Inc., with Sam 17-year-old Joanne Gunderson of Kirkland. as chmn. of the board, has heen organized Wash., and 1 down after the first 18 then and plans to open first school in Dallas and fired up to win 2 and I . . . Joanne de- build a chain of golf schools on general idea feated the defending champion, far Lesser, of Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire dancing After 17 years at Chicago, PGA head- schools . . . Harvey Raynor, acting tourna- quarters were moved in September to Broad- ment supervisor for PGA, succeeding Ray way and Main, Dtinediit, Fla. . . . tower O'Brien ... Bad condition of Old Course rent reason given for move . . . Key person- at St. Andrews has some saying the Old nel headed by Executive Sec. Tom Crane, course never had good turf since sheep were moved to Dunedin , . . Other employees arc evicted , . . Heavy play of Old course should Dunedin and Clearwater residents. be relieved by putting the Jubilee course in better condition so it would get sonic of Delegates to PGA annual meeting at Ft, the local competitions. Harrison hotel, Clearwater, Nov. 29-Dcc. 7 will have time for inspecting the PGA's Louisville figuring on $50,000 tournament new air-conditioned headquarters and play- ending the Sunday before the Derby . . , ing the PGA National course . . . lhe an- tmerlachen members and other Minneapolis nual meeting dates aren't favorable for show- golfers stage big party for Patty Ber-• at the ing PGA course or any other course in that club and give Patty a diamond ring . . . part of the country in best condition . . . (Continued on page 98) sentatives ave much smarter. I was present Swinging Around Golf at the Wightman Cup (tennis) dinner. We (Continued from page 86) may have lost the cup, but our girls looked much nicci than lhe over-tanned, over-exposed Golf lost ihree of iLs most helpful pioneer Americans." amateurs when A. Linde Fowler, Albert C. Wheeler and Wm. G. Curtis, sr., died in Sep- Arthur j. Chapman, 68, who retired in 1933 tember . . . Howler started writing golf on the after 23 years service as pro at (he Wheeling Boston Transcript in the "90s and continued (W, Va.) CC, died at his home in Wheeling, until 1930 . . . "Archie" Wheeler, who died at Sept. 7 , . . "Chappie" was born in England his home in Bridgeport, Conn., at the age of 91 and served under ]. H. Taylor , , . After was Gene Sarazens first sLrong booster and serving as pro in Berlin, Germany, he came got George Sparling, pro at Brooklawu CC, lo the Parkersburg (W. Va.) CC as pro , . . Bridgeport, Coon., to give Gene his first job He won the West Virginia* Open in 1927 , , . as asst. . . . Curtis, who was 90 when he He is survived by his widow, Alice; a son, died at his home in Detroit, was pres., De- Alex in Denver; a daughter, Mrs. Kathleen troit Golf Assn., for 12 years and was re- Sehafer residing on Long Island; and a brother sponsible for getting Detroit's big public golf and sister overseas . . . "Chappie" was be- program under way , . . He played a round a loved by thousands he bad met ,and helped week before he died. as dean of West Virginia pros . . . He en- British professionals played many exhi- joyed the Open this year as a guest of a mem- bition matches last week ill September rais- ber of his club and a long-time pal, Jack ing funds for British National Golf Founda- Grimes, tion . . . The Foundation finances junior Bill Booe, a semi-finalist in the 1955 instruction by pros and is taking 50 more National Amateur, has turned pro as asst. schools on its list ibis fall. at Bvooklawn CC, Bridgeport, Conn. . . .Ted Louis T. Stanley writing in Golf Monthly. Kroll touring in air-conditioned Cadillac, with Edinburgh, criticizes British women's attire on flags on fenders . . . Flags read "Ted Kroll. golf courses . . . Says "Women's golf in these World Champion Golfer." . , . Gold letter- islands is undoubtedly on the up-grade. It is ing on side of car proclaims George S. May a pity that dress-sense is not equally improved. sponsorship ol the Kroll exhibitions. . . . On the latter, our American counterparts are What, no calliope? . . . Tarn O'Shanter well ahead. But in other sports our repre- members had $7.50 for Evans caddy scholar-

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EASIERT, : FASTER SALES The famous calendars published hy Country Life, Ltd. of London, Eng., are available at Sales come easier and faster when Sfl from Jeremy North, PO Bos 1582, Dur- ham, N.C. . . . The calendars include the you display the quality line of Golfer's edited by Bernard Darwin; and the Tufhorse Golf bags. Golf Addict's containing the very luntiy illus- trations hy George Houghton. Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsoring Tops in sales appeal is the LP636, Southern Pines (.N. C.) Golf Carousel . , . a large Keystone model in smart It's to be an amateur team event Nov. 8 two-tone combinations, with body thru 11 . . . Teams may be male-male, male- female or female female . . . Indian Creek CC in Tusk White "Tuff-Hide" and at Overland Park, Ks.. being built by Marvin colorful, embossed steerhide trim, DcLong ot Wichita, Ks. to plans of Win, 11, it features new "truss-ribbed" Langfoid . . . Denver (Colo.) CC compelled saddle construction on side for by new highway to reuse the course, losing some holes and building new ones on added added strength and beauty. Ny. land . . , Father and son team that should do fori lock-stitching is used through- right well iu almost any pa-kid competition is out. Available in red, blue, green Claude Wright of Denver and his sou, Gary or black. . . . Claude won 3d Denver Metropolitan championship and second slate amateur title this summer and Gary won the state juniot and the Eisenhower tournament which meant $1000 scholarship prize. Big party at Ridgemoor CC (Chicago dist.) as farewell to pro Howard Davis, retiring altir 35 years with the club . . . Howard started in golf 50 years ago as caddie at old Calu- met CC in Chicago district under Jack Daray as caddie master . , , His brother George, who heads big golf course equipment and supply company, started at the same time . . . Harry Pezzulto, Illinois l'<.A pres., Chick Evans, Bub Macdtmald, Johnny Gibson, club officials and others made talks lauding Howard who is a great credit to pro golf. If you're thinking of getting a junior goll association along the lines of the very successful [uuior Golf Assn. of Southern Californ- ia formed in your area, write George Lake, Recreation Park Golf Courses, 5000 E. Ana- heim, Long Beach 4, Calif,, for a copy of the JGA of SC by-laws . . . The organization has adults on the board of directors and juniors as officers and operating officials of the association. Construction of 18-hole course lor Santa Itcsa (Calif.) G&CC begun , . . Course, clubhouse, etc., will represent investment of S400,- 000 . . . Jack Fleming, San Franriseo, designed course . . . Ren Harmau who designed and built Silvarado at Napa. Calif., is in charge of DIS MOINES GLOVE AND MFG. CO. Santa Rosa coursc Work . . . Joe M. Wasson is DES MOINES, IOWA ctub pres. . . . Gary Middlecoff recently gol another 59 . . . Scored it on Memphis (Tenn) Town of Hamden, Conn,, won't buy Mea- CC par 79 course . , . Doc's 30-29 included 25 dowbrook 9-hole course so it probably will be putts and knocked 2 strokes of) former rec- sold for business use . . . Harvey Clausen of ord . . . He was playing with Pat Abbott, Newton, Mass., buys Sherwood-at-Natick CC, George Coors and Charlie Kittle . . . Middlc- West Natick, Mass. . . Open 9-holc Bradford coff also once shot a 59 on his home course, course at Haverhill, Mass., which Myles K. Colonial C.C at Memphis. Towne built on his former farm . , . John Mid Atlantic Turf cnferctice to be held (an. Pohira succeeds the late |ohu Kinder as pro at 17 and 18, 1957 at Lord Baltimore hotel, Balti- Plain field (N. J.) CC, more . . . Dr. George S, LangEord of U. of Fauquier White Sulphur Springs 9-hole Maryland and Charles K. Hallowell of C.reen Course construction begins near Warrenlon, Section are planning the program , . . Orville Va. . . . Course owned by Wm. D. Doeller and Brown in charge of conslruction of new 1H- associates , . , Construction started on Laurel bolc private club at Elkhart, tnd„ and will Pines CC near Laurel, Md. . . , George Cobb continue as supt. designed course and George Lewis is doing lhe Marion (O.) CC starts building additional 0 building ... It will be private . . . Frank this fall . . . Pro Jack Stoddard designed new Murray building another course across the 9 ami prepared specifications lor their con- road from his Brooke Manor course in Wash- struction 1>y Iberia Construction Co., Gabon, ington, D. C. dist. ().... Club also building newr dining room, DorsEy Meade, pro at Signal Mountain GSr kitchen, ladies' locker room . , . To complete CC, Chattanooga, Tenn., resigns it) operate his the program in July, 195S ... In less than range in Norfolk, Va. . . . Bob Clougheil now month more than half of the first 9 of Hidden pro at Cambridge (Md.) CC . . . Miami, Fla., Valley CC, Reno, Nev,, has been completely ni build muny course in Grape land Heights on graded . . . Bill Bell thinks this may be a L«Jen tie id. . . , Donald D. Christian resigns as record for a course of this character. in

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•Trade Murk pendjnf, perm lis 1011 granted br applicant. Club— Street & No.. NOTT MANUFACTURING CO., INC, City _Zone State- Mount Vernon, N.Y. Swinging Around Golf (Continued from page 103) Ray Dirtier building a 9-hole course near ; FAST-GROWING FAVORITE*. Woodstock, 111. , . , Didier, former supt, in Chicago disi. now hi demand as course con- structor , . . Dave VI astraleo to take charge of ; of GOLFERS and PROS maintenance of hole, par 3 Addison (111.) GC. Fred Clarkson who, with his son Don, is On pro job at Glen Echo CC (St. Louis dist.) shot the course in par 72 a few days after his 73d birthday . . . Mighty interesting and at- tractive booklet Beaumont ( rex.) CC got out as a feature of its 50th anniversary . . . Mission Hills CC's (Kansas City dist.) new $114 million clubhouse, and the club's course reconstructed hy supt. Chct Mendetihall to plans of Win. Diduel, soon to be opened. golf carts Many joint meetings of sectional organiza- tions of supts, this past summer . . . Heart of America, Nebraska and Iowa supts. associa- with outstanding tions met at St. Joseph (Mo.) CC . . . Fall Field Days at Purdue had hundreds of Mid- advantages western supts. comparing notes on past spring TRULLS and summer work and results . . . Mid-West Industrial Golf Assn. 1956 championship EASIER played at Allis Chalmers and Whiluall courses, Perfect balance Milwaukee, Wis., had Wesliughou.se Corp. aluminum, team from Mansfield, O,, best of the 103 die-caal, INFOLDS QUICKLY, participating ... . Westinghouse 4-man team ball-bearing scored 615 for 36 holes . . . Jack Zimmerman wheels EASILY of Wright-Patterson, Dayton, O.. was individ- minimize Locks positively ual winner with 142 . . , Chick Henderson, pulling with an easy squeeze effort. 1'hilco Corp., Sandusky, (>., was Management of pistol gripi. Trophy winner with 67 . , , The 12th annual Midwest Industrial tournament will be played at University of Purdue course, Lafayette, Ind., Aug. 17-18, 1057 . . . Don Neer, sec., National Industrial Recreational Assn., says there are 15,000 U. S. firms having golf leagues in their RUGGED, industrial recreation programs . . . t.oldie DURABLE Battson, woman pro. is in charge of Allis- Chalmers course . . . Ray O. Detrick, Good- Light yet strong year Tire K.- Rubber Co., Akron, (>., is execu- af airplane-type tive sec., Mid-west Industrial Golf Assn. aluminum alloy. Mrs. Owen A. West of Onwemsia Club elect- ed pres.. Women's Western Goll Assn., succeed- Rolls With Wheels ing Mrs. Eugene K. Lydon of South Shore CC. at the organization's 54th meeting, held at the Ran|net Club, Chicago. Oct, 10 . . , Folded, Saves Space WWGA lias 311 member clubs, largest in its history. Wheels fold in and cart Second 9 at Maple Hill GC, Hemlock, stores upright in less than Mich., being completed , . . Wilt open in July, lft.r>7 . . , Carl A. Hegcuauer, Maple a square foot, Hill owner and operator, says this year was the club's biggest for play although weather CON-VOY Golf Carts wasn't the l>est . . . Hcgeuauer is building from $29.95 retail a 9-hole course for Rudolph 1). Von Planck at Ertmore, Mich., scenic country about 75 miles northeast of Grand Rapids ... A merry party the Cleveland dist. Golf Course r PRODUCT Supts. Assn. gave for their pro and mgr. and elub official teammates, at Westwood CC, ENGINEERING C0.J Cleveland, Oct: 2 . . . Westwood's supt. and 4707 S. i. I 7lh Ave,, Portland 3, Qrt. Cleveland dist. GCSA executive, Stan Graves, (Continued on page 130) Vol. 30—Number 10 • OCTOBER, 1956

CONTENTS The Business Journal of Golf

Swinging Arountl Golf Herb Graf fis 3

Pro Inctrme Up; Profits t)oun , Hfi-b Graffi* I Manufacturers Praise Educational Plans . 33

"Perfect" Course — Superintendents Try to Define It 39

Itelle Meade — Glossiest Pro Slitrp Hill .Sherman 18

Sikora Golf's liusiest Promoter !>2

S/H Million Invested in Courses in 1956 51

1956 Turf Roundup Fred J. Critti arid O. J. iNoer 58-59

Hevietf Club Insurance l\eeds Waller C, IKlhmer 02

Snowmold Control J. K. Watson, Jr. and J. L. KiiHi 88

!\eicn from the :W«Hii/netiirer.J 107

Swinging Around Golf corresponding sec. of the Illinois I'G \, won lirst prize at Evanstou (HI.) CC as the girl (Continued from page lUli) who made the year's biggest reduction in hei handicap . . . She cut il from Mi to II . . . arranged affair with able cooperation ol bis (ileal going for a young Woman who has to tcam.natc, Mgr. Clyde Roberts and I'm work at goli so much she doesn't get much Russell Davidson , . , t.1)]I in the afternoon time to pla\ it. a Jul noble viands and entertaining spiels ill Don McKay, jr., supt. Wether .field (Conn.) lhe evening. CC, still hearing cchocs of prai.e oil condition Chuck jo]Jn.soo from Aurora (III.) CC to of his course during the Hartford open . . , be pro ai Kiuierfield CC (Chicago disi.) ., Pros said thev'd never played a course in bet- Kelt Rosl from I'ark Ridge CC to be supt. ter shape . . . Don's father was his mentor . . . al liiitterfield . . , Al Wat lit us won Michigan Don, sr. has been supt. at HarJord CC for Scnioi 1'GA and teacher's trip lo Duiiediu many years and Ills layout always is a prize with 145, healing the defending patriarch, exhibit. jim Hatfield, b\ a stroke , . . New Pali muny course at Honolulu has lirst 9 ojtenetl . . . Penobscot Vallev CC, Orouo, Me., slaff. Second 9 to open soon . . . joe Spencer is pro. officials and members, lauded b\ field playing Fred Bowman, Wilson Sporting Goods pres.; llle 27ih New England Amateur . . . t he "Plug" Osborne. Wilson Advisory siaff mgr.; visitors said the Penobscot people can take Patty Iterg (who made a night flight from a bow lor pulling on llle best of the 27 Las Angeles to tteaumont); Fred Corcoran and events . . . Philadelphia dist. pros put on veteran baseball star Moe Berg, were the a parly at Brookside CC A lien town, Pa., for only sports notables attending (he funeral of Clyde (lluckj Fox who ii recovering after a Mildred Zaharias . . . The Babe didn't weigh serious operation ... flic fellows gaie Buck 75 lbs. when she lost the decision . . . What a fine piatjue and a silver bowl filled with torture that poor girl suffered lor two years. the remedy for heavv hospital expenses . . . \. I', Shoemaker, jr. gen. mgr. of the bill Keilh resigns as Carlsbad. N. M., mum Edgewater (.nit hotel at Edge water I'ark, pro . . . lie now is building a course at Miss., presented a golf watch, suitably tit- \ lamogordo. N, M. scribed, to Frank 1). Jones, supt, and mgr. Itobt. Sander, 87, with rtfrhole total oi 151 ol the hotel's golf course, al a celebration of at Lake Shore Yacht & CC, Syracuse, N. Y„ [ones' fll) years of fine work at Edgewater won National Amputees' tournament . . . . . , Shoemaker, has been at the hotel for 21i Field was 85 . . . Sander has been playing years . . . Carol McCue, the sweet and smart goll 10 years . , . He lost his right arm in aii iass who heads lhe Chicago District Golf accident 20 sears ago . . . He formerly was \ssn. office slaff and who also is practically (.iiiiversity of Iowa tennis team captain.