porch, grounds Seeders Gloves Shelters, course Handicap cards, racks Shoes Health soaies Shoe trees Hole outters, rims Showers Hose water

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1 Get Best Prices Tear out this page, check the listed items your club is about to buy and mail the page to GOLFDOM. We will request leading manufacturers of each item to send you complete information and prices. Mail to GOLFDOM, 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Announcement board«ant eradleator* Arsenate of lead Archery supplies Bags canvas. leather Bag rack«, tee Balls what price? Ball markers Ball washers Barrel pa nips Bath slippers paper, rubber. weod Bath towels Bench««locker, tee Bent stolons Bird houses Bookkeeping systems Brown-patch preventives Buffing motors, supplies Caddie badges Caddie time-clocks Caddie uniforms Calks (for golf shoes) Cane Seats Caps Charcoal Chickweed eradicators Clothes dryers Clubs Irons, patters, women's. wood, matched sets Club racks Compost distributors Compost mixers Deodorants Dishwashers Disinfectants Drinking fountains Damp carts Klectric systems Fencing Fertilizers Fertilizer distributors Flags, flag poles Flood lights Fly and insect sprays Furniture clubhouse, lawn, Seed fairway, green porch, grounds Seeders Gloves Shafts hickory, steel Ginger ale Shelters, course Handicap cards, racks Shoes Health soaies Shoe trees Hole outters, rims Showers Hose water Shower nozzles Hose boxes, underground Shrubs, trees Hosiery Humus Silverware Soap bath, flakes, laundry Hydraulic mixers Sockettes Insecticides Sod cotters Kitchen equipment Soda fountains Knickers linen, wool Soil screeners I^aundry equipment Soil shredders I.awn sweepers Soil sterilizing equipment Leather Jackets Sprayers power, hand Linens Lockers Spike discs Spreaders Mineral waters Sprinklers portable. Mole traps, poisons automatic Movie cameras, projectors Sprinkling carts Mowers green, fairway, tee, rough Sweaters Swimming pools Mower blades Tags, tickets Mower sharpeners Tanks Peats Tea room equipment Pipe drain, water Tees wood, celluloid Playground equipment Tee boxes Practice balls knit, rubber Tee data-plates Practice driving devices Tee markers Practice nets Tee mats cocoa, rubber Practice putting devices Tee umbrellas Prizes, trophies Tennis court equipment Pomps Putting cups Tractors Tractor wheels, wheel spuds Rain jackets Uniforms waiters', maids', Roller» fairway, green, oaddles', bus-boys' spiked Water coolers Rugs Water softeners Runners corridors, locker Water systems Score cards Water system engineer Score card pencils Weed killers Scythes motor driven Worm eradicators Club.. By... Position Date 1933.

2 PLEASE do us a FAVOR! We are glad to send GOLFDOM free to Club Offiqials... BUT, we hate to think copies are going to the wrong man! So we spend lots of money keeping our mailing list up-to-date. Will you help us correct the names at YOUR club by filling in this page, tearing it out and mailing to GOLFDOM, 14 East Jackson Blvd., Chicago. This is especially important if YOUR club has recently held an election. We want the new officials to begin receiving GOLFDOM immediately! Please PRINT plainly. Home or business addresses preferred. President.... Greenchairman Manager Professional.. Greenkeeper CLUB TOWN NUMBER OF HOLES STATE IS COURSE PRIVATE, DAILY FEE or MUNICIPAL?

3 Classified Ads, Rates: 10 cents a word per issue. Minimum charge $2.50 An advertisement in GOLFDOM saves the club officials time and money by getting responses from the best men available. The club department heads who advertise for positions in GOLFDOM obviously identify themselves as men who go after their problems in the right way. They are good men for you to give preference. WANTED Used golf balls, any quantity. Symons Golf Shop, San Antonio, Texas. Wanted Salesman calling on golf shops, club makers, professionals to handle easy selling item. Good commissions. Give territory experience and references. : Ad 1600, % Greenkeeper with best of references for excellent and economical maintenance wants position. Well known golf writer said of the greens in his care in 1931 that they were a set of eighteen of the most uniform putting surfaces in the district. : Ad 1601, % Golf course wanted Will buy or lease with option controlling interest in well located golf course, 9 or 18 holes, suitable for daily fee purposes. Midwest location preferred. Give name of club, town, location and all essential particulars. : Ad 1604, % Pro-greenkeeper desires to hear from club that is in need of an all around man. Best of references as teacher and greenkeeper. Especially good on construction work. A-l credit with all sporting goods houses. Will give you an up-to-date golf shop. 37 years old; sober. Have family and will stay on the job. : Ad 1406, % Wanted Young man of good appearance to teach golf to beginners and run tournaments for resort hotel golf course during summer season. No salary but board and room free with income from teaching privilege. Loyalty and willingness to please more important than experience. State age, extent of education, playing ability, two letters of reference and enclose photo in your letter. : M. J. Sulka, 41 Leonard Avenue, Atlantic Highlands, N. J. 14 E. Jackson Blvd. Domestic Peat HUMUS Pure organic material, ideal for soil improvement purposes. Complies with U. S. Govt. Specifications available in finely fibrous or coarse form. Tell us your requirements. Shipment by bag, truck or carlot units. HYPER-HUMUS CO. of Newton, N.J. Main Office, Morris Bldg., Philadelphia. Pa. Wanted to purchase by eastern professional nine or eighteen hole course in small or large community. Would consider equity exchange of his beautiful home adjacent former club New York State. : Ad 1605, 7 Golfdom. Chicago. Professional 13 years' experience; excellent instructor; good knowledge of turf and maintenance, wants position at club where honest effort will be appreciated. Fine letters from former clubs. Give me a chance. : Ad 1414, % Greenkeeper with national reputation and a life's experience in construction and maintenance, desires change to a high-class club that is looking for a competent man who can deliver the best in greenkeeping. : Ad 1510, % Professional or Teaching Assistant Ten years' experience at recognized golf clubs, desires position for three and one-half months beginning June 15th. Has permanent position for winter months. : Ad 1602, % Greenkeeper or Foreman desires position, any location. Scotch, age 32, single. Fourteen years' experience maintenance, alterations, construction; handle all golf course equipment. Excellent references. : Ad 1603, % Wanted Position as Pro or Pro-Greenkeeper. With present club 8 years with full charge of all golf activities. Record for keeping 36 holes in wonderful condition at minimum cost. First-class teacher, club maker and player. Member P.G.A. A-l credit rating. Age 36; married. Highest references. Moderate salary. : Ad 1211, % Golfdom, Chicago. GOLFDOM has moved to Chicago -:- New Phone: HARrrison 5942 SAVE for your club by purchasing acclimated, winter-hardy BENT GRASS SEED Direct from the farms where it is grown by A. N. PECKHAM, Kingston, R. Also Fairway Mixtures

4 MAY 1933 Qolfyom Vol. 7 No. 5 Editor HERB GRAFFIS Eastern Representative ALBRO GAYLOR 20 Vesey St., N. Y. City Tel. Cortlandt Advertising Manager Published 1st of each month JOE GRAFFIS 14 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago. Western Representative Chicago, 111. RAWLINS & HUNT Palmolive Bldg., Chicago Tel. HARrison 5942 Tel.: WH ite hai I 6258 Pacific Coast, HALLETT COLE, 218 Haas Bldg. Tel. Tucker 6428 Los Angeles, Cal. E D I T O R I A L C O N T E N T S Belle Meade Foresight Profitable, by Felix R. Cheatham 9 Deaf Mutes Are Made Golfers by Pro, by Jack Durham 12 Earthquake Helps California Courses, by Arthur Langton 15 These Times Call for Pro Effort, by N. N. R 18 Tell Right Way to Measure Hole, by V. C. Doerschuk 21 Penn State Hunts for Perfect Greens, by H. B. Musser 23 Spencer Murphy Sells Ball Service 25 Pay-Play Dues Hold Members, by Louis Frank Rosenberg 26 Picked Up in the Rough, by Herb Graffis 28 Tournament Builds Golf Interest, by Hugh C. Moore 34 Uniform Instruction Aids Pros, by George Jacobus 36 Cities Unfair As Fee Course Competitors 45 Club's Greensmen's School Helps Workers, by George H. Otten 47 Texas Club Builds Satisfying Sand Greens 54 ADVERTISERS' Acme Mole Trap 53 American Cyanamid Co 1 American Fork & Hoe Co 29 Bayer-Semesan Co 6 Buckner Mfg. Co 1 Budd Mfg. Co., The 60 Burke Golf Co 43 Carrier Products, Lyman 57 Chicago Flexible Shaft Co 3 Cleveland Hotel Co., The 6 Converse Co., Inc., F. S 60 Crawford, McGregor & Candy Co 37 Crossman & Clayton 48 Dayton Irrigation Co 58 Dependable Mfg. Co 59 Des Moines Glove & Mfg. Co 48 Diamond Calk Horseshoe Co 59 Dolge Co., The C. B 56 Krlckson, Chas 57 Fate-Root-Heath Co.. The 46 Fulname Company, The 48 General Mfg. Co 49 Golf Course Commnnsense 2 Governor Clinton Hotel 50 Handi-Pack Co., The 46 Horner, R. S 60 Horton Mfg. Co 41 Hyper-Humus Co 63 Ideal Power Lawn Mower Co 7 Illinois Grass Co 59 Jay Publishing Co 63 Johnson, Inc., J. Oliver 4 Lewis Co., G. B 4 Livie, Bill 53 INDEX McClain Brothers 4, 52, 60 Mallinckrodt Chemical Works 2 Milorganite 3rd Cover National Mower Co 56 Nelson Mfg. Co., L. B 6 Old Orchard Bent Grass Nursery 65 Peckham, A. N 63 Page Fence Association 51 Perfection Sprinkler Co 55 Pfizer & Co., Inc., Chas 59 Piccadilly Hotel, Inc 59 Premier Poultry Manure Co 52 Pyratone Products Corp 48 Reade Mfg. Co., Inc 68 Roseman Tractor Mower Co 8 Royer Foundry & Machine Co 54 Scott & Sons Co., O. M 58 Sewerage Commission, The 3rd Cover Sherman Hotel 3rd Cover Skinner Irrigation Co., The 50 Spalding & Bros., A. G 32, 33 Standard Mfg. Co 3rd Cover Staude Mak-A-Tractor Co., E. G 2 Stumpp & Walter 68 Sullivan & Co.. G. A 46 Tonagren Co., P. & M 55 Toro Mfg. Co 5, 52, 54, 57 United States Rubber Co 4th Cover Vestal Co., John H 46 Wilson-Western Sporting Goods Co 35 Wood Charcoal Research Bureau 68 Worthington Mower Co 2nd Cover Young Golf Co., L. A 39 1

5 STANDARD LINE /S J * BETTER ^Eü All-steel Flag Poles Cotton or Woolen Flags One-piece (Aluminum or Cast Iron) Hole Rims Tee Markers and Bag Racks 0 Fairway, Parking and Special Signs And the Famous "Cuts- True" Hole Cutter I quipm-m EVERY ITEM FULLY GUARANTEED LATEST DESIGNS DURABLE MA- TERIALS FINEST WORKMANSHIP Standardize on Standard Keep your Golf Course properly and economically maintained and convenient for players. Write for complete details and latest price list. STANDARD MFG. CO., Cedar Falls, low«coming to Chicago? Chicago's most interesting hotel offers you unequalled luxury at low rates. In the heart of Chicago's Rialto with its brilliant night lifedose to stores, offices and railroad stations. ventlitis (est Other golfers may swear greenkeepers may tear their hair but goofy golfers do have a right to live and you can't keep them off golf courses. Be nonchalant. You won't need to feel quite so concerned over UNEQUALLED CONVENIENT LOCATION and YOU CAN DRIVE YOUR CAR RIGHT INTO HOTEL SHERMAN GARAGE 1700 ROOMS 1700 BATHS FROM $3 the damage Ihey do if your fairways are fed on a diet of Milorganite. Milorganized turf is good turf. Better root development, sturdier leaf structure, less expense for seed. Milorganite is easy, safe, inexpensive to use. Nitrogen is released gradually, continuously, over long periods of time. Generous applications can be made without danger of burning. High organic nitrogen content amazingly low cost per ton. No wonder Milorganite is used on more golf courses than any other fertilizer. Free Bulletin "How to Use Milorganite on Fairways and Greens" mailed on request. OUTSELLS All OTHER GOIF FERTILIZERS LPiiLWAuntt JI^» fjjlorganjîf HiUJATJll THE SEWERAGE COMMISSION MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN