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November, 1930.
Vol. 2, No. 11.
"The making offriends, tvho are real friends, is the best token we have
of a man's success in life."
-Edward Everett Hale.

The original copy for this page was a personal message from
President Treat, calling attention to the two recent meetings of
importance,—the meeting of the New England Agronomists on
November 29th, and the regular meeting at Providence on December 1st,—and asking all members to be present if possible. Due to
the fact that some of our advertisers were very late with their copy
we were unable to get this NEWSLETTER out before these meetings.
May we ask from our advertisers a little better cooperation—the
same cooperation which we are trying to render them in putting
their messages before the golf course maintainence materials' buying
public?
We regret to note a certain ill-feeling between some of the golf
equipment dealers in New England, due evidently to the fact that
certain salesmen have been poorly advised in some of their statements. The average greenkeeper has not the time to listen to a
salesman try to cut a competitor's throat, or run down a rival product,
and generally the opinion which the greenkeeper has of the salesman suffers by such tactics. We would like to see a better Spirit of
Fair Play in certain circles, and would prefer to have the product
sold "talk" louder than its salesman!

This N E W S L E T T E R is published
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and sent free to its members and their Greens' Chairmen. Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a
dollar a year.
GUY C. WEST
Editor

I am using R. I. and creeping bent
seed, (bought from A. N. Peckham of
Kingston, R. I.), on the greens. On the
fairways, I am using Red Top, Red
fescue, and Kentucky Blue grass, and I
claim that this mixture is really natural
for my soil. I also claim that R. I.
grown bent is a satisfactory seed for
312 Mt. P l e a s a n t St., P a l l R i v e r , M a s s .
Rhode Island soil, and I will use it on
rest of my greens as I did on the
MARSTON BURNETT . . Business Mgr. the
first. This seed is the most drought re330 W a l t h a m S t . , W e s t N e w t o n , M a s s .
sisting I have ever seen or used. I use
Milorganite as my grass food, with a
November, 1930.
Vol. 2, No. 11. little sulphate as a tonic.
The length of the new nine holes will
be
yards, and can be lengthened
The growth of GOLF is well illus- 300 2,580
yards
needed. These new holes
trated in the Providence section by the completely ifsurround
first nine. The
large number of public courses, pri- greens are larger the
with
and
vately owned. All of these provide golf larger sand traps. If you more
think
for the masses, and stories concerning first nine are easy, just wait and try the
the
these courses are of interest to every second nine when finished, as they will
student of the growth of the game. We
the patience of some of the good
are presenting for your approval short try
players!
In addition to building the new
articles about some of these courses.
nine holes, I am taking all the rocks out
of the fairways in the first nine; this
will be helpful to players as well as a
help to fairway mowers. I hired a power
shovel during the dry period and put it
CRANSTON COUNTRY CLUB
to work near the first hole in a swamp,
and in two days secured a pond of
capacity as well as a fine lot of
The Cranston Country Club, also good
which will be fine to mix with sand
known as Comstock Park, is a public peat
and loam for top-dressing. Some new
golf course situated at Applehouse Hill, tools
been added this Fall to the
Cranston, R. I. The course now con- outfit have
to
lighten
speed the work. I
sists of nine holes, built by Roland F. have a new Toro and
compost
mixer and
Robinson in 1929, and is owned by Mrs. top-dressing cart, which I think
be
H. L. Comstock and managed by Mrs. a great help with the added ninewill
holes.
Comstock's son, J. F. Comstock. . The My old greens are going into the Wincourse is 3,027 yards in length, and has ter
in fine shape, and I will top-dress
enjoyed a large following this year.
with sand very soon.
We have now got straightened out
You may guess we are busy here this
since our fire this year, and are now Fall after a busy season, and we expect
going ahead nicely with the additional to be very busy in 1931!
nine holes. We hope to have it ready
Roland F. Robinson, Supt.
for play early next Summer. The
eighteenth green is already finished and
Comstock Park.
a good growth of grass is showing. The
rest of the greens are shaped up in the
rough and the tees and fairways are
being put into condition as fast as L O U I S Q U I S S E T G O L F C L U B , I N C .
possible. I have three fairways that are
quite easy to condition, but the others
are full of bushes and rocks, especially
The Louisquisset Golf Club is located
the eleventh, where the land has been on Woodward Road, North Providence,
allowed to grow to wood for many years. R. I. The eighteen hole golf course was
This fairway is taking a lot of time, built and is owned by the Warren Landand may prevent the conditioning of scape Engineering Company.
others this Fall. I have at present on
The first nine holes were under conthis one fairway, sixteen men, two struction in the Fall of 1927, and were
tractors, and four horses at work open for play in July, 1928. The course
hustling to get it finished before the had to be cleared of stones, stumps and
ground freezes.
trees. A pond was dug in front of the

sixteenth green. The material dug from
this pond was used for covering the
rocks, which we had put into mounds.
Some was also used to cover some of the
ledges. When the weather is dry, this
pond is of great help. A large brook
crosses six fairways.
The second nine holes were built in
1929, and were opened for play May 30,
1930. All the fairways were seeded with
Red Top, German bent, and fescue.
Velvet bent, German bent, and Red Top
were used for the first nine greens. The
second nine were seeded with South
German bent.
We have mowed the greens four
- times weekly, and we topdressed the
greens four times this season. They were
fertilized three times besides.
We spread four hundred yards of topdressing over several of the fairways.
This material consisted of peat, muck,
humus, and sand; the results were very
good.
Our course has thirty-two traps. Clay
tees are used. Approximately a thousand players enjoy golf here each week.
Yardage of holes, first nine, 363, 430,
180, 367, 396, 315, 163, 353, 406, total
2,973; second nine, 233, 437, 343, 355,
352, 193, 417, 363, 482, total 3,175.
Patrick Tameo.
MESHANTICUT VALLEY
GOLF CLUB

Our golf course has been a public
course for three years and a half; at
the start it was the second in the state,
(since then several have been built in
Providence and vicinity). Our course of
nine holes is 2200 yards long, situated
on the busiest four corners in the state,
corner of New London and Oaklawn
Avenues, Oaklawn, R. I.
Out of town players claim it is one
of the sportiest courses they have ever
played. The course is open the year
round; in fact, we had sixty-five play
last Christmas Day, and twenty-five on
New Year's Day. The fees are one dollar all day every day. We have a professional in attendance eight months in
the year.
This is one of the coolest spots in the
city. We have two natural swimming
pools for men and women, fifty by fifty,
the cleanest and coolest water in which
you would care to swim.
Charles B. Mullaney.

CONN. GREENKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION MEETING

The Connecticut State Greenkeepers'
Association held its regular monthly
meeting on Monday, November 3. This
meeting was held at the Farmington
Country Club, Farmington, Conn,
where Otto Nelson is the man who
keeps everything looking just fine. Following a short business meeting a golf
tournament was held. After the afternoon activities were over, we stepped
over to the Elm Tree Inn, located next
door to the country club, where we were
the guests of Goulard & Olena, Inc.,
manufacturers of J. B. Greens No-Filler
Fertilizer, and Rackcliffe Bros., Inc.,
distributors of the "Pennsylvania" high
grade line of golf mowers. After a
very fine dinner, prizes awarded by the
hosts, were presented to the winners of
the golf tournament, George Hunter of
the Meriden Municipal Golf Course
carrying away first prize and J. Whitehead of Middletown taking second.
They might have taken away more, but
that was all they had!
Mr. John Nyhan, "Pennsylvania"
representative from Boston, as one of
the speakers, gave a very practical talk
on fairway and putting green mowers.
The meeting was then turned over to
Mr. Goulard of Goulard & Olena, Inc.,
who gave an interesting as well as instructive talk on fertilizers. Many
practical points were brought up for
discussion; such as, complete organic
fertilizer encouraging worms, arsenate
of lead poisoning, and the possible results of it being overdone, check and
control of the Japanese beetle.
All in all it was a fine get-together
and considered by everyone present the
best meeting we have ever held.
John W. Whitehead, Pres.,
Conn. Greenkeepers' Assoc.
PLAYING GOLF AT THE EASY
R H O D E I S L A N D C . C.
COURSE

At the first hole, you find three
bunkers on the left of the fairway and
nine traps around the green. Going on
to number two, you find a water hazard
in front of the tee and rough on both
sides of the fairway while the green is
nicely guarded with four traps. Num-

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NOVEMBER

MEETING

The monthly meeting of the Greenkeeper's Club of New England was held
at Waltham Country Club, November 3.
24 members and 5 guests played an 18
hole medal tournament in the morning.
Low gross won by Joseph Oldfleld,
scoring 89.
1st low net won by John L. Counsell,
90, IB, 75.
2nd low net won by Lloyd Stott,
-,3s 106, 30, 76.
3rd low net won by Thomas Calvin,
98, 20, 78.
Special guest prize won by Joe
Polumbo, 76 gross.
Following lunch, President Joseph P.
Morrissey of the Waltham C. C. welcomed the Greenkeeper's Club in a
short address. President Treat presided
at the business meeting. R. Wallace
Peckham was appointed Trustee to fill
the vacancy of Daniel C. Snow. Lawrence F. Killilea of the Stoney Brae
Country Club was elected an associate
member.
Clifton E. Sowerby
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ber three is handicapped with a large
trap in the center of the fairway and
a gravel pit to the right of the green
with four traps around it. At number
four, you can slice your ball any way
you wish as it will be caught by a large
trap to the right of the fairway or the
woods to the left. On approaching the
green, you meet a larger water hazard
while the green is surrounded by four
traps and woods on either side. Next
comes number five, a short hole, which
is shaded by trees on both sides and
has four traps and a bunker around the
green. Number six has a terrible water
hazard in front of the tee and two large
traps, 200 yards from the tee, one on
either side of the fairway and the green
is enclosed by five traps. Number seven
has a double water hazard in front of
the tee and, like the third hole, has a
large trap in the center of the fairway
with woods on either side. There are
five traps and two bunkers around the
green. At number eight, a topped ball
may be caught by the trap in front of
the tee. On approaching the two ponds,
one to the left and one to the right
of the fairway, is a large trap. There
are two traps and three hunkers around
the green.
Number nine has a large trap, 180
yards from the tee, to the right of the
fairway, and three bunkers around the
green. Number ten, a short hole, has
a long trap, 150 yards from the tee,
and five traps around the .green. Number eleven has a trap in the center of
the fairway, 175 yards from the tee,
and three traps to the left of the fairway with woods on either side. There
is a water hazard in front of the green,
three traps around it and a bunker at
the back. Number twelve has two traps
to the left of the fairway, woods to
the right of it and a bunker, 150 yards
from the tee, while the green has three
traps and one bunker around it. Number thirteen has rough on both sides
of the fairway to catch a "pull" or
sliced ball and four traps on the fairway, 250 yards from the tee. The green
has three traps and a bunker around it.
Number fourteen has woods on either
side of the fairway and three large
traps around the green. Number fifteen
has a large trap to the right of the fairway, about 180 yards from the tee and
three bunkers and two traps to the left
which divides the fifteenth from the
sixteenth fairway. There are five traps
around the green. Number sixteen has

rough to the right of the fairway and
five traps around the green. Number
seventeen, the shortest and most difficult hole on the course, has sand all
around the green. The last hole has a
large trap in the center of the fairway,
about 300 yards from the tee and eight
traps around the green.
All the tees average 24 by 100 feet.
By Thomas J. Galvin,
(Greenskeeper)
Rhode Island Country Club
C H A N G E S A T T H E C O H A S S E C. C.

Recently we have been making some
improvements around the course, and
for the benefit of those who are at all
familiar with the lay-out, I will briefly
outline the changes.
The fifth green has been enlarged
and raised at the back. The sixth green
has become a beautiful terraced green
which will provide much additional
cupping space, and a better and fairer
putting surface.
The seventh tee has been placed
further to the South, which adds approximately ninety yards to that hole.
The green on this hole has been entirely rebuilt to conform to modern
golf architecture. This will be a par
four, (but try and make it) !
The eigth green has also been rebuilt,
and will undoubtedly prove to be a
very interesting hole, especially if the
player gets into the traps at the right
of the approach.
This new lay-out has been designed
by Mr. Walter Hatch, very well known
to most of us, and I am sure the results speak well for his judgement and
ability.
Ernest B. Lord
The Rhode Island Greenkeepers Club
met at the Ledgemont Country Club,
West Warwick. R. I. on October 27.
Arthur Bartley, former assistant to
Willis Reynolds at the Sequin Golf Club,
has during the past Summer taken over
the duties as greenkeeper of the new
New Britain (Conn.) Municipal course.
He has made a fine showing under the
trying conditions.

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To Whom It May Interest:—
Winter Repair Service for Worthington Machinery

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For those who desire to send their cutting units to our factory
in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, to be completely overhauled and
brought up to date by our own mechanics, we will gladly send
screwed shipping crates without charge. The cost of transportation
by freight from the New England District is approximately $1.20
per crated unit each way.
We have also made full arrangements with concerns located in
several convenient centers in New England to do sharpening and
overhauling under our directions. This is for the convenience of
those clubs that have our latest models, or that decide to have work
done as near locally as possible. The charge will be reasonable and
work fully guaranteed.
Overgreen tractors that may need servicing, should be taken
to the nearest Harley-Davidson motorcycle service station. There
is one located in every city.
To country clubs that do their own winter repairing: We place
our personal service at your command. When the units or tractor
are taken apart we will call at request to thoroughly inspect all
parts, list and order whatever replacements are necessary, and be
of all possible assistance.
We trust you will find these available arrangements to your
advantage and convenience. Your inquiries in regard to addresses
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