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Frank Emmet, who has directed Junior golf activityin Washington, D. C. area for 35 years, presents1962 Schoolboy championship trophy to Ricky Meiss-ner (1) who beat Joe Simpson (center) in the finalat Columbia CC. Junior champions from all overU.S. will take part in first Tournament of JuniorChampions at Kenwood CC in Bethesda, Md., Sept.3. They will compete for the Emmet trophy. Per-sons interested in entering a Junior champion shouldget in touch with Joe Gambatese, 7119 Exfair rd.,

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in Whang Hollow section near Kent, N.Y.· .. White Manor CC in Philadelphia dist.,has sold its course and will build newcourse and clubhouse for about $1.2 mil-lion in the Radnor Hunt section . . . Billand Dave Gordon designing course.

E. N. Jordon from Mountain Lake Club,Lake Wales, Fla., to manager of CC ofDetroit ... Reid D. Ferguson is managerof Pare Wood CC, Meuon, Wis., nowbeing built as a club and real estate de-velopment . . . Ewald C. Pohlman nowgeneral manager at Plandome CC (N. Y.Met dist.) ... M. H. Bargteil signed asmanager of Rockledge G&CC, Cocoa, Fla.· .. David Cleage now mgr. NormandieGC, St. Louis dist. . . . Congratulationsto the women responsible for the programof the 32d Transmissippi Women's tour-nament which was held at Wichita CC ...A job of real class befitting a fine organ-ization and club . . . Grand tribute toMike Murra, pro emeritus of Wichita CC,written by Marilynn Smith, was a featureof the program.

Construction of $500,000 split-levelclubhouse, pro shop and first two of even-tual 30 guest cottages started at TucsonNational GC . . . Clubhouse in SpanishColonial tradition to be located on highground and will give view of Santa Cata-lina mountains and overlook course whichwill be opened in mid-December . . .Frills include a Finnish Sauna or heat room· . . EI Dorado Hills' 18-hole course

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abuilding east of Sacramento, to have a$61,000 underground irrigation sy temthat will be activated by 25 miles of wir-ing . . . A 4,200 yard course, EI Doradowill bread y this fall with a fu11 length27 to come in the future.

Old Westbury (L.I.) CC, opened in Junehas its 27 greens planted to Penncross,according to Bill Sloan, supt. ... Anothernewly completed L. I. course is Merry-wood in Smithtown . . . Pete Mazur isthe pro and Bill Dunn, the supt. . '.'Even though he may now be worth moremoney than Frank Stranahan, Arnold Pal-mer maintains riches won't ever dull hiscompetitive urge . . . This is as reportedby By Goldberg of the N.Y. Daily ews. . . As for charges that Palmer deliber-ately falls behind so that he can stagethose dramatic finishes, Arnold says:"That' ridiculous. I'd like to win 'em allby a dozen strokes."

Fourth Fabe Didrikson Zaharia Me-morial tournament for the American an-eel' 0 iety to be played Aug. 24- ept. 2at the Alameda (Calif.) GC and StardustGC in an Diego ... John Anderson,r tired supt. of Esse.' County C J, '-tV st

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Orange, . J., died in Trenton in July atthe age of 88 . . . A past pres. of theG SA, he had been retired for about 10years ... He and his wife, Jeannie, hadobserved their 58th w dding anniversaryabout a week before he died . . . Mr.Anderson also is survived by three daugh-ters.

The Pro-Am tournament for the bene-fit of the Chicago Children's MemorialHospital, postponed because of rain inJuly, will b played at Onwentsia CC,Lake Forest, Ill., Aug. 13 ... Amateurspay $500 to take part in it . . . First9 of Royal Lahaina GC, Kaanapali, Maui,Hawaii, has been put in play and second9 will be ready in December . . . RobertTrent Jon s is the designer of the coursethat will tr tch to 7,000 yards ... Mor-gan Fottrell is the pro . .. ounty ofKauai has recently added 9 to its munycourse, making it a full 1 .

Ed Oliver Fund ha reached 11,000and part of it is being u ed to send hisdaughter to chool in Mass. . . . Thfund i being administered through th~Western Golf Assn., Golf, Ill. ... U.S.Golf Writers Assn. team defeated the

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British writers in Corcoran Cup matchesat Turnberry, Scotland, in July by a 3to ° count ... Women's Southern GolfAssn. has designated May 6-11, 1963, asdates of its 48th amateur ... Tourneywill be played at Riverdale CC in LittleRock, Ark. . . . Ken Hubble, formerlysupt. at Quail Creek in Okla., is the newsupt. of golf for the City of Phoenix,Ariz .... Lake Toxaway CC, under con-struction in N.C., has bought the Moltzmansion, a mountain showplace, and 34acres of surrounding landscaped grounds.

Willowick in Santa Ana, Calif., whichs ems to be the hom of the hole-in-one,reports five aces for the month of Jun ,bringing the year's total to 14 . . . Lastyear, 22 single-strokers were scored there. . . Fifteen spots along the East coast,from . H. to Fla., have been designatedas "Di tinguished Golfing Resorts" by theRobt. F. Warner Corp. of ew York ...Ridgewood CC in Waco, Tex., selects an"Employee of the Month" and give hima $25 bonus and an extra two-day vaca-tion . . . Shareholders did much of thework in building th Meadowbrook G ,Hartley, Ia., which was put into playabout a month ago . . . Ev r tt Dunn of

Hartley designed the 9-hole layout andBob Petrucka, pro at Fall City ( Teb.)CC, supervised building of the green .

Player are hoping the ational Openwill "modernize" in 1963 by going to fourdays instead of jamming in 36 hole onSaturday ... Gary PIa er's two-foot puttthat won the PGA wa at the rate of morethan $700 an inch - $13,000 from thePGA and a $5,000 bonu from Jack Hark-ins of First Flight . . . That beat theprice of real estate in th Kimberly dia-mond mines ... The stand' at Aroniminkwere packed with customers who got tosee more golf from their bleacher 'eatsaround mall) green than ever saw muchof a major tournament ill recent year .

Ho pitable Aronimink did a nearly per-fect job of putting on a PCA tournament... Mistakes wer du to advice not re-luctance to go the full rout in makingthe guest' happy . . . The pairing sheets,sold daily for 25 cents, didn't carry ascorecard or a map of th cour e . . .After people pay to get into the PGAor the ational Open th ought to getIre pairing sheets so they can identitytil) play ers instead of being subj cted to

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I Fred Grau'sTurf Questions& Answers

Green ReplacementQ. We have a green that lies next to a good

sized elm that hasn't yet been killed by Dutchelm disease. Roots have penetrated most of thegreen area of about 3,500 square feet. We havetrenched several times and chopped off most ofthe roots but there are still some in the greenwhich has not held up too well this summer.

I would like to re-seed the green just afterLabor Day and either discard the old sod andre-work the seedbed, and plant stolons or seedwith Penncross bent. To my knowledge, I havenever seen any of it. I think the bent we havenow is Colonial that was given to us in 1931.I have never liked it because it doesn't seemto stand up as well as some other bents.

I have a good spiker and an aerifier and amwondering whether you would suggest spikingseveral times and seeding with Penncross, ortearing up the old sod, re-working the seedbedand then seeding with Penncross. I use quite alot of natural organic and boost with Urea-form for additional nitrogen.

Our play averages about 250 people per day,which doesn't help matters too much. The soiltexture is a little on the heavy side, although Ihave aerified several times and filled in with asandy compost. We did not have too muchwinterkill here last season. ( Illinois)

Soil NutrientsQ: Our bluegrass fairways are badly infested

with clover. We have never used any fertilizer,except some barnyard manure, due to limitedoperating funds. Next spring we hope to haveenough money in our budget to provide com-mercial fertilizer. Would you recommend thatwe use activated sewage sludge, or somethingwith a much higher nitrogen content, and atwhat rate should it be used?

All our fairways are watered. (Colorado)A: Undoubtedly the barnyard manure which

you used carried white clover seeds. The con-tinuing clover indicates lack of nitrogen, whichyou have recognized. Before you decide on anycommercial fertilizer you should have soil testsrun for pH, Ca, P and K. Your agricultural ex-periment station at Fort Collins can give youadvice on how to draw the soil sample and howto submit it.

A copy of the results will help us to adviseyour best procedure. Certainly there would belittle sense in using a material that carries asignificant content of a nutrient that already isin good supply in your soil. By the same token,the fertilizer which you select should providethose nutrients that are lacking in your soil.

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A. With the kind of play you have, it seemsthat your green should be kept in play every daythat it's possible to maintain it in playing condi-tion. For this reason I would suggest this pro-gram: Grow a piece of nursery sod from Penn-cross seed. Then, when the sod is ready tomove, strip the green, re-work the soil, addplenty of coarse sand and whatever else mightbe needed to put the soil in perfect condition

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for good drainage. Also remove whatever treeroots there are. Then prepare the surface andlay your new Penncross sod. In this way youwill have the green out of play the minimumnumber of days.

If you have difficulty getting Penncross seed,you may wish to use a good stolon bent for de-veloping your nursery sod for resodding thegreen. Washington bent is a good one. An-other one, popular in your area, is Old Orchard.

Whichever one you choose I urge you to es-tablish the nursery without delay so that youcan do your sodding this fall when play slowsdown. Make sure that the texture of the soilunder the nursery sod is exactly the same asthe texture of the soil that you are preparingill the old green after you strip the sad.

CMAA FinancesAccording to the mid-year report of

the CMAA, the association had income ofslightly more than $40,000 in the firstsix months of 1962. Member serviceand national office operation expensesamounted to nearly $51,000. The netloss of $10,739 is to be made up throughnational conference reimbursement. TheCMAA's net worth as of June 30 wa$57,936.

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ture conditions throughout the growingseason for top quality turfgra ses. Grasplant can use as much as 1000 lbs. ofwater to produce 1 lb. of dry matter.Proper irrigation - the right amount ofwater at the right time is one of the ma-jor keys to beautiful, healthy turf.

Have Worked Out WellTher are two basic type of sprinkler

irrigation systems that have proved verysatisfactory for courses:

1. Buried main lin s with portablsprinkl I' laterals.

2. Buried main lines with buriedsprinkler laterals.

As the name implies, the first type in-volves a buried main line running strate-gi ally through the course with specialhydrant risers to which portable sprinklerlines can be attached. The prinkler lin scan have special couplings that make itpossible to couple and uncouple the linereadily for moving to other locations asthe watering cycle requires. This is thetype of system used e tensively in agri-culture throughout the world.

It also is possibl to use hoses withsprinklers attached. These can be movedfrom one location to another as requiredby the watering pattern. Both of theseportable sprinkler line systems have thehighest labor requirements of all thetypes.

Used Mo t ExtensivelyThe other ba ic type of sprinkler sys-

tem is used most ext n ively for all turfarea. Thi type embodie both buri dmain lines and lateral or branch lines towhich the sprinklers are attached. Thissy tem, of cour ,i permanently buried.The prinkler can b mov d from onelocation to another around th course bymans of quick-coupling hut-off valves.The valv s are install d at each connec-tion location for a sprinkler.

P rhaps the great st br akthrough inturfgra s irrigation system design is thefully automatic system. This too i buriedwith large pop-up sprinklers attached tothe various lateral or branch lin s. Thepop-up sprinklers are completely control-1 d either hydraulically or electricallyfrom a control panel.

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on a pre-determined cycle to provide thecorrect timing and amount of water nec-essary for each condition of soil, topo-graphy, and grass plant requirement.Some areas might require water everyday ... others, only every other day.Thirty minutes here . . . two hours, tenminutes there. Whatever the require-ments, the panel can be pre-set for aweek at a time. They can be locked, too,to eliminate tampering. One landscapearchitect maintains that the panel shouldbe welded shut after the controls havebeen set. Locking should be sufficient... that's just his way of emphasizing hispoint of no tampering.

It is obvious there are varying laborrequirements, life expectancies, initialcosts for the different types of systems.Consider all factors in your economicanalysis ... initial cost, installation, wa-ter, labor, upkeep, life-expectancy andreplacement costs. The important thingto you, in your analysis, is the cost perhole per year for the life of the system.

The field of sprinkler irrigation systemdesign is a highly technical one. Designfactors of soil, plant-water requirements,labor, turf traffic, topography must betaken into account in designing the sys-tem. Make certain that you get a fullyqualified designer who will provide asprinkler system to meet conditions onyour course.

Edison's Project DayFor the last 30 years, Edison CC in

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