NEWS OF THE GOLF WORLD IN BRIEF Hy Turkin, New York sports New owners have big plans for writer, does really great job in restoring the old glories of the compact career story in The place. Sporting Goods Dealer about Indiana PGA annual meeting Vinnie Richards, the tennis at Indianapolis April 13 . "Boy Wonder" who recently Robert Trent Jones, architect, was made Dunlop Tire & Rub- to be honored at dinner at Myr- ber Co. vp . Pros and assist- tle Beach, S. C. Dunes Golf and ants can get helpful selling in- Beach Club, April 5 . Jones formation on "Birth of an Iron" designed the course, one of the series of iron club manufactur- fine tests of golf in the south- ing pictures Wilson Sporting HERB GRAFFIS east . Jean Broderick, for- Goods Co. ran as a center merly of San Jose (Calif.) spread in its company magazine, "Memo." State College golf team now asst. to Joe Moniz, Jr., at Green Gables CC, Edgewater, USGA Executive committee establishes Colo. Green Gables making $150,000 Research and Education Fund for Green addition to clubhouse. Section . Commercial firms and others which have made research contributions to Harry D. Nash, 53, sports reporter and Green Section are invited to allot $100 per broadcaster for Newark (N. J.) News and . Nothing from this fund will be used for its radio station died of a heart attack USGA administrative costs. March 19 in Fitkin memorial hospital, Nep- Northeastern Wisconsin Golf Assn. clubs tune, N. J. He had been ill for several to have their annual golf club operations months . Harry began covering sports clinic at Oshkosh (Wis.) CC May 10 . with the Binghampton (N. Y.) Sun in 1926 Iowa golf club officials, supts., pros and and after working on the New York Post managers to meet at Sunnyside GC, Water- went to the Newark News in 1934 . He loo, April 26 . Ken Weiler, formerly asst. succeeded the late Hal Sharkey as golf to Lou Strong at Park Ridge (111.) CC now writer . With Ted Husing Nash made pro at Kishwaukee CC, De Kalb, 111. the first broadcasts of National Open and Roy Wallin to Mason City (la.) CC as pro. Amateur championships . He really knew golf and golfers and set a standard Connecticut PGA annual golf show and for golf wireless coverage few have been dinner at Bon hotel, Hartford, April 15 . able to equal . He was a thoroughly fine A1 Wyman from Edgewood GC, Fargo, fellow and a master at his business . He N. D., to Briergate GC, Deerfield, 111., as is survived by his widow, a son, a daughter, pro-supt. Frank Mitchell, Kroydon sales and 5 brothers. mgr., recently demonstrated his line con- vincingly at the Maplewood (N. J.) CC Bud Holscher hired by Harry Cooper to . He poured in an ace on the 18th . be Harry's asst. at Metropolis CC (NY Second time he's aced that hole. Met dist.) . Metropolitan (N. Y.) Golf Assn. for first time in its history will use Maryland's governor, Baltimore's mayor, 6 18-hole for Metropolitan area qualifying and park officials are working members of for National Open . Ray Lundeen now a committee to make big things of Fifth mgr., Fergus Falls (Minn.) CC. annual eastern open at Mount Pleasant course, Baltimore, May 20-23 . Irv Annual Field Day at New Jersey Agri- Schloss is pro there .. It's a public course, cultural Experiment Station, New Bruns- great condition and fine test of golf . wick, N. J., Aug. 3 . Ray Parker, pres.. National Brewing Co. putting up $20,000 Concord Hotel Co., adding Doc Middlecoff for the event . 19th annual Midwest am- and Doug Ford to his Kiamesha Lake, ateur at French Lick Springs (Ind.) hill N. Y. pro staff of Jimmy Demaret and course May 7-9 . Roy SenefiF is pro . Jackie Burke . George and Babe Za- April, 195 If 3 harias have sold Tampa (Fla.) G&CC to Lee H. Dentzer, Cleveland (O.) trucking magnate . Derek Dentzer, owner's son, Take fatigue out of sports now operating the club . Johnny Suggs, father of Louise, leases Lithia Springs and trim your waistline (Ga.) CC and plans extensive improve- ments . He built the course in 1932 and ... wear operated it until 1948 . Druid Hills GC, Atlanta, Ga., holds its annual Dogwood in- vitation tournament April 22-25 . Jim Gill to Carolina CC, Raleigh, N. C. as pro. BREEKS Fred Rayzor Cobb, 55, coach of North Texas State College golf teams who devel- oped great players and the team that won four consecutive national intercollegiate championships (1949 thru 1952) died sud- denly at Denton, Tex., March 17 . Cobb entered golf through Bob Jones with whom he attended Georgia Tech . Cobb was a football star there. Henry James Whigham, 84, winner of second and third USGA National Amateur Scientifically championships in 1896 and '97 died at his designed to hold home in New York . He was a son-in-law abdomen up of Charles B. 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