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Hill Ciox, Britain's counter-part of Porky Oliver, played his home course, Fulwell, in Kl gripping his clubs only wiih his light hand . . • New Zealand has a Golf Foundation to the pattern of the U, S. National Golf Foundation . , . T h e New Zealand Foundation is featur-ing the promotion of junior

(•'»tf Illustrated of London reports thai linnsh K J A is finding no takers for its • Her 61 the 1957 Ryder Liup matches (or ihrun SSO.OOO . . , Savs Ryder matches at

('.inioii ill 1919 drew about $18,000 (trans-I tied from pounds, of course) . . . Lucky t:. Ryder C u p matches here have ac-iji irrtl Bob Hudson as angel . . . Despite m i [ .g and expert golf in [he competi

it doesn't draw well in this country Thunderbird has expressed interest

iti having Ryder Cup matches as a quad-rcnnial feature , . . PGA would be re-lieved of trouble of placing and financing the event but might risk having the Ryder Cup matches become primarily a feature of the Thunderb i rd entertainment calen-dar instead of an international spurts com-petition.

Thunderbi rd hospitality lavish for both teams and British sports writers who made the trip and produced beautiful purple prose on the desert wonderland club . . . Jimmy Thomson on Caribbean trip this winter as sales missionary for Spalding.

Metropolitan New York club managers present Kric Koch, mgr. North Hills GC (NY Met. dist.), with an oil painting of himself during big testimonial dinner at Metropolis CC . . . Koch's been with North Hills for 25 years , . . Was Club Managers' \ssn. pres. in 1946 and 47 . . . Wtn. Bues-

cher new mgr. Milwaukee (Wis.) CC . , . He succeeds Henry R. Dutton who now' is mgr. tiers Hotel, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Forrest J. (Red) Large from Oak Park (111.) CC to manage Plum Hollow GC (Detroit dist.) . . . Donald O. Christian from Meridian Hills CC. Indianapo-lis. hid., now managing CC of Orlando, Fla. . . . Robert M. Dorian from Brvnwood CC. Milwaukee. Wis., to manage .Si ioio CC. Columbus O.

GHAfflS , , . Lome A. Cameron, former-ly mgr., .Scioto, now the Club Consultants, Inc., a club management advisors service.

Sidney T . fessop of Medinah CC has been elected 23d pres., Chicago District Coif Assn \ t the CDGA annual meeting Charles N, Likstein of Ravisloe was elected vp. Andrew W. Gatenby of Beverly, treas.; and Stacy W. Osgood of Flossmoor, set and gen. counsel . . . The CDGA reported that more than 16,000 of its handicap cards were issued to members of CDGA member clubs in 1955 and that Chicago District Golf Charities raisetl $11,221 for vet hos pital use last year.

Perry H. Smith, 74, father of Horion and Ren Smith, died Dec. 7 at Springfield, Mo. . . , He had been in failing health for some months , . . Mr. Smith was a na-tive of Springfield , . . He was a highly re-spetted citizen whose admirable character is reflected by his sons . . . He was in farming and live stock business . . . His widow survives him.

Commonwealth CC (Boston dist.) sold to Gor-Sam Realty Co. at reported $820,001) . . . It will continue operating as a countrs d u b . . . Lou Strong changes from Park Ridge (111.) CC to become pro at Tarn O'Shanter CC . . , Lou's former asst. at Park Ridge, Ken Weiller, comes from Kish-waukee CC, DeKalb. 111. to take over Park Ridge pro job.

T h e Country Club of Virginia gross revenue from 1955 National Amateur was $64,000; the net, $16,000 . . . T h e Rich-mond dub ' s Board of Governors distribute

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ed iIn- profit as a bonus in cluh eniplovees . . . Rroadacres GC, 9 hole public course in Blnoinfield, N. J. to IK1 site of soap com-pany research laboratory . . . Ill Ieresting priitn brought up by Lake .Success iN. V.) village ordinance hailing removal of sod, trees, etc., from site of Dcepdale CC for-mer course which is to be used for home sites . . . Village officials say ordinance is control measure lo prevent flood dam age.

Sale of golf course sites for use as build-ing plots is reminding municipalities of the clubs* very small use of municipal sen ices in re turn for the clubs' tax payments . . . Some miinitipalities making 75 ft. m in imum frontage for home lots, declaring that smaller plots and houses do not pay for facilities required 10 service them.

T a l k in south ahum leasing municipal courses to private operators since desegre-gation court rul ing , . . Airplane applica-tion of Chlordane lo Marshtteld (Maw.) CC for beetle control at low cost very in-teresting 10 New England supts. dur ing their last outdoor meeting of 11)55 . . . As result of supts.' p lanning and cooperation higltls valuable to Supt. Frank Wilson dur

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ing Car ling Open last year, New England j aunts, already are dismissing similar work | tin help of Stipl. Francis Malone of Blue d i l l CC dur ing this year's PGA champion-ship and as aid to Supt. John Realty of T h e Country C lub of Brookline dur ing the IT>7 National Amateur.

Jack Fleck to he par tner of Byron Nel soil itt match against Harvic Ward, jr . and ' Ken Venturi at Hard ing Park, San Fran-cisco, Jan. 21, for benefi t of California flood sufferers , . . Fleck suggested benefit match and F.ddie Lowery got it organized . , . Letters of Fred Riggiit, sr. that he wrote to Mrs. Riggin and their children, from tr ip Fred made to Africa with other , American seniors is very interesting job of report ing a golfing traveler's wandering in a strange land.

Mark Cassidy's new course at Glen Falls, N. Y. to be in full su ing this spring . , . junior (lasses planned to be hig feature again this year . . . In 1955 outs tanding work done in junior instruction bv Boh ' Haggerty, pro at Edison Club, Rex ford, N. V.: Buckv Hewitt , pro ai West vale CC, Camilitis, N. V., and Bob Smith, asst. to Jack Cormley at Wolfer ts Roost CC. Al-bany, N, Y,

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W o m e n ' s cri t icism of high b idd ing in prev ious Ca lcu t t a s will r e d u c e pool to ta ls at several d u b s this year . . . Wives say they could use the m o n e y be t t e r . . . Cal-cu t ta scandal e x p l o d e d by Larry R o b i n son in N Y W o f l d - T e l e g r a m Sun last fall qu i t e in te res t ing to In t e rna l R e v e n u e d e p t . . . . S imon-pure . 6 - h a n d k a p . absolutely-on-tltc-level golfer who's won $ I 00,000 in Cal* CUtta in past three years has declared every cent of it in liis r e t u rn s , . . He's very suc-cessful bus inessman in high tax brackets .

D u r i n g fo rma l i t i e s h o n o r i n g memory id Leo Diegel and vot ing him in to PG.Vs Hal l of Fame fel lows who knew Dieg well lold how bard he worked in raising loi ol money for vet hospi tal golf . , , Some nice stories came o u t a b o u t pros who gave Leo a hand a long toward the end ol his long illness when he really needed it . . . D o u g Ford. PGA P lay ing P r o of 1954 to IJC p lay ing p r o for new P u t n a m CC, M a h o p a r . N. Y.

T h i r d a n n u a l Early W y n n Ballplayer* Inv i t a t ion tournament will be p laved at Bobbi Jones C C Sarasota, F!a„ Feb. 10. I I , 12. witli Elks lodges ol Sarasota and Ven-ire as co-sponsors a m i p roceeds goiug main-ly to Har ry \n t i a c r ipp led cliitdrcns' home .

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In si tidying l!15fi Rules i>( Coif note changes in amateur status rules ai any age. instead of IS or younger, as belore , . . Amateur ruling eased to |iermit tumpeii-tion as members of industrial or business golf teams.

"A Night to Remember*" Walter Lord's exciting book on the 1 itanic's sinking in April, 1912, says that included in the ship's cargo were 30 cases of golf clubs and ten-nis rackets for Spalding . . . J im Barnes dur ing recent trip back to Britain played in a holiday competi t ion using only a S-iron . . , Reports say Long Jim stored amazingly well for a 68-year-old golfer us-ing only one d u b .

Plan dome C.C (NY) Met dist.) which ap-peared t o be doomed to sale as -t sub-division, Itought by golfers who wilt op-erate it as a private club . . . Boh I'oski and Marco S. Marinetlo. Hoi yoke. Mass-auto dealer, buy Mt. T o m G C at ffolyoke . . . "I'oski will be pro , . , Illustrated sports section story in New York Times on sod-d i n g of new Putnam CC, Lake Mahopac, N. Y. . . . Wm. F. Mitchell designed and built the course , . . Soil from Miuhe l nur-serv at Sutton. N. II.

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Fine precedent was established by Colon ia (N. J.) CC at party honoring its l,*fi.fj club champions . , , (,olonia's stipt., Frank .Svehla was presented with WOO check as a "token of appreciation for his line work under trying conditions this summer.** . . . George ,M(Keu/ie retires alter 2b years supt. Sc. David's CC <Philadelphia dist.) , . . Club 11ni on a tournament and din-ner in MekeIIrie's honor and gave him a purse in further recognition of his able service.

F.rnesi R. Anderson. 68, former sec. PGA, died recently at Dunedin. Fla. , , . Ernest started in pro go!I as assistant to his brother, Carl at Shenecosset CC. New London, Conn., ami held pro positions at Lawrence Park, Broitxville, N. V. at New burgh, N. Y., and at Jungle CC, St. Peters-burg, Fla, and was owner of a public course in New Jersey . . . He is survived by his widow and by his brother. Carl., goll architect in Miami, Fla,

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T h e book contained exclusive articles bv well known Roll writers on both sides of the Atlantic, and a lot of pictorial mater-ial . Advertising revenue was secured from sponsorship of the type and picture pages in the book . . . Book paid members' tribute to T h u n d e r b i r d staff, Edgar C. ShtH, gen. mgr.. Jimmy Hines. pro. Eddie Susalla, associate pro, and Jim Kilpatrirk, supt. , . . There 's n o other pro shop in the world nearly as big or fancy as the Thunde rb i rd shop operated by Hines and Susual la . . . Kil pa trick's leat of br inging along the desert course into superb play-ing condition in three years calls for plents of cheering.

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William Vincent l loare, 79, died Dec. 7 iu St. Petersburg, Ha . a f te r a long illness. . . , Willie was born near the Westward Ho course in England and was one of the first British pros in the U. S. and was a contender in the early USGA Open chant pionships . , . He won several of the driving champion ships that were National Open sideshows in the "90s . . . Willie also de-signed several courses and was profession-al at prominent tlulu, prior to joining the Wilson Sporting Goods staff iu 1930 . . , In 1931 while at an Illinois Open cham-pionship Hoarc suffered a heart attack and was an invalid a l ter that.

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Ken Mnrrary, p in at Koyal Montreal GC, resigned recently because of an injure preventing his teaching and playing , . . k e n had been with the club for 33 years, taking over as pro in l'J3K following the death of his father , . . T h e Murray's were with the Koyal Montreal lor 51 vcars . . , Ken served as pres.. Canadian PGA . . . He will be with John Labatt Ltd.. sponsors ol the Labatt Open , in sales promotion.

Watvrburv (Conn.) City Retirement Board told by Park Suiit. James | Cur tin that retirement of East Mountain course supt, Andrew Lund, at mandators retirement age of 73, would "create an im mediate emergency." . . . Lund has worked for the city 51 years . . . Curtin told Board that Lund is in excellent physical condition and "looks and acts much young er than his age" and it would be difficult to replace Lund in his specialized job.

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Ross .Sobel buck f rom Eurojx-an trip to his winter j o b as pro at Westview CC, Miami, Fla. . . , During illness of Charles Schalestock, supt. Nor beck CC (Washing-ton, I). C, (list.) his fellow member* of Mid-dle Atlantic Golf Course Supts. Assn. are serving as consultants to the club.

Quite a few testimonial dinners to pros late last season after October G O L F D O M (last issue of each year) had gone to press . . . Among these affairs was one given to j o e Natale, p ro at Rolling Green GC (Philadelphia dist.), since 1927 . , . Henry Poe and Marty Lyons of the Philadelphia section PGA presented a watch and a scroll bearing signatures of 100 professional col leagues to j o e . . , Bill Boyle, pro at Iron Rock GC (Philadelphia dist.) also was fet-ed and presented with gifts f rom his mem-bers and fellow pros . . , Some more of them we haven't mentioned include big testimonial d inne r to H , C. Hackbarth, re-t ir ing is pro at Lit t le Rock (Ark.) CC af ter '18 years of service . . . Of 44 ex-caddies who started under Mr. Hack and who have be-come prominent businessmen a r o u n d the U. S.. 41 a t tended the party.

Knoll CC. Boomon . N. J . had a big par* ty for Pro Danny Williams . , . Ml. Kisco

Vol. 30—Number 1 • JANUARY, 1956

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(N. V.) CC put On a big affair celebrating 25th anniversary of i(s pro, Bill (.old-beck, with the d u b . . . Club (opjx-d cele-bration with $5000 check and that's saying "I love you" in any language . . . St. Davids GC, Wayne, Pa., honored George McKen-zie, retiring alter 25 years as club's supt., with tournament and d inner . . . Rhode Island Golf Course Supts. Assn. celebrate their 25th anniversary with a big dinnet and present past presidents, including R. Wallace Peckham, first pres., with gavels. . . Marty To lomeo got his annual parts ai T w i n Brouks CC put on by memlters who think the world of their man,

Charles If, Mayo, p ro at Hackcnsac.k (N. J.) GC honored by his club members with a testimonial d inner . , , Prior to that affair British PC. V presented Charley with a life membership lor his 50 years' service-to professional goll . . . He was pres.. Met-ropoli tan PGA in 1026, '27, '28 and pres.. PGA Seniors in 1019 . , . He's been pro at Hatkensack II years . . . Biographual notes and a t r ibute to Mayo in the din-ner program tell ot the "deep respect and warm affect ion" the club's members and everyone else who knows Char lev have for him . . . Robert T r e n t Jones bui lding course in beautiful seashore location for Lawrence Rockefeller 's Dorado hotel in Puer to Rico.

Swinging Around (;«lf Br Herb Graf fit PGA Plane Busient Program fo r 1956 Pros Told Mow to Improve Business Turf Round-Li | By O. J. fitter Life Magazine Out an Golf Duy Co-Sponsor GCSA Sets Program for laing Beach Meet O'Keefe He-elerled ffmlmi Golf President Pros Study How unil What to Teaeh . Oklahoma 's 10th Conference I l r d t r Cup Matt-ben l lrf leeted British Pro H a n d i c a p s . . By tt iltie Hunter

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