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This N E W S L E T T E R is published
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and sent f r e e to its members and their Green's Chairmen. Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a
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April, 1937

Mass.

Vol. 9, No. 4

APRIL SHOWERS
Certain reports included herewith
have been gathered and sent in to U3
something like April Showers; like April
showers they come to help us with our
Spring work. A bowling green, 120 by
40 feet, started last Pall at Bear Hill,
is now being finished by Ted Swanson
and gang. This bowling green is being
sodded with Piper velvet bent; we'll
almost wager a few pennies that this
will be the first Piper velvet bent bowling green in the world . . . . The Bellevue
Golf Club of Melrose has installed a
new fire sprinkler system in their club
house this past Winter, also a new
shower room f o r the men's locker room
. . . . The "Mark-it", f o r marking a ball'.;
location on the green when ball is lifted,
is well worth your attention; careless
golfers do much harm yearly to greens
when marking by means usually used,
a scratch of finger, tee, putter, or other
sharp object. . . . The Golf Committee
would appreciate hearing f r o m members
as to clubs available f o r meetings, suggestions f o r prizes, etc. . . . Paul Wanberg reports Weston to be in good condition as a whole a f t e r the mild Winter.
Improvements include a new 17th tee,
lengthening hole f r o m 122 to 147 yards,
a new path f r o m 9th green to 10th tee
to be named Robert Winsor Path a f t e r
the Mr. Winsor who did so much f o r the
club, a new stairway f r o m the 7th tee
with 41 stairs. Work during the Winter
also included rebuilding the bridge at
9th tee, cleaning up the woods in the
rough, with pruning to allow for better
growth. Some thirty apple trees on the
course were also pruned. . . . The 8th
tee at Marshfield was recently enlarged,
reports Mort Maxwell, and two wet
areas on the course have been drained
with the necessary tile installed. . . .
Spank Hammond writes, "The 1937
season will see several new bowling
greens in operation. Interest in this

sport 'Bowling on the green', is rapidly
increasing. Think it over". . . . P r a n k
Wilson says that skeet shoot season was
a great success but Winter sports not.
He is making a 75 yard practice pitching course at Charles River.
Greens
and fairways came through the Winter
in fine shape and regular greens were
in play on April 4th . . . . Jack Counsel!
reports f r o m Salem, "Our fairway
watering system is almost completed,
practically all pipe and valves are installed. We still have some cleaning
along the trenches and about 3 % miles
of sod to replace. We hope to finish the
work on the system by the end of April.
Our parking space is being enlarged"
. . . . Sam Mitchell reports f r o m Ponkapoag that the turf there has come
through the Winter in excellent condition with the exception of new seeding
done late last Fall, which is heaved considerably f r o m frost. Course dried up
early. Practically no snow mold seen
this Spring . . . . George Rommell tells
us t h a t the Wellesley Country Club has
enlarged the 3rd tee, extending it out
in f r o n t about 30 f e e t a t a level about
2 feet lower than old tee.
Fairway
watering system, with Universal pipe
and Buckner heads is being tried on
2nd and 4th fairways. The 2nd green
is being lowered and indented . . . .
What sounds like good news to the golfing world is the report f r o m the Toro
M a n u f a c t u r i n g Company that shipments
f o r month of March were the greatest
in their history. . . . Joe Johnston writes
the following, "We are looking f o r w a r d
to a very good year at the Minute Man;
the greens came through the Winter in
very good shape and appear to be ready
to take a good hard play and still hold
their heards u p ! We here hope f o r a
good Golf year not only for Minute Man
but f o r all neighboring clubs; so let's
get together and put 1937 over the t o p "
. . . . Reporting f r o m Juniper Hill in
Northboro, Homer Darling writes, "The
greens now appear to be in better condition than we ever have seem them on
April 1st. The turf is very much alive,
healthy, and seems ready to grow into
wonderful t u r f . Some minor changes
are being made but nothing drastic. We
anticipate a1 definite increase in play this
season. More beginners are expecting
to take up the game and many of those
who have had to curtail their playing
because of financial conditions now expect to play more this season than any
time since 1932." . . . . We are also
adding a f e w more lengthy showers.

The Marlboro Country Club has j u s t
finished planting a large number of red
pines in beautifying its golf course. It
also rebuilt two traps and cleared a
large area in f r o n t of r e a r tee on the
6th hole t h a t consisted of brush, so that
traps in fairway are now plainly visible
to golfers playing f r o m rear 6th tee,
Former assistant pro, Steve Golbert,
who holds course record of 68, is now
pro.
Narry Sperandio.

GETTING

THE
FOR

GREENS

PREPARED

SPRING

George J. Rommell, Jr.

Spring starting is our greatest ambition. We enjoy it because it is our
busiest time of the year. One of the
problems to be solved is the condition
of the greens. We have a lot of traffic
on our course, due to being open the
year r o u n d ; this affects our greens a
great deal. It is our main problem to
get them in trim f o r the opening season.
The first thing we do is to put an
average of ten pounds of fertilizer to a
thousand square feet. A f t e r the fertilized greens have soaked in quite a bit
of rain we roll them. This results very
satisfactorily.
I am getting quite a bit of information by attending the greenkeepers'
meeting every month.
Nick Bruno,
Norfolk C. C.

HOW

TO
GOLF

OPEN

UP

If we have not enough loam screened
we proceed to screen enough for the
season.
Any bare spots on greens, tees and
fairways t h a t can be brought back by
seeding are seeded as soon as the ground
will accept it. Where sodding must be
done it is handled at the earliest possible date.
The watering system is put together
and turned on about the 20th of April.
Fertilizer f o r the fairways is put on
about April 15.
Sometime between April 20 and May
1, we begin to topdress tees and greens.

THE

COURSE

We usually start off by clearing the
rough, such as raking the leaves and
burning them and also composting them,
and clearing away debris. We then repair bridges and overhaul any equipment which might be l e f t undone in the
fall.
Orders f o r new equipment and materials are placed at about the first of
March.
Any planting of trees and reforestation is done as early as possible.
When the fairways, tees, and greens
are in the right condition, they are
rolled.

THIS B U S I N E S S OF

GOLF

During the past fifteen years numerous golf courses have been built and
each year the players have demanded
better equipment and better courses.
No doubt some will recall the day when
all that the player wished f o r was an
open space, a mound of dirt f o r a tee,
and a fairly well-mowed space f o r a
green, three or f o u r clubs and he was
contented.
Today, if the tees are not equal or
better than the greens were not so long
ago, and the present greens like velvet,
there is plenty of criticism f o r the green
keeper.
The latest demand is fairway irrigation. I say demand, because it is just
that. The average player feels that any
golf course worthy of the name must
have good tees and greens. Now comes
the demand f o r fairways t h a t have good
turf throughout the playing season.
This can only be accomplished by watering fairways regularly.
All of us know what a sorry looking
sight some of our fairways are during
the dry season. We at the Riverside
Golf Course were faced with the alternative of watering our fairways or
losing more of our membership. We
called in the Pump Sales & Service
Company, Allston, Mass., who made the
layout f o r us and" supplied our equipment. This year Riverside will have nine
of our fairways ready f o r watering when
the season opens. The rest will be finished later.
Will the golfers next demand illuminated courses f o r night playing, or what?
Harold A. Mosher.

FIFTY Y E A R S OF GOLF
IN A M E R I C A
By James

McCormack

Supt. Unicorn Country Club
There are many interesting and fantastic tales told about the origin and
development of golf in the United
States. One of the most reliable accounts dates back to the year 1659, and
is found in an ancient Dutch ordinance
of Fort Orange forbidding the playing
of golf in the streets, on account of the
damage to property and the danger of
personal injury to the inhabitants of the
village of Beverwyck.
More than a century later, in 1779.
an advertisement appeared in the Royal
Gazzette in New York, announcing that,
"the season f o r the pleasant and healthy
exercise of golf is now advancing and
that gentlemen could obtain excellent
clubs and golf balls at the printer'r,
whose name was Rivington. I t seems,
however, t h a t the growth of the game
was retarded in some way, and although
there are definite records of golf clubs
and scattered courses, especially in
South Carolina and Savannah as early
as 1794, it is not until the latter part of
the nineteenth century that the game of
golf really began to attract attention.
The past fifty years have witnessed its
phenomenal growth in popularity, due
to its own merits and the fascination of
the sport, r a t h e r than any definite effort
to promote it as a national game.
The first golf club in the United
States originated at the home of John
Reid, who is known as the f a t h e r of
American golf, during a dinner party
in Yonkers-on-the-Hudson. It was composed of five men who had just come in
f r o m a near-by pasture a f t e r a round
of golf. They organized, and laid out a
small six-hole course under the name of
St. Andrews, a f t e r its famous namesake
in Scotland. On this occasion a toast
was drunk to the health of Robert Lockhart, the first active member of the club,
and thus it seems, the now famous nineteenth hole came into existence.
Although St. Andrews at Yonkers
was the first club organized in this
country, the one known as Shinnecock
Hills near Southampton, Long Island
was the first to be incorporated. This
was in 1891, and the following year an
attractive clubhouse was built on the
site of the new twelve-hole course, which
attracted many of the fashionable set
f r o m Tuxedo and Newport.

To a g r e a t extent golf was really a
rich man's game in those early days,
when the Vanderbilts, the Goulds and
the Astors cavorted on stylish links
planned by the famous Willie Dunn,
when the ordinary golfer's lunch consisted of champagne and raw oysters,
and even a casual tournament was a
society event. But golf has come a long
way in the last twenty-five years, reaching out its tempting bait to persons of
all classes and of every age and occupation. It has heard the challenge of youth
since the day when a lad named Francis
Quimet conquered the might Ray and
Vardon, and when youngsters of the
type of Jones, Sarazen, Hagan, Farrell.
and a host of others gave notiie to the
golfing world that youth was not to be
denied.
The first international team match
was played between this country and
Canada in September, 1895, at Niagara
and was won by the American team.
Inter-club matches stirred up interest
in the game and memberships in golf
clubs were increasing. With the greater
number of golfers and their steady improvement in the game, came changes
in equipment as well as a greater demand f o r better golf courses. Old clubs
such as the baffy, the cleek and the field
iron were replaced by the modern clubs,
as has been the old gutta-percha ball
used in the early days of the game.
Golf courses are now maintained by
men specially trained in the profession
of greenkeeping. Manufacturers of golf
course equipment have kept up with the
times, and are supplying modern machinery which not only gives better results, but also lowers maintenance costs.
Previous to 1930 we had an era of
lavish spending on country club buildings and de luxe golf courses. New
courses were constructed all over the
country and old courses were remodelled
to compete with the new ones. It was
about this time that golf began to get
really popular.
During the last few years, however,
country clubs have greatly curtailed
their spending. This was necessary,
owing to reduced incomes, and made
possible by the combined efforts of the
professionals, the greenkeepers, and the
golf associations.
The United States Golf Association
was organized in 1894 f o r the purpose
of promoting the interest of the game
in this country and to establish a final
authority in all matters pertaining to
the sport. I t is responsible, more than

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any other factor, for the popularity of
golf and the dignified position it enjoys.
The golf business is now one of importance in this country. In 1931 golf goods
registered a value at the manufacturers'
plants of about twenty-three and a half
million dollars and it is probable that
the annual expenditure for golf in the
United States is now two hundred and
thirty-five million dollars.
It is estimated that there are about
three million active golf players in this
country, but no definite figures are
available. Some authorities believe that
there are nearer six million people who
enjoy the game.
With the increased number of leisure
hours at the disposal of our people,
some way of spending this extra time
had to be found and many take to golf
for their recreation.
The state and municipalities provide
this outlet for playing by supplying golf
courses for this purpose. This is a commendable service which our government
is rendering so that people of all ages
may enjoy the wonderful benefits of the
game, played out-of-doors under ideal
conditions.
It is significant that doctors who are

the guardians of the health of the
nation, invariably prescribe golf for
their own recreation.
Nowadays it is not uncommon for
champions to appear suddenly from the
ranks of the unknown, the poor, the
professional and the business classes,
as well as from among those who devote
their lives to the game. It is a fact that
our own country has really become the
adopted land of golf, since it has on the
whole, more and better courses, both
public and private than any other land.
New England is particularly well
suited for golf, with its numerous attractive courses, its beautiful rugged
landscape and the natural competitive
spirit of our sportloving people. And
there are few cities in the United States
that can compare with our own city of
Boston in regard to the number and fine
quality of its golf-courses.
Within
twenty miles of the city there are some
of the best public and private courses
that can be found anywhere, so that
tournaments for Juniors and Seniors, as
well as for the middle-aged are regular
events. Several clubs have kept open
this year throughout the winter, and the
demand for club memberships, even this

A n n u a l R . I. G r e e n k e e p e r s F i e l d D a y a t R. I. S t a t e C o l l e g e

May

24th.

early, promises to make 1937 one of the
best years in the local history of the
sport.
It might interest you to know that
it was a young lady f r o m France who
first introduced golf in Boston. Unfortunately, her name is shrouded in the
mists of oblivion, but the f a c t t h a t she
had brought over a set of clubs, and
found no place to use them, prompted
her to demonstrate her skill on the estate then owned by Arthur Hunneweli
in Wellesley, where she was a visitor
in the summer of 1892. Her enthusiasm
resulted in a small seven-hole course on
the adjoining land, and indirectly on the
now famous country club in Brookline.
Since then, women have played a
prominent part in the sport in this section, and their tournaments are keen
enough to make the men look to their
laurels.
Incidentally, it is not a lack of gallantry, but rather on account of tradition and a desire f o r privacy t h a t we
have in greater Boston a course exclusively f o r men, known as the Unicorn Country Club in Stoneham, which
I have the privilege of representing. I
understand t h a t there are similar courses
reserved f o r the ladies, so t h a t seems
to square matters.
It has been truly stated that golf today in America has the largest active
following of any sport. Actually the
players generally out-number the fans,
and in a few weeks, hundreds of green
hills and valleys will echo the familiar
" F o r e " of countless golfers who know
how to mingle work and play in a safe
and sensible manner.
In conclusion may I recall a brief but
genuine appreciation of golf, attributed
to Mr. David R. F o r g a n : " I t is a game,
and a science of endless possibilities. It
is a test of temper, a trial of honor, a
revealer of character, it affords a chance
to play the man, and act the gentlemen.
It is a cure f o r care, an antidote for
worry.
I t promotes health, fosters
friendships, demands courtesy and consideration f o r others. In a word, it is a
n a t u r a l outlet f o r energy and a continual source of surprise and pleasure.
I t is a game a person may play enjoyably, regardless of his score, as long as
he has the strength to walk or the
courage to lose gracefully."
(Ed. Note: The above " F i f t y
Years of Golf in America" was presented by Mr. McCormack over the
radio station WCOP, Boston, on

March 1st, as a p a r t of a WPA
Adult Recreation Project. A few
lines of a letter f r o m Mrs. Inez M.
Tehan, Supervisor of Radio, are of
interest, as they explain this project.)
"For the past two years the Lecture
Division of the Adult Recreation Project, Works Progress Administration
has been presenting educational programs through the various radio stations
in Boston namely: WEEI, WCOP and
WORL. We have had some very outstanding speakers in the community
representing all walks of life, College
Professors, State and City officials,
Lawyers, Historical Research Personages and numerous others. We try to
plan to run these talks in series of four,
which was the case on the series on
"golf". Our speakers give the time and
effort without charge f o r they feel that
we are doing a worth-while piece of
work on the Adult Recreation Project.
Mr. McCormack very graciously assisted me in preparing the golf series.
He opened it himself on March 1, with
a very interesting talk which I am enclosing. March 2, Roland Hancock, Melrose City Municipal Golf Course talked
on " T o u r n a m e n t Golf"; Leslie Cottrell.
Bear Hill Country Club in Wakefield
gave a "Lesson in Golf" and Mr. Orville
O. Clapper of the New England Toro
Company concluded with "How the
Game of Golf Has Helped Industry."
This entire series was met with great
success judging f r o m the inquiries we
have had."
TALKS

ON

TREES

By E. Porter Felt
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Stamford, Conn.
The World's Fair site at Flushing,
N. Y. is a proving ground f o r trees and
their possibilities.
The f a i r authorities are planning to
move and plant 10,000 native trees and
shrubs and thus bring into being almost
over-night, as it were, the possibilities
of beauty and human comfort along
avenues and walks destined to be
thronged with millions in the near
future.
Grand old elms, some over
seventy years old, will doubtless be included in the planting. I t is quite possible that somewhere upon the grounds
there may be a magnificent elm shaded
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England villagers. The sugar maples
will doubtless occupy a prominent place
since both the elms and the maples are
among the favorite and most useful
shade trees in the northeastern United
States.
The aesthetic or beautiful will not be
overlooked.
That
charming,
earlyblooming native, the flowering dogwood,
is listed among those to be planted. It
is within possibilities that one or more
minor avenues will be set with these
trees and visitors coming to the fair in
early spring will be charmed by a beautiful setting to be found at the present
time in only a few specially favored
localities.
The oaks are splendid shade and
ornamental trees and although not so
readily moved as elms and maples, it is
presumed t h a t a t least a few grand
specimens of some of the more important species, especially the white oak,
the scarlet oak and the pin oak will be
included in the planting.
The transportation of these large
trees and their successful establishment
in a new locality is an undertaking
which can be carried out successfully
only by those who have a t their command the experience and resources developed f r o m years of successful operation. The transplanting is logically followed by the care necessary to enable
the trees to speedily establish themselves.
The World's Fair, among other admirable objectives, may demonstrate in
a startling manner, the possibilities and
the place of trees at expositions.
The tragedy of the suburban woodland trees in built-up wooded areas is
costing the country millions. The tree
expert in saving trees saves expense to
the owner.
The trees sell the property. The purchaser loves trees. The owner puts his
home among the trees. The man planning the grounds misses the cue. The
trees gradually weaken and die. They
do not die of old age, although they
may be over seventy. The death of
many trees is inevitable under the usual
conditions in such areas. The owner
spends large sums f o r unsatisfactory
replacements. The cost f o r one good
tree may exceed a thousand dollars.
This outcome is unnecessary. Relatively inexpensive changes in the plans may
reduce greatly the loss of valuable trees.
Purchasers frequently buy developed
property without realizing that the trees

which a t t r a c t them may have a most
limited life expectancy as a result of
earlier, unwise changes in growing conditions. This is still going on.
The above reads much like a f a n t a s y
which goes way beyond the bounds of
reason. Many owners have learned with
sorrow t h a t many trees, in woodland
developments, gradually weaken and
die. It takes years for most trees to die,
consequently the connection between
earlier operations in developing the
property and the u n f o r t u n a t e condition
of the trees is not readily appreciated.
There is a current notion that the trees
die of old age. In most cases these
woodland trees are dying because of
changes, f r e q u e n t l y
unnecessary
changes, in growing conditions. They
are the underlying causes of much of
the trouble and as a result, the owner
is forced to spend large sums f o r unsatisfactory replacements, whereas recognition of tree requirements when
laying out the grounds and provisions to
meet them so f a r as feasible would have
made it possible to avoid much of this
loss.
Working with Nature means vigorous,
long-lived trees at relatively small expense.
Both the trees and the insects have
reacted strangely to the unusual winter
so nearly past.
A number of the earlier starting
trees and shrubs, such as the red maples,
the willows and lilacs pushed their buds
partly out in J a n u a r y and F e b r u a r y and
a f e w in specially sheltered places actually bloomed, this last being t r u e of a
Weigela at Stamford, J a n u a r y 17th. In
early March elm buds had commenced
to swell. The general absence of snow
along the Atlantic coast is favorable to
an early spring. Just a little warmer
weather and the leaves of trees and
shrubs may begin to appear.
The insects are also responding to
the mild winter conditions. The moths
of the fall cankerworms have been flying and crawling in mild days throughout much of the winter. The eggs of
these pests and those of the closely related spring cankerworms may be expected to hatch within a few weeks.
Here and there hordes of inch worms
will exact tribute f r o m the trees. Examinations at this time will give a good
idea of what may be expected.
Reports have come of t e n t caterpillars
hatching the middle of F e b r u a r y at
Riverdale, just north of New York City.

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Ordinarily these caterpillars, although
well developed within the eggs in the
fall, do not eat their way out until just
before the leaves of wild cherry and
apple trees s t a r t in the early spring.
There is a probability that this conspicuous pest, the tent caterpillar, will not
be nearly so abundant as last spring,
though here and there the nests may be
somewhat numerous.
The starting of vegetation is welcomed by most people. They are not so
appreciative of the insects. Both are
important parts of the varied and interesting life which surrounds us on
every side. We can not have one without the other. The important point is
to conserve the atttractive and beautiful
and this, in many cases, can be done
only by recognizing the probability of
i n j u r y by pests and preparing f o r the
enemy.
APRIL

MEETING

The regular April meeting was held
at the Waltham Field Station on April
5th. The meeting was devoted to a discussion of club a Hairs, and of methods
by which greenkeepers could help their
ciubs to better advantage.
I t was decided to maintain the usual
Summer meetings, with an educational
f e a t u r e at each meeting in addition to
the golf tournament.
It is hoped that club officials will see
to it t h a t their greenkeener attends
these Summer meetings. There seems
to be a danger to a greenkeeper, who
stays too close to home, losing his sense
of perspective. The best greenkeepers
are those who contact their fellows and
gain much f r o m the contacts.

George Holbrook, Clinton Country
Club, Clinton, Iowa.
William Lord, Sidney Golf and Count r y Club, Sidney, N. Y.
William G. Mitchell, Onondaga Golf
and Country Club, Syracuse, N. Y.
Thomas P. Newlove, Syracuse Yacht
and Country Club, Clay, N. Y.
Lloyd Russell, Woodbridge
Hills
Country Club, Woodbridge Hills,
Connecticut.
Arthur F. Smith, Nabnassett Lake
Shore Country Club, Westford,
Mass.
Lawrence R. Sperry, Cedar Glen Golf
Club, N. Saugus, Mass.
Emery Thomas, Locust Grove Count r y Club, Rahway, N. J., now at
Red Hook Country Club, Red Hook,
N. Y.
Advanced

Group:

Alfred Berghorn, Normanside Count r y Club, Elsmere, N. Y.
James W. Hart, Holyoke Country
Club, Holyoke, Mass.
Alfred
Sesperance,
Westmoreland
Country Club, Wilmett, Illinois.
Henry C. Mitchell, Kernwood Count r y Club, Salem, Mass.
Robert L. Mitchell, Edison Country
Club, Rexford, N. Y.
Sherwood Moore, Pasaic County Golf
Course, Paterson, N. J.
Vivian L. Payson, North Dartmouth,
Mass.
F r a n k Tick, Cohasse Country Club,
Southbridge, Mass.
Robert Williams, Bellaire Country
Club, Wanconda, Illinois.
Earl F. Yesberger. Homelinks Golf
Club, Olmstead, Ohio.

SERVICE
W I N T E R SCHOOL FOR
GREENKEEPERS —
MASS.
STATE
COLLEGE —
1937
First Year

Group:

Edward J. Casey, Wykogyl Country
Club, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Geoffrey Cornish, West Vancouver,
B. C,
Robert J. Cronin, Glens Falls Country
Club, Glens Falls, N. Y.
Henry J. Duval, Municipal Golf Club,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Alex Ferguson, Claremont Country
Club, Claremont, New Hampshire.

SECTION DINNER

The joint dinner and meeting of the
Mass. Golf Association Service Section
and the Greenkeepers Club was held at
the Charles River Country Club, Newton
Centre, Mass. on April 12th. Some
hundred and more club officials and
greenkeepers were present and enjoyed
the following p r o g r a m :
Welcome

Address

S. Harold Greene, President
Charles River Country Club
M. G. A . A c t i v i t i e s

for

1937

Erastus B. Badger, President
The Massachusetts Golf Association

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NEWSLETTER.

Preparing
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the

Golf

Course

for a

New

John H. Counsell,
Greenkeeper, Salem Country Club
Guest

Speaker

" J i m " Kimball, President
South Shore Country Club
Publicity by the

dealers, turf men of all kinds, who
worked to try to put this bill across.
The assistance of the hundreds who
backed this bill did a great deal to publicize turf work with its many problems,
and all this work that has been done will
help to bring success another year.

Press

"Bill" Whitcomb
Golf Editor, Boston Globe
Service Section Committee Chairman
Albert Goodhue presided. It was worthy
of note that both President Greene of
Charles River and President Badger of
the M. G. A. stressed strongly the cooperative work which has been and is
being done by the Service Section.
Both also congratulated greenkeepers in
general for the fine work which has
been done on golf courses by the greenkeepers. Pres. Badger also made a
strong plea that courses be improved
from the standpoint of looks, that they
be beautified.
Jack Counsell's paper will be presented in a later issue of the NEWSLETTER.

It is with much regret that we announce that Senate bill No. 33, to start
turf work at the Waltham Field Station,
was killed in the House a few days ago.
This bill passed the Committee on
Agriculture, and then went to the Ways
and Means Committee, where its hearingappeared to be very favorable. It was
finally reported favorably, with the
recommendation that it be referred to
the next session. There seems little
doubt that if this recommendation had
been left off that the bill would have
passed the House and also the Senate.
The truth in politics is often hard to
find, but in this case, it seems that
pressure from the Western part of the
State was put on the Committee to prevent its passing.
However, the fight is still on! Frank
Wilson and his Committee are empowered to keep working, and the bill will
be re-entered this coming Fall. With
the experience gained during this Winter's fight, and with the help of all the
present friends of the work proposed,
there seems little doubt that another
year will tell a different story. Your
assistance is required; help this committee as they ask it.
The Board of Directors desire a t this
time to thank all chairmen, club officials,

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