What Happened In Golf In 1917-18? G O L F D O M presents recollections of pros,

managers and greenkeepers active in golf

during W o r l d W a r I, who point out policies

that may be most useful during present crisis

Pros Recall War-Time Golf

Tom Boyd. Ihker Beach CC, Itrmtklyn. /V. rmottflfo hit 1') 17-1H experience*—

r M ' R I N G the earlier few months of the first World War, play fell off. But

after Ihe public was sold—and sold itself —on the idea that keeping fit was part of the job of winning Ihe war, play was re-sumed on possibly a greater schedule than previously.

I n those days there was very l i t t le play

by shop and office workers , but the busi-

ness executive class wh ich was p l ay i ng

g o l f had heavy dut ies and had j us t as

t ough a t ime fitting needed recreat ion into

t he i r p rog rams as men wi l l have in th is

war .

I recall tha t no sma l l par t o f the ex-

perienced pro's job in those days was in

impress ing many members that unless

these men kep t ge t t i n g enough go l f to

keep themselves in good physical cond i t ion

they would risk c rack i ng under the war-

t ime stra in and be no good to the nat ion

o r to themselves.

Tha t was a serious a nd well done sel l ing

j o b by pros who ma i n t a i ned close and

sincerely interested wa tch over the i r mem-

bers and saw men who neglected balanced

l i v i ng suffer physical ly , men ta l l y and fin-

anc ia l ly .

The ma jo r i t y o f c lubs a t t h a t t ime waiv-

ed dues o f members who were in t he arm-

ed forces. Numerous clubs a l lowed service

men to play the course free. That, was less

o f a problem than i t wi l l be th is year be-

cause of the f a r fewer n u m b e r o f go l fers

in 1917 and 1918.

Red Cross and other service benefits

were played f requent ly a t clubs. Admis-

sion fees and b idd ing fo r such clubs or

bal ls as the players wan t ed to offer, and

for the jobs of caddy ing fo r the players,

raised considerable amoun t s .

The professionals then raised a large

a m o u n t in exhib i t ion matches. W e had in-

ternat iona l teams . Jock Hutch ison and Bob

Macdonald were ;t Scotch team, P a t Doyle

and I an Ir ish t e am , and there was a

French team and var ious other t eams o f

different nat ional i t ies . Pa t and 1 played

mid-week matches fo r the S un Tobacco

F u n d which sent smokes to service men

abroad.

W o m e n at the go l f c lubs were excep-

t iona l ly busy in w a r work. They were knit-

t i ng , p romo t i ng every sort o f a soldier,

sai lor , and mar ine , and war-t ime rel ief or-

gan i za t i on af fa ir , and on j u s t as busy

schedules as t he i r husbands.

This t ime it 's m y observat ion t h a t the

go l f field has to do a quick and well-or-

ganized job o f se l l i ng i tsel f as a posit ive

force i n ge t t i n g the nat ion fit f o r fight-

ing on the bat t le l ine and in product ion and

managemen t jobs on the home f ron t . This

sel l ing mus t be done to the people a nd to

the government .

I t is no t ime fo r qui t ters i n the g o l f bu-

siness. Go l f bus inessmen who've g o t b ra ins

ami gu ts and confidence in the Amer i can

fu tu re wil l keep aggressive a nd resource-

ful in ad j us t i ng themselves to war-t ime

condit ions a nd i n add i ng to the S t rength

and spir i t o f the nat ion .

The showdown reveal ing who's s t rong

and smar t enough to deserve Amer i c an

freedom now is on in golf , as well as in

a l l other phases o f Amer i can social and

business l ife.

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p R E D Haas, pro at Metairie GC, New * Orleans, and one of the nation's stand-out pro business authorities views the prospects of pro department policies and operations in war-time:

"F i r s t o f a l l , 1 th ink professionals

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shou ld c a r r y as l a rge a n i nven to ry as t hey

can f inance because n a t u r a l l y t here is go-

i n g t o be diff iculty g e t t i n g merchand i se ,

a nd a t the wors t , pr ices w i l l be m o r e on

t he increase t h an on t he decrease.

" N e x t , I t h i nk t h a t every p ro organ iza-

t i on m u s t e l im i na t e t he sma l l leaks and

become accus tomed t o ope r a t i n g on as

sma l l a n overhead expense as possible.

Th i r d , I t h i n k pros shou ld e ng age in a

p r o p a g a n d a c a m p a i g n ca l l i ng the pub l i c ' s

a t t en t i on to the fact t h a t a mode ra t e p l a n

o f ou tdoor phys ica l recreat ion is mo re

necessary n o w t h an ever, a nd in t h i s p l a n ,

o f course, g o l f wi l l a u t oma t i c a l l y t a k e i t s

wel l-earned place,

" A s f o r the effect wh i ch t he w a r condi-

t ions wi l l h a v e on the go l f bus iness , t h i s

wilt l a r ge l y depend u p o n t he type o f golf-

i n g p l a n t a t wh i ch t he p ro is engaged .

The v e r y exc lus ive p r i v a t e c l ub w i l l con-

t inue , a l t h o u g h i t wi l l p r o b ab l y exper ience

a reduct ion o f p lay . The p r i v a t e c lub ,

wh i ch has as i ts membe r s persons w h o

earn between $5,000 a nd ¥15,000 a year ,

w i l l find i t m u c h t o ughe r go i ng , because

of t h e g rea t e r t axa t i on wh i ch d e m a n d s a

c u r t a i l m e n t o f expense and , therefore , a

cer ta in a m o u n t o f theBe membe r s wi l l do

t he i r go l f i ng a t semi-pub l ic o r pub l i c

courses whe re t hey a re on ly subject t o a

fee each t i m e t h a t t hey p lay . I n t h e

course o f th is change no d o u b t s ome w i l l

be lost t o the g a m e o f go l f a t least tem-

porar i l y . The pub l i c fee courses a nd mun i-

cipa l courses o ugh t to do a n ice bus iness

a nd shou ld get a lot o f new p l aye rs , bo th

f r om t he r e t r ench i ng p r i v a t e c i ub mem-

bers a s we l l a s f r om w o r k m e n w h o h a v e

exper ienced a s ubs t an t i a l increase i n earn-

i ngs u n d e r t he ex i s t i ng cond i t ions . Conse-

quen t l y , t h e on ly net loss wh ich g o l f w i l l

exper ience iB m e n in t h e a r m y .

" M y express ions a re based on prev ious

experiences to wh i ch I wou l d add t h a t con-

d i t i ons a t t h i s s t age do n o t seem t o prom-

ise as m u c h prof i teer ing ou t of w a r by a

cer ta in c lass as was t he case d u r i n g the

las t w a r .

" I m m e d i a t e c u r t a i lmen t of expenses on

p a r t o f t h e p r i v a t e c lubs as wel l as p r i v a t e

c l ub p ros seems t o m e bo th essent ia l a nd

unavo idab l e . O n the o the r h and , I bel ieve

t h a t p rac t i ce f a i r w a y s w i l l h ave good bu-

siness, and p robab ly in some ins tances

t he re m a y be a revival o f the old pu t t-pu t t

courses.

" F r o m a s t andpo i n t o f course ma in ten-

ance , m y r ecommenda t i on wou l d be t o

c o m m e n c e a n i m m e d i a t e c u r t a i l m e n t o f

expend i t u r e s so a s t o let t h e m e m b e r s h i p

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become g r a d u a l l y used to a s omewha t

poorer cond i t i on o f g r o o m i n g . Th i s o f

course necess i ta tes a carefu l check ing over

of t h e ex i s t i ng s t anda rds , wh i ch each c l ub

m a y have a nd i t m u s t be borne i n m i n d

t h a t such c u r t a i l m e n t should not des t roy

f u n d a m e n t a l cond i t ions o f soundness o f

ex i s t i ng grass g r o w t h .

'T a m in f a v o r o f re t renchments , wh i ch

I feel t h a t i f m a d e immed i a t e l y , w i l l pro-

bab ly enab le m a n y c lubs t o l i ve t h r o ugh

t he per iod o f decreased income, wh i ch , in

m y op in ion , is i m m e d i a t e l y i n f r o n t o f

them.

" I n order t o m a i n t a i n the good wi l t of

the people a t l a rge , I t h i nk t h a t a l l go t f

t o u r namen t s shou l d con t r ibu te a por t i on

of the i r receipts t o the Red Cross a nd

o the r war-he lp o rgan i za t i ons .

* * * *

George Sa rgen t , p ro at E a s t L a k e C C ,

A t l a n t a , G a „ a nd a f o rmer pres ident of

the P G A , advoca tes an offensive sp i r i t by

go l f c lubs to m a k e c lear the i r va l id po in t

tha t go l f is the ideal al l-age spor t for

re laxa t ion a nd keep ing fit. George w r i t e s :

"Th i s is no t i m e f o r go l f t o go on the

de fens ive ; bu t r a t he r shou ld t a k e a n ag-

gressive a t t i t ude . I f t here ever was a t i m e

in the h is tory o f t h e Un i ted S ta tes when

it is essent ia l f o r one a nd a l l t o keep them-

selves phys ica l ly a nd m e n t a l l y fit, i t is

f r om now on. I f go l f , as i t h a s been play-

ed t h r o u g h t he centur ies , is w h a t h a s been

c la imed f o r i t — t h a t o f be ing a t op notch

phys ica l exercise a nd an unsurpassed men-

ta l r e l a xo r—and I ven tu re t o say there

a re f ew d issenters t o t h a t s t a t emen t ,

then sure ly t he t i m e i s here w h e n i t is

needed as neve r be fore .

" O u r g o l f courses a r e a g o i n g concern ,

ready a nd w a i t i n g t o do t he i r p a r t i n t h e

t o u g h t imes t h a t m a y be ahead . The U . S .

h a s a j ob to do t h a t wi l l requ i re t he best

f r om al l o f us ; b u t let 's r emembe r : we can

work ha rder , be t te r , a nd l onger i f we get

a r e g u l a r a m o u n t o f p l ay a nd re laxa t ion .

O u r exper ience i n t h e las t w a r ; a n d the

exper ience o f the B r i t i s h i n both wa r s ,

teaches us t h a t spor ts , o f wh i ch g o l f play-

ed a nd i s p l a y i n g a sp lendid p a r t , is a

very d i s t i nc t he l p i n c a r r y i n g t he w a r

bu r den . "

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_John It. Inglii, pre*., Met. PGA dection, and well known veteran pro at Fairview CC, Kims ford, N. YH says:

" D u r i n g 1917-18 g o l f d i d n o t deterior-

a te very much . T h e c lubs , o f c o u n e , oper-

a ted w i t h 10 t o 1 2 % less members , a nd t he

Golfdom.

Harry J . Fawcett . prr*. O I A A . maitr a S-veek 60-i &rm]r swing br rar and train to Cluh Managers ' AMU. rhaiiter*. and lo d ub * f rom Chirac, . In the West C o u l . re turn ing 1 hiiiiitfh thr southwest- At Wash ing ton A C , Seattle, Mr , and Mrs . KawrcK were entertained by the Wash ing ton State Federation of Fra terna l . Patr iot)?, Cftjr and Count ry Clubs, Left tn H i nh i : Mrs, Kar l B. Hun t . Ha i rv J , t swce t i . Mrs . Ba r r y J .

Fawcett . Kar l B. H u m . urea., Wash ing ton State Federation KPCC Ctuba.

play was not very l ieavy. However , on

Sundays and ho l i days the courses were

well patronized, and on ly the week days

showed a decline in t he number o f p layers.

Women , especially, we re very much inter-

ested in war work such as Red Cross, etc.

"Mos t clubs d id no t ho ld the i r usua l

club championsh ips and l a rge tou rnamen ts ,

but cont inued to keep the i r members in-

terested by ho ld i ng local c lub events

t h roughou t the p l a y i n g season. The pro's

business, because o f these restrict ions, was

abou t 3 0 % off. There was n o shor tage o f

clubs, ba l ls o r accessories. Many events

a nd exhibi t ions were held fo r Red Cross

benefit.

" W e all know the g a m e has made g rea t

strides and has m a n y t imes the number

o f p layers than in 1918. Consequent ly I

feel tha t wh i le m a n y o f ou r y o u n g men

have been and wi l l be called to the colore

and whi le go l f c lubs wil l aga in be obl iged

to operate w i t h smal ler membersh ips , I

do not an t i c ipa te there wi l l be a n y drast ic

change. Most gol fers p lay not on ly be-

cause they love the game , bu t because they

realize t h a t go l f is the best exercise there

is fo r one's hea l th .

"Taxes wi l l be much h igher t h a n du r i n g

the last wa r , and m a n y members wi l l

l ikely resign, bu t the ma j o r i t y o f these

wil l cont inue p l ay i ng even i f no t a t a pri-

vate club. The Me t section w i l l do a l l i t

can to s t imu l a t e interest , and f o r the Red

Cross and fo r defense. I t is n o w p l ann i ng

one-day events fo r the new season . "

What Managers Say John W . Ingleson. manage r o f Oak l a nd

Hi l ls C C (Detro i t d i s t r i c t ) , where the 1924

and 1937 Nat iona l Opens were held and

where house, grounds and pro depar tmen t

operat ions mark the c lub as one o f the

country 's foremost , c ommen t s :

" D u r i n g W o r l d W a r I , I was m a n a g i n g

the Man i toba C lub (C i t y C l ub ) o f Winn i-

peg, Canada . C a n a d a a t tha t t ime g ave

every th ing she had i n men and ma te r i a l s

to f u r t he r the cause, a n d , in proport ion to

her populat ion , had a s m a n y casua l t ies as

Eng l and hersel f in t he war . 1 mere ly

ment ion this because as 1 t h i nk back the

h i gh standard o f service o f th is club was

held t h roughou t the f ou r years the same

as in peace t ime . W h i t e gloves and a l l

t he niceties were in use f o r p r iva te par-

ties. There was a scarci ty o f I r i s h l inens

and Eng l i s h ch i na and we were unab le to

get the pure Cos ta Rica coffee wh ich the

c lub a lways used. Suga r , o f course, was

rationed bu t no t so t h a t i t was not iceable.

W e did lose all the Br i t ish servants w i th i n

the d r a f t age b u t a t no t ime d id we suffer

in th is connect ion.

" I n the sp r i ng of 1918, 1 v is i ted a num-

ber o f h i g h class c i ty clubs i n Ch icago

and was amazed to find some o f the very

best us i ng cotton table c loths and com-

par tmen t p lates and the wa i te rs were

serving, on pr iva te luncheons, p robab ly 15

to 20 people. I t was then I real ized t h a t

when the Un i t ed S ta tes d id some th i ng they

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did it very earnestly and thoroughly and I

ara now wondering to what extent this

thoroughness will affect the club world

now.

" I n Detroit, the transition from the

motor industry to defense program is now

in process. This, I think, will level itself

off in about 6 months. I believe that by

that t ime adjustments will be made with-

out a great deal o f hardship but in the

meantime I am afraid that many of the

members will have cold feet and probably

will cross bridges before they reach them.

In this case, we can expect resignations.

However, with all the billions being spent

by the government it must necessarily cre-

ate economic good times. The average age

of our members is approximately 4fi years.

Men at this age would not be affected

with duties that will prevent them from

getting necessary relaxation and physical

exercise.

" I n view of the increased cost of replace-

ments—food and labor—it would seem

that a decrease in the annual dues would

not be justified. I do, however, believe

that to encourage membership replace-

ments, the entrance fees should be re

duced to the lowest possihle amount, ac-

cording to the individual club."

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Charles R. Oremus of Buffalo, club man-

ager whose experience includes close asso-

ciation with industrial enterprises, opines:

" W e should write and talk about sports,

especially golf, as a means of keeping

" John Q " in better physical condition to

perform the various duties he will be

called upon to do in the emergency,

"Curta i lment of sports events I believe

will be confined more or less to the Coastal

cities, especially a long the Pacific and

Cal ifornia coast.

"Sports must remain a vital part of our

national conditioning program, more for

the player than spectator. From now on

the spectator must of necessity receive

minor consideration because of the pos-

sible danger where large assemblies o f

sport-loving fans are gathered.

" W i t h the possibility of big league base-

ball being curtailed, especially the night

games, the sporting public would have

more t ime to play. As golf does not re-

quire the assembly of large groups of

people in a confined area i t becomes the

one game left for the sport loving public

to play.

"O f course the 7-day work week is going

to hur t golf to some extent but on the

other hand if a 7-day work week is put

on a shift basis with one day off in 7 and

shifts alternating every week or so, I be-

lieve the game would not suffer but would

benefit by such a work program.

" A s far as the private clubs are con-

cerned 1 believe that the taxes are going to

hurt them to some extent and benefit the

public courses.

" I have recently talked to a few friends

of mine who are members of private clubs

and have been for many years, but who

may resign from membership. I know

these fellows are not going to give up their

golf, so the public courses will get them.

" I don't believe that the increased cost

of bags, clubs and balls will hurt , nor the

discontinuance of the 25c ball. The golfing

public iB earning more money than ever

before and will be wil l ing to pay this in-

creased cost.

" I f 1 were the manager or president of

a private golf club today, I would try to

sell the board of directors on the idea of

reducing the dues by the amount of the

tax. Tbis, I believe, would hold a lot of

good members who otherwise might re-

sign, and would generally raise the morale

of the whole membership. The loss in

revenue from this reduction in dues could

be made up by promoting a membership

campaign for additional members. Drop-

ping initiation fees, i f any, might be nec-

essary too.

"Resignations due to members going in-

to service may be a problem to some clubs

but this loss could be made up by active

campaigning for new members.

"Many golf clubs are located in the cen-

ter of war producing industries and Could

well afford to do a little advertising for

new members from this source.

"We who are interested in this game of

golf and make a business out of i t should

get together and adopt the policy, 'Carry

on with golf as long as i t helps and doesn't

interfere with business a t hand . ' " • * •

Frank Hrunner, manager, Flossmoor CC

(Chicago district), recollects experiences

in club operation dur ing the first World

War , in considering what policies and prac-

tices may be most useful this t ime.

Frank then was manager of the South

Shore CC (which had opened on New

Year's Eve, 191fi, its huge clubhouse on the

lake front well within the city l imits of

Chicago,)

He sees as the big difference in club op-

erating in the two periods the mat ter of

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TIMELY * S* TURF TIPS

t axes . Taxes d u r i n g t h e first W o r l d W a r

w e r e l i g h t , on c l ubs a n d m e m b e r s , com-

pared t o t h e p resen t r a t e . T h e $15 ,000 a

y e a r m e n w h o p r o b a b l y c on s t i t u t e t h e

m a j o r s p e n d i n g c l ass o f t h e b e t t e r met ro-

p o l i t a n d i s t r i c t c l ubs w i l l h a v e m o r e t h a n

$2500 in f e d e r a l i n c o m e t a x t o p ay , T h a t ' s

g o i n g to b i te .

H o w e v e r , B r u n n e r be l i eves t h a t t h e

c l u b s c a n m e e t t h e c r i t i c a l s i t u a t i o n b y

e l i m i n a t i n g t h e f r i l l s w h i l e c o n t i n u i n g t o

m a i n t a i n g ood se rv i ce d i s t i n g u i s h e d b y

g e n i u s i n s i m p l i c i t y . A c o n s i d e r a b l e p a r t

o f t h e c l u b b a t t l e w i l l b e c o nduc t e d be f o r e

the season opens hy exerc iBe o f m a n a g e r -

ia l i n g e n u i t y i n w o r k i n g o u t a s t r i c t wa r-

t i m e b u d g e t .

F r a n k is o f t h e o p i n i o n t h a t t h e A m e r i -

c a n t e m p e r a m e n t is r e s i l i e n t a n d ph i loso-

ph i c a l a n d t h a t m e m b e r s w i l l a ccep t in

chee r f u l r e s i g n a t i o n e m e r g e n c y Bervice

s t a n d a r d s a n d p r i ces a t c l u b s , b e i n g dis-

posed t o r e g a r d t h e i r o w n I nconven i ences

a n d t r o ub l e s m e r c i f u l l y l i g h t c o m p a r e d

w i t h t hose o f t h e l ads i n fighting serv ice .

Se rv i ce l ec tu res a n d e x h i b i t i o n s w e r e

f r e q u e n t a t t h e c l ub . F r a n k reca l l s t h e

m a c h i n e g u n d i s m a n t l i n g a n d a s s e m b l y ex-

h i b i t i o n s a t the c l u b a s b e i n g a m o n g t h e

h i g h l i g h t s o f m i l i t a r y d e m o n s t r a t i o n s hav-

i n g a keen i n t e r e s t a n d e f fec t a m o n g c l u b

m e m b e r s . H e is o f t h e o p i n i o n t h a t s t ag-

i n g o f s uch e x h i b i t i o n s o f m o d e m w a r

e q u i p m e n t a t c o u n t r y c l u b s w i l l s p u r civi l-

ian s p i r i t a n d i d e n t i f y t h e c l u b s a s c en t e r s

o f c o m m u n i t y c o o p e r a t i o n a n d i n t e r e s t i n

c i v i l i a n w a r - t i m e a c t i v i t i e s .

B r u n n e r says h e is c on f i d en t t h e p a t t e r n

o f c o u n t r y c l u b a c t i v i t i e s i n t h i s w a r w i l l

be t h e s a m e a s t h e p r e v i o u s w a r , bo f a r

a * t h e w o m e n m e m b e r s a r e concerned .

T h e y a r e g r e a t o r g a n i z e r s a n d w o r k e r s

in e f fec t ive ly a s s o c i a t i n g t h e c l u b w i t h

v a l u a b l e w a r - t i m e e f fo r t , a n d F r a n k u r g e s

t h a t c l u b p l a n n i n g f o r w a r - t i m e c a r e f u l l y

c ons i de r t h e w o m e n b y c o u n t i n g t h e m i n

f r o m p r e l i m i n a r y p l a n n i n g s t a g e s a l l t h e

w a y t h r o u g h .

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^ s t a n d i n g v e t e r a n g r e e n k e e p e r s J o h n

A n d a r s o n o f t h e E s s e x C o u n t y C C , W e s t

O r amge , N . J . , a n d L e o J . Feser , W o o d h i l l

C C , W a y i a t a , M i n n . , r e co rd t h e s e m e n ' s

a s t u t e o p i n i o n s o n h o w g o l f a n d w a r w i l l

n i x . A n d e r s o n , l e a d i n g off , s a y s :

I t i s t r u e t h a t c o n d i t i o n s a s t h e y h a v e

b e c o m e s i nce t h e a t t a c k o n t h i s c o u n t r y

b y J a p a n p l aces a g r e a t r e s p o n s i b i l i t y on

January, 19

M I L O R G A N I T E Constituents, Elements, and Growth Producing Substances

An article iPptared under the abovr litle in the Analytical Edition nf Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Vol. I I . pp. 2S1-283 May !S. !939. The author,, C J. it. Truog. reported some results of re-search conducted at the Soil. Department Univera.ty of Wisconsin. A fellowship by the Sewerage Commission sponsored the project.

* Jc l !™P 0* ' , t sample, collected over ihe

period 1931-1937 and analysed by t £ m , con

« ? u " , m o u n t » o f fertiliser tit-menu : Nitrogen 6.M pert em. total phw-phone l c i d 3.18 percent, and total po t „h 0 81 percent. A total of iwenty.ihree difle-ent

£ h T a z s s J r y * i n . determined quantitatively. (Complete

analysis gladly furnished on request). In this connection, the authors state "Al-

though nitrogen .nd phosphoric acid make up thia chief portion of the plani nutrients the appreciable amount, of other nutrient ele-rnenta. including the minor ones, may well be of considerable importance in certain caaes The high solubility of the minor element, in .TaiLm™" mdic*"5 * w*h <•'

Milorganite is partly a microbial product Hence it might also contain growth promoting substances ol the hormone type, or produce [hem during decomposition in the soil. There •re two groups of these substance* The aumns or natural plant hormones, which are found in living planta. and the hcterauams or mdol acetic acid which is a product of animal* and microorganisms.

Tests made on Milorganite direct!y failed to reveal the presence of plant hormones. However, after mixing and incubating with a sandy soil, hormones of the indol acetic acid types were produced in amounts com-parable to those produced with other high-grade organ ics. Urea and ammonium sul-fate failed to promote hormone production when mixed with the sandy soil.

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m a n y o f us w h o a r e to e n d e a v o r t o keep

the g a m e o f g o l f a t t h e d i s po s a l o f those

w h o a r e b o u n d t o d e m a n d r e c r e a t i o n a n d

resp i t e f r o m t he i r h e a v y w a r - t i m e du t i e s .

A s t h e s i t u a t i o n s tood b e f o r e a n d u p to

t h i s t i m e , i t w a s c l e a r t h a t g o l f c l u b s a n d

m a i n t e n a n c e m e n w e r e a l ) se t t o f u n c t i o n

a l m o s t n o r m a l l y ; t h ey h a d been s t u d y i n g

t h e l a b o r a n d m a t e r i a l s i t u a t i o n f o r

m o n t h s a n d h a d m a d e p r e p a r a t i o n s i n b o t h

d i r e c t i o n s ; t h a t i s , t hey h a d s u r veyed t h e

a v a i l a b l e l a b o r f o r nex t s eason , a n d w h e r e

t h e s u p p l y w a s no t e n o u g h t h e y h a d m a d e

u p t h e de f i c iency b y b r i n g i n g i n t o use m o r e

l a b o r s a v i n g m a c h i n e s u n t i l t h e p r o b l em

w a s p r e t t y we l l i n h a n d . N o w t h a t t h e

e m e r g e n c y Is so m u c h m o r e a c u t e , t h e y

h a ve t o s t a r t a l l o v e r a g a i n .

W e , ou r se l ves , h a d dec ided t h a t w e w e r e

p r e t t y su re j u s t h o w m u c h l a b o r w o u l d be

a v a i l a b l e n e x t season a n d h a d con t a c t ed a

f e w co l l ege s t u d e n t s w h o w o u l d b e c o m e

a v a i l a b l e w h e n schoo l c losed f o r t h e s um-

m e r , b u t a s t h e m a t t e r n o w s t a n d s even

t h e y m i g h t be ca l l ed u p o n to serve , t h u s

t h a t source o f s u p p l y m i g h t be c u t off .

H o w e v e r , I be l ieve t he re w i l l s t i l l he a

l im i t e d a m o u n t o f l a b o r to be h a d ; t h e re

a r e m a n y over a g e m e n w h o w i l l be g l a d

o f t h e c h ance t o h e l p o u t , e spec i a l l y on

g o l f course w o r k w h i c h is a h e a l t h y , out-

d o o r l i fe . I t is s u r e l y g o i n g to be a h a r d ,

s t r e n u o u s j o b a n d w i l l t a x t h e super i n-

tendents* i n g e n u i t y to cope w i t h these

p r o b l e m s i n a n e f for t t o m a k e g o l f ava i l-

ab l e t o t h e g e n e r a l p ub l i c , a n d t h e m e m -

bers o f p r i v a t e c l ubs . B u t t h e m e n w h o

c a r r i e d o n d u r i n g t h e depress ion yea r s

w h e n m a n y b u d g e t s w e r e c u t b y 509f>, w i l l

c a r r y on n o w i n t h i s g r e a t e r e m e r g e n c y .

G o l f e r s w i l l be ca l l ed u p o n to a d j u s t

t h e m s e l v e s to w a r - t i m e cond i t i o n s , a n d

m a n y courses w i l l n o t he m a n i c u r e d i n t o

t h e s l i ck c ond i t i o n t h a t t h e y h a v e been u p

to t h i s t i m e , b u t I h a v e no d o u b t t h e y w i l l

be p l a y a b l e a n d w i l l c on s t i t u t e a g r e a t

s ou r ce o f r e c r e a t i o n a n d ne rve s o o t h i n g

cen te rs f o r t h e g r e a t a r m y o f de f ense a n d

w a r p r o d u c i n g m e n a n d w o m e n .

I t h a s been s u g g e s t e d t h a t o w i n g to

p r i o r i t y r u l i n g s a n d t h e consequen t stop-

p a g e o f m a n u f a c t u r e excep t f o r w a r , m a n y

wo r ke r s w o u l d be t h r o w n o u t o f w o r k a n d

t h u s b e c o m e a v a i l a b l e f o r o u r t y p e o f w o r k .

I d o u b t t h i s v e ry m u c h , e spec i a l l y i n t h i s

sec t ion . U p u n t i l n o w n e w p l a n t s a r e go-

i n g i n to o p e r a t i o n m u c h f a s t e r t h a n o l d

ones w h i c h c a n n o t be read i l y a d j u s t e d to

w a r w o r k , a n d w h i c h a r e g o i n g out .

O n l y t h e m o s t pess im i s t i c pes s im i s t w i l l

c o n t end t h a t n o good c a n c o m e f r o m w a r .

M u c h a s w e h a t e i t , m u c h a s i t cos ts in

i t e m s m o r e v a l u a b l e t h a n do l l a r s , des t ruc-

t i ve a s we k n o w i t t o be, i t does d i s c i p l i n e

N , « Jtrtry GSA 1*12 officers, circled »< (hr Iteremher. 1941 meeting held m Twin Drank* CC. I'In infield. N. J . »r ( ! (led lo right). Carlton E. Tre»t. 3 jf*si director, Mnnlclnir GC: cherlri .tcnurn. aecond virr president, Manannuen Hiier CC: Aleck H. Kcid, prenldent, Twin Brook* CC; Charlea Smith, tlr«l vlre Iirenidrnt. Marker* Hollow fi< : Arthur J . Burlon. treasurer, Mountain Ridge CC; Henry T. lalleh. financial aecr.. Spring Brook CC, Charles l.aing, secretary, *a« reelected hul wai not prraent when

photo was taken. Ktnt Bra Air u Photo.

os to the hard facts o f l i fe . W h e n the shout-

i ng a nd the t umu l t d i es—in add i t i on to the

h u m b l e and the contr i te hear t , we wi l l re-

membe r fo r a t ime a t least tha t a clean

m i n d in a hea l thy body is someth ing to be

cherished. I f the vo lun ta ry discipl ine af-

forded by go l f and other f o r m s o f a th le t ic

endeavor have enabled us t o accept w a r

d isc ip l ine as we have accepted it , we have

no g rea t cause to worry abou t the f u t u re

o f these sports. I f we have t o accept w a r

d isc ip l ine, wh ich we mus t , w e can antici-

pate the mi lder f o rms o f d isc ip l ine wh ich

wi l l fo l low,

Feser s ays :

I t is obvious t h a t go l f ing equ ipment is

g o i ng to cost more t h an i t d id in the past .

Steel and rubber are i m p o r t a n t go l f ma-

ter ia ls , M a r s wil l p robab ly s tymie more

than a few go l f f ans when he pu ts his de-

mands fo r these ma te r i a l s squarely in

f ront o f the cup,

A lot o f the pol ish is c om i ng off the

ma in tenance s tandards o f t he pas t few

years. H i ghe r labor and ma te r i a l costs

to be m e t by fewer c lub members w i th tax-

dented pocketbooks m e a n s some belt-

t i g h t en i ng in the ma in tenance d e p a r t m e n t

Keep ing the rough cut so those costly rub-

ber pi l ls won ' t ge t lost is g o i n g to be more

impo r t a n t than wa te r i ng f a i rways or cut-

t i n g greens every day .

O f course we are go ing t o keep gol f . I t

m a y he abbreviated fo r the dura t i on , bu t i t

is g o i ng to be there to he lp those f o r t una te

enough to have th is w a y o f keep ing fit f o r

defense. Na t i ona l hea l th is as impo r t a n t

as nat iona l mora le ; it is u p to us to pro-

vide faci l i t ies fo r th is recreat ion , a n d do i t

w i t h a degree o f ha lance and efficiency

equa l to tha t required in m i l i t a r y tactics.

717 Schools Participate in

1941 Scholastic Tournaments A Comp le te reporl on the second annua l

* * Scholast ic Go l f Tou rnamen t s , which

are conducted for both hoy and gir l stu-

dents, and sponsored hy Scholast ic Maga-

zine and Scholast ic Coach, shows that 717

schools, on increase o f 41 °/( over the year

previous, entered Ihe 1941 tournaments .

Tota l number o f compet i to rs in all final

t ournaments (nut i nc l ud ing pre l iminary

e l im ina t i ons ) was 29,696.

O f the schools t a k i n g p a r t in the tourna-

men ts , 97 .4^ report t h a t interest and par-

t ic ipa t ion in go l f is g r o w i n g a m o n g the

students. Bl.fi fc repor t t h a t they have

taken advan tage o f ins t ruct iona l assist-

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a nee f r o m the i r local pro .

Even grea ter interest and par t ic ipa t ion

fo r the th i rd a nnua l Scholastic Go l f Tour-

namen ts is expected by G . H . McCracken ,

publ isher , who has announced t h a t special

fea ture art icles on go l f wi l l a ppea r i n both

Scholastic Coach and Scholast ic Magaz i ne

th is w in te r and spr ing .

1 942 officers of the Connect icut Assn . nf

^ Go l f Course Supts . were chosen at Ihe

annua l meet ing held at the Farmin i r lon

C C Monday , November 3, where "id mem-

bers and guests had d inner and heard a

Speak ing p rogram that included Miss J . G,

Fiske o f Ru t ge r s Un ivers i ty , and F. M,

Morgan , Conn . Agr i cu l t u ra l Exper imen ta l

stat ion. Newly elected n flic era a re :

Pres., W . S, L indsay , W a m p a n o a g C C ,

W , Ha r t f o r d ; vice-pres,, T. Nocker , Hob

Nob Hi l l CC , Sa l i sbury ; secy-treas.,

Char les Traverse, Mil l R iver C C . Strat-

ford; asst. secy-treas., A . B. Longo , Wood-

br idge (Conn . ) C C ; board o f d irectors: G ,

B. Moqu in , Manches ter (Conn . ) ) C C ; E , J .

Casey, W y k a g y l CC , N e w Rochel le , N. Y .

December mee t i ng o f the o rgan i za t i on was

held December 8 at the M i l l R i v e r CC ,

where Char ies Traverse acted as host .

En Tout C

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