turns and club managers find themselves scheduled to study departments of the Waldorf, a hotel that a few years ago was in hock far deeper than country clubs but which worked its way out by leaving the problem in the hands of competent men.

Reports of officials and sectional chap-ters of the association will take up Tues-day afternoon. Lucius Boomer and Oscar of the Waldorf executive force will address the managers. A. O. Eberhart, former governor of Minnesota, will speak.

As usual the entertainment program of the convention, which in itself is an edu-cational feature, will be crowded into the late afternoons and evenings.

William Norcross will preside as gen-eral chairman of the convention.

The usual fare-and-a-third round trip arrangements have been made with the railroads. Certificates may be obtained when purchasing railroad tickets.

Sports G o o d Dealers to Have Two Meetings in January

' jpWO camps of sporting goods dealers will have association meetings in

January as a result of a split on the policy of holding convention exhibits. The original body, National Sporting Goods Distributors' Assn., will meet at Hotel Carter, Cleveland, Jan. 19 and 20. A merchandising clinic will be held, but no exhibits. Features of this program ex-pected to be a wrestle with price-cutting problems and a report on athletic market development.

Newer organization is American Sport-ing Goods Assn., with its convention and exhibits to be staged at Hotel Sherman, Chicago, Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. Store prob-lems will be focus of this association.

On neither association program have pros a place, although the pro's part in sport goods retailing is conspicuous.

GOLF 'S MARKET PLACE

ARTHUR D. PETERSON, 420 LEX-INGTON AVE., NEW YORK CITY, is moving into larger quarters at the same address. Pete's outfit also is enlarging its personnel and territory to cover more of the golf course maintenance field with the extension line of equipment and supplies shown in the new Peterson catalog. •

All records for past five years in vol-ume of fall bookings for spring delivery have been broken during the past three

Thi s handsome display case will be furnished pro-shops this season by Wilson to boost

ball sales.

months according to manufacturers of golf equipment in the LYTTON BUILDING, 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Sales increases ranging from 35 to 60% over the same period last year are shown by the various companies.

Greatest increase was shown by the Kroyden Co., with a 55% jump. Accord-ing to J. B. Carnell, Chicago district man-ager, every item from balls to bags, has been included in the heavy advance buy-ing. The conviction that golfers are again in the mood to buy the highest quality equipment has prompted his com-pany to put on the market a new club selling for $17.50, Carnell said. Orders for it began arriving shortly after it had been announced.

N. B. Cook, manager of the local office of the Burke Golf Co., in reporting an increase of more than 35% stated that sales of golf bags have been greater than at any other time in the past decade. The reason, Cook believes, is that players who have gone along with their old ones for years, now with more money in their pockets, have decided to replace the shab-by old equipment. Burke offices in all parts of the country report similar sales increases, Cook said.

KENNETH L. BURGETT, PEORIA, ILL., who for several years has been part-ner and general manager in the Harley O. Potter Co., makers of Glovette golf gloves and leather club-caps, has acquired control of the Potter Co., which now is called The K. L. Burgett Co.

• A1 Link of LINK, LYON, INC., NASH-

VILLE, TENN., makers of MacSmith clubs, reports lively buying activity of pros on higher price clubs. Link says numerous wise pro merchants are going

for $8.50 irons and $10 woods as features to distinguish pro shops from store type of golf trading posts.

He cites several instances of pros trad-ing up members by figuring out that the difference between the average and top grade clubs amounts to only about two cents a game during the four year period the keen golfer will keep the set in ac-tion until he replaces it as obsolete.

W O R T H I N G T O N MOWER CO,. STROUDSBURG, PA., has appointed the Worthington Midwest Co., as its distribu-tors in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, In-diana, Kentucky and sections of Iowa and Missouri. The Golf & Garden Equipment Co., of Milwaukee will handle Wisconsin by arrangement with the Worthington Midwest Co.

With the new Midwest organization is Leo Murray, veteran golf equipment and supply man, and Geo. Hodges, also well

known in the turf maintenance field. Mur-ray's headquarters will be at the main Midwest factory branch, 1043 W. Wash-ington Blvd., Chicago. Tel., Haymarket 8480. Hodges will divide his time be-tween the Detroit office at 6432 Cass Ave. Tel., Madison 2405, and the Chicago office.

At the Chicago branch there will be complete service facilities, stocks and per-sonnel. Nothing but equipment will be handled at this branch.

• BRUNSWICK - BALKE - COLLENDER

CO., 623 S. WABASH AVE., CHICAGO, has much instructive material on lawn bowling which will help golf clubs consid-ering adding this sport to the club's faci-lities.

Several U. S. golf clubs and many in Canada and England have very popular lawn bowling greens for day and night use. Details of the game and its greens will be sent free on request.

• TORO MFG. CORP., MINNEAPOLIS,

MINN., brings out another one of its colorful and amusing jungle course main-tenance calendars. Ingenious equipment requiring brawny Negroes, elephants, and zebras is mowing a fairway alongside

You can't beat this as a s ign of confidence in 1936 golf business. It 's a lmost 80,000 True Temper shafts going to one of the leading c lubmaking companies. Sending cars out like this in the spring means the cars won't be used by pros riding to Florida or California in

the fall.

of which two fuzzy-wuzzy savages ex-press the wish that Hagen were there to have his pants trimmed off. It will be good for laughs, even when the green-keepers look at it to see how far it is un-til payday.

Horton Smith has resigned as Oak Park CC (Chicago district) pro to become a full time member of the A. G. SPALDING staff. Ren Smith, Horton's brother and assistant at Oak Park, is his successor as the club's pro.

Horton will play in tournaments, exhi-bitions and demonstrations as well as en-gage actively as a business representative of Spalding's to the pros. As he is widely known by pros, Horton is one of the ace pro businessmen as well as a star player and in this dual capacity is fitted to do a lot of good for the pros and Spaldings together.

McCLAIN BROS. CO., CANTON, O., are placing a new spiker on the market. The device, say the makers, saves its costs many times.

A specially controlled oscillating motion of the spikes gives a slight stirring of the soil without injury to the turf. Unbreak-able spikes are made of stainless steel and

riveted to oscillating bars so they cannot drop out. These spikes outwear ordinary steel spikes.

The Spiker is equipped with roller bear-ings to add to ease of operation. Lubri-cation is effected by Alemite oiling and

special spring tension leather grease re-tainers. Movement of the Spiker from one place to another is made easy by per-manently attached large transport wheels.

Weight of Spiker may be increased by attaching extra weights included with ma-chine as regular equipment. Price is very moderate.

• BASTIAN BLESSING CO., CHICAGO,

makers of bars and fixtures, now have New York headquarters at 635-639 Sixth Ave., corner 19th St.

• Craig Wood has resigned as pro at

Hollywood GC, Deal, N. J., to devote full time to duties as director of the golf dept. for the DUNLOP TIRE & RUBBER CO., New York City. Wood joined the Dunlop organization in 1934 as director of the golf dept. He divided his time be-tween designing clubs, working with the factory engineers on golf balls, tourna-ment playing and teaching at Hollywood.

Now Craig will take a very active part in Dunlop's golf campaign—concentrating on the promotional end.

He will headquarter at 500 Fif th Ave., New York, working under Vincent Rich-ards, general manager of the Sports dept.

His connection with Dunlop is similar to that of Gene Sarazen with Wilson and Horton Smith with Spalding. Not only will he play exhibitions, lecture and dem-

onstrate, but will participate in all the major tournaments.

• GOLF & GARDEN EQUIPMENT CO.,

400 S. SEVENTH ST., MILWAUKEE, Wis., has been named Wisconsin and Minnesota agent for Worthington equip-ment by the Worthington Midwest Co., western distributors of the Worthington Mower Co. The Golf & Garden organiza-tion also is Wisconsin distributor for the Moto Mower Co., and in 1935 did a big business for Moto Mower.

Archie C. Schen-del, supt. of the Westmoor CC, is president of the Golf & G a r d e n c o m p a n y , which was formed in 1933 as a subsidiary of Fertilizer C h e m i -cal Mills, Inc., for selling equipment, seed, fertilizer and other supplies and equipment to golf courses, parks, es-tates a n d ceme-

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THE KROYDON CO., MAPLEWOOD, N. J., presents pros with several inter-esting new features that should make 1936 a great year for the company and its pro customers.

Kroydon has negotiated with one of the largest finance corporations in America to handle the Kroydon finance proposition. The plan will be worked as follows:

The pro will be given a card showing a definite unit, for instance a $75.00 unit. The consumer will pay nothing down but will pay monthly installments for a period of fifteen or twenty months direct to the finance corporation. The pro will be given application blanks and all he needs to do is to get the signature of the man and his wife and the name of the custom-er's employer or his business. The finance corporation will then make an investiga-tion and within twenty-four hours, if the man is entitled to credit, he will be asked to call at the office of the finance corpora-tion for the money. This money will be paid in the form of a check, which he im-mediately endorses and the finance cor-poration mails the check to the pro. That concludes the deal as far as the pro or Kroydon is concerned.

Probably the most talked-of develop-ment made by Kroydon has been the Hy-Power shaft with "built-in power." The Hy-Power shaft has become so popular that for 1936, Kroydon announces in-creased volume in sales will enable them to offer a golf club fitted with the Hy-Power shaft at a greatly reduced price.

For example, Kroydon irons with the De Luxe blade and Hy-Power shaft, which sold during 1935 at $8.35, in 1936 will be retailed for $5.50. This new low price for irons is coupled with a corresponding de-crease in price of the Kroydon Hy-Power wood to $7.00.

Kroydon announces that other models in irons, with stainless steel heads and Hy-Power Shafts, will list at $8.35, and a custom-built set of irons will be put on the market at $10.00 per club. Kroydon

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Hy-Power woods, in addition to the new $7.00 club, will list a t $9.00 to $12.50, with the popular Cruiser model selling for $ 1 0 . 0 0 .

Kroydon is also bringing out a de Luxe line of custom built woods with gold-plated Hy-Power shaft , listing a t $17.50 per club. These clubs will be packed in full-length, individual suede containers. •

BILLY BURKE, pro at Country Club of Cleveland (O.), and 1931 National Open champion, has signed with the BURKE GOLF CO., Newark (O.), as general man-ager of its field promotion dept. Bill will do considerable field work in playing and merchandising, especially in connection with a new top grade line to be marketed under Billy's name.

• IRON FIREMAN MFG. CO., PORT-

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• Alvin (Butch) Krueger joins Al Es-

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A new corporation has been formed to handle the expanding business of the re-cently patented NORTH WOODS BENT. Ten men took all treasury stock offered in equal shares. The stockholders are:

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