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Right now clubs should forget fairway fertiliza-tion. Milorganite fed courses wil l not fare too badly without being fertilized for a year or two. A f te r the war, or when fertilizer is more plentiful, fairways can be restored quickly— with Milorganite alone—or by using Milarsen-ite first to curb weeds and clover.

Greens and tees should not be neglected. They should get enough fertilizer to ward off dis-ease and maintain dense turf. Some Mi l -organite will be available for this purpose, but if you can't get all you need, please remember that M I L O R G A N I T E , too, has gone to war . . . for increasing food production and for building turf on airfields.

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Jim Haines, ingenious course supt. at Denver CC has the lea f problem solved by a rake 11 f t . wide operated f r o m a tractor. . . . Jim's g rea tes t new production, though, is a red-headed new son. . . . W a r t i m e production at the Denver club has been notable, J im's new son being matched by the new baby daughter in the f am i l y of the club's manager , Howard Mehlman.

AROUND WITH THE PROS ^ Stanley Davies , Omaha ( N e b . ) F ie ld club veteran, a lways comes up wi th an idea f o r the good of the cause. Las t month Stanley took his f irst t ime off in two years and took a quick t r ip to F lor ida. H e says Jack Ross, Geo rge Gordon and Steve Ploudre we r e among the many who treated him to a most sincere and cordial welcome. H e re-marked that he real ized the imperat i ve need that all pros keep their conduct up to the high standard of gent lemen sportsmen to mer i t the appreciat ion of such hospital i ty.

Stanley tells o f a ve ry interest ing v is i t with N e d Eve rhar t at Miami Bi l t -more. A l though Miami Bi l tmore has been taken over by the government as a rehabil i tat ion hospital Ned is still kept busy heal ing the battered soldiers w i th go l f . N e d to ld Stanley of a colonel who had an arm shot away. The off icer was v i r tual ly essential in an impor-tant job. In g e t t i ng him back into shape Ned had the colonel shoot ing a pre t ty f a i r g ame o f go l f w i th one arm, and by that means restored the man's confidence and built up compensat ing dexter i ty with the man's remain ing arm. Ned said i t was a job that he's prouder of than any other individual case he's handled in many years as a pro, and Eve rhar t has turned out some good go l f e rs .

N e d fu r the r told Davies that a f t e r ta lk ing with doctors and seeing the work go l f has done at that rehabi l i ta-t ion hospital he is sure that v e r y f e w

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J. H. Tay l o r is authority f o r the statement that Arnaud Massy, only Frenchman ever to win the Brit ish Open (1907) , had an Engl ish vocabu-lary then l imited to "Lad ies and gen-tlemen, I thank you very much." . . . Massy marr ied a North Berwick gir l . . . . H is daughter, born while he was winning the Brit ish Open at Hoy lake , was christened Hoy lake Massy. . . . James Braid, "Go l f Month ly , " also re-minds, had a son born while he was winning the Brit ish Open at Muir f ie ld the year before , and named this f irst-born H a r r y Muirf ie ld Braid. . . . Damned good thing the same circum-stances didn't occur during the U . S. Open result ing in babies named Shinne-cock, Myopia , Baltusrol, W inged Foot , Canterbury or Colonial.

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One f e l l ow who has a tough new job ahead of him and who wi l l do it well is Bruce Herd, recently appointed genl . mgr . of F lossmoor CC (Ch i cago d is tr ic t ) where the 1923 Nat iona l A m a t e u r was played.

That grand old gentleman, F rank Brunner, who 's been the club's manage r f o r more than 20 years, ret ired and Bruce was ordered to take over. Bruce is one of the soundest businessmen in pro circles. H e has fine judgment , can read the story in figures, and has been a close companion and keen stu-dent of the managers and greenkeepers at clubs to which he's been attached, so he's learned a lot f r o m some of the best men in the business.

The appointment of Bruce Herd as general manager o f a first class, l a r ge country club is an indication that the f e l l ow in pro go l f who considers him-sel f to be in a b ig business rather than merely the operator of a l i t t le teaching, sales and caddie-management department, doesn't need to w o r r y about go l f not hav ing a fu ture f o r him.

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F loyd Far l ey , pro at the Wood l awn Publ ic GC, Inc., Oklahoma City , Okla., says that the pro who thinks that his p layers are ball hoarders and won ' t turn in old balls f o r recondit ioning is not g o ing a f t e r the used balls in the r i gh t way .

Fa r l e y sent out 1000 letters that g a v e his members the real close-up on the ball situation. Results astonish h im. H e says that when the " tennis shoe " go l f e r s wi l l respond it 's proof that the pr ivate club members can be sold on cooperat ing in the used ball col lect ion

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campaign. The job, F loyd says, is to g e t across to the players that unless they kick in there won't be any g o l f — and they do want gol f .

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A n interest ing combination sales idea comes f r o m By Chamberlain. By makes an o f f e r of lunch at the club and a go l f lesson at one price. H e says pros who intend to use the idea had better be sure that transporta-tion is such that the players can ge t out to the club f o r lunch.

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Ame l Lentz and his w i f e , who make a g rea t team in conducting pro dept. operations at the Interlaken GC, Fa i r -mount, Minn., haven' t sold a member or guest more than two balls per round since the manufacture of new balls was discontinued. When the necessity of col lect ing used balls f o r recondit ioning became sharp, the Lentz ' insisted on having a used ball turned in be f o r e a reconditioned ball could be pur-chased.

By prov ing to the members that the ball situation rea l ly was tough A m e l says that he and his w i f e have the members in the habit of helping in the ball campaign and keeping the g a m e go ing .

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Mike Murra, pro at the Wich i ta ( K a n . ) CC is one of the smartest pros among the br ight lot in the midcon-tinent. T o g i v e you a tip on how Mike doesn't over look any bets: He has been g i v i n g f r ee classes f o r women once a week this winter . The women turn out in la rge numbers and appreciate M ike ' s thought fulness because most of them are so busy in Red Cross and other war work that their go l f has been sluniping, and their recreation op-portunit ies are f e w .

Mike did a g r ea t job at his shop last y ea r by keeping it wel l stocked wi th what equipment he could ge t and with accessories. It took a lot of wr i t i ng around and shopping but it paid off by hav ing at tract ive and ample stock. Murra asks his members to turn in an old ball f o r e ve ry reconditioned one bought, and g ives them the same credit he's g iven by the makers.

H e fo l l owed up on instruction closely last year ; checking to see that his t ime was made convenient f o r members so each of them could ge t a lesson about e ve ry two weeks. He supplied the pract ice balls. Mike 's b ig w o r r y last y ea r was the caddie shortage but by making up the shortage of boys wi th kaddie karts he managed to keep his p layers satisfied.

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In about 15—or maybe 50—years Joe

Novak o f Bel A i r may rece ive due recognit ion as the one who g o t the P G A real ly go ing in o rgan i z ing go l f instruction on a genera l ly e f fec t ive basis comparable to instruction in other sports. I t has been a hell o f a tough job and only a guy of Joe's d ip lomacy and high standing with his bro ther pros could have carried the P G A instruc-tion committee activit ies as f a r as they have gone.

The posit ive individualistic opinions of many pros regard ing instruction have made Novak ' s job difficult, as he has to reconcile confl icting ideas with-out ge t t ing operatic temperaments so riled the art ists won' t cooperate. But the groundwork nationally has been es-tablished firmly by Joe "and his com-mittee.

R i gh t now, in our opinion, the P G A is missing the b iggest opportuni ty of its history by not having an instruc-tion and entertainment film on the order of baseball 's magni f icent films wide ly distributed to soldiers and sail-ors. That should be among the first of go l f ' s link w i th w a r e f for t .

W e recent ly have seen returns to an Esquire magaz ine poll which gets tremendous response f r o m civ i l ians and Amer ican soldiers and sailors in this country and a t all overseas bases.

One o f the questions asked was whether go l f instruction measured up to in-struction in other sports. The ma jo r i t y o f answers would be a shock to the pros and impressive ly indicated that the instruction commit tee should be recognized by pros and manufacturers as the most important o f the P G A public contact committees and strongly financed.

But, the f o r ego ing is aside f r o m the swel l job Joe's doing at his own club. One of the standout f ea tures at Bel A i r is the w a y caddies are handled. A s the caddie still is regarded as v i r tual ly essential a t the pr ivate club and as there is v e r y l i t t le tw i l i gh t in Cali-forn ia , go l f games must be started at noon instead of the start being de-layed until a f t e r school hours. This means the clubs are f o rced to use fu l l -t ime boys as caddies.

In order to make the j ob attract ive to these caddies Bel A i r has a clubroom f o r them, and operates a lunch room f o r them; a lunch room in which they can g e t e ve ry th ing f r o m ham and eggs in the morn ing to steaks ( i f ava i lab le ) at night. The caddie restaurant v e r y o f ten of fers , in addition to its own menu, some i tem f r o m the club's main restaurant.

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CONTENTS COVER—Short 14th, No. 3 course, Pinehurst C. C., Pinehurst, N. Car., scene of the 42nd annual North and South Open.

Making the Swing 3 Asks Turf Research 11 Letter from Home 13 Julian Curtiss Passes 15 Managers in Clinic 16 Joe Roseman Dies 22 War Forces Trap Fill - 26 C.D.G.A. Greens Meet 30 We Didn't Fold 32 Watch Topdressing 34 More V Gardens 36

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A i r so the caddies, who come to the club hop ing the Ca l i fo rn ia sunshine wi l l stop running down the gutters, get paid i f they can' t g o out. Most first class Ca l i f o rn ia pr i va te clubs have these two f e a t u r e s — hot grub and ra iny day pay—but at Bel A i r they handle it so they ge t as ample a supply of good caddies as can be assembled anywhere .

Iowa Greenkeeprs to Meet at Des Moines, March 21-22

•fc H . L . Lantz in his newsletter to I owa greenkeepers announces:

" S p r i n g meet ing o f the Iowa Greenkeep-ers assn. wil l be held at Des Moines, Tues-day and Wednesday, March 21 and 22 in the auditorium of the Globe Machinery Co., East F i rs t and Court A v e .

" 0 . J. Noe r wi l l speak on Tuesday at 3:45 and wi l l present a lantern slide lec-ture Tuesday evening f o l l ow ing the din-ner. N o e r also w i l l outline a complete f e r t i l i z e r p rog ram f o r greens based on the use of organics.

" M a n y go l f courses last year we r e the scene of considerable V ic tory garden ac t i v i ty . P ro f . B. S. P icket t wi l l appear on the p rog ram to discuss the need f o r an even l a r ge r V i c t o r y garden p rog ram f o r 1944 and how go l f clubs may make the i r contribution.

" A f t e r the war , the prediction is that we Amer i cans wi l l f a c e a great ly changed wor ld . One idea not ent i re ly new is that of chemical weed control . Only recent ly several new weed ki l lers have been intro-duced which are reported to g i ve remark-able results. Dr. A . L . Bakke of the Botany Section of the I owa A g r i . Exp . Sta. has done a great deal of work w i th chemical weed kil lers. C lear ing f a i rways , roughs, f ence rows, ditches, etc. of weeds by the use of suitable chemical weed ki l lers is something that may prove to be of g r e a t value in the near future . Dr . Bakke has had a number o f years exper i -ence and is except ional ly wel l qualif ied to discuss this subject.

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