Canadian Golfer, July, 1938

ane. HEROES CHAMPI“OUNpS” © N TEL i T GOING DOWN ( ) LO IN SHIPS Pp _ ' SENIO! N ER SONAI — by R alph 1s R eville ee « SUR VE t SECTIONAL — Se ar NEW MONARCH OF THE FAIRWAYS Played by Bobby Alston, Recent Winner of Ontario Open Championship SILVER KING “H.V.” NOW CARRIES NEW, SUPER-GLOSS PAINT—MORE POWER FULLY ADHESIVE AND YET MORE ELASTIC—SPECIALLY DEVELOPED FOR THIS THE WORLD’S FASTEST, LONGEST AND MOST ACCURATE BALL FOR EXPERT HITTERS. GR ADIDGE IRONS SCORING SUCCESSFULLY THE WORLD OVER PLAYED BY BOBBY ALSTON, RECENT WINNER OF QUEBEC SPRING TOURNAMENT AND SECOND SUCCESSIVE ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIP a R a R E A R EE S e w ee S ee Charles Whitcombe De Luxe Autograph Model Played by Reg. Whitcombe, winner of the British Open Championship 1938 n a i - WHIP-CONTROL PLAYED BY WINNERS S SHAFTS THE WORLD OVER ee Irish Open 1936 eee Theart of the old masters, put- of the shaft in a Sccttish Professional ting the whip E suitable to each parti- Championship 1936 position S lar club, is embodied in the Argentine Open cu E construction of Gradidge’s new G Championship 1936 “whip control” shafts which S American Women’s combines all the skilled craft- S manship of the past with the Championship 1936 mechanical accuracy of the British Women’s present. Macdonald Smith, well- Championships 1936 known Scottish American golfer Belgian Open 1937 who had always favoured hick- Transvaal Open 1937 ory, has now selected and is playing the “whip control” South African Amateur 1937 shaft. Made of the finest drawn Swiss Open 1937 steel, specially tempered; the Ontario Open 1937 hosel has thickened walls to en- sure sufficient strength at the South African Open 1938 weakest point, and the Dutch Open Championship 1938 shaft’s control centre is marked at Daily Mail Tournament 1938 either end by inlaid black rings; Silver King Tournament the shaft is covered with a thin 1938 mahogany toned sheath. The Quebec Spring Tournament 1937-38 Faced, Hand heads are Deep Uruguay Open 1938 Forged in Stainless Steel. ‘ Sole Canadian Distributor maFnoyllsouwccinessg esarwehiscohmehavoef beethne SLAZENGERS CANADA (1936) LIMITED achieved with Gradidge clubs since their introduction. 827 Queen St., E., 1427 McGill College’ Ave., Toronto Montreal The CANADIAN GOLFER—July, 1938 T N O . O T N O R O T W E N , D E T I M I L Y E B L I G A & . W Y Y Yj Yj GY N S Y I E G I B R E Y P L M I R l 5 > G D Le The CANADIAN GOLFER—Jily, TTT ae AT CHAMPLAIN i A very popular summer ' resort —— but especially at- ms : tractive to golfers... The : Hotel Champlain Golf | Club has one of the fin- | est 18-hole resort courses in America . a layout | of championship calibre kept in superb condition throughout the summer | Andan additional | | a 9-hole course, short, buta sporty test of accuracy ie i igre : fishing, sailing, speed Other diversions include is ; : : yas boating and dancing with swimming, tennis, riding, 2 , entertainment nightly by Bob White’s Famous Ra- dio Orchestra The THE LATE CHARLIE MURRAY { fine, modern, fireproof hotel affords luxury and comfort in*every respect me a ee : I fee There are a certain few men in every walk of life and ie ene 8 ae cottages, 11 endeavour who, in the course of their existences, carve a place preferred, for families for themselves which in their passing seems quite beyond any- ; special separate one’s capacity to fill. Such a figure was Charlie Murray, for thirty-three years professional of the f quarters for bachelors, if amous Royal Montreal Golf Club at Dixie, just outside of the Canadian metropolis. desired. Charlie’s growth to the stature which proclaimed him Canada’s ee @ outstanding professional was always intimately entwined with |the saga of the growth of the gamein this country, and in An International Invitation Tournament which attracts no small way werehis efforts responsible forit. : Of Charlie Murray, it may also be said that he was one of ; the best from New York state and Canada is played those rare individuals whose every action was a credit to his annually—this year—Aug. 12-13-14. The ladies tour- | profession. Charlie is best described by Col. English, secretary z of the Royal Montreal Golf Club, and with whom Charlie had nament is July 19th to 23rd. | worked since his coming to that club. “After working with Charlie all these years, naturally los- ; | ing him so suddenly is a terrible shock. It is like losing a brother. Of him may I say that he was everthe perfect gentle- |man. His position and personality gave him ample opportunity, ) but in work and in play Charlie never took advantage of a | living soul’, | Such tribute can scarcely be amplified, so let us turn to his achievements and a word ofhis history. As a youngster born in Nottingham, England, Murray first caddied at the Toronto Golf Club. It was not long before George Cumming, dean of Canadian professionals, had the promising young manin his shop. At 17 Murray left Cumming to take overthe professional duties at Coburg, Ontario. He was there only a short time after which he came to Montreal at the Outremont Club, and Under same management g ip then to the Westmount Club, both of which are nowout of existence. Winter... The BELLEVIEW-BILTMORE, Belleair, Fla. *4% (Continued on page 30) The CANADIAN GOLFER July, 1938 aii PRESENTING. .... THE FAM OUS PRO-MADE Reg. Trade Mark Can. Pat. 1937 VA)ph} MODELS SAME DEPTH OF FACE {1S DEEP FACE CLUB ONE OUNCE OF woop TAKEN FR OM TOP The great-* est advance in wood head design- The amazing Irish player, James Bruen. ing in years ie tt ONE OUNCE OF LEAD, REPLACED ee Beare ON HITTING LINE GALLERIES AND HEROES A combines all the good features of both deep face E By H. R. Pickens Jr. S and shallow face woods. There are four “Lo-Bak” e Reams have been written about the fickleness of sport fans. models: $7.50, $10.00, $12.50 and Deluxe model at D $15.00. EE However, one generally associates echoing cheers one minute S andthe thrownpop bottle the next all for the same player with EEE eee i I t s 7ER i games such as baseball and hockey whereaction and blood run o c hot and fast! Yet, strangely enough, golf galleries at times have shown themselves to be just as ee changeable as EE R anyothertype of “‘watchers 1 3 F This is true of even the supposedly staid “ar-worshipers”” of Merry Old England, a country from whose booklet of sporting manners most other nations may well slip a leaf. Recently dur- THE ing the British Walker Cup team trials at St. Andrews, prior to MOST USEFUL Great Britain’s surprise victory, a young Irishman, barely eighteen, by the nameof Jimmy Bruen, was introduced to the CLUB IN THE BAG golfing world. Jimmy, a sturdy normal young man had flung into the historic old clubhouse with scores of 68-71 for the 36 hole test! ‘That total, quite naturally, led th field of the 24 Walker Cup Teamaspirants. The name “Skel- Great Britain, for years the acquiescent doormat for Ameri- per” has come to can Walker Cuppers, this year, some six months in advan¢ mean the perfect began to prepare for the encounter with a grimness which re- wood club for such lies as: In flected itself throughout the Old Country press so vividly that long grass, on at times one wondered whetherornot the usually well-balanced hard ground, in divot holes and in a downhill lie; Britons were not actually overdoing the whole thing! Sw eep- giving mashie height and spoon length. aside the lethargy which has always characterized thal team ing picking methods, England was now in dead earnest! Never Write for catalogue and victorious in the history of the matches with the United States, ‘Made-to-Measure’ chart. someBritish writers termed the 1938 meeting “Great Britain’s last chance”, and advocated withdrawal until someother time appeared capable enough to cope THE PRO-MADE GOLF CO. when the Old Country golfers VANCOUVER CANADA with the apparently invincible Yanks! 23) (Continued on page The CANADIAN GOLFER—July, 1938 OU ‘si be proud lo )\) LV OLDSMODILE... SO OP Fl @ Pine IN SY Yi8 AND cia Oe es oe Illustrated— Oldsmobile Six Sedan with Trunk There’s extra pride in owning this great smoothly over the open highway. There’s new Oldsmobile Six because it is today’s extra thrift, too, in the low delivered price Style Leader—a dashing car that com- of this Oldsmobile Six—its remarkable mands admiration on city streets orat mileage on gasoline and oil— and its free- country clubs. There’s extra pleasure in dom from servicing. And there’s extrasatis- driving this 95 h.p. 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