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ridding Wallace already can chiN'k a big achievement ii|i to the credit of his USGA administration with the Western CiA antl the I'OA agreeing to ithide by CSOA rules. except the stymie. . . GOLF- DOM In April Inrerast that the PGA would go along with the USGA on the 14 dub rule, . , We were conservative In guessing it would take place at the next PGA an- nual meeting. , . At the Masters tourna- ment Fielding turned his soft southern sun- shine on Ed Dudley, PGA pres. and other I'GA officials and they happily threw their dimes on the drum and got saved. , . "Scotty" Fessenden, Western GA pres.. made the hallelujah chorus unanimous. Wallace is pres., Augusta National GC and Dudley is pro there, . . That made the set-up juat right for a perfect understand- ing. . , Place was right, too, as pros regard invitations to the Masters as the next thing to getting a seat at the right hand of the Throne of Judgment, . . They make some squawk about the prices but not too loud. . . Beau Jack could take care of anybody who makes a fuss. The affaire de Stranahan was entirely a matter involving practice play on a wet course. . . The Augusta club hacked Its greenkeeper, II. I. Luke, in the contro- versy. . . That's a good thing, any time. . . However, you've got to say for Frankie that if he hadn't been Frankie the incident prohahly would have Mown over with mere- ly routine jawing. , . We've thought a lot of things would have been easier on Fnuikle If he were just another tourna- ment contender worrying about being able to get out of the hotel without having to sneak his baggage down the hack stairs. .. Considering I he condlt Ions It seemed to us that Frankie usually handles himself remarkably well. At the testimonial dinner to Wallace and Dudlev the Augusta National club gave Wallace 51000 for USGA Green Section work. . . Gave Dudley a check for $1000 for PGA use. , . Augusta National gate receipts this year were more than 10% greater than 194". . . Plnkerton figures on gallery at Masters Saturday was 5,175 and for Sunday 11,185. . . Clifford Roberts, Masters tournament chairman, said cash receipts did not substantiate Pinkerton Keep Fairways Beautiful and in perfect condition with — and you know whet peifect green* and foirway* con do for your dub—liwreort membtdhip, {nervate ploy. Skinner EftQi- neert with yean of experience tn golf court* watering con give you complete watering ot lowest <o»t poitfble and with reiulft that will amaze you. Atk for a Hit of Skinner equipped courvei in your vicinity — check for yourielf. The SKINNER IRRIGATION CO., 415 Canal St., Trey, Oh free! SooVlFt on Snop- Valvei. Aik ^ for yinirt-j'Sr SKINNER Pioneer and Leader in Irrigation for nearly half a century May. 19J,8

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r i dd ing Wallace already can chiN'k a big achievement ii|i to the credit of his U S G A administration with the Western CiA antl the I 'OA agreeing to ithide by C S O A rules. except the stymie. . . GOLF-

DOM In April Inrerast that the PGA would go along with the USGA on the 14 dub rule, . , We were conservative In guessing it would take place at the next P G A an-nual meeting. , . A t the Masters tourna-ment Fielding turned his soft southern sun-shine on Ed Dudley, P G A pres. and other I 'GA officials and they happily threw their dimes on the drum and got saved. , . "Sco t t y " Fessenden, Western GA pres.. made the hallelujah chorus unanimous.

Wallace is pres., Augusta National GC and Dudley is pro there, . . That made the set-up juat right for a perfect understand-ing. . , Place was right, too, as pros regard invitations to the Masters as the next thing to gett ing a seat at the right hand of the Throne of Judgment, . . They make some squawk about the prices but not too loud. . . Beau Jack could take care of anybody who makes a fuss.

The affaire de Stranahan was entirely a matter involving practice play on a wet course. . . The Augusta club hacked Its greenkeeper, II. I. Luke, in the contro-versy. . . That's a good thing, any time. . . However, you've got to say for Frankie that if he hadn't been Frankie the incident prohahly would have Mown over with mere-ly routine jawing. , . We 've thought a lot of things would have been easier on Fnuikle If he were just another tourna-ment contender worrying about being able to get out of the hotel without having to sneak his baggage down the hack stairs. . . Considering I he condlt Ions It seemed to us that Frankie usually handles himself remarkably well.

A t the testimonial dinner to Wallace and Dudlev the Augusta National club gave Wallace 51000 for USGA Green Section work. . . Gave Dudley a check for $1000 f o r P G A use. , . Augusta National gate receipts this year were more than 10% greater than 194". . . Plnkerton figures on gal lery at Masters Saturday was 5,175 and f o r Sunday 11,185. . . Clifford Roberts, Masters tournament chairman, said cash receipts did not substantiate Pinkerton

Keep Fairways Beautiful and in perfect condition with —

and you know whet pei fect green* and fo i rway* con do for your d u b — l i w r e o r t m e m b t d h i p , {nervate ploy. Skinner EftQi-neert w i th y e a n of experience tn golf cour t* water ing con g ive you complete water ing ot lowest <o»t po i t f b l e and w i t h re iu l f t that w i l l amaze you. Atk for a Hi t of Skinner equipped courvei i n your v ic in i t y — check for you r i e l f . The SKINNER IRRIGATION CO., 415 Canal St., Trey, Oh

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May. 19J,8

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T U R F M A I N T E N A N C E S e e d e d U

O N E O P E R A T I O N ^ /

By utilising M I L O R G A N I T E — natural or-ganic fertilizer—as a carrier for grass seed, mixing the two together in properly balanced ratio (ahout 5 lbs. of seed to 40 lbs. of M I L O R G A N I T E under nvcrane conditions) — you can seed and fertilize your lawns, all in one operation.

Aside from the saving in time and labor chat this represents, it also insures more uniform distribution of seed. The M I L O R G A N I T E gives grass an earlier, healthier start, and sus-

tains growth throughout the season. MI t O R G A N I T E is also the best carrier for applying 2,4-D, D D T , chlordane. etc., for controlling weeds, Krubs, chinch bugs, ants 2nd other pests. Write to our Turf Serv ice Bu-reau for detailed data prriaitt-'rtjc to this newest method of Turf Maintenance* For best results * . . fertilize with MILORGANITE. A

Sunday figure. . . Augus ta Nat iona l had a good w a y of control l ing c rowd in its small clubhouse, . , I t charged members $2f> f o r each guest who g o t clubhouse priv i leges.

Claude Harmon, Masters winner, ge ts in the Nat ional Open field wi thout qua l i f y ing , hav ing tied with Gene Kunes and A l Smith f o r 20th place in 1947 Open. . . T i e s f o r 20th were last g e t t ing into this year 's N a -tional Open on a pass.

Did you notice the e l ig ib i l i ty clause In the U S G A Nat iona l Open announcement? - , . "K i t t r i es a re subject tn approva l o r re ject ion at any t ime { e i ther be fore or a f t e r the Sectional Qua l i f y ing rounds or during l l ie Championship) by the U S G A Execu-t i ve Commit tee in its discretion. A lso , as the G S G A is an assttciatlon of member clubs ami in holding its championships is dependent upon member clubs f o r mak ing ava i lab le courses and faci l i t ies, acceptance o f entr ies by the U S G A will he subject to acceptabi l i ty of entrants hy clubs al which qua l i f y ing and championship compet i t ions a re played. By his appl icat ion an entrant wi l l ag ree not lo protest any reject ion o f bis en t ry . "

Jim Brydon, vp, the Wor thtngton Ball Co., back on the j ob a f t e r leav ing his gal l bladder and appendix in an Elyr ia ( ( ) . ) hospital. . . Hill Ithodes new pro at I ' l s l akec GC, Me Henry, I I I . . . , Bill jo ins a fine green-

J O H N B E A N S P R A T B O O M S ore ideal for spray-ing lurf themicals. S e p a r a t e t e e d l ines d e l i v e r equal ised amounts of material to the right, left and center boom. Boom wings told bark lo avoid obstacles, or f o r traveling and drag morlters indi-cate areas that have been sprayed.

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W h e n you e q u i p wi th John B «an sprayers and special 20 notz le weed booms , r i d d i n g f a i r w o y s , r oughs , greens and fences of weeds is o fast, easy, one -man job* The John Bean weed boom del (vert a coor«e driving spray with a minimum of "dr i f t , " in controlled volume for your own spraying practice. John Boon tproyert are sturdy and reliable and are ovailoble in on output range of 4 to 60 gallons per minute. Write for tho name of yowr nearby John Bean Dealer.

TRUCK MOUNTED OR POWER TAKE-OFF. Tour choice of engine powered or power takeoff models to tult your needs and equipment.

NIG OUTPUT R A N G E . John Beon •prayers deliver from 4 to 60 gallons per minui« al 10 lo BOO pounds pres-sure, depending on the model «elected.

FIRE PROTECTION. For emergency control of grots or building ft res, John Bean high preijure iproyers ore ideal stand*by units.

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For the Finest Greens Y o u Ever Had

USE THE

OHIO SPIKE DISC CULTIVATOR

No SO Ohio S p l k t O l t ? C u l t i v a t o r . D l t c t n l v r out of wmy In w h M l i n e • c r o t t w f t l l u . ote. M i . V by ttid m t f i . o I Dunham Water Wt 'Ght L i n n Rol l-• n .

Use i t t o o p e n u p the soil t o a d m i t seed, l ime, fer t i l i zer , t o p dressing. O p e r a t e s qu ick ly and easi ly, mak ing neat l i t t l e pock-ets in the t u r f t h a t p reven t loss or waste o f seed and p r o m o t e quick g e r m i n a t i o n . A e r -ates and cu l t i va tes the soil, f o r m i n g a mu lch t h a t re ta ins mois ture . Invaluable d u r i n g the hot months, when soil is sun-h a r d e n e d .

G reenkeepe rs who once use the O h i o Spike Disc C u l t i v a t o r wou ld never be wi th-o u t one aga in . N o w o b t a i n a b l e in two h a n d - o p e r a t e d sizes — s ing le -hand led N o . 30, shown here, and doub le -hand led N o . 32. T rac to r t y p e s not ava i lab le a t present , due t o steel sho r tage . If your supply house hasn' t O h i o Spike Disc Cu l t i va to r s , w r i t e us.

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keeper, f i f i i rg f Passtield. at the I ' h l a k w layout. . . Frank Milan, pro-gkpr., and for the past 10 years also mgr., Went worth Hotel course, Portsmouth. N.I I., now Is in his 26th year at this course. . , James E. Thomas goes to Chattanooga (Tenn.) G & CC as supt. . . . (ireenkeepers in Washing-ton, D.C. (list, si ill talking about acute and complimentary analysis of their perform-ance made in address of Adm, Phillips at I heir spring meeting at A rmy and Navy club.

Gordon Br ink worth, formerly with Stan-ley Thompson & Co., golf architects. Tor-onto, and mgr., Cutten Fields. Guelph, Orit., now supt,. Minikahda elub, Minneapolis. . . Gordon's father is in charge of Jasper Park course of Canadian National Railways. . . G. Scott (Scotty ) Crawford now gen. mgr., Colonial CC, Ft. Worth, Tex., a f ter 12 years as mgr., University club, Akron, O. . . . Scotty says this year's 3rd annual $15,000 invitation will have field of 30 pros and six amateurs and will be the best of Colonial's exclusive invitation affairs.

Look at Willie Wilson who's been pro at York Harbor In New Kngland for 46 sum-mers and at Finehurst 35 falls, winters and springs, and see how golf keeps men young. . . Wil l ie is still teaching and Is a com-petent player. . . And Joe Kirk wood, now in his 37th year of exhibitions, is still a

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At last — a 100% soluble liquid fer-tilizer that will help you keep those greens and fairways in betler shape, with less work, the year around. Yes sir, "Na-Churs" Liquid Fertilizer is based on a recommended formula as developed by The Ohio Slate Uni-versity, and tt contains the proper nutrients necessary for producing and maintaining greener, thicker, healthier turf. "Na-Churs" is easy to apply: saves time, money and labor, and can be applied with your present equipment. Leading golf courses, the country over, are using this proven liquid fertilizer. Write Dept. E today (or full information and introductory offer.

" N A - C H U R S " P L A N T F O O D C O M P A N Y M a r i o n , Ohio

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In an impartial survey of lead* ing greenkeeperj testing Pura-tur( 1 7 7 , 9 out of 10 report:

1. Eradication of Dollar Spot infection within 2-7 days after application depending on se-verity of the infestation.

2. Prevention of Dollar Spot maintained by a 10-14 day spray schedule.

3. No injury is reported On bent grasses when used ac-cording to directions.

4. Elimination of and protec-tion against C o p p e r Spot diseases.

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debonair great per fo rmer . . , Joe, you' l l recall, did right wel l in the 1947 Nat ional Open.

Pe l ican G&CC, C learwater . Fla,, re-opened last winter by Orv i l l e Z immerman, reports a fine season f o r the rehabi l i tated Donald Ross course. , . The Knol l G&CC, Boonton Manor, N.J., reorganized with C. J. Weedon, pres., J. C. Eno, Inc., Scot t & Browne and other drug companies, as chmn. of Knol l 's board and Danny Wi l -l iams as pro. , . P G A tournament com-mit tee reorganized w i th George Schnelter remain ing as chmn., and Dudley, N o v a k and Wotherspoon, P G A pres., sec., and treas., respect ively, rep lac ing tournament players f o rmer l y on the commit tee . , . In announcing reorgan iza t ion Dudley warned p layers aga inst making "s ta tements t o outsiders,"

John Dear, in his third year its pro at Un i ve rs i t y of N e w Mex ico course, A lbu-querque, has long wa i t ing list f o r his gol f classes. . . J immy Demaret , cousin of the merry J immy who is the tournament cir-cuit 's Meujoi l , s igned as pro by Tr inidad (Co lo . ) CC . . . ( i eo rge Kel ls now gkpr., Spr lnghrook CC, Morr i s town, N.J. . . . Charles W . Parker , wel l known N e w E n g -land gkpr. , s igned as park supt., James I laird State Park , Pleasant Val ley , N . I .

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Jackson. Miss,, C lar ion-Ledger , in swel l sports section promotion of conducting 14-w e e k twi l ight league go l f schedule at L i v -ingston park muny course where Wa l t e r W r i g h t is new pro. . , Schedule won ' t start until July by which t ime handicaps wi l l have been established. . . P l a y wil l be eve-nings. Mondays thru Fr idays, . , Jack Red-mond. d i l igent and enterta in ing trick shot nomad, is g e t t ing a l o t o f bi l l ings f o r his "Gol f Fol l ies of 1918," touring under the sponsorship of the Ph i l ip Morr is c igare t te people. . . Grand and deserved wr i te -up Hugh Junor, veteran gkpr. . W a v e r l y CC. Por t land, Ore,, g o t in the Sunday Ore-gonian. , . I t was reprinted under " T h e A r t of Greenkeep ing " in Sport fo l lo .

Tam o'Shanter CC, George S, May's club at Chicago, installs a Transradial press lieker In its loc.kerroom for news service to members and guests. . . The service costs more than $.100 a year. . . Fred Siebrl, for 22 years caddie-master at Bryn M a w r CC (Chicago dist.) now is Tain o'Shanter's e ad die-master. . . Fred spent five years overseas with the Army and played 41 different courses in the British Isles during that period. , . Golf course to be built at Acapiilco, famed Mexican west shore resort. . , Ahoy, mates, Jimmy l)e-maret, Ben Hogan and El my Marti made "swabbers " In the Texas navy.

OH ROYERATED COURSES Reduce maintenance "handicaps" lor /our club by putting a ROYER COMPOST SHREDDER-BLENDER to work on your greens and fairways. A Royer shreds, mixes and aerates compost thai ferments better in the pile . . . holds moisture longer . . , U richer . . . goes farther . . . and does a really In-a-class-by-itsell job ol building velvety turi lor smoother goll. Costs less, loo, because a Royer and one or I wo men replace a gang. Wrile for Bulletin 46 with lull data.

Model NCB-1 3-6 Cu. Yd., pet hour

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Southern G A latest annual report shows 89 member cluhs. , . Wi lson Spor t ing Goods Co, new movie, " P l a y Be t t e r Go l f , " f ea tur ing Snead, L l o yd Mangrum, Be r g and Ferr ier , is in heavy demand and ge t -t ing fine sports page comment , . . J. V ic-tor Eas t was technical adviser on the film. . . Albin O. Holder who go t the 45th Wes te rn Open for Buf fa lo , is new member o f Western 's board. . , Holder, 33, Is youngest pres. of a b ig department store. . . He was capt. of a Georg ia Tech go l f team.

C. S. Lanier , mgr. . Un ive rs i t y o f N e w Mex ico course a t Albuquerque, reports the course had 359 play days last year . . . There w e r e t w o no-play days In January, N o v e m b e r and December . . . T h e course ave raged 134 players per day f o r 365 days o f 1917. . . Rober t Trent Jones. N e w Y o r k architect , is remodel l ing f amed old Chevy Chase Course, Washington, D. C. , . . Revision o f t raps and building new 15th green are principal changes. , . Jones also is remodel l ing the historic old Van Cort landt Park public course. . . Golf first was played on this muny course In lflflfi. , . N e w express h i ghways make necessary reconstruction of Van Cort landt park with new holes and land added by Park Com-missioner Bob Moses.

Bob Ha f l e y , mgr. . P e r r y CC, Hamilton, Tex. , has a new son who has been named

• Courses all over the country have chosen RA IN BIRD Sprinkler Heads -—available in a wide range of models that lets you choose exactly the irri-gation needed, Bv choosing the right K A I N B IRD heads first, you may save a great deal of money on piping. Wr i te for catalog.

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Bennie Byron H a f l c y a f t e r two of Bob's pals and heroes, Hogan and Nelson. . . Cl i f f Hami l ton now pro-mgr. . Rock W o o d CC, Independence, Mo . . . . Lone S ta r Cement Co. Amer i can employees a t A r g en t i n e plant 400 miles f r o m Buenos A i r e s are building a course. . . A l l N a v y tournament f o r go l f e rs f r o m all divisions of the Navy . Including the Mar ine Corps, are to compete in the A l l - N a v y tourna-ment during the week of Aug . 15 in the San Francisco area. . . A l l N a v y commis-sioned and non-commissioned personnel on ac t i ve duty are qualif ied to compete. . , T w e l v e low scorers of the a l l - N a v y tour-nament wil l p lay aga inst teams represent-ing the A r m y and the A i r Force in the Inter -Serv ice tournament to be played A u g . 25-26-27 in the San Francisco-Monterey peninsula area. . . A ! Morley, f o rmer l y asst. to Ern ie Smith a t E l y Park , Binghamton, N .Y . , goes to Sidney I N . Y . ) GC as pro. . . Dave Cousins goes f r o m Sod us B a y ( N . Y . ) GC to Tonawanda I P a . ) CC, . . A l e x Ba r r y signed as pro by Vesta l Hil ls CC, B inghamton. N . Y .

Central N V P G A held its biggest spr ing mee t ing Apr i l 5, at Onondaga hotel, Syra-cuse. , . Salesmen showed pros their 1948 lines. , , Teach ing cl inic open to public finished with mov ie o f 1947 P G A <lmrn-pionshlp. , . Industrial gol f g row ing in

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N e w York state. . . John Budd, pro at En-Jole OC, Endleott, N.Y., highly suc-cessful club of shoe company employees. Is promoting Industrial golf in series of talks nuule to luncheon and dinner meet-ings of Industrial executives and workers.

Course alteration work and group in-struction at Grove Ci ty college keeping Neil McHtigh, pro-gkpr.. Grove City (Pa,> CC working long hours. . . Special United Airl ines plane to fly contestants and wri ters non-stop, L A to Chicago, June 14 to ge t National Open contestants to Chi-cago In t ime for two days' practice before Chicago Victory Open at Midlothian CC. . . Add to the list of "old fa i thfuls" at golf clubs Bob Donnell, bartender at Mem-phis (Tenn. ) CC for 31 years.

Mt. Horeh (Wis . ) GC, 1» miles west of Madison, 9-hole course, bought hy Ken-neth Yost , pro and A i r Force vet. , . Clin-ton (111.) Junior Chamber of Commerce and park commission cooperating in get-t ing new mtiny course built to plans of Robert Bruce Harris. . . Welcome to Alex-ander I«>nt; Edgar who arrived April 2 In fami ly of Alex Edgar, gkpr,, Wichita Falls ( Tev , ) CC.

Michigan P G A schedule compiled hy committee headed hy Warren Orlick will be played with all U S G A rules. Including stymie, being observed. . . Any pro who gives money to his amateur f rom pro-am

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event prizes wil l be suspended from Michi-gan PGA tournaments. , . Pros are re-sponsible for amateurs' handicaps in the events.

Alex Wilson, Sr. Mill be pro, Alex, Jr., gkpr., and Helen Wilson, mgr., at Brae Loch GC, (J ray slake, 111., 9-hole public course. . . The Wilsons were at Indian Lake GC (sometimes known as Orchard Island), Russell Point, O,, until course was bought for real estate subdivision. . . Don tl 'Onofrio, formerly with his uncle, Sammy Belfore, at Daytona Beach, Fla... now is assl, to Warren Orllck al Monroe (Mich.) G&CC. . . John Pomeroy, new pres., Cluh Managers Assn. of America, now in his 21st year as mgr., Red litin GC (Detroit tlist.). . . Fashion shows wllh club women as models and with models furnished by cooperating stores have been getting a big play at metropolitan dls-Irlet country clubs this spring.

Harry Collins appointed mgr., Summit Hills GC, Covington. Kv . . . . Pete Cas-sella pro at Island Hills GC ( N Y Met. dist.t. . . Westchester County, N.Y., play-ers on its four public courses complain so loudly about nan'residents of the county jamming the courses, non-resident green fees are raised. . . Benefit movie shows at local picture houses are staged to finance improvements on Vermillion,

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S D., course. , . Mt. Vernon (Mo. ) GC reopened after closing during war.

Protest of New England PGA ngalnst barring Bobby Locke from the PGA championship appearing in the papers ami plea for Locke voiced by Jimmy Demaret and Lloyd Mangrum indicates that the command of P G A pres. Dudley to keep tournament controversies out of the [tapers Isn't being taken too seriously. . , Locke says statement of P G A tournament chmn. George Schnelter that Locke was ineligible for PGA championship because he (Locke ) wouldn't become a PGA mem-ber although not a visitor, was inaccurate. . , Locke says he applied for PGA mem-bership when he was In the U.S. last year but was not admitted. . . Locke further declares he is in this country on a visitor's visa. . , St. Louis promoters of the PGA championship sure wish Locke would be around to help the gale.

New England P G A annual spring meet-ing, merchandise mart session and busi-ness clinic held at Boston Apri l 12 was the usual smart kick-off of what the Yankee pros expect will be a great sea-son. . . Fine job Larry Robinson did in compiling a directory of facilities for public and other fee course golfers in N Y metropolitan district. . . TTie directory

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ran in N . Y . VVorld-Telegram in three in-stal lments. . . Jack Schneiterman back at M t . P leasant CC, Worces ter . Mass., f o r his 13th season. . . Ve t e ran A . J. (Buck ) E w i n g back in circulat ion around Miami distr ict a f t e r seven month bad spell with an in fected heel.

V i rg in ia Keenan, 25, phys. ed. teacher at Cristobal ( P a n a m a ) high school, won Panama Women ' s championship at Brazos Brook CC, at At lant ic terminal of Pana-ma canal. . . Miss Keenan defeated Mrs. Louis Luetcke , w i f e of an a r m y o f f i c e r at Fort Bra/.os, 4 and 3, and played out the bye holes to get a 2-under-women's par 10. , . Gilbert Bergdol l new gkpr., Kosh-konong Mounds GC, F t . Atk inson. Wis . . . • T w i n Oaks CC, Rosed ale, K y „ con-tinues w i th !) holes, . . T w i n Oaks other 9 now is site of race track.

T . E. Adams , Des Moines, la., building new 9-hole course at Lebanon, Mo. . . . Frankl in ( K y . ) CC construct ing course and clubhouse. . . Valpara iso , Ind., get -t ing 9-hole nniny course. . . Midland Hil ls CC, Murphysboro, 111., be ing revived. , . R e g g i e Myies , pro. W a l n u t Hills GC, Lansing. Mich.. Mrs. Myles, daughter. Alene, and Regg i e , Jr., c ame back f r om winter v is i t to Scotland and Eng land w i th a 120-year-old golf ball. . . Je f ferson I la, 1 G & C C t o build new clubhouse and com-muni ty center .

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A d e q u a t e W a t e r S e r v i c e P a y s !

There ' s a dependable Myers Water System that will supply plenty ot water at low cost for your needs—for watering fairways and greens; spray-ing weeds; for locker and shower rooms, complete water service in clubhouse and other buildings. See your Myers dealer and inspect the wide range of Ejecto and Plunger Types. Capacities up to 4500 gallons per h o u r ; p r essures up to 250 pounds. Write for catalog.

Eddie Burke moves from Race Brook CC, N e w Haven, Conn., to Woodhrldge GC, near New llaven as pro. . . Have Stewart goes from asst. spot with Vic Ober hammer at Quaker Ridge CC ( N Y Mel dlsl.) as pro to llace Brook. . . John-ny Stevens, long pro at Kockland CC ( N Y Mel dist.) now running Gut of Bounds G&CC fee course near Suffern, N.Y., formerly known as Houvenkopf club, . . Green Meadow CC. ( N Y Met dist.) has new owners and now is known as Ilasty Brook CC.

You may see another Dcmaret harvest-ing some of that tournament circuit let-tuce. . . Milton Demaret. pro at Brae Burn CC, Houston, has taken on the promising Elroy Marti as asst. which will give Milton a chance to get away for some tournaments. . . Combination golf and yachting club planned for Ft. Lauder-dale. Fla. . . . What a great play reopen-ing of Greenbrier got in the newspapers and news reels. . . Sam Snead had some fancy amateur company with Bing Crosby. Duke of Windsor, "Chessie" Young and other business, society and show-business headliners. . . Other pro stars helped Sam on the receiving line.

Billy Bell called ill for plans lo com-plete Meadowlark Alondra Park course at Torrance, Calif., which was 10% com-

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pleled by W l ' A years ago, llien aban-doned. • " Braven l>yer, L A Times sports columnist, [tolled pros at Southern Calif. PGA meeting anil of (ifS ballots cast 27 picked lien Hogan as winner of 194H Na-tional Open, . . Second choice was Lloyd Mangrum with I I votes. . . Mangrum was lirst choice as "hest gol fer in the game today" with 30 votes. . . Hogan was second with 2S. . . Sncad got 4 anil l>e-maret, Locke and Nelson 2 each.

Elyria (O.I CC rebuilding burned club-house at cost of about 5250,000. . . Felice Toraa opens golf range at Wet hers field, Conn. . . . Milton C. Fish resigns after 46 years at Woods Hole (Mass.I GC. . . Fish started as gkpr., then became mgr. and pro. , . Fish is succeeded by Herman E. Wessner, Mass. State College green-keeping school graduate. . . Mike Rooney is pro at new Cool Creek CC, York, Pa., fee course.

Fred Corcoran signs Henry Cotton for a year's contract of exhibitions in I'.S. . , . Fred told Arthur Sampson o( Host on Herald Cotton said there weren't 1(1 young caddies in England good enough to be considered for international junior or caddie team match such as Fred sug-gested. . . Monti cello ( In. ) CC 9-hole course opened. . . Cedar Rapids, la., en-larging Ellis park muny course from !i to

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18 holes. . . Joe Dowe signed as Denver (Colo. ) CC pro.

Paducah ( K y . ) muny course given to city by Junior Chamber of Commerce to need major reconstruction as result of super-highway planned to run thru course site. . . Wi th Stewart Maiden becoming pro at At lanta 's new Peachtree GC, folks already are wondering if Auld Kiltie will develop another kid to Bobby Jones go l f -ing stature. , , Norwood Hills CC west course adds 200 yds. for 1948 P G A cham-pionship. . , Course is 3,113 yds., par 35 out and 3,354, par 36 in, . . N e w slant in tournament publicity was picture in N e w Rochelle ( N . Y . ) Standard-Star showing

gkpr. Joseph Barero with new equipment for conditioning W y k a g y l course f o r Goodall Round-Robin. . . A r t Milton, pro; Eric Scott, mgr.. and Charles Novotny, asst. pro, in the picture too.

Hearst newspapers' national junior championship will be played at Charles River CC, Newton, Mass,, Aug. 11 and 19. , . Aug . 18 lads under 21 who qualify will be taken on a sight-seeing and golfing trip to Cape Cod. , . Friday, Aug. 30, boys will have another day of night-seeing and golf . . . Tournament will be 72 holes medal on Tuesday and Thursday. . . Hearst news-papers throughout U.S. are g iv ing the event strong publicity.

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Cleaning a swath 9 ft , wide at a speed o( 8 miles an hour the Picker-Upper gathers up golf be Ik with effortless e f f ic iency . . . it gets 'em all and deposits them In a hopper ready (or speedy replacement at the tees.

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Laurence Brook CC, near N e w Bruns-wick, N.J., o f f ered to county if county w i l l maintain it. , . County prisoner labor suggested f o r wo rk on the course. . . AH season t ickets to Colonial C C invitat ion a t F t . W o r t h have been sold t o members. . , Charles F. Vat te ro t t , Jr., who de-ve loped St. Louis, Mo., suburb of St. Ann. has bought land f o r go l f course f o r the v i l lage . . . N e w clubhouse to be built f o r H a r t w e l l CC. elub of employees of Cin-cinnati (O . ) Gas & Electr ic Co.

Auct ion sale of machinery and mer-chandise staged to aiil f inancing of T y l e r ( T e x . ) GC. . . Oca la ( F l a . ) niuny course revamped by Wni , F . Gordon, architect . . .

Oea la to have new muny clubhouse. . . Bob I l a g g e r t y new pro at St. I j iw r ence G&CC, Canton, N . Y . . . . H i gh school league play renew ed at San Francisco. . . It had been out since 1911 due to " l a ck o f faci l i t ies and w a y w a r d scor ing, " says A r t Rosenhaum in San Francisco Chron-icle.

Springf ie ld i Mass , ) Union and Republ i -can comment ing editor ia l ly on absence of a N e w Eng land date on P G A summer tourney schedule and f o rmer prominence of N e w Eng land on ma j o r tournament calendar, can be part ia l ly at t r ibuted to "w idespread g r o w t h of gol f in recent t imes rather than any decline In enthu-

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Amazing New Member of the family — The Tee-er-Upper A new iami-automatic tee, built of aluminum and rust proof steel. Strong and serv iceable . Wi l l speed play on your range, C u t i ball theft . N e v e r mils ok. Answer to a Pro's prayers. N o mora stoop-ing. Works easy.

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GJ an dale 4, California Dear Mr. Fonken: After having your "Tee-er-Upper " for two weeks. I en-dorse your claims for It moat heartily, i! La a splendid addition to your other tine aide to golf. I will have plea, sure in allowing and recommending your product* to my clients. Wishing you every rucceu .

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I f you wont the grinder whose users soy —

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In its 15th season serving the nation'* leading £o|f clubs, the Carpenter Grinder is a marvel of precision, simplicity and speedy work. Study these features. N O OTHER G R I N D E R OFFERS SUCH A DESIRABLE C O M B I N A T I O N OF A D V A N T A G E S .

1. Machine is complete without accessories, no hoist or auxiliary holding device needed.

2. The one cradle holds either reel or bed knife*

3. Accommodates all sizes of mowers including the largest tractor drawn units.

4. Grinds to any desired bevel, fol lowing manufactur-er's grind,

5. Coarse and micro adjustments of grinding head pro-vide speeed and precision.

6. Overhead grind and EXCLUSIVE ARC-ADJUST TRAVERSE positively assure A N EVEN C U T ALL ACROSS. THE G R A H A M D E F I N I T E L Y EXCELS I N T H I S RESPECT.

7. Entire setting and operation is without tools.

8. N o mechanical teaming or grinding experience needed to operate with 100% results.

t . Mechanically R I G H T , extremely rugged. W e have plenty of 15-year-old grinders in use today.

H a r e I t THE g r i nde r l o r a c lub t h a t must hove ve l ve t greens and we l l - kep t f a i r w a y s , end wan ts to keep Its mowers en the job, not a lways l ined up in shop awa i t * ing g r ind ing . Ge t comple te i l l us t ra ted bu l le t in and p r i ce d a t a N O W .

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siasm in this a rea . " . . . The editorial con-cludes: " In v iew of a s t rong sent iment a t many clubs against turning their valu-able propert ies over to mobs of s t rangers f o r a week, it is fut i le to predict that Massachusetts eve r w i l l regain the g l o r y o f its pr ime in this respect , "

Cedar Crest CC, Dallas, Tex. , greens f o r ce competed in an 18 hole tournament With eve rybody ge t t ing a prize f rom a club o f f ie ia l . . . Record field at national Intercol leg iate championship last year has N C A A o f f i c ia l s exper iment ing in Texas w i th a sectional qua l i f y ing round idea which m a y be adopted f o r the 1949 inter-col leg iate . . . Jim La l l y goes to St . Johnsbury ( V t . ) CC as pro. . . Clark Ha ley new pro at Lampasas ( Tex . ) CC. . . N e w England greenkeepers have kept v ig i lant watch this spr ing to prevent, if possible, any adverse results f r om last w inter ' s record heavy snow.

Joey Rey named pro a t Pasat i empo GC, near Santa Cruz, Cal i f , . . . Pa t Mahoney moves f r o m Pasa t i empo t o be pro a t L a k e Merced (Ca l i f . ) CC. . . Don Wh i t e signed aa pro a t Mississinewa CC, Peru, Ind. . . . W i l l ow Brook CC, A rden McLaughl in , owner, opens at L a k e Odessa, Mich., June ), . . George Davi3 wil l be pro, . , Brock-ton, Mass., en larg ing clubhouse at D. W .

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Field muny course, . . Augus ta (Ga . ) Hera ld cal ls Masters tourney the "wor ld 's series of g o l f . " . . . Old Ken tucky Home CC, Bardstown, Ky. , bui lding new club-house.

Jack Burke, faculty mgr., I'eabody (Mass. ) I IS resigns as director of Mass. state high school golf championship be-cause of "pressure of other school duties." . . . Jack established the event in 193-t.

Pla inv iew, Tex . to en large i ts course f r o m 9 t o 18 holes. . . Geo r g e Turpie . 68. is still teaching every clay a t N e w Orleans C i t y Pa rk . . , George has been a pro for a lmost 50 years now and still is ful l of v i go r and fresh in ideas. . . Garre t t , Ind., E lks sell 9-hole course and clubhouse to H a r v e y L . Schmidt. . . M ich igan City . Ind., in dr ive to build muny course club-house.

Jim Fogerty signed as pro by Sunset CC, St. Louts dlst, . . . Leo McNamara now with Wilson's pro dept. at New York. . . Leo is another of the line sons of the late Toni McNamara who was second in the National Open of I9 I I9 , 1818 anil 1 f) 15. . . Leo is taking the placc of his brother, Tom, Jr., who died suddenly last January at 311. Vernon <N,Y,) hospital after being sirickcii with a heart altack.

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