10 years younger than he did after finish- ing as the loser to Oliver in a semi-final of the 1946 PGA. . . Wonder when pros are going to quit saying an amateur never again will win the National Open? . . . Those who make that forecast don't realize that many a pro is trying to teach an ama- teur so the kid will win the Open some day and be a credit to the instruction genius of his teacher. The O. B. Keelers, the famed golf journalism team, came by their golf naturally. . . O. B. began back at Lake Geneva, Wis., shortly after the Indians vacated and Ma's folks who first came to this country vvere Donald and Eleanor Mc- Intosh of Inverness, Scotland, vvho arrived THE GOLF NEWS in North Carolina about 1800. . . Topeka, Kan., thinking about building a muny IN BRIEF course. . . Jimmy Love of Peoria has vvon Illinois 1947 high school golf championship By HERB GRAFFIS and Illinois Jr. Chamber of Commerce championship... Vin OBey, Wachusett CC, Worcester, Mass., pro is a good man vvith Many golfers and sportswriters declare the sticks. . . Wish we knevv of some other Babe Didrikson the "biggest name" in golf hot golfer named Honor so vve eould have today. . . Her British vvomen's title as her Love, Honor and OBey as a tournament 16th eonseentive victory gives her a record pairing. in vvomen's golf far beyond anything ever done in men's golf. . . Joe Horgan, the Women's Western tournament at Capital patriarch of the caddies, says The Babe is City CC, Atlanta, had all the observing better than Joyce Wethered or Glenna Col- males impressed by the gals' efficiency lett. . . That should make it official. . . and thoroughness in tournament manage- Columbus (O.) open tournament officials ment. . . Ed Danforth gave them a great hope to be able to get her in their field. . . hand in his Atlanta Journal column. . . Ed Women's intercollegiate at University of quoted Howard (Pop) Beckett, Capital Ohio course vvants her for exhibition. . . City pro, in highest commendation of the Chanees for cashing in are becoming so WGA tournament management. . . "It is numerous we wonder hovv long The Babe earnestly recommended that the men folks vvill remain an amateur even with husband from all the clubs in Atlanta drop out this George Zaliarias' vvrestling shovvs taking week and see how a big tournament should noble care of tlie groceryman, etc be run. The ladies have taken all our ideas With The Babe in it the British vvomen's and streamlined them," Ed concluded. championship outdrew the British ama- teur. Fred Ebetino of Patterson Field course at Dayton, O., is in his 21st year as a pro With everything running O.K. on Fair- at Dayton... H. I. Phillips delivered a blast way ranch Byron Nelson is taking a few in his syndicated column against easing up weeks off to play exhibitions. . . He looks on rules of golf in tournament circuit play!

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THE CLUB SITUATION: We are now filling orders for sets of woods and irons received many months ago. Sorry we can't give rush service. Please con- tinue to place orders many months ahead of your requirements. in charter member list of the 25 Year elub. 1947 . . The 25 Year elub consists of managers who have served the same elub as man- AMATEUR TEACHING PERMIT agers for 25 years or more. . . Any golf This card entitles bearer to give one Free club manager eligible is asked to vvrite Goll Lesson without loss of his amateur standing, upon payment to the pupil of Jesse G. Wetzel, mgr., Detroit (Mich.) the lollowing fee: club. KIBITZER'S SPECIAL RATES Furnish Own Club» >nd Golf Billi . . . lOc Clear Lake CC, $3,000,000 plant near Quiet and Ordtrljr Teaching 15c Seabrook, Tex., with golf course by Wm. Loud - Mouth 20c Robertson, will open soon. . . Evanston Uainj Pupil» Cluba and Beit Goll Ballt . 25c (111.) GC Fairways contains story by Waldo SAM BYRD'S DRIVING RANGE Thorsen saying that of 1400 different birds V PLUM HOLLOW COLF CLUB y about 266 have been recorded on Chicago district courses. . . Wm. Cook is new mgr., Beechmont CC, Cleveland, O. . . . Glenn Sam Byrd, pro at Detroit s Plum Hollow, kids the Marty signed as mgr. by Lakeside CC, amateur "pros" who volunteer shot-making advice Bloomington, 111. by supplying them with these "teaching permit" cards. The card is a clever little stunt for getting Joseph Becker, new mgr. at Plum Hol- the pupils coming to Sam for expert instruction. low GC (Detroit dist.), where 1947 PGA will be played, is an experienced hand at caring for tournaments. . . He formerly was mgr. at Inverness club, Toledo, O. . . . Madison, Wis., Monona 9-hole muny course SWINGING AROUND GOLF had 62,000 9-hole rounds played on it last (Continued from page 21) year. . . George Calderwood, North Hills CC (Milwaukee dist.) elected pres., Wis- assistant pros. . . Club Managers Assn. of America now has 18 regional chapters and consin PGA. more are organizing. Sam Kennedy, a 58-year-old, former Harry Thompson, mgr., Bloomfield Ilills footballer and boxer and at present run- (Mich.) CC is only golf club representative ning a pub, borrowed a set of clubs and

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Order from your Dealer or direct from us. D B A PRODUCTS CO. Dept. GD3 DEERFIELD, ILL. * * IGolf Supply Dealers write for complete detailsl * * knocked off opposition to get to the last 8 of the English amateur championship. . . Kennedy sold his clubs when he went into the British navy at the start of the war. . . FAMOUS FOR He started playing 6 months ago after get- ting out of the navy. . . He's a big strong guy but putting is his deadly point. QUALITY Dr. Grover C. Shaw told New England SINCE 1910 greenkeepers at a recent meeting of their association some club officials seelng greenkeepers do handymen's work around the course think these greenkeepers are overpaid. . . Dr. Shaw advised that the greenkeepers accent the managerial and technical phases of their work to receive merited recognition of their qualifications and performance. , Scotland, municipal golf courses played 60% more rounds in 1946 than in 1945. . . Scotch clubmaking com- panies considering returning to ash as head material in view of inability to pay dollars for persimmon. . . Dick Chapman took special irons to Britain to use on the small- er British ball. . . He'd given the clubs a successful try-out in finishing as the second amateur in the Masters. Green section says that mole cricket, prob- ably most serious golf turf pest in south, BURKE GOLF, INC. - NEWARK, OHIO still defies completely satisfactory control. . . . Poison baits and DDT have given best CHICAGO OFFICE: 188 WEST RANDOLPH

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J. A. DUBOW MFG. CO. B. J. KESL INC, 1905-13 Milwaukee Ave. Chicago 4, 111. 220 W. MADISON ST. CHICAGO 6. ILL control so far. . . . Lew Worsham started PGA title. . . . He retired from competition caddying at age of 9. . . . Phenomenal job years ago because of an arthritic left arm. of restoring war-damaged course done at . . . He made his winter home at Southern Hoylake where British Open was played. Pines, N.C., and his summer home at Char- . . . Land mines, pastured sheep, training levoix, Mich. . . . He is survived by his home guards, concrete and barbed wire forti- widow and a son and daughter. . . . Emmet fications all damaged Hoylake so it was un- was a gracious and helpful gentleman who recognizable as a golf course in the spring contributed much to the game in which he of 1945. had a host of friends. A grand piece of Dudley Green in Nash- Jim Thomson has a record of staying on ville (Tenn.) Banner on retirement of George the job. . . . He's been at Mohawk in Sche- Livingston after 35 years as pro-gkpr., at nectady, N.Y. for 29 years In the winter Belle Meade CC. . . . Georjje came from he's been in Florida for 31 years. . . . Ten North Berwick, Scotland, when he was 31 of them were at Tampa and the last 21 at and spent a year with Jack Hobens at Engle- Ormond Beach. . . . In a bull session with wood, N.J., before coming to Belle Meade Jim during the PGA and listening to some (which then was the Nashville G&CC) of his new ideas I was again impressed by where he succeeded Charlie Hall. . . . In the how most of these veteran pros keep their Southeastern PGA in 1926 George shot the minds young, alert and searching. first 36 in 66-67, a record that needs no apolo- gies today despite all the sharpshooting. Semi-finals of the PGA brought together 3 pros' sons, Ferrier, Harbert and Bell, and Emmet French, 58, died at Bryn Mawr the son of an Italian-born railroad man, (Pa.) hospital June 9 following illness of Ghezzi. . . . Ferrier's father was born at many months. . . . Emmit was born in Phil- Carnoustie, Bell's dad in Monifieth. . . . adelphia and as pro at Youngstown (Pa.) Harbert's pappy was born in Ohio. . . . For CC became noted as a player. . . . He played a guy with some mileage on him and as a in the first US-British pro event at Glen- hard worker teaching under the Kansas City eagles, Scotland, in 1921. . . . He was defeated sun you've got to bow to Leland Gibson. by Gene Sarazen in the finals for the 1922 . . . Gib was only 7 shots behind in the

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Tndianapolis Public Links Assn., sponsors second annual father and son tournament. . . . Art Besecker pro at new Del Rio G&CC Modesto, Calif. . . . Bridgeport (Conn.) Herald ran a swell series of interviews with local pros on national and local pro situa- tion. . . . J. Walter Allen new mgr., Evan- ston (111.) GC. Dr. Robt. Dyer whose lectures before na- tional and Illinois PGA on anatomy and psy- chology of golf instruction have given golf instruction powerful pushes toward a really Mixtures carefully blended to your specificotions or our special formulas scientific basis says knickers are psycholog- for varying conditions of soil, dimate ically a good thing for the golfer. . . . Dyer and use. says changing into "uniform" helps the player £et into a better mood for the game. STRAIGHT GRASSES • BENTS'

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