JUNE 1977

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Warming Up To St
A1 Radko-he of the USGA Radkos--draws an imaginary line
through Eastern golf country. "It starts up in Poughkeepsie," he
explains, "and goes down to Hartford. . . then across to Boston;
and even might meander on to the Cape."
On one side of that line this winter, the golf course took the usual
route of sleeping off weather's hangover. On the other side, it had
a rough time getting rid of the head-banging effect.
"I heard they had a real winter on Cape Cod," Radko remarks.
"I would say that three areas had it hardest. . . Northern Connecticut, Northern New York and all of Massachusetts. It's too
bad we don't have as much time to fight the effects of winter as
winter had settling in on us."
Radko reports that the Metropolitan New York-New Jersey
section had too many mid-June days in the beginning of May.
"That's really rough on the golf course superintendent", he
discloses. "What the golfer sees and what the superintendent
feels are two different things. The golfer is ready to go at the drop
of back to back 60-degreedays. You can't blame him... but."
The but, according to the USGA Green Section expert, has to do
with those temperatures. "There are two things the golfer should
consider," Radko explains. "At this time of year (early spring),
the air temperature is warmer than the soil temperature and
that's where the conflict of golfer and super originates."
Radko admits country club membership pressure on the super
can lead to over-reaction. "It's very tough," he tells, "Some
pressures are so demanding that the superintendent overdoes
everything he should do in moderation. This causes forced growth
of grasses and it hurts in the end. I'm always fearful of the
dangers of too much fertilizer on the plant."
Radko wishes there were some way to get that air temperature
in line with soil figures without causing any problem.
"Those 60-degree days often mean 30-degree nights," he
reasons. "What happens is that the roots of the plant are way
down in the soil where it hasn't been warm enough. They're cold
and clammy. And it's only a matter of time until they'll warm up
to it. However, telling the golfer that the ground is cold while he's
playing in shirtsleeves is a rather complicated development."
Happily, Radko reports no unusually serious winter injuries to
courses other than a sporadic frequency of irrigation pipe breaks.
"I heard that the Cape had many problems along that line," A1
says. "We found that there was more than the normal amount of
breakage. But in some places where we expected it to happen, it
didn't. Nature dictated when and where it would happen."
There wasn't any earlier than usual openings along the Eastern
seaboard. However, Radko thinks more people were playing golf
in the early spring than what would be considered ordinary.
"What happened were those warm, warm days we enjoyed so
early," he tells. "It didn't do that much for the grass, its color and
all. But it certainly drew much traffic. As I said before, golfers
warm up to playing much faster than the soil warms up to
providing a comfortable home in which the grass grows and
prospers. But these are the things we have to live with."
Each spring it just so happens, eh?
Gerry Finn

Sponsors a n d administrators of the Lawrence S.
Dickinson Scholarship Fund — A w a r d e d y e a r l y
to deserving Turf M a n a g e m e n t Students.

Last months meeting was canceled due to the
freak snow storm. The voting for an Associate
Membership for Edmund B. Fraser and Robert
J. Mclntyre will be done ai the July meeting.
Also the by-law proposals will be voted on at the
July meeting.

NEXT MEETING
June 13,1977
Franklin Country Club
Superintendent & Chairman Golf Tournament
Lunch 11:30-12:30
Golf 1:00 pm Shot Gun
Dinner6:30 pm
DIRECTIONS: From Rte. 495 take King St. exit
to Rte. 140. Take right and club is about 1 mile
on Rte. 140. From Rte. 128 take Rte. 95 South to
Rte. 1 South. Off Rte. 1 take Rte. 140 to Franklin.
Club is on Rte. 140. Please send in your dinner
reservations. If last minute change please call
Gary Luccini at 1-617-528-3534.
Gary Luccini is our host Superintendent this
month. Gary is a 1962 graduate of the 2 year
program at Stockbridge School of Agriculture.
From 1958 to 1962 he was assistant at Franklin
C.C. From 1963 to 1967 he was assistant at Dedham Polo & Country Club under Bob Mucciarone.
In 1967 he went to Pine Oaks Golf Club where
he built that golf course. He was there until 1970.
He came to Franklin C.C. in 1971 and has been
there ever since. Three years ago he built an
additional 9 holes at Franklin C.C. The new 9 has
Penncross putting greens and a bluegrass mix
on the tees and fairways. This is a challenging
18 holes with water on 14 holes. We're all looking
forward to visiting Franklin C.C.

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Donald Ross. . .Patron Saint
Donald Ross, the patron saint of golf architects everywhere,
wouldn't turn over in his grave but he might do a couple of sit-ups
if he were around today to witness some of the "modernization"
alterations on his original designs.
Those changes are not meant to take away from the genius of
Ross who is responsible for the layout of over 500 courses in the
United States. That's more courses than any architect living or
dead. For example, Robert Trent Jones is upward to 400 in his
personal file and he's considered next in line.
Geoff Cornish, the respected and successful architect, recalls
Ross and his approach to the game. Cornish was among an army
of members of the Society of Golf Course Architects who spirited
the drive for Ross' inclusion in the Golf Hall of Fame.
Obviously, Ross is held in high esteem by the association he
founded. "We honor him every day," Cornish reminds, "by
wearing the architect blazer. It is made of Ross plaid, you know."
Cornish says that perhaps the most frequent change in the old
Ross course is getting the ninth green back to within reasonable
distance of the clubhouse. "Playing only nine holes was a cardinal
sin with Donald," Cornish laughs. "Consequently, when he laid
out a course he made sure the ninth green was as far away from
the pro shop and clubhouse as possible. Well, times have changed
and with economic urges accompanying them, we've had to
relabel some of the holes so that the first and 10th holes start from
the clubhouse. Oh, there are some courses sticking to the original
map, but they are on the decline.''
Another Ross trademark was having at least one blind par
three hole in the lot. "Donald thought this added intrigue to the
round," Cornish tells. "But for reasons that are practical in
nature, many of those blind holes have been revamped. I think I
spent one full year changing them. Again, the modernization
demands were at the basis. It helped to speed up play. . . and
avoid accidents."
The question arises, then: "If Ross' courses were so
magnificent and his work that praiseworthy, why all the change?
What was so great about Donald Ross? "
Cornish again. . . "Donald Ross was a pioneer in the field, an
innovator who changed the whole concept of golf course design.
His ideas were the forerunner of strategic design compared to the
old penal design. In effect, he helped open up the game for all
types of playing ability."
Ross first did this with his placing of bunkers. Before he went to
work on this phase, bunkers punished the poorer player and let
the better play go scott-free. The strategic relocation of them
rewarded finesse instead of concentration on length.
Along the way there has been other up-to-dating of the Ross golf
course. In this day, smaller tees handled the traffic then but they
have had to be enlarged because of heavier play now. His greens
were also smaller--for the most part. Architects went wild in
expanding greens for a while but they're backing into a more
reasonable compromise between the original and the
exaggerated size.
Ross, who came to this country from Scotland around the turn
of the century, has been dead for almost 30 years. But his memory
is perpetuated in such legendary layouts (local, that is) as
On behalf of the Golf C o u r s e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t s A s s o c i a t i o n of New
England I w o u l d like to e x p r e s s the s i n c e r e s y m p a t h y of the associat i o n to A r t h u r E. A n d e r s o n on the loss of his w i f e Diana A.
A n d e r s o n . Mrs. A n d e r s o n passed away on April 30, 1977 after an
e x t e n d e d illness.

First Vice President
W A Y N E ZOPPO
9A Village Green North
E. Providence, R.I. 02915
Home Phone 434-1759
Office Phone 434-8512
Glub Affiliation
Agawam Hunt

Second Vice President

RONALD K I R K M A N , CGCS
25 Green St.
Needham, Mass. 02192
Home Phone 444-8412
Office Phone 444-5548
Club Affiliation
Chestnut H i l l Country Club Needham Golf Club

Worcester, Longmeadow, Mount Holyoke (Orchards), Brae
Burn. . .and the list goes on. No wonder his prodigies and peers
have canonized him. He is, indeed, their patron saint.
Gerrv Finn

Who says good help is hard to find? Larry Bunn,
Superintendent
at Blue Hill C.C. is shown with Lisa Sohm, Playboy's Playmate of
The Month for April, 1977. Miss Sohm was doing modeling
work
for the magazine Hot Rod Show World which used Blue Hill C.C.
for taking pictures
of cars from the recent Auto Show held in
Boston.

EEOC True-False Test
In place of N e w s l e t t e r N o t e s this m o n t h the f o l l o w i n g true-false
test may be of interest to our m e m b e r s . The test is f r o m the Equal
E m p l o y m e n t O p p o r t u n i t y C o m m i s s i o n . A n s w e r the q u e s t i o n s and
keep the test, the a n s w e r s will be in the next issue. G o o d luck!

INSTRUCTIONS: Circle "T" for "True" or " F " for "False."
For either true or false, depending on the circumstances, draw a
circle between the "T" and the "F." The abbreviation "BFOQ"
means "bona fide occupational qualification," as determined by
EEOC.
1. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits job
discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national
origin.
T F
2. The Equal Pay Act as amended in 1972 does not exempt
white-collar executive, administrative and professional employees .
T F
3. Age discrimination in the Employment Act of 1967 prohibits
job discrimination based on age, but protection is limited to those
who are at least 50 years old but under 65.
T F
4. There is nothing in Title VII that requires you to hire someone
who is incapable of doing the job.
T F
5. Word of mouth recruiting is generally considered acceptable.
T F
'rustee

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DAVE BARBER
1 Muriel Road
Chelmsford, Mass. 01824
Home Phone 256-4417
Office Phone 358-4882
Club Affiliation
Wayland Country Club

D O N A L D HEARN
4 Topeka Road
Chelmsford, Mass. 01824
Home Phone 256-8709
Office Phone 894-5906 Club Affiliation
Weston Golf Club

PAUL JOHNSON
R F D 1 Locust St.
Middleton, Mass. 01949
Home Phone 777-0902
Office Phone 777-1134
Club Affiliation
Fern- " Country Club

Trustee
ARTHUR W A S H B U R N , CGCS
520 No. M a i n St.
Cohasset, Mass. 02025
Home Phone 383-9532
Office Phone 383-1870
Club Affiliation
Cohasset Golf Club

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Finance Chairman
MAX MIERZWA
10F Crest wood St.
Chicopee, Mass. 01020
Home Phone 594-4996
Office Phone 592-9540
Club Affiliation
Chicopee Country Club

A L AUGER
3 Andover Rd.
Beverly, Mass. 01915
Home Phone 927-0060
Office Phone 922-8511
Club Affiliation
Folly Hill Country Club

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6. Relying on "walk-in" applicants is usually an acceptable
recruitment procedure.
T F
7. A policy of recruiting mainly from within the company is
always acceptable.
T F
8. Administering general aptitude tests prior to hiring is an
acceptable procedure.
T F
9. Requesting an arrest record on an application form is not
permitted.
T F
10. Title VII states that no employer has to give preferential
treatment to any individual or group in order to meet a quota.
T F
11. Title VII permits differences in pay based on a bona fide
seniority system.
T F
12 The employer can be held responsible for subtle forms of
discrimination by white employees against minority employees
(for example, where Negroes did not use the snack-bar facilities
because white employees gave them the impression that they
weren't wanted).
T F
13 An employer may refuse to hire an individual on the grounds
that he is not a U.S. citizen.
T F
14. If a department head is aware of discriminating practices or
remarks directed by whites against minority individuals, it is
assumed that the general manager is also aware of them.
T F
15. An employer must accommodate the religious needs of his
employees with regard to the Sabbath.
T F
16. Courts have ruled that an employee may refuse to join a
union on religious grounds and also refuse to pay union dues or
fees.
T F
17. An employer may refuse to hire a woman because the job is
"too strenuous'' for her.
T F
18. A restaurant operator may refuse to hire waitresses because
management assumes that customers prefer waiters.
T F
19. If supervisory training is made available to members of one
sex, it must be made available to members of the other.
T F
20. Sex is often a BFOQ.
T F
21. If a job requires lifting of more than 60 pounds, it is safe to
confine recruiting to men only.
T F
22. Equal overtime opportunities must be available to both
sexes.
T F
23. It is legal to have a policy to require a woman to start
maternity leave two months before delivery.
T F
24. Empolyers may refuse to hire a woman for a job entailing
heavy lifting if the state law has set maximum weight-lifting
limits for women.
T F
25. State laws governing pay and working time can excuse an
employer from complying with the Equal Pay Act.
T F
26. Where the jurisdictions of Title VII and the Equal Pay Act
Golf Chairman
BRIAN C O W A N
Robins Way
Harwich, Mass. 02645
Home Phone 432-9041
Office Phone 945-9230
Club Affiliation
Eastward Ho Country Club

Educational Chairman
PETE COSTE, CGCS
89 Pleasant St.
Medfield, Mass. 02052
Home Phone 359-7247
Office Phone 566-0240
Club Affiliation
The Country Club

Newsletter Chairman
LARRY BUNN
145DedhamSt.
Canton, Mass. 02021
Home Phone 828-7266
Office Phone 828-6540
Club Affiliation
Blue Hill Country Club

Past President
T H O M A S CURRAN
Fox Chase Rd.
South Sutton, N.H. 03273
Home Phone 938-5436
Office Phone 863-4500
Club Affiliation
Eastman Golf Club

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overlap, EEOC will accept the interpretations made under the
Equal Pay Act.
T F
27. If a group of men paid $2.80 an hour are performing the same
work as a group of women whose pay rate is $2.20, the men's pay
must be reduced to $2.20.
T F
28. Paying different rates to temporary employees hired for the
same type of work performed by permanent ones is not
necessarily a violation of the equal pay rules if the temporary
employment lasts no longer than three months.
T F
29. A pay differential between older (40-65) workers and
younger ones is permitted on the assumption that older workers
as a group are less productive.
T F
30. It is lawful to require employees considered for certain
positions to have a high school diploma and pass certain aptitude
tests.
T F
31. Help-wanted ads may be placed in classified columns
headed "Male" and "Female."
T F
32. Asking for photographs from job applicants before employment does not in itself violate the law.
T F
33. Companies may not use tests in which minority group people
do poorly unless the test has been validated by the American
Pyschological Association.
T F
34. The EEOC has generally sanctioned the use of skills testing
which is job-related.
T F
35. Unions are subject to the same restrictions as employees
under the anti-discrimination laws.
T F
36. Organizations may now file charges on behalf of persons
who alledgedly are victims of employment discrimination.
T F
37. It is possible to indicate a hiring preference for persons 40-65
years of age, so long as no discrimination is made within that age
group.
T F
38. Women employees who express interest in supervisory
positions when they become vacant ought to be at least considered even if they happen to be poorly qualified.
T F
39. Psychic injuries resulting from discrimination may result in
monetary awards under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
T F
40. It is lawful to pay women differently from men with respect
to overtime.
T F
41. State laws governing pay, working time, and the like, may
excuse an employer from complying with the Equal Pay Act.
T F
42. If a state requires that women be paid overtime after
working a certain number of hours, then men are entitled to the
same overtime premiums, even if both are exempt from overtime
under the federal law.
T F
43. A company may have a policy of not hiring females with preschool children.
T F
ANSWERS NEXT MONTH
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freely, in w h o l e or in p a r t , w i t h o u t special permission as long
as the true c o n t e x t is maintained. We w o u l d appreciate a
credit line.

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Alfco, Inc.
Fertilizers and Chemical Specialties
P.O. Box 267, Marietta, Ohio
Baker Tractor Corp., Ford Tractors
Harley Davidson Golf Cars
Swansea, Massachusetts
Chanderlin Seed Co., Inc., Division of
Lofts Pedigreed Seed, Inc.,
20 Beck Road, Arlington, Mass. 02174
Joe Moran — Rep.
* The Charles C. Hart Seed Co.
Wethersfield, Conn.
Bob Kennedy, Rep.
Steve Hart, Rep.
203-529-2537
The Clapper Co.
1121 Washington St.
West Newton, Mass.
* Geoffrey S. Cornish & William G. Robin:
Golf Course Architects
Fiddlers Green, Amherst, Mass. 01002
George E. Cull
Terra-Green Soil Conditioner
112 Green St., Abington, Mass.
C. S. Curran
T. R. C. Products, Oils and Greases
7 Linden St., Framingham, Mass.
* E-Z-Go Golf Car
Sales - Service - Rentals
Polaris/E-Z-Go Northeast
Box 817
North Falmouth, Mass. 02556
Farm Bureau Association
158 Lexington St., Waltham, Mass. 02154
Fred Heyliger, Representative
Bus. 893-3570 Home 772-3605

Scotts Pro-Turf Div.

Rep Ed. Wiacek 1-401-253-4284
Rep Allen Cumps 1-413-253-2995.
Gold Star Sod Farms, Inc.
Sod & Pine Bark Mulch
Canterbury, New Hampshire
1-800-528-5205

FRIENDS OF THE ASSOCIATION

Grounds Equipment Co., Inc.
383 Boylston St., Newton Cen., Mass.
Gull Agricultural Service Co.
Allen Bonnell 617-362-2181
Joe Silk 617-784-3966
55 Freeman Road
Yarmouthport, Mass. 02675
Holliston Sand Company, Inc.
Lowland Street, Holliston, Mass. 01746
Sand for Golf Bunkers and Traps
I 8c E Supply, Inc.
66 Erna Ave.
P.O. Box 9
Milford, Conn. 06460
Tele (203) 878-0658
Kenneth Barrie Corp.
249 Milton St., Dedham, Mass. 02026
Tel. (617) 364-3333
Tom Irwin, Inc.
1 IB A Street
Burlington, Mass.
Karandrew Turf Farms, Inc.
Sam Mitchell, Sales Representative
15 Longmeadow Drive, Canton, Mass.
* Larchmont Irrigation Co.
Larchmont Ln., Lexington, Mass.
Lee Lime Corp.
Lee, Mass. (413) 243-0053
2 Special Lime Spreaders
Designed for Golf Courses
Rep. Bill Kershlis 413-253-7485
Mallinckrodt, Inc.
Second and Mallinckrodt Streets
St. Louis, Missouri 63147
Magovern Company, Inc.
Lawn Acre Road
Windsor Lock, Conn.
* D. L. Maher
Box 127, Concord St.
N. Reading, Mass. 01864

* Contributors to the Lawrence S. Dickinson Scholarship Fund

Canton, Mass. 02021
Home Phone 828-7266
Office Phone 828-6540
Club A f f i l i a t i o n
Blue Hill Country Club
DONALD HEABN
Business Manager
LEON ST. PIERRE
Coordinator
GERRY FINN
Contributing Editor

New England Power Sweeping Co., Inc.
Parking Lots and Roadways
187 South Street
Needham, Mass. 02192
Jack Kidd Phone 332-1451
New England Sealcoating Co., Inc.
Tennis Court Const, and Maintenance
Sealcoating — Hingham Industrial Center
Hingham, Mass. Tel. 749-3236
Old Fox Chemical Inc.
Fertilizers - Seeds - Turf Chemicals
66 Valley Street
East Providence, Rhode Island 02914
P & L Equipment Corp.
Golf Cars & Commercial Turf Equipment
80 Lynde Street, Melrose, Mass. 02176
Phone 617-665-5990
Sil Paulini, Inc.
6 Manor Avenue
Natick, Mass. 01760
* Richey & Clapper, Inc.
28 Rutledge Road
Natick, Mass. 01760
Trencher & Equipment Leasing, Inc.
Ditch Witch Trenchers
38 Fairview St., Agawam, Mass. 01001
Phone 413-786-8600
* Sawtelle Brothers
565 Humphrey Street
Swampscott, Mass.
Tel. 617-599-4856
Tuco Products Co.
Division of the Upjohn Company
Kalamazoo, Michigan
David Sylvester 203-828-3790
White Turf Engineering
5 Summer Drive, Winchendon, Mass. 01475
617-297-0941
Philip A. Wogan
Golf Course Architect
21 Budleigh Ave., Beverly, Mass.