r 1 ROBERT TRENT JONES

Member: American Society of Golf Cour*e Architect«

Golf Course Architect

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NEW YORK, N. Y. L ^

WILSON-HAGEN OPEN NEW PRO OFFICES IN CHICAGO

May 26, Wi l son Spor t ing G o o d s C o . and W a l t e r Hagen C o . d iv . of Wi lson fo rma l l y opened thei r new pro o f f i ce and display room on the 8th f loor of 225 N. Wabash ave., C h i c a g o . Telephone is CEntra l 6-9734. A t the par ty o f f i c i a l announce-ment was made of appo in tmen t of George Hage-man as C h i c a g o area manager o f the Wi lson-Hagen pro dep t . A t the tee wi th George on open ing day were W a l t e r C rowe , Tim O'Br ien, Bob Robinson and the Wi l son headquarters o f f i -cials. Many pros a t tended the par ty inc lud ing (L to R) Ed Schwerin, Sam Bernardi , Dick Knopp, Steve Schmidt , L. G . (P lug) Osborne, Wi lson's

Pro G o l f Div. Dir., and Lou Strong.

PHILLIPS SPIKES IN NEW DISPLAY

F. C. Phillips, Inc., S toughton , Mass. , makers of Cam Lock golf spikes have a new pro shop coun-ter display that pre-sents 10 spikes and a wrench in Perma-printed polyethylene packages. The spikes don't break through the package mate-rial which is trans-parent, yet bears an attractive printing job.

STAN THOMPSON CUSTOM CLUB BUSINESS EXPANDS

Stan Thompson Golf Club Co., 275 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif, has reached the stage where it is crowding the fine new plant Stan built two years ago. He reports that his custom orders through pros have maintained a steady increase with this year's business well ahead of the 1951 figures.

Thompson sales representatives calling

WILLIAM P. BELL A N D SON GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS

Member: American Society of Golf Course Architects

544 Sierra Vista Avenue

Pasadena 10, California

James G. Harrison GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT

Member: American Society of Golf Course Architects

R. D. # 3 . Box 372 Turtle Creek, Pa. Phone — Valley 3-3444 Suburb of Pittsburgh

W H itchall 6 6 4 N . M I C H I G A N A V E . 4 - 6 5 3 0 C H I C A G O II. I L L I N O I S

This letter was received in 1949: •'Liqua-Vita d i d an excellent ¡ob on my greens. They were better this year than at any t ime since 1920."

J. A . Pinkerton Conneaut Country Club Conneaut, Ohio

Mr. Pinkerton is sti l l an enthusiastic user of Liqua-Vita.

A M E R I C A N LIQUID FERTILIZER CO., I N C Marietta, Ohio

on pros now are handling, in addition to Stan's clubs, Hotze bags, Pro-Grip gloves and headcovers, Phillips and Turf-Hugger spikes, Whitewater rainwear, Skee Riegel shoes and several other items.

NEW PORTABLE BAR BY PALEN

Jos . F. Palen, Inc. , I 10 H e n n e p i n Av . , M i n n e a p o l i s I , M i n n . , makers o f d i s t i n c t i v e c a f e , h o t e l a n d ba r f i x tu res , are i n t r o d u c i n g a new p o r t a b l e b a r t h a t l ooks a n d ac ts t h e p a r t o f an e f f i c i e n c y e x p e r t in h a n d l i n g t h e t h i r s t p r o b l e m s a t g o l f c l ubs , espe-c i a l l y those t h a t ar ise when spec ia l even ts b r i n g h e a v y t r a f f i c . A t t r a c t i v e , eas i ly p o r t a b l e , t h e Palen P o r t a b l e Bar is e q u i p p e d w i t h s ta in less s tee l d r a i n b o a r d s , wash sinks, a m p l e w o r k a r e a , a l o c k e d l i q u o r s t o r a g e c o m p a r t m e n t a n d i ce box . The f o p is so l i d m a h o g a n y w i th a l c o h o l - p r o o f va r -n ish. C o m p l e t e d e t a i l s , p r i ces a n d s p e c i f i c a t i o n s

f r o m Palen, Inc . , a t a b o v e add ress .

WILSON HAS NEW SNEAD MOVIE

Now available for distribution is the new addition to the Wilson Sporting Goods Co.'s film library, "Slammin' Sam Snead."

This sparkling sound production was made by R.K.O. Radio Pictures and fea-

tures Sam Snead, golf's all-time record money winner and a member of the Wil-son advisory staff.

The film shows Snead at work on his home course, Greenbrier CC, White Sul-phur Springs, W. Va., and shows how he plays each hole.

The L. D. Faas Co., 4943 Firestone Blvd., South Gate, Calif., now is making the Senior Model King O'Lawn Power Edger. So designed that the operator can make sharp edges at any angle, the ma-chine also can be adjusted for use in weeding flower beds.

MONSANTO EXPLAINS RUSH SALES DEBUT OF KRILIUM

Krilium soil conditioner, which golf course superintendents were told would not be commercially available until 1953, was introduced in newspaper ads May 11 by Monsanto Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo. A Monsanto publicity handout for release May 11 gave the company's state-ment concerning the change in sales pol-icy which puzzled superintendents and left them unprepared to answer inquiries of their members.

With a St. Louis dateline the statement read, in part :

"Charles Allen Thomas, president of Monsanto, said that sales of the condi-tioner in a home gardening formulation will begin before the agricultural and erosion control formulations of Krilium become available.

"The home garden market was selected as the first outlet for Krilium because methods of application are comparatively simple and quantities of the product in-volved are relatively small," Thomas said.

"Techniques and rates of application for Krilium in agriculture and erosion

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C o m p o s i t i o n • G o l f P rac t i ce Dev i ces • G o l f shoes G r i p p r e p a r a t i o n f o r hands H a n d i c a p racks • c a r d s d M e c h . Range Ball Re t r i eve r P r a c t i c e d r i v i n g ne ts

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control are still under study," he pointed out. "When current tests have been eval-uated, Monsanto will announce sales pol-icies, including prices for the Krilium formulations available in these fields."

A wood door that folds against the j a m b rather than swinging out has been introduced by the Rolscreen Co., Pella, l a . The door can be used where swinging doors are undesirable or can be used as a room partition.

"SPORT STIRS" FOR GOLF PRIZES A gift for any golfer or a prize for any

occasion is this Junior set of "Sport S t i r s " consisting of six individual beverage stir-rers, each 7y2 in. tall, finished in 24 k a r a t gold plate and displayed in a beautifully finished solid walnut miniature gun rack.

• BENT GRASS • Stolons and Sod. Wash ing ton — C I —

and other recommended strains.

HIRAM F. G O D W I N 22366 Grand River Ave., De t ro i t 19. M ich .

packaged in a similarly beautiful gift box is also available.

Further information may be obtained from Sports Awards Co., distributor for "Sport St irs" , 429 West Superior St., Chicago 10, 111., or by writing the manu-facturer, The Futura Corp., 8800 South Vincennes Ave., Chicago 20, 111.

The set is packaged in a choice two-tone gif t box, finished in a beautiful oriental grey birch wood grained paper and dark hunter green. A Master set of "Sport S t i r s " consisting of 12 st irrers (two each of those included in the Junior set) to-gether with a round solid walnut rack,

HEAVY DUTY LOCKER-ROOM SEAT

Extra heavy duty locker-room seat manufac tured by Amer ican Playground Device Co. , is bui l t to take plenty of abuse. It's ideal f o r dressing room, club or shelter house. Frames and crossbraces are of l ' / 2 " * 5 / 1 6 " f l a t steel t h rough -bo l t ed to the seat, hot galvanized to rustproof . The l 4 " -w ide seat is made of f inest 5 / 4 " nat ive oak, f in ished in Johnson's W a x - O - N a m e l . Inquires t o Amer ican

Playground Device Co., Anderson , lnd .

NEW METHOD FOR R E C O N D I T I O N I N G C U T OR DAMAGED BALLS

J a m e s Mulher in , Sales Mgr., Globe Products Co., 705 Ol-ive St., S t . Louis, M o . , a n n o u n c e s a new method of re-

^ ^ / conditioning cut and l*^"""* f~ badly bruised golf

balls with an im-proved, s i m p l i f i e d aluminum and steel h a n d p r e s s . T h e press is heated over

an ordinary gas flame. The heat of the mold melts down and revulcanizes the

James Mu lher in

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whole cover to form all new surface mark-ings. Mulherin, who has had over 25 years experience in rebuilding golf balls, claims that anyone can use this device without previous experience and reclaim 90 per cent of all cut balls where none of the original balata is missing. Further details may be obtained from the manufacturer.

The ability of Koroseal Tile Floor to " take i t " is demonstrated in the locker-room of the Broadmoor GC, Colorado Springs. The 3 inch oak threshold of the locker-room has been worn down and re-placed three times since the Koroseal floor was installed two years ago. The new all-vinyl plastic flooring is made by the Sloane-Blabon Corp., 295 Fifth Ave., New York City.

MANSUR JOINS YERXA, MAINE TORO DEALER

J a c k D. Mansur, Fryburg, Me., has joined Philip R. Yerxa, 753 Broadway, South Portland, Me., recently appointed Maine distributors for the complete line of Toro and Whirlwind power mowers and other turf maintenance equipment.

The Yerxa organization also has added lines of power sprayers, sprinklers, hose, fertilizer, seed and other turf maintenance items. The company is in its new build-ing and has a trained service personnel and a large stock of parts.

J a c k Mansur has been appointed sales mgr. by Yerxa and with Jack ' s long and successful experience and wide acquaint-ance among supts. in Maine, the line-up looks to be set for sales and service.

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Under no circumstances are we permitted to divulge the name and address of those placing the blind advertisements. Responses to all box number ads should be addressed to the box number and mailed to GOLFDOM; replies are promptly forwarded to advertisers. For Sale — 1 seven-gang Toro mower, all new reels, completely overhauled; 2 Toro putting green mowers; 1 small model Royer composting machine. Write B o b Morrison, Glenwoodie Golf Club, Glenwood, 111. Wanted — to lease, 9 or 18 hole golf course in South-ern Florida, by responsible people. Please send full particulars and condition of course to Ad No. 604 % Golfdom. Pro or Pro-Greenkeeper 30 years experience desires position at once. Sold own course recently. Expert instructor also A-l turf man. Address ad No. 605 % Golfdom. Pro-Mfir.-Greenkeeper — 14 years present position de-sires change. Accustomed administrative duties. Long time member P.G.A. Private club preferred. Finest possible references. Address Ad 606 % Golfdom. FOR SALE — 9 hole semi-public golf course on 90 acre site, on Main Trunk Line with restaurant in Clubhouse catering to public. Also has an ideal Motel site. In Central Michigan industrial area. For details write Ad No. 607 % Golfdom. Successful and going California golf equipment busi-ness, operating nationally, wishes to sell or take in partner. Present owner's health will not permit full-time work. Send inquiries to Ad No. 608 % Golfdom. For Sale or Lea»« —- Golf Driving Range with 2 0 tees, large miniature golf course covering 2 acres. 6 acres beautiful picnic grove, 20 x 40 concession building, 8 x 8 service building for Driving Range. Balls, clubs, mats, mower, picnic tables, rest benches and all other necessary equipment, complete layout excellently lighted. Will accommodate horse shoe court, shuffle board, and outside dance floor. Exclusive location in community of 40 ,000 people. Total of 19 acres. Long lease. Low rent. Write D. L . Trachsel, 133 N. Main St., Marion, Ohio. FOR SALE: New nine hole course located on Oregon Coast Highway. Excellent for couple. Well arranged small clubhouse right on state highway. Course equipment all new. Water only $100.00 year; 100 lb. pressure. Owner built course to develop large ocean subdivision. Will sell for less than cost to right person who knows golf and can give course personal atten-tion. $30 ,000 .00 full price. Neah-Kah-Nie Golf Course, Barney Lucas, owner. Telephone Seaside, Oregon 540-W or write Box 548, Gearhart, Oregon.

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FOR SALE: 18-HOLE, PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, CLUB-HOUSE, LOCATED HALFWAY BETWEEN BUFFALO, NIAGARA FALLS AND ROCHESTER. FULLY EQUIPPED. LIQUOR LICENSE. WONDERFUL BUSI-NESS ESTABLISHED TWENTY YEARS. FULL PRICE S50 ,000 . TERMS. OPEN FOR INSPECTION THROUGH SEPTEMBER. NIAGARA-ORLEANS COUNTRY CLUB, ROUTE 31, MIDDLEPORT, NEW YORK. PRO — Age 32 . Married. Extensive experience, would like small club or Assistant Pro position at large club. Best references. Will go anywhere. Ad-dress Ad 601 % Golfdom.

For Sale — 9 hole golf course north central New York. Living quarters in clubhouse; showers, toilets and lockers. Equipment to run golf course. About 100 acres, borders on water. Lots for building cot-tages. Beautiful" spot doing wonderful business. Ask-ing $50 ,000 . Will take a mortgage. Address Ad 602 % Golfdom. Pro or Greenkeeper or combination. Long experience, competent, agreeable. Moderate income satisfactory. Eastern or Southern location. Address Ad 603 % Golfdom.

RANGE BALLS wanted. Highest prices paid. Sunset Fields i airway, 4000 W. Santa Barbara Ave., Los Angeles 8, Calif.

Pro — trained as asst. by famous pros, further edu-cation on tournament circuit, worked as pro with high satisfaction at fine resorts, available for spring, sum-mer, fall job. Excellent teacher, dependable, record of completely satisfactory performance. Address Ad 609 % Golfdom.

W A N T E D F O R C A S H Old golf balls retrieved from ponds or out of bounds on or around golf courses. Cuts and Bumps 48«' per doz. Off brands & synthetic $1 .50 per doz. Round & perfect $1 .00 brands

for refinishing $2 .40 per doz. Note — No golf driving range cull throw-out balls

wanted at above figures. Send for shipping tags and instructions DRIVING RANGE MEN — REBUILDING

Your old cores recovered with the new type paint-less cover material. Tested and proven to be the best process in rebuilding for driving range use. Guaranteed 1 0 0 % against seam splitting.

Price per doz. on exchange $2 .65 Circular and information on request.

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ALL kinds used course equipment sold or swapped; serving as your Broker. Send want or have list. Clinton KENT Bradley, Mountain View, New Jersey.

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D. B. A. Products Co 15 Dargie Golf Company, Bert 86 Davis, Inc., George A. 6 Des Moines Glove & Mfg. Co 60, 61 Dolge Company, The C. B 8 Dunlop Tire & Rubber Corp .63 duPont de Nemours & Co. , Inc., E. I.

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Lamkin Leather Company 47 Langford, William B 95 Lawn Marvel 19 Lewis Company, G. B 4, 20 Lexol Corporation, The 28 Lotshaw Company, Andy 83

MacGregor Golf Company 40, 41 Mallinckrodt Chemical Works 42A Manufacturer's Specialty Co 86 Master Enterprises 20 May Company, George S 3rd Cover Merchants Tire Company 79 Mineralized Products, Inc 83 Mitchell Rubber Co., R. L 49 Mock Seed Company 8 Monroe Company, The 88 Murdock Mfg. & Supply Co., The 87

Northern Golf Ball Company 84

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P a g e Fence Association 26 Païen, Inc., Jos. F. 27 Perry's Greens Spiker 14 Peterson Mfg. Co. , A. E. 73 Phillips, Inc., F . C. 28

Royer Foundry & Machine Co 10 Rutledge Company, The 21

Schendel, A. C 29 Scott & Sons Co. , O. M 12 Scott Port-A-Fold Seat Co 26 Sewerage Commission 12 Silicote Corporation, The 21 Skinner Irrigation Company 81 Smith, Kenneth 23 Snugrip 89 Spalding & Bros., Inc., A. G 36, 37 Sportowel 28 Sports Awards 89 Standard Manufacturing Company 16 Superior Rubber Mfg. Co., Inc 29

Tam O'Shanter Country Club 3rd Cover Trophy and Medal Shop 88 True Temper Corporation 30 Tull, Alfred H 85

United States Rubber Company . 2nd Cover Universal Sports & Awards 84

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Vol. 26 — N o . 6 • JUNE, 1952

CONTENTS The Bus iness Journal off Go l f

O v e r l o o k i n g g reen and fa i rway o f 136 yd . 6th hole of Bala G o l f C l ub , Front Phila., Pa., where Wom en ' s N a t i o n a l O p e n wil l be p layed June 26-29. C o V G r * i ^ 3 0 ' ' ) 's g e n - c ^ m n - ' C a r l Sch l ingmann, c l ub pres., and

Bob Marshal l is the professional .

Swinging Around Golf Pros Tell Ideas That Increase Sales How A Sound Labor Relations Plan Grew Championship Innovations * Meeting Demand for Short-cut Fairways By-Insurance Plan to Finance Municipal Course By L Fundamentals of Correct Course Accounting By Brains Pay in Small Pro Shop Planning Test PC Wet, Dry and With Sludge for Weed Control By W Big City Ground Shortage Boosts 6-hole Idea By Floods Again Add to Superintendent's Load Bobbins Heads Spalding Board ; Brown Is New President

By Herb Graffis 31 By Leo Feser 34

38 Ralph E. Engel 42 ee Clark Vinson 44 Joseph J. Canty 48

58 , E. Zimmerman 62 Verne Wickham 68

74 78

S W I N G I N G AROUND G O L F (Continued from page 24)

Changes in the pro and ass is tant line-up in upper New York state, as reported by Bert Purvis who travels that beat for Spalding: . . . E d Kroll from Drumlins to asst. job at Cooperstown . . . S tu Jamie -son from Westvale to pro a t Highland Park, Auburn . . . John S e r w a t k a now asst. to Chuck Lewis at Innin Arden . . . Tom Mahoney, who was with Harry Shep-herd at Mark Twain at Elmira now asst. to Tom Newlove a t Bellevue.

Other changes in that area : . . . Attillio Albenese at Canojoharie . . . Bob Smith at Cobleskill . . . Channing Floyd at Sacan-dago P a r k . . . J o e Lally new pro a t Sara-nac Lake . . . Dennis Kowalczyk a t Syd-ney . . . Tony Fortino, J r . at Ticonderoga . . . The boys sure get around up there.

Great re joicing in family of the Wayne Timbermans . . . Miss Randa Lynn arrived April 23 . . . When she weighed in a t 6 lb. 12 oz. she remarked "Quality, not quantity, is our policy." . . . Pappy is pro at Meridian Hills CC, Indianapolis.

Henry Lindner from Charlotte (N.C.) CC to pro post at Augusta (Ga.) CC . . . Walt Silkworth now pro at Rydall CC (Philadelphia dist.) . . . U. C. Ferguson, asst., promoted to pro job at Lincoln Park GC, Oklahoma City, Okla., filling vacancy left by Art Jackson, who retired . . . Dick Hicks from Perry (Okla.) CC to pro job at Wewoka (Okla.) CC . . . Dick Langford from Wewoka to Oakwood CC, Enid, Okla. . . . Hack Williford from Oakwood to Ponca City (Okla.) CC . . . Bill Oliver

from Ponca City to Odessa (Tex.) CC pro spot.

Patuxent (Md.) Naval Air Station to reconstruct course . . . Mid-Atlantic Assn. of Golf Course Supts. met with station officers, inspected site of reconstruction job and submitted construction recom-mendations to faci l i tate maintenance work . . . U. S. Open championship for women to be played at B a l a CC (Phila-delphia dist.) June 26-28 . . . $7500 purse guaranteed by Philadelphia Inquirer Char-ities, Inc., sponsor of the event.

Junior Chamber of Commerce chapters guaranteeing $112,500 of 1952 PGA co-sponsored tournament circuit prize money . . . Harry Pezzullo returns to Mission Hills GC (Chicago dist.) after heaviest indoor golf school business he's ever had, and Harry is no come-lately at teaching . . . He turned down, due to lack of time, about as many pupils as he taught in-doors in Chicago's loop . . . He says about 3 5 % of his pupils were beginners.

Dick Stenard back for 8th year as pro at Amsterdam, N. Y., muny course . . . Dick gets Wally Sheridan as asst., replac-ing Bob Smith, who now is pro at Coble-skill, N. Y. af ter 7 years with Stenard . . . Stenard and Golf Commission mem-ber Charles H. Schenck, who also is sec. of the Carpet City's Chamber of Com-merce, have compiled best muny course events schedules . . . Should be some hunches in it for other muny course pros . . . Mike Lombardi, formerly asst. to Herb Christopher a t Brookside CC, Co-lumbia, now pro a t Fostoria (O.) CC.

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