f Y, 1940 31 KROYDO v T I is doing a Real Job for YOUI

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The KROYDON COMPA Y. MAPLEWOOD, N. J.

roydon CLUB FOR BETTER GOLF 32 GOLFDOM Golf Clin·cs Study Pros' Problel1ls By Herb Graffis

THREE well-attended and highly inter- rated high. At Purdue there were pros esting golf clinics under the joint pon- from 15 states, coming from a far outh orship of the PGA and educational insti- as the Gulf Coast and from Canada. Of- tutions were held during April at the ficials of men's and women's amateur universities of Minnesota and Baltimore organizations, at the Baltimore clinic, co- and at Purdue university. Combined at- operated with the Middle Atlantic PGA by tendance of the clinical sessions exceeded getting a crowd of 300 to see and hear Middle Atlantic professional experts ex- 700, to which should be added an audience plain fundamentals of good golf. This of approximately 3,000 students attending session was keyed to the public as a pro the demonstrations and group instruction good-will campaign. ession at Purdue. Purdue's clinic combined pro technical Developments of the clinical treatment discussion, addresses of physiological and of pro problems which has hit a lively psychological authorities, and of physical stride this spring makes it plainly evident and general education experts. The group that the alert pro considers himself master instruction demonstration held at evening of his own destiny and is depending on in the vast Purdue fieldhouse also pro- his own education for his professional ad- vided a great study opportunity for vancement and security. Pro golf clinics pros who are well aware of the oppor- now have been held on the West Coast tunities and problems of group instruc- and in Illinois, in addition to the Minne- tion. sota, Maryland and Indiana sessions pre- Minnesota's clinic was featured by pro viously mentioned. New Jersey's PGA con- testimony and discussion on the strictly ducts a clinic on three consecutive Mon- business problems of their work. Pros days, beginning April 29, and pros in the who had been conspicuously successful at Pittsburgh sector hold a clinic May 27. various phases of their business told of Illinois PGA pros, for the second year, their methods and thoughts and were are holding pro educational clinics. The queried by their fellows. first meeting, conducted as an informal The finale of the Minnesota affair was forum, was held April 29, and similar a merry banquet at which teams of pros sessions are scheduled for May 6 and 13. and sports writers engaged in an "Infor- Sessions are held at Hotel Morrison, mation Please" query contest. The pros Chicago. won the decision over the writers in an- For initial sessions to determine the swering questions on rules and personali- future course of clinics by the necessary ties of the game. trial-and-error method, the April clinics Outstanding at the business clinic was

Horton Smith (below) demonstrates pro angles of shotmaking before part of the crowd of over 3,000 who attended the indoor golf how at Purdue U. The One Big Improvem • In lub ,

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------A portion of the group of 350 tudents faculty members and townspeople who took part in the Purdue •class in truction session. the participation of pros who have been Construction-Paul Coates, Con. ulting Engi- signally successful in their jobs. It was neer and Golf Architect; What a Club Expects evident that the wise pro, regardless of From Its Pro-Dr. E. S. Powell. age, considered that his individual success Training-Wally Mund; Club Events and didn't blind him to the fact there was Tournaments-Vernon Allen, Herb Snow, Ray Keller: How I Teach Golf-Jock Hendry, Les plenty still to be learned about the busi- Bolstad, Norman Clark (Pictures and Demon- ness of golf. It also was repeatedly in strations): Amateur Golf-Geo. Robbins; Public evidence that the smart pro didn't place Course Golf-Carl Raymond, Paul Feist: Phy- his trust in the panaceas frequently cited sical Structures-Dr. E. M. Jones: Women's as the pros' main hope of making a good Golf-Patty Berg: Future of the Golf Pr living, but had found that the pros' salva- Herb Graffis. tion lies with the educated and energetic An interesting part of the Purdue clinic individual. . was the exchange of ideas between the Study Boo ting of Storage Income pros and men and women physical ed. in- structors. The P. E. instructors from their Snapping up pro-shop service with own college experience and their post- special reference to care of equipment in college work in coaching high school and rack storage was an especially timely college students contributed several very subject treated by Willie Kidd at the Min- helpful ideas on athletic instruction. nesota clinic. With many pros wondering As in California, the pros at Purdue how they can retain and extend club stor- generally were of the opinion that the age business, the Kidd talk contained P. E. teachers pro-instructed to acquaint practical suggestions that by themselves youngsters with a few fundamentals of paid many of the pros for their attendance. the golf swing, would provide a tremen- Golf instruction methods employed by dous boost for pro individual instruction. Jock Hendry, Les Bolstad and Norman Clark was another of the Minnesota high- P. E. In tructor Aren't ompetitor lights. At all the spring clinics the science and art of effective instruction has been Energetic proponents of pro-physical given considerable attention which is cer- education teacher co-operation answered tain to be reflected in increased sale and objections of pros who saw in the P. E. results of lessons. teachers potential pro competition by Art Ingleston and Len Mattson, the lat- doubting that the P. E. teachers would d - ter chairman of the Minnesota PGA-Uni- vote collegiate training of 4 years and ad- ver ity of Minnesota Athletic Department ditional preparatory field training to clinic, were chairmen of the two day ses- equipping themselves for the precarious sion held at U of M's Cook Hall. jobs that beginning pros have to take. The program: Furthermore, pro advocates of pro coopera- tion with P. E. teachers, said, "after hear- Shop Service-Willi Kidd; Pro-Gre nkeenin g-e-Ed ing the 'never had a pro lesson in my McElligott, Jock H ndry, Gordon Haberkorn. Herb Theinell; Rules of Golf-Bill Barrett; life' statement fr quently uttered, what Merchandising ohn Miller, A. G. Spalding & have pros to fear from mi sionary work Bros.; Publicity-Geo. Higgins, Perry Dodson. in pro instruction by the phy ical educa- Louie Gr n. I Wold, G o, Edmond, Rollie tion teachers?" Johnson; Golf Architcctur, Maintenanc and National and regional PGA officialsw re I Y, 1940 35

A THI magazin comes out only one a month it mak s some of my dop a little late, but here go s anyway:- EN ROUTE to Florida, dropp d in on JIMMY sco TARD, prof ssional at Biloxi Country Club, Biloxi, Miss. Hand ED RANKIN, who peddles golf equipment in the summ r time, are doing a fin business as co-owners of the club. Fair- ways and green are in as fin condition as any I have se n in th outh, which accounts for tli constantly incr asing play at this popular resort.

AT TAMPA, I enjoyed a few holes of OVER at the eminole Club, at Palm golf with my old friend HENRY Beach, that grand old v teran, JVIL- BOLE TA, professional at Palma Ceia FRED REID is still batting one thou and Golf Club, which a few years ago was my p r cent. H is as much. a fixtur th r a old stamping grounds on the Florida West tit club-house. minole was th sc n of Coast. the world's richest golf tournament-s-no I ss than 56,000 berri s bing put up for the boys to 'hoot at. BOB BARNETT, pro at the Indian Cr ek Country Club gave his memb rs as well as himself, a great thrill when h tied ANDY KA Y, ex-prof s ional champion for first place in the rcnuai Pro-A maieur of Canada, took nw on for a round at Tournament held at his club. Bob found his new club, Mia"mi hares Country Club, himself a little better than $2,000 richer opened in December. This is a nuujnificent. when the lights went on. spot and a great test for any man' game.

WILLIE KLEIN enjoyed a great season STOPPED in of cour'e too, to e at La Gorce this winter, along with his GEORGE JACOBU who has b 11 at very fin assistant, ZIGGY MELLON. th Bobby Jones cours at arasota for nuuiu years, but who now has taken 01.' r the North hare Country Club. His con- DURING the Int. rnational Four-Ball at tract gives hint manaq m nt of the ntire club. North hor was th cour uiher the Miami Biltmor , Coral Gabl e, NED we played th firet half of til famous EVERH.tlRDT and his very charming match, Bobby Jones against "Walt r Hagen. little wife Hazel, who is al 0 his very ffi- cieni: iecretaru, played hosts to the boys at their club, doing a grand job of it. Th y AND now that I hal' gon back to are planning a trip to California to gallery r miniscing I think I'll sign off befor I the women's matches at P bbl Beach. ramble too far afi ld. I'll b sing you! 36 GOLFDOM

C. E. GARRINGER CHARLES ARENA, Speedway G. C. PRO Indianapolis, Ind. Cooper River (RiAht) Country Club Collingswood, New Jersey LEN GALLETT (Below) North Shore C. C. Milwaukee, Wis. (RiAht)

TOM CREAVY Albany C. C. Albany, N. Y. (L."~\\\\~,\.~~ GEO:ASTOR Haverhill C. C. Haverhill, Mass. ,\)~ 1\\t t\.\\'~1\\ (RiAht)

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, icked by" ..t takes t a taste 0 astet\u\ 'the), te P e the "feel 1'toutne)'_get 'n(J of these ttl. h a set -c~S ha" \e a . (JS",1 z::> te ",1t O ~l' nd ",agg "e_cuttlnz::>" \0'" sc ., 'thete's oO f1J pto-ShoP a he s",eet gt "foutSOttle J hlay to tlI • tned - t fot a a1J£!. r d oatte balance pout }(.pettS d hea s r . "~ b 'then ste d usedb)' e '\d ctahe f a ,,{tttlng c\u s. b \eadetSan these gU1 out PtO .ot st)'\ed), \ shah on . p\)' ask )' indi"idua attle_ sun an fot "'{OUR g B. O. (BLACKIE) \ust NELTHORPE Westmoor Country Club

Fairfield, Iowa Tulsa C. C. (Above) Tulsa, Oklahoma (Above) Mt. Pleasant G. C. Huber Golf Course These players are not members of the MacGregor Pro Advi- Leicester, Mass. Borger, Texas (Lett) (Above) sory and Technical Staff, but play these clubs through choice. MAY, 1940 37

LAWRENCE JUELG Beeville C. C. Beeville, Texas (Left) HY-COMPRESSIO,N "OURNEY The 1940 Money Ball! Hy-CompressionTOURNEYS were .il)t~ecup for. more wint,,!.rTournament wins than any ,other ball! Ie's course-tested.proof of TOt!~:. Ai ,NEYS Faster Get-a-Way! Here's tbe.lesults! .

* Masters-Jimmy Demaree winttet; JOHN BERNARDI Runnerup used Toprneys; Byron Charles River C. C. Newton Centre, Nelson, third. Mass. * Asheville Open-.wil)- (Above) nero :;:; . BUDDY POTEET * Gre~nsboro Opelt-BenHogan Northridge Golf winner. Club Tulsa, Oklahoma ,* North & South Open--J;3en H~gari,. (Below) winner. * Thomasville Open- Winnet.hsed Toumeysj. runnet- up. . * St.' PetersburtJ Open - Ji.Q:.imy Demaree winner; Byron Nelsoti run,nerup. * New Orleans --Jimmy Demaret.s winner. * Western Open-Jimmy Demaree' ;winner; Toney Penna ruhnerup . .* texas Open-Byron Nelson winpet; Ben Hogan runnerup. * Phoenix Open-Ben Hogan runner- up. * San Francisco Open -Winner, Jimmy Demaret, *'Oakland Open-Jimmy Demaret winner; Ben Hogan runnerup,

Caution: Hy.Compression'Tourn·en are suitable only for &ard·&iffer.s! Just ask your Pro! ' +.' 38 GOLFDO 1

Purdue' tudent took e pe- cial intere t in the driving exhibition put on by tar pro at that chool' golf clinic. Photo how Dick Metz driving, with pro and looking on.

leaders in the Purdue clinic. Horton Smith, aociat.ions Activiti s Edgar M. Lucas, V.P.; Dem- Gene Sarazen, Dick Metz and Johnny Re- onstration of Grip--Charles P. B t chler and J ss volta headlined the aggregation of play- Dowling, Jr.; Demon tration of Stanc Andy Gib- ing stars who demonstrated and taught son and Johnny Bass; D monstration of Swing Carroll T. MacMaster. Otto Greiner. and Ralph at the Purdue affair. Beach. The Purdue program: Information about Public Golf Facilities-Johnny Tips on Teaching from the Psychologlat-e-Dr. E. Bass. Bill Schreiber, Frank Jnvernlzal, and Gus L. Kelly. Division of Education and Applied P1iY- Hook; Golf Equipment Information-Irvin Schloss chology, Purdue University; The Doctor Looks at and Andy Gibson; Analysis of Golf Swing for Golf-Dr. Robert E. Dyer. Chicago; Inspection of Pitch Shots-Johnny Flattery. Bill Schreiber. and New Purdue Golf Course. with William Diddel, Eddie Johnston. Architect; Mass Class Instruction-350 Students. Building Your Golf Game-Charles P. Betschler; faculty and townspeople forming the class. Golf Etiquette and Rul s-Bob Williams; Golf Talks Golf in the High Schools-Frank S. Stafford, -Johnny Farr II and Horton Smith; Open Forum Assistant Chief, Indiana Bureau Health and Physi- on Golf Questions by audi nce and answers by the cal Education; Golf in the Colleges-Professor Helen following: Ralph Beach. Charles P. Bet ehler, Car- Hazelton. Head. Department Physical Education for rol T. MacMaster, John Flattery. Bill Schreiber. Women. Purdue, and Ted Payseur, Golf Coach, Johnny Bass, Frank Invernizzi. Bob Williams. Andy Northwe tern; Golf in a City Recreation Program- Gibson, Al c Taylor. Jimmy Roch • Bill Scott. L 0 Tam Dearing. Director. Public Recreation Commis- Kerman. Edgar M. Lucas and Mrs. '1'. E. Schluder- sion. Cincinnati; The Average Golfer-Herb Graffis ; berg. Selling-Yourself, Services. Merchandise--Dr. Edward C. Elliott. President, Purdue University; Golf Ap- titude Te ts-Dr. J. Tiffin. Division of Education and Applied Psychology, Purdue. Pictures as an Instructional Aid-W. R. Smith, F. H. Ohaus, Kroydon Vice-Pres., Golf Coach. Univcr ity of Minnesota. Minneapolis; U e of Amateur Photography Roy Smith. Indian- Elected to High Fraternal Post apolis. Tom Lundy. Greenville. Miss., Joe Hosner. Grand Blanc. Mich., Leonard B. Schmutte, Findlay, FELl R. ORAU , vice-pre ident of the Ohio. Irving E. Schloss. Towson. Md., Oscar Kroydon Company, Maplewood, . J., Widmer. Louisville. Ky.; Research and R cent De- was recently made the E alted Ruler Elect velopments-Dr. C. H. Robertson. Inventor and of the Irvington Lodge, o. 1245, of the Lecturer. We -t Lafayette, Ind. B. P. O. E. The sessions at Baltimore were held on Ohaus was born in Newark, N. J., and the first four Monday in April, for the an- got his first job with J. Wiss & Son Co. nounced purposes of "encouraging those as an office boy, under C. L. Gairoard. who are contemplating playing golf to par- The association with Gairoard still con- ticipate," and "encouraging those who are tinues, for both are now officers in th playing to improve their games." Kroydon Company. In 1921 Ohaus be- The Baltimore program, as held in the came sales manag rand wa elected vic - Auditorium of the U of B. president in 193 . Outline of Purpo e of the Clinic-B. Herb rt Brown, Jr., Vice-Pre .ldent of the University of Golf is one of his principal hobbies, Baltimore; Golf, Past and Pr sen Ralph Beach, and he has played the game in v ry President. Middle-Atlantic PGA; Maryland Golf As- state in the Union. :\-1 Y, 1940 39

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You lak. the pm il your ball is the first ene on the green. If all the players have made approach shots and all balls be just all Ihn qreen. caddie of player whose ball 11 the near •• t to the hole lakes pin.

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Chart shown above explains duties expected of when play is on green. Other charts are: Fair- ways; Tees; Rough and Hazard; Checking Out and In. T Ed e t PROFE 10 AL Golfer' ociation have been given a complete course in cad- of America di tributed in April to all dying duties. An immediate improvement U. . golf course where PGA members in caddie standards throughout the coun- are employed, a ieries of five wall chart try is a certain result of this PG A move. which explain in word and diagram every Golfers will also be given a chance to duty a caddie is expected to perform see the charts, so they'll know what from the time he is as igned to a golfer to expect of a caddie. For this, th» until he i paid off at the end of the wall-charts will be duplicated in much round. The charts are de igned to be smaller size, for po ting on club bulletin posted in caddie- helters; caddies will boards. then be a ked to tudy the material and "In the past," President Walsh ex- be prepared to take an e ami nation on it plains, "there has b en no uniform sys- at the end of the week. tem of caddie training. A golfer' caddie Charts are not meant to be posted all might be good or bad depending on the at once, however. Instead, according to training he had r ceived from the club cad- Tom Walsh, PGA president, clubs are re- die committee, th caddie-rna ter, and the quested to post the charts one at a time professional. Most leading clubs have a week apart. Thus, at the end of five developed exc Bent systems of training, weeks every caddie in very PGA club and we have taken the be t features of in the U. S., an estimated 250,000 lads, will all of them in preparing the charts. Mate- rial on the charts was compiled from out- standing ystems of training a develop d by memb rs of our Association through- British golf business is recovering from first impact of war. Gasoline shortage has laid off out th country. Everything a good traveling men. Younger men in the golf fac· caddie should know is on th m, yet n tories have joined the forces, but veterans, with unreasonable d mand on the lads is in- adequate supplies of raw materials, carryon. cluded."