NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF USGA awards 1956 National CC, now supt. at Hannastown Amateur to Knollwood Club, (Pa.) GC . , . Alan Smith now Lake Forest, 111.... Event to be pro at Quantico (Va.) Marine played Sept. 10 through 15 . Base GC . Bill Strausbaugh, Knollwood got the champion- formerly Andy Gibson's asst. at ship after Los Angeles CC noti- CC of Maryland, Baltimore, fied USGA the club would have now pro at Fountain Head to withdraw its acceptance of Club, Hagerstown, Md. the championship, due to "in- Fire severely damaged club- adequate facilities." . Knoll- house of Suburban GC, Union, wood, in northern sector of Chi- N. J. Bill Chadwick, top cago district, was designed by HERB GRAFFIS hockey referee retiring after 16 Colt and Alison and built in the years as rink official, to become mid-20s .. Length is 6,970 .. Par 73. gen. mgr., Pine Hollow CC, East Norwich, Some older pro stars beginning to N. Y. Pro Nolan Murrah modernizing worry about getting on Ryder Cup team Lions' muny course at Columbus, Ga. this year... Point system of rating Ryder New York State's Bethpage Park to be Cup candidates already has some of the world's biggest golf establishment next big names far back in the running... year when its 5th course, the White, is Point system rarely understood by golfers completed ... Present courses are the Red, or press .. Simplest and soundest system Green, Blue and Black ... Bethpage now is for professional rating is prize money tied with Pinehurst at four courses each winnings, even with George S. May's $50,- .. .Results of indoor instruction at night 000 World championship first prize assur- school classes for adults at high schools, ing a pro a Ryder Cup place with only YMCAs and YWCAs, reflected in many one victory ... PGA champion and Na- newcomers to courses this spring ... New tional Open champion would have to be Jersey had many of those night school on if they also won but one event apiece golf classes with Andy Sikora of Beacon ... Pros who don't play in enough tourna- Hill CC, Charles Harmon of Rumson CC, ments to place among first ten money Dan Billy of Oak Ridge CC, and other winners would simply be out of luck ... pros teaching. Steady campaigners would have an ad- Alvin Heller takes over operation of vantage their support of tournament cir- Lakeside CC, 3Iilan, Ind.... Harry W. cuit events justifies. Schaefer appointed mgr., Bobby Jones GC, Harry Markel in his 33d year as pro Sarasota, Fla.... Lloyd Dillard, from at Berkshire CC, Reading, Pa.... Guyan Venice (Fla.) G&CC now pro at Bobby CC, Huntington, YV. Va., soon to formally Jones ... Wally Beets from Manhattan open new $400,000 clubhouse... Harry R. (Ks.) CC to be pro at Salina (Ks.) CC Snyder, formerly of Lynn, Mass., buys ... C. P. Allendorf, asst. comptroller, Al- 9-hole Caro (Mich.) GC ... Harry Biagotti lis-Chalmers Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., in 27th year as pro at Holyoke (Mass.) named operations director of Lincoln Hills CC ... Gabe Banick, pro at Lakepointe CC, which company bought for reported CC (Detroit dist.) seriously injured in $224,500 as employees' country club. auto accident. Elmore (Gil) Collins now supt., Crest- York County (Pa.) Amateur Golf Assn. moor CC, Creston, la.... Wheeler Johnson increased to ten clubs this year, by addi- in Washington (D.C.) Star has interest- tion of new Briarwood and Range End ing story about Adm. Jack Phillips, new courses... Bill Silvas, former asst. to pres., Washington District Golf Assn. and Perry Del Vecchio at Greensburg (Pa.) green chmn., Army Navy CC . Adm. Phillips, a familiar figure at course super- intendents' regional and national meet- ings, is regarded by the supts. as one of Atlai Lawn Mower the top chairmen in golf and his own club members and supt., Jimmy Thomas, LAPPING MACHINE heartily O.K. that judgment. Now In Use In Over 400 Go If Courses/ Chipley, Fla., 9-hole muny course being restored... Holden (Mass.) CC, 9-hole course designed by Wm. Mitchell and owned by Capital Investors, Inc., to open in June ... Lemont S. Fairchild to be mgr. ... Alex (Buck) Kinsfather, formerly pro at Walla Walla, Wash., Memorial Park course, now pro-mgr.-supt. Riverwood GC, Dundee, Ore. Henry Cieri planning to enlarge his A compact, light-weight machine for lap- ping all models of Hand, Power and Gang Sunset course at Hollywood, Fla., from 9 Mowers! May be easily used on work bench to 18 holes ... This will give Hollywood or floor, eliminating the lifting of heavy mowers. The simple height adjustment for three 18-hole courses ... Shawnee (Okla.) the reel shaft may be used from to Elks second 9, construction of which was 10^". Equipped with several attachments totit different reel shafts. Metal blocks for halted by expense of repairing tornado rollers. Steel stands to support the mower. damage to course and clubhouse, being FULLY GUARANTEED completed under direction of pro Walter List Price. Without Motor 39.00 Wright. List Price. With Motor $61.50 Tony Longo on pro job at Glenmere CC, Write for Bulletin. Chester, N. Y Excellent series describ- ing Jersey shore golf courses written by Atlas Lawn Equipment Co. Bill Placek in Asbury Park (N. J.) Press 9761 Olive Street Road, St. Louis 24, Missouri ... Bill got good smart cooperation from THE RIGHT WEED-KILLERS FOR YOUR COLF COURSE! DOLGE SS WEED-KILLER — Sure death to weeds on your sand traps, parking areas, tennis courts — wherever NO VEGETATION WHATEVER is wanted. SS kills on contact; penetrates deep down to the roots, sterilizing the soil. 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Y., : structed, precision built unit, made will be open this summer after two years for years of satisfactory service. of $450,000 course and clubhouse construc- tion program ... Course designed by A. H. Second, you get top dressing com- Tull. .. Work begun on new Houston pletely mixed and blended to a (Tex.) CC course designed by Robert fine, uniform texture, trash free, Trent Jones ... Expect to be playing new ready for use. course in summer, 1956 .. Jones says Third, you reduce the labor needed course will vary from 5800 yds. to 7300 for preparing top dressing by as yds., and from back tees will be nation's longest, with possible exception of Peach- much as 89%. tree at Atlanta. Moderately priced, the savings you Charley Wipperman now pro at Breath- make in costly manhours now nach CC, Cuyahoga Falls, O., succeeding ! needed for such work will repay Hans Merrell who has leased 9-hole Moga- ! the initial cost of this machine in dore course, in Summit County, O.... I a very short time. Work begins on new 18-hole course, club- house, pool, etc., of Mt. Pleasant CC, Boylston, Mass.. .. Wm. Mitchell is archi- Tough, springy/ wear- resistant turf with the deep root system that means longer life, finer greens. £ Illustrated is the Model CA-2, newest in the|§ Royer line; easily portable; capacity 6 to cu. yds. per hr. To get complete information on what the = Royer can do for you, features of construction, how it works, P\airtfo»od etc., send for new Bulletin For Prof nvonol Uw 55-S. Models and sizes are shown in detail from the small Junior to the massive, bucket fed "Y" series with 150 cu. yd. per hr. capacities ROYER foundry & machine co., 171 PRINGLE ST.. KINGSTON. PA. BBS tect... Present 9-hole course of Mt. Pleas- ant CC, formerly known as Leicester (Mass.) CC, offered for sale. Joe Dante becomes pro at Rockaway River (N. J.) CC, succeeding Danny Wil- liams, jr., who resigned to rejoin his father, Danny, sr., at Knoll GC, Boonton, N. J.... Elwood Poore, Jr., succeeds his father as mgr.-pro at Valley Forge (Pa.) CC . Young Poore recently graduated from Duke university . He and his brother Francis grew up around the pro shop of their father, who died recently. SPRINKLERS Ray Stefanik from Lake Forest CC and (Cleveland dist.) now pro at Arrowhead QUICK-COUPLING Valves CC, Canton, O. Pete Goebels, for- merly pro at New Bern, N. C., and at The Perfect Combination for Helena, Ark., now pro at Pine Lakes In- Low-Cost Controlled Irrigation. ternational CC, Myrtle Beach, S. C.. .. Pine Lakes Club to start on construction See your authorized BUCKNER of second 9 soon... Lloyd Quinn and wife distributor. He is trained to help now operating Vernonia (Ore.) G&CC... Alec Ternyei, pro at Shackamaxon CC, you plan for greater irrigation Scotch Plains, N. J., subject of very inter- efficiency and economy. esting story by Red Hoffman in Newark News . 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