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THE GOLF NEWS IN BRIEF

One of golf's biggest jobs being done by A! Espinosa as gen, mgr.. Club Campestre de la Ciudad de Mexico, S.A., Churubusco, D.F. , . . Which means Country Club of Mexico City. . . Lot of the kids A1 started at golf when he first came on the Job for winter now are club members and scoring well. . . A1 and his wife, Jo. have made IS trips over the mountains into Mexico City. . . Now they just come hack to the U.S. for a brief vacation.

Al has designed 3 courses In Mexico. . . He s »y» Ihe country's In (Irs! stages nf a great golf boom. . . Al believe* .Mexico City could use two public courses and have them crowded to rapacity soon. . . Al credits Mexico's sports boom to leader-ship of Pres. Miguel Airman who is a high pressure long hour worker but manages to get some time off for play. . . Pres. Airman scores consistently in the high AOs. . . Al anil Jo look belter than ever despite duties nf running all departments of the club In line shape. . . Jo anil Stell Armour really did the work of getting the tournament circuit started hy handling the promotion, paper and organizing work when there was no circuit and tourneys were hop, skip and jump, but where?, affairs.

Olin Dutra also is really "striking oil" In Mexico. . . He's busy from morning to night teaching at the big deluxe practice range constructed by the Bank of Mexico. , . It has 24 tees under shelter, 250 yards from tee to brick wall which surrounds the place. • . Also a pro shop, a restaurant and practice putting green. , . Range has greens for approach targets. . . Dutra files back and forth to Acapulco to teach Saturdays and Sundays at course there.

That 18 hole course being built by Perry Clifford and Ihe Hughes brothers for (Tub de Golf de Mexico is going to be one of the top courses of the world. , . Dutra Is to be pro there when the club opens

which should be lale this summer. . . Some really great holes on it. . . Seven-teenth green especially unusually interest-ing and testing. . . It's a natural job with very little alteration hy man. . , Lot of manual labor In building Ihe course. . , 150 laborers at work at onr time. . . Dutra plans to come back for this year's National Open. . . Percy Clifford. 8 limes Mexican amateur champion. Would like to come too, hut can't get away from his financial job In Mexico City to make qualifying rounds,

Roy A. Owen moving from Boise l Ida i CC to pro job at Hillcrest CC, Boise, Ida., succeeding Martin Watson who's retiring. . , Joe Herberger managing newly re-organized Oregon City (Ore.) CC, . . Bakersfleld tCalif.) 18 hole private course opened, . . Designed by Billy Bell. . , To start clubhouse building May 1. . . Aliso Canyon 9-hole unfinished course purchased by city of Lag una Beach, Calif., proposed by chmn., city planning commission. . . Charley Koontz named pro at new Alon-dra Park CC. near Long Beach, Calif, . . . Jim Casey in Alondra Park shop and Frank Cormaci on instruction staff.

Arthur Waterbury now gen. mgr.. Youngs town (O.) CC. . . Ethan Kirk hart switches from Congress Lake <<>.) CC to be Youngs town gkpr., succeeding Bill Gulhrle who resigned and will move to Florida. , , Santa Rose, Calif., soon to start $125,000 miinv course designed bv Hilly BelL . . Tacky Walsh. Chicago Park District golf supervisor, conduct ing 5th annual I'ark District free golf schools In S Chicago Parks. . . Schools get big at-tendance each year. . , Packy gives stu-dents who complete the course mimeo-graphed outline of how to practice what was learned in classes.

Greenville (Miss.) CC members pre-sented pro Tom Lundy with wrist watch inscribed "In appreciation of 20 years of loyal service." . . . Tom sure brags nation-wide alx>ut that club and his members. . , The sentiments obviously are reciprocated. . . Whitney Martin in his A P Sports Trail column gives Jack Redmond and Duncan Barr strong plug for instruction with movies at Redmond's N Y school. . . Tony Butler moving as pro from Harllngen (Tex.) CC to Brownsville (Tex.) CC. Warren Cantrell, sec.-treas.. Texas PGA, switching from Midland (Tex.) CC to Harlingen. , , Joe Driesbach, pro at North-wood CC, Dallas. Tex., for past 2 years, has resigned. . . Pres. Shorty Hombuckle calling Texas PGA into meeting at Men-ger Hotel, San Antonio, Feb. 7.

Alex Watson honored by Leewood CC ( N Y Met dist.) with testimonial dinner. . . Among distinguished guests at the party were Vlnnie Richards, Clarence Doscr and Maurice Walsh who had convoyed Alex

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when he wa>> batting Pine hurst No. 2 In fifi. . . That lovely spot, Bermuda's Mid-Ocean course, laid out by the late Charles B. Macdonaltl, resuming tournament play after II year lapse. . . Invitation event fur member* of several N Y Met tllst. clubs. , . Archie Com pa ton pro al Miil-Ocean.

U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce 1900 cluba in 48 states expect more than 500 preliminary events for picking boys for Jaycees 5th annual Junior championship. . . Jaycees's Junior national event to be played at Iowa State college. Ames, la,, Aug. 13-19. , . Jim Blair, Mlnikahda club, Minneapolis, pro, hires Joe Sodd, Indio, Calif., as asst.

A l lloberson, who's been doing vigorous job of promoting golf In Kansas, lias in-stalled a 9-liole sand green public enurse at Topeka, lis. , . . Topeka's been without a public course until Koherson took a jungle and converted into an interesting par 37 layout. . . Small clubhouse with plans for expansion. . . Occanside ( L I N Y ) GC changed from daily fee to pritale by Joseph Welnstein, owner. . . Jack Oliver stays as pro. . . Welnstein as head of (•olfhay. Inc., is having new seaside course built ti> plans of Al Tull. , . High tribute paid to I'rnf. L. S. Dickinson, his team-mate Geoffrey Cornish, and t'nlversity of

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Massachusetts Winter School for Turf M imagers, by editorial In Springfield (Mass . ) Republican.

Bob Gibson succeeds Wi lbur Skourup, Jr. as editor. P G A magazine. . . Gibson, former Ohio amateur, was on sports desks of Dayton and Pittsburgh newspapers and on Harrisburg (Pa . ) Patriot and Evening News immediately prior to coming with P G A magazine. , Skourup going into oil trade publicity work.

Fred Wood, internationally known In club management, died In Denver late In December, . . Wood had been In cluh busi-ness more than HO years, starling as a hoy in England. . • For many years he itiiinaged the Denver (Colo. ) AC. . , I l ls latest connection with I.akewood CC. Den-ver. . . He was active in promotion of many sports. . . He is survived by his widow. . . Fred Wood was a man nf out-standing ability in his field and many hundreds mourn him as a gentleman of great charm and warming friendship.

Don Burger, former Texas athlete who is one of the west coast's top hotel men, was host at a beau coup cocktail party celebrating Hogan's revival meeting . , It was staged the evening before the L A Open at Don's ultra swanky Hotel Bel Air. . , Ben and Valerie were guests of honor. . . About 200 players and sports

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writers and their wives present. . . Grub was magnificent. . . Bob Har low should have been there to knight Don for his judgment in selecting chefs of Hotel Bel Air and Ojai Valley Inn.

"Sportsman". Spalding house organ, carries partial list of 31 patented types of golf shaft construction, . . Same Issue carries photo of 15 prominent club pros on Spalding factory visit, . . Skee Kiegel, 1017 National Amateur champion, turns pro. . . 1'apcrs of First Annual Fall Field Day on Turf Cullure at University of California, l.os Angeles, hound Into a volume of value for southwestern green-keepers' library.

Jim Ferrier and Ellie Vines putting on clinics and exhibitions on West Coast to-gether with Claude Hastlng's demonstra-tion of ball compression machine as Wi l -son promote, . Stuart Murray heavily booked at his Indoor school, 38 Bromfleld St., Boston. . . Murray teaching the Ernest Jones "Swing into Go l f " method. . . By Harcke and Tommy Meehan al Alex. R. Lloyd's indoor golf school. 1026 Wilson Ave., Chicago, , . Steve Omar back at Illinois Athletic Club indoor school for third winter.

No. 11 (">H") yds.) at Riviera, scene of driving recording throughout the I .A Open. . . Snead, first with four diivrs

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totaling 1(M>0 yds.; Willie Hunter, Jr.. second with 1045 total. . . Hugan bit long-est drive, 278 yards. . . Hunter, Jr., second with 276. . . Good showing of pro's sons In L A Open. . . The junior league Included Burke, Ferrier. Hawkins, Cooper, Kirk-Wood, Thomson, Haas, Douglas.

Western Open to L A May 18-21 under co-sponsorship of L A Junior Chamber of Commerce. . . Course to be named later.

, W m . A. Brady signed by Maple Bluff CC, Madison. Wis., as gkpr. . . , Johnny Mor&n, in summer at his driving range at Aurora, 11!., a featured teacher at Ar -thur Murray dance school in Chicago dur-ing the cool months. . . Dick Metz after finishing third in Manila Open, flew west-ward around the world in a 36.200 mile air trip. . . Dick played an exhibition at Singapore with Norman Von Nida. . . Ex -hibitions were rained out In Bangkok and Calcutta.

Saturday Even log Post article "They're Just Wi ld About Sports" chronicles the Spalding organization's starring role in development of golf and other tT,S. top sports. . . Samuel II. Swlnt, rhmn., hotel committee, Augusta National GC, sends bulletin to press anil radio men asking for early reservations for the Masters', April fl, 7, 8, 9. . . Swlnt says that after con-ferences with Augusta hotel managers on

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A l J o h n s o n t r a n s f e r s f r o m I o w a S t a t e C o l l e g e c o u r s e a t A m e s t o b e c o m e supt . a t I n d i a n Hi l l C C , W i n n e t k a , 111, . . . P h o t o -g r a p h s a n d d r a w i n g s of g o l f c o u r s e a n d l a n d s c a p i n g w o r k of R o b e r t B r u c e H a r r i s on e x h i b i t a t T a v e r n C l u b , C h i c a g o , c l u b of m a i n l y a r t i s t a n d w r i t e r m e m b e r s . . . L i f e M a g a z i n e Jan . 23 l e ad f e a t u r e on H o g a n ' s c o m e b a c k . . , S t o r y sa id , " A c r o s s the c o u n t r y t h e r e w a s a s w e l l of e xc i t e -m e n t u n e q u a l l e d s ince J o e D i M a g g t o ' s c o m e b a c k . "

I o w a G r e e n k e e p e r s ' A s s n . s e t s intense ly p r a c t i c a l p r o g r a m f o r its I K i l t a n n u a l g r e e n k e e p i n g sho r t c o u r s e at I o w a S t a t e co l l e ge , A m e s , M a r c h 13, 14, 15. . . C n i v e r -s l t y o f T e n n e s s e e not h o l d i n g i l s S o u t h e r n T u r f C o n f e r e n c e th i s s p r i n g . . . C o u l d n ' t g e t e n o u g h a t t e n d a n c e . , . T h a t ' s a co s t l y loss tha t ' l l p a r t i c u l a r l y hit the s m a l l e r c l ubs , . . L a r g e r c l u b s w i t h k n o w i n g o f f i -c i a l s w i l l s ee to It the i r g r e e n k e e p e r s a r e financed to o the r t u r f e d u c a t i o n a l s e s s ions e v e n if a c c e n t Isn't a s s t r o n g on s t a t e cond i t ion ,

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visits to clubs, an exhibit of the Board's work, new buildings on the experiment ground, and close cooperation with British and Scotch Golf Greenkeepers' Assns. . . Otto Baker of Ponte Vedra CC, south of Jacksonville, Fla., advises "Highland bent with Bermuda base providing very good greens. Illahee sown over centipede fair-ways looks fine and plays well."

Al Kenwttl operating Luxor golf school, 121 W. 46th St., New York. . . With Al at the school are Jim Bus Mr, Cine Knoll CO, Monticello, N.Y., and Car Jans, Green Brook CC, North Caldwell, N.J. . . , Jack Kedmontl, the trick shot artist, now has bis golf studio at 4 West 4(Mh, New York. . . Leonard Lyons, gossip columnist, says "Joe l>iMaggi» plays golf in California but won't take any lessons, preferring his natural swing. He fear* If be learns to swing a golf club properly, with a stiff left arm, it it mild affect his baseball swing." , . . Not If Joe went to a pro who knows as much about golf as Joe does about baseball.

Always good for a laugh is the "inter-nationally fabulous Yogi Ltd.. Not Inc." Hilary Xavler Montanez "Yogi" Fran ken-berg, Sr., now operating practice course on Wilshire Blvd., LA. . . The Yogi ad-vertises himself as "No. 1 Teacher. No. 1 Exhibitionist." American College diction-

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ary defines exhibitionist as "one who de-sires to make an exhibition of himself."

. . Jim Beattie of Wilson's NY office tells us Tom Donahue, New Haven (Conn.) muny course pro, has as his auto license "MUNI."

Gene Knot, seo.-treas,, l,akcwnod ©C. Denver, pro and sec.-trcas., Itoeky Moun-tain PGA, sent Kooky Mountain PGA members ronclse, comprehensive and ac-curate report of annual PGA meeting promptly after returning home. , . Nicho-las Ksplnosa, father of Abe and A), now 04 and still a very spry citizen of the Monterey peninsula, . . New clubhouse to be hultt hy Stevens Point (Wis.) CC. . . Marlene Bauer, 15-year-old younger of the two talented golfing sisters ami 1949 Na-tional Junior Girls' champion, voted Female Athlete of the Year in Associated Press poll. . . Louise Suggs was second and Halie Dldrlkson Zaharlas, third.

For 4th consecutive year new record set at University of Mexico, Albuquerque, course. . . Despite 17 days when weather prohibited play there were 50,202 rounds played, , . George Lake, Long Beach, Calif. Recreation Park muny course pro says that of record 1919 Christmas gift shop sales 60 !̂- of the volume was directly due to junior golf promotion. . . Wichita IKs.) CC new course to be opened this

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year. . . Old course to be used as Albert McDonald muny course. . , Bill Diddle architect of new course. , . Mike Murra, Wichita CC pro, says layout Is one that has club hoping to get a National Ama-teur.

Put Markovtch. Kkhmnnd (Calif.) CO pro made a sales feature of golf books as Christmas presents. . . Eugene Erirkson. supt., International Business Machines Corp. course ai Poughkccpsie, N.V., writes Interesting. Informative piece about one of the IBM's two courses, in O. M. Scott & Sons Co. Turf Talks. . . Ollle Huff, green rhnin., Alderwood CC, Portland, Ore,, started oft his committee's report to members on 1949: "Nothing whatever wits done to completely satisfy the entire membership of the club." , . . Cary Mld-dleiofT at Bel Air CC (LA dist.) having some more pictures taken for his forth-coming golf book. . . Doc also got a treat-ment on practice tee al Riviera from Alex Morrison. . . Doc suffering from a spell of the hooks. . . Prentice-Hall to bring out Joe Novak's book this spring. , , Theme of Joe's volume is organizing one's swing to system which Includes J fundamentals of addresH and 4 of swing that are com-mon to most great players, . . Jimmy Demaret and one of Itob Hope's gag writers figuring on doing a golf book

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Jimmy Thomson says 14 pros consti-tuting Hawaii PGA have the islands nutty about golf. . . Walter Nagorski, Ft. Shafter, pres. of pros, kept Jimmy busy on promotion during his Hawaiian visit. . . Boys getting good help from Red Mc-Queen, sports editor, Honolulu Advertiser. . . Thomson says many of the islanders too small for American length of clubs. . , Goif Illustrated, London, cites British PGA figures for 1949 competition showing 60 players had average of 75 or better for all tournament rounds. . . Doubts "would we lose our money if we betted that America could not produce 60 players of equal merit." , . . Golf In Argentine cele-brating Its 50th year. . . Mar del Plata is Argentina's oldest club,

Willie (ioggln and Ben Roman In golf school at I'ark Sheraton hotel, S&ttl SI, and 7th Ave,, New York. . . Since Neal I .sing became mgr. of Park Sheraton it's getting big play from golfers. , . Jim Naulty, Preside « ( ' (ST dlst.) still limp-ing from injury suffered when pupil hit him with a 5 iron during a lesson. . . Eddie Dulno, Harold Stone and I'at Markovleh watching Jim hobble at Pebble Beach recalled damage done them by pupil's swings while teaching. . . Boys

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Arizona green keepers met at Arizona CC, Phoenix, Jan. 20 to organize state association. , . There are some fellows who really perform miracles making the desert bloom with greens and fairways. . . Joe Sanders completed construction of El-hole course for Wickenburg (Ariz.) CC to Billy Bell's plans, . . Jules Platte, at Knollwood CC (Chicago dist.) In summer on job as Wickenburg pro. . . Portersfield, Calif., holds Its "first annual professional baseball men's" golf tournament.

Biggest entry for Fourth Annual Invita-tion tournament at Great Southern GC, {Jtilfport, Minn. . . . Event restricted to home-club pros in south and their mem-bers. . . Sam Snead and Patty Berg named "Outstanding golfers of 1949" at Alhlele of the Year banquet of Los An-geles Times. . . Ken Hons field, British Kyder Cupper, says last winter's 1(1 week trip on U.S. tournament circuit cost him $31100 and he "was very careful," , , . Ken doesn't see much chance of Walker ('lip matches being close competition un-til British Walker Cuppers play more with, and get more Instruction from British pros. . . Pros learning from prac-tice range operators and arc using clean.

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white balls when giving lessons. , , Sell-ing and psychological effect on pupils favorable when neat balls an- used.

Jimmy Overton now pro at Southern Pines (N.C.I CC. . . Henry Picard and asst. Mike Krak for winter al ultra Ye-man's Hall near Pic's native Charleston, S.C. , . . Pic as player and teacher a big factor in developing "American style" of play. . Jimmy D'Angeio really steaming up new Dunes GACC Myrtle Beach, S.C, as alluring golf resort. . , ft. B. Jennings, Sr. building 18 hole Grand view public course at Columbia, S.C. . . . Jennings did Grade A job on Glenwood public course. . . Grass greens installed last year at Sunset CC, Sumter, S.C. now make course a fine layout where Ed Fticcoboni keeps 'em happy with Southern golf hospitality. . . Roland Robertson at Darlington tS.C.I CC has developed greens worth bragging about in any part of the land . . Con-struction to start on Ciaffney (S.C,) this spring. , . Union (S.C.) constructing 9-hole course to Robert Trent Jones design.

Pete Mitchell, South Ca'lina gentleman for Wilson, fills us in on some activity in that section of the universe. . , Frit* Mann, formerly of Oconee CC, Seneca, S.C., now pro at Sprlngmald GC, Chester, S.C. , . . Springs employees at Chester and at Lancaster, N.C., presented with

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new golf clubhouses by Col. Elliott Springs. . . Kcnicmlxr that Springs when hi* was a kid and an ace In World W a r I ? . . . Hp 's n o w pros.. Springs Mills and doing a top joh as big business executive anil providing employees with good golf. . . John Ratson, now pro-gkpr., Newber ry (S .C. ) CC where they've got new grass greens,

W a l t e r Wh i t i n g , who s ta r t ed w i th Pe l -ham ( N . Y . ) C C as pro in 1924, later be-c a m e pro-gkpr . , then mgr. , n o w gen, mgr . of the club. . . Buck Luce , f o r m e r l y asst.

' t o L e w W o r s h a m a t O a k m o n t and to Jack Burke , Jr. a t Metropo l i s , named P e l h a m pro. . . J i m m y Mines, pro a t new Tucson ( A r i z , I C C says he'd never seen any th ing l ike the w a y the club's two - yea r - o l d bent g r e ens have deve loped. . . J i m m y won A r i z o n a Open w i t h 190: Johnny R e v o l t s of De l R i o second w i th 203 and R i ck l Rar i ck , f o r m e r I o w a Open champion, w a s third w i th 20ft.

Kenturkiana (ireenkeepers' Assn. wil l have Its annual spring P'ield Day at Kt. Knox, Ky.« Enlisted Men's GC, Apri l S. . . Expect large attendance of Kentucky anil Indiana gkprs. and ehmn. . , . L. I - Fon-taine. Big Springs GC, (MB Cherokee St., Louisville, Ky., lining up program. , , Nor -folk, Ya., Public W o r k s dept. questioning location of proposed new 18-hole and 9-

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hide courses on watershed property as pos-sible source of water contamination,

Suffolk, Va.. new muny course to open this spring. . , Fresno, Calif,, second muny 18-hole course construction work started under supervision of pro Bert Stamps, . . Seattle, Wash,, Foster GC, dally fee course owned by Bob Eddy, celebrated its 25th birthday by waiving green fees. . . Start adding additional 9 to Huntington Beach, Calif., hole muny course. .. Cheering piece about lefthanded golfers in Bill Cunning-ham's column in Boston Herald. . . Bill said he wrecked Gene Sarazen's game for a while by having Gene play him lefthanded for 9 holes. . . Bill got hia customary south-paw 51. . . Gene got 56.

Architect James (i. Harrison, Pittsburgh, remodeling Irwin (Pa.) OC. , . Seattle hop-ing for 1*S(«A Piihlinx championship for West Seattle course in l»52 or IftfiS. , . Seal tie ( . ( hoping for National Amateur maybe in 1952. , . Lo* Angeles CC also wants ne\t National Amateur (hat's awarded to the West. . . Ilank Garletts from Yakima (Wash.) CC to pro Job al neighbor-ing Klvcrslde CC.

Death of Harry Lauder mourned by many veteran American golfers who played with him, . . Dot of the Scotch-born elders In U.S. pro golf were Harry's pals . . Lauder kept in correspondence contact with Scotty

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Chisholm until the little man's long last illness hit him. , , Begin construction on new clubhouse at Santa Ana, Calif., Wil-lowlck course. . . Champaign, Bl„ Elks Lodge 308 considering building course.

Long Island tin If Assn. decides to use funds from "Rehabilitation" events started during war, for Long Island charity and health drives,.. Knocking out daylight sav-ing In Spokane last year cost Its two muny courses an estimated $5000 in revenue. . . Net operating loss for both courses In 1949 was $5290. . . Ardmore (Pa.) Mainline Times carries illustrated feature on Joe Valentine and his men preparing Merlon's Last Course for National Open. June A. 9, 10. . . Spending $10,000. . . In Merlon's 124 traps <(00 tons of saml is being unloaded.

Art Melville, Camouslie product who's been 22 years at Ft. Washington (Calif.) GC recently gave his 25,000th lesson at the club. . . Notice some mighty swanky pri-vate clubs are being hosts to high school tournaments this year, . . Good sign of good sportsmanship. . . Old boys will be amazed to see golfing ability and etiquette of to-day's crop of well-trained high school golf-ers. . , Ed Oliver got reams of favorable publicity In Philippines and Australian papera for his Philippines Open victory. , . They called the rollicking ro'ind man "The Pork Chop." . . . Called Harrison "Dutchy."

Lloyd Mangrum says present tourna-

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merit stars are given u longer lease nf purse-winning hy wartime slump in faddy crop. . . Tin- Soldier Boy believes that when kids are caddy Ing because they find It a good way to make money they produce more good candidates for pro ranks. . . Bobby Litton to Baker (Ore.) GC as pro. . . Stu White, Whose pro operations were credited with drawing all-time high Income to Ogdf-n City, Ctah. El Monte muny course, awarded clubhouse concessions.

Santa Rosa, Calif., beginning construc-tion of 18-hole muny course designed by Billy Bell, . . Fritz Hall to return to Pontlac (HI.) Elks Club after winter as asst. at Indian Creek CC, Miami Beach. Fla. . . . Bob Williamson. Roseland G&CC, Windsor, Ont., makes his a year around teaching job at club by adding 80 x 40 ft. eight tec golf school building to his pro shop. . . Ells-worth Vines quits tournament circuit to be pro at Wllshire CC, Los Angeles,

Jerry IMefenderfer, l^ancaster (N.Y. ) CC has members smoking up for the season's start. . . Jerry passed out cigarette dis-pensers al Christmas. . . They have his ad on them and stay on members' desks as a reminder of a pleasant, smart merchant. . . BUI Bevcridge teaching winter classes at Mount Mary college and at Sell I it /. Brewery In Milwaukee. , . That's covering territory.

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ScottshlulT ( N e b . ) C C completes $140,000 c lubhouse and Is conve r t ing to bent greens, , . F ranc is 4. L y n c h returns as pro. . . l y n c h also operates a dr iv ing r ange in Seottsbluff . . . N e w lH -holc course In S t . 1 .oilis dlst,, tentatively named Over land C C . to open this summer . . . O w n e r s are headed by Tony Pelnso, Fox Theate r mgr . , widely-known a m o n g pros. . , T o m M c N a m a r a goes to Dutchess County CC , Ponghkeepsie , N . V .

B o b Jones ' as G o l f e r o f the F i r s t H a l f -C e n t u r y in the A s s o c i a t e d P r e s s po l l sur-pr ised n o b o d y . . . A f t e r 293 v o t e s f o r B o b t h e r e w e r e no a r g u m e n t s . . . H o g a n c a m e second w i t h 40, then H a g e n , 29: N e l s o n . 17; Snead , 6 ; S a r a z e n , 4: J o y c e W e t h e r e d . 2 and H a r r y V a r d o n . 1. . . Jones ' w i n of a l l f o u r m a j o r c h a m p i o n s h i p s in 1930, his 13 U . S . and B r i t i s h N a t i o n a l t i t l e s and f in ish-i n g first o r s econd in 11 o f t h e 9 U .S . O p e n s and 3 B r i t i s h Opens , m a k e s a r e c o rd tha t ' l l

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April Esquire will carry an article by Herb Graffls on "Headaches for Fun." , It tells of the onerous jobs of golf club presidents, grccn-chalrmen and house chairmen. , . Rising taxes and failure to get metropolitan district club costs within reach of desirable young men are men-tioned as two problems getting serious Tor club officials,

Rowland B. Armacost, pro-gkpr., Wah-conah CC, Dalton, Mass., has resigned to open his own business. Berkshire Lawn and Landscape Co., in Dalton. , . New Jersey Chapter, Club Managers Assn. of America, will hold annual spring meeting at Ridge-wood i N.J.) CC, May 9.., Cftlistoga ! Calif.) planning construction of course. , . British seniors will send ten-man team to play triangular match with U.S. and Canadian seniors this summer.

Fred Dugau, assl. to the late (ill Nieolls, named to succeed N'icoils as pro at Deep-

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dale ( i f . (treat Seek, L.L, N.Y. . . . Dr. <1. A. Mease. u rlt ing for City of Dunedln, Flu,, tells PGA the City is satisfl.-d with PGA maintenance and operation of the PGA course al llunedln and that Dunedln has no intention of terminating Its A9 year lease of course to PGA. , . Most of the '£50 lots bordering the course have been sold to pros. . . The Mease letter evplodes rumor PGA leawe on course was precarious.

Ralph K. EM Ing, one-armed golfer, leaves Bethlehem (N.H.I G & Tennis club after 14 years as pro-gkpr. for pro job at Haver-hill (Mass.) CC. . . Among pupils Ebhng developed is Joe Kirkwood, Jr. . , . Ehling, Kirkwood, Jr., and another partner bought a range near Monterey, Calif, last winter. . . Jimmy Crossan. who's taught a lot of the good ones, says watch Dave Mose, George Kcyes and Charley Brady as assistants who show promise of becoming great golfers. . . Mose and Brady have been signed as as-sistants by Guy Paulsen, pro at Medlnah CC (Chicago dist.). . . Bill Hook. Kenwood CC I Cincinnati dist,) takes Lee Armstrong as asst. , . . Lee Is from Odessa. Tex., a protege of the ol' Lone Ranger, Shorty Hornbuckle.

Ft. Wayne, Ind. Junior Chamber of Com-merce launches strenuous campaign to sell tickets for lis $15,(1011 Open June t. 2. 3, 4.

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Frfint Cuter: At North Hill* Country Club, Miltrau iter, H ii., u-ith George (d/i/cruiwrf, professional, in hi* office ill ihe enil of the ai*le of bug*. Ind. IteloK, ihe lemon lee al U inged Foot Country Club, ilamaroneek. 1%. >'.,

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Making the Swing Around Golf 8 Superintendents Mold I .argent Annual Meet at Boston By Herb Graffls 37 full of Events Schedule All-Important to Club By George Calderwood 4? U. of Florida Accents Golf — Country Club Helps 48 Dead Land Restored to Life by Golf Turf I 'rogram By Cliff Allen 50 Give Salesman Time; He'll Pay Pro In Ideas By Bob Gutweln 54 Architectural Features of Outstanding Course By Robert Bruce Harris 58 The "Bright Look" Appeals In Ft. Wayne CC's New Shop 65 Behavior of Named Bents Under Playing Use By W. II. Glover 68 Briefs of Committee Reports at USGA Annual Meeting VI

How Plnchurst Prepares Turf for Winter Play By llenson Maples 70 When the Dlvil is Nihhlln Ver Niblick By Hugh Gordon 82 Need and Cse of Potash In Turf Development By S. D. Gray 86 News from Ihe Manufacturers 108

M A K I N G THE SWING (Continued from page 35)

. , John M. Brennan, Jamaica (N.Y.) Press golf scribe with big readership on Long Island has been campaigning for better caddy manageinenl in that district. . . Brennan cites complaints that "bottle babies" get too many choice assignments to discouragement of sober caddies. . . Philadelphia dlst. course supts. in cheering section for Martin Naughton's recovery, . . Naught on, supt. at Northampton CC, Easton, Pa., and a very grand guy Is in St. Eliza bet It's hospital.

Nearly 6000 golfers, representing 174 clubs in London, Eng.. dist., have entered Evening News week-end tournament which will end Sept. 13.. . Listens tike a great golf promotion Idea for U.S. papers to follow, . , Some British newspapers withdrawing as sponsors of pro tournaments. . . Fine publicity for National Greenkeeplng Supts. convention at Boston in Boston Herald story by Joe Looney and Tom Fitzgerald, Boston Globe. , . Joe and Tom angled their pieces to course experts showing home owners how to get fine lawns.

Milt Woodward, former Chicago sports-writer and later minor league baseball

executive, has been appointed asst. to Jerome P. Bowes, Jr., of Western Golf Assn. . . . Woodward will work with Ex. Sec. Joe C. Ilogan and Educational Director Itoland F. McGulgan on the Western's caddy program, . . George Page and Mike Brady building a D-hole practice course al Saugus (Boston dlst.). . . Colorado State Publicity Dept., Denver, publishes new guide of state's golf courses. . . Broadmoor (Colo.) GC remodeling and 9 new holes being added to plans of Robert Trent Jones.

Neat notebook Green keepers' Club of New England distributed for use at NGSA convention. . . Book was extensively used in writing reminders of work brought up by convention talks. . . Green keepers' Club of New England, organized Feb. 25, 1924, was first gi eenkeepers' organization in U.S. , , . Fee courses In metropolitan districts making early booking of industrial tourna-ments for this summer, , , Shortage of courses in some areas making It tough to book the trade events. . , Don Bosco Com-munity Center, Port Chester, N.Y., con-ducting caddy training program during April, , . J. J- Carlyle, asst. pro at Green Valley CC, conducting the course.,. Carlyle will have guest pros for the kids.