TURF TOPICS

WINTER REPORT
Now that the conference season is over everybody is anxious to 
get back to work. Charlie McCrea must have enjoyed himself the 
most at the banquet table as he checked in at a robust 249 lbs. 
His friends were saying that he is a common-sewer of food rather 
than a conisseur. Garry Crothers reported back from three weeks 
of skiing in Europe looking fit as a fiddle. Seems as though he 
enjoys not only the best of two seasons, but also the best of two 
worlds. Pete Pedrazzi got an extended Kitchen pass from his wife 
for a ten day swing through the South on a golf trip. Pete will 
have to give us married superintendents some lessons on wife 
management. Our President Bob Kapherr was also in the ranks of the 
tourist in Florida this season. Probably was sharpening up for 
his matches with his neighbor Al Foster. Ed Casey of Baltusrol 
was also down in Florida taking his chances on the weather and 
other tourists. So all in all it was probably a pretty good 
winter for the superintendents lucky enough to escape the snow.

IDEA DEPARTMENT

Joe Spang down at Rutgers has an idea for roping off tees that 
may work out well. He took a 3 lb ice cream container and filled 
it with green concrete after he had inserted a short length of 3/4 
inch pipe in the middle. He flushed the concrete with the pipe 
and then buried the end product around the entrance to some of 
his tees. When he puts the stakes in for the rope fence all he 
has to do is put a 3/8 inch pipe inside the 3/4 inch pipe thats 
in the ground. The big advantage is that he doesn't have to 
pound stakes when he wants to use the fence and he can have 
controlled excess to the tee by just varying the opening. Also 
when it is time to mow, he won't have grass growing around the 
stakes because of the concrete and if he wants to he can take 
down the fence quickly for mowing.

CAN YOU EVER WIN 

Charlie McCrea was checking with Pete Pedrazzi on his technique 
for building coils for his drinking fountains so that he could 
ice them down. Pete said that they worked fine in fact he got 
some complaints because the water was too cold. You have to 
have big shoulders in this profession to bear up to the 
complaints because sometimes you can never win.

NJGCSA Happenings
Turf Topics will appear monthly in the New Jersey Golfer which 
is distributed to all clubs in Jersey. We would appreciate any 
articles to help us along. Tony Rippel is now at Beacon Hill CC 
I understand Al Rathjens Jr. has 900 members at Warren Brook 
and it hasn't even opened up for play. Our new By- Law 
membership classification has been approved at our last meeting. 
Please read carefully the requirements and procedure for a 
member to change his classification. Board members were 
measured for blazers which you probably will see at the May 
meeting. First golf and Educational meeting is At Spring Lake 
so lets all get out to start the year off with a roar. At the 
National the following were elected to office; Pres. Edward Roberts 
Jr.- New Jersey V. Pres. Walter Boysen - California, Directors 
John Spodnik- Ohio Richard Blake - Mass. Norman Kramer- Michigan 
These were also the men we voted for on the ballot.

Yours for better turf 
G. Crothers C. McCrea