Vol. II, No. 17 MGCSA Meeting Notice Date: November 16, 1972 Place: Lake Isle C.C. Golf: Available prior to meeting Lunch: Available in grill room Cocktails: 5 P.M. Dinner: 6 P.M. Sharp Annual meeting immediately following dinner Annual Meeting: Each Committee chairman will give a typewritten report at the annual meeting. This should include a financial statement also. A request for meeting dates and clubs for next year will be asked of all members. Please contact your clubs now so that we don’t have a problem later on with conflicting dates or depending on the same clubs to host our meetings. This is also the opportunity for members to present your gripes or comments on how MGCSA might become a better association. NJGCSA ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY Date: Friday, December 15, 1972 Place: Fairmount Country Club 400 Southern Boulevard Chatham Township Cocktails: 7-8 Dinner: 8 Price: $30.00/couple Make checks out to N.J.G.C.S.A. and mail before December 1 to: N.J. Golf Course Superintendents Association 66 Morris Avenue Springfield, N.J. 07081 No tickets sold at door. Rutgers University Turf Course January 15-17 Lawn and Utility Turf January 17-19 Golf and Fine Turf Jan. 7-12 44th GCSAA Conference Boston, Mass. INFORMATION FOR MAINTENANCE CLINIC What: Where: Coming Events: Dec. 6-7 November 1972 Published monthly by the Metropolitan Golf Course Superintendents Association MGCSA Management Seminar Sharton-Tabacco Valley Inn Windsor, Conn. MGCSA ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY Date: Saturday, December 9, 1972 Cocktails: 8:30-9:30 Dinner & 9:30-1:30 Dancing: Open Bar Music: 5 piece orchestra with vocalist Place: Sleepy Hollow Country Club Route 9, Scarborough, N.Y. North of Tarrytown, N.Y. Host: Joseph Camberato Price: $35.00/couple Please mail your checks before December 2nd to: John Sundolm 569 Bedford Road N. Tarrytown, N.Y. 10591 Make checks payable to Metropolitan Golf Course Supermen Association. When: For Whom: Features: MGCSA Fall Maintenance Clinic Elmwood C.C. Maintenance Building On Dobbs Ferry Rd. (Route 100B) opposite Westchester Golf Range Tuesday, November 21st, 10:30 to 2:30 All Key Personnel engaged in Golf Course Maintenance Discussion, Demonstration, Question & Answer on the following topics: Safety Lubrication Trouble-shooting Causes of Breakdowns Clinic plans call for the discussion leaders to be both from the Superintendent and Commercial Service fields. Bring your note­ book and questions. Dress will be informal, of course. REFRESHMENTS AVAILABLE FROM NOON UNTIL 1:00 Special Program Committee Bob Alonzi, Co-Chairman Bob Bruce, Co-Chairman Bob Mcgovern Nick Marino Al Moore Andy Androsko Harry Nichol Membership Editorial Staff Garry Crothers Pat Lucas A1 Tretera Co-Editor Co-Editor Advertising Manager The following members have been approved by the executive board: Richard Gonyes Class A Rye, Golf Club Walter Hetzer Class A McCann Memorial Golf Course Robert Phipps Class A Shorehaven Golf Club David G. Enos Class B Elmwood Country Club Flippo Luciano Class B Round Hill C.C. Emanual Shemins Class C Emanual Shemins Nursery Job Openings: OFFICERS Everett Wood, Scarsdale G.C. Office 914-723-2840, Home 914-472-0174 Harry H. Nichol, Elmwood C.C. First Vice President: Office 914-592-6608, Home 914-268-9370 Ronald Boydston, Rockland C.C. Second Office 914-359-5346; Home 914-359-2910 Vice President: Secretary: Edward C. Horton, Winged Foot G.C. Office 914-698-2827, Home 914-937-3613 Garry N. Crothers, The Apawamis Club Treasurer: Office 914-967-2100, Home 914-234-3770 Sergeant at Arms: Anthony Altomaro, Greenwich C.C. Office 203-869-1000, Home 203-661-7019 President: BOARD OF DIRECTORS Office 914-834-3042 Home 914-273-8955 Patrick Lucas, Jr., Back-of-Beyond Office 914-279-4777 Home 914-279-4701 Gus Powell, Round Hill Club, Inc. Office 203-869-2350 Home 203-531-5826 Anthony Savone, Innis Arden C.C. Office 203-637-3210 Home 203-637-4475 John Sundholm, Green Rock Corp. Office 914-631-4560 Home 914-631-4458 Allan Tretera, Fenway G.C. Office 914-472-1467 Home 914-241-2169 Past President: John Madden, Engineers C.C. Office 516-621-5350 Dominick DiMarzo, Bonnie Briar C.C. Not copyrighted. I f there is good here, we want to share it with all chapters - unless author states otherwise. MGCSA News We had a good turn out at Sunningdale. It was a beautiful day for golf and those who did play enjoyed it. The course was in excellent shape. Dick will be doing a lot of drainage work this fall. The many yellow paint marks showed the many areas he hoped to work on this fall. No doubt everybody is doing some drainage this fall after our early wet summer. We certainly want to thank the Labriolas again for the great spread at the picnic. I know everybody looks forward to it. The summer is gone and everybody can relax a little. Speaking of PR how about the full page picture of Chuck Martineau in the New York Daily News just after our first snow. It was the front page too. We wish John Sundholm a speedy recovery from his recent accident with a chain saw. The Special Program Committee has worked hard in setting up a Fall Maintenance clinic. Let’s try to be there. See you all at the annual meeting. Superintendent Playboy Club, McAfee, New Jersey 27 holes & Hotel area, salary open, fringe benefits, no housing. Contact or send resume to: Dennis Schuster, Supt. Playboy Club, McAfee, N.J. 07428 Assistant Superintendent Upper Montclair Country Club Call: Bob Nixon (201) 744-7900 Position Available Shackamaxon Country Club Scotch Plains, New Jersey 18 Holes - Salary Open Send resume to: Mr. George Pluhar c/o Shackamaxon Country Club P.O. 6ox 656 Westfield, New Jersey Safety and Health Act Audio-Visual Available A 20-minute audio-visual analysis of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is now available for employers and insurance carriers. “OSHA MADE CLEAR,” consists of 80 color slides, packed, ready to show, in a Kodak carousel, with a 20-minute tape cassette. It is offered for purchase or weekly rental exclusively by The Film Library of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter of the National Safety Council. Produced with the technical assistance of the U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Enforcement Division, and the California Division of Industrial Safety, with special industry consultants, Marsh and McLennan, Los Angeles, this very latest update on the Occupational Safety and Health Act is concisely narrated by Joseph M. Kaplan, CAE, executive vice president of the Greater Los Angeles Chapter. “OSHA MADE CLEAR” is a MUST for executives, management, supervisors, arborists, workmen’s compensation personnel, industrial, employee relations, labor relations staff . . .in short, for each and every individual who has re­ sponsibility for meeting requirements of the Act. Inquiries regarding ‘‘OSHA MADE CLEAR,” as well as requests for The Film Library’s new catalog of safety and training films, should be directed to: THE FILM LIBRARY, Greater Los Angeles Chapter, National Safety Council, 3388 West 8th St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90005. (Reprint from Weeds, Trees and Turf, August 1972 Stripe Sm ut in Turfgrasses Philip M. Halisky and C. Reed Funk Stripe smut is caused by a fungus that infects both annual and perennial grasses. Among the turfgrasses, stripe smut is most commonly found in Kentucky bluegrass and creeping bentgrass. Only rarely is stripe smut found in red fescue or perennial ryegrass. The disease has not been observed in either zoysia or bermudagrass. Symptoms Early in April infected bluegrass plants appear as yellowish tufts of stunted, sick-looking grass. Closer examination will reveal the presence of grayish stripes in the leaves which later turn black and rupture releasing millions of smut spores into the soil. Smutted leaves subsequently curl and tear along these stripes resulting in plants that appear tattered or shredded. Such infected plants are readily destroyed by summer heat and drought resulting in visible thinning of the turf in late spring. Furthermore, smut-infected plants are more susceptible to other fungus diseases such as leaf spot and crown rot caused by Helminthosporium vagans. Underground Fungus Although stripe smut is most commonly seen in the leaves of infected grasses, all infection takes place underneath the soil. No infection takes place through the leaf surfaces. Spores of stripe smut are soil-borne and infection from these spores takes place through axillary buds on the crowns, and rhizomes or through the coleoptile, all beneath the soil surface. Once the smut penetrates a grass seedling, the mycelium or fungus threads become established internally throughout the plant. In newly-planted turf areas stripe smut is usually not conspicuous for several years. However, as the turf matures the incidence of smut builds up precipitously during the third to sixth years, especially in susceptible varieties. Bluegrass Variety Pennstar Fylking Newport Merion TABLE 1 Age o f turf and no. smutted tillers/sq. ft. 4 5 yrs. 6 yrs. 1967 1966 1968 4 27 33 10 12 39 14 157 181 188 .582 335 Bluegrass and Bentgrass Hosts Among the bluegrasses those cultivars that tiller profusely appear to be infected with stripe smut more frequently. These include Merion, Newport, Windsor, Prato, and Cougar. In contrast, varieties with a rhizomatous habit of growth appear resistant to stripe smut. These include Pennstar, Fylking, Bonnieblue, Adelphi, Park, Sydsport, Sodco, Warrens A-20, Warrens A-34, NJE P-57, and NJE P-29. The relative resistance and susceptibility of selected varieties of Kentucky bluegrass to stripe smut are shown in Table 2. Comparison of stripe smut incidence in Kentucky bluegrass varieties at Rutgers University. TABLE 2 Bluegrass Variety Pennstar Fylking Anheuser Dwarf Bonnie blue Belturf Delta Bellevue Windsor Merion Smutted Tillers/sq.ft. 0 0 Among the creeping bentgrasses stripe smut has been reported in Seaside, Washington, Evansville, Penncross, Pennlu, Arlington C-l, Cohansey C-7, Toronto C-15, Congressional C -l9, and Old Orchard C-52. Table 1. Reaction of four bluegrass varieties to stripe smut infection showing progressive build-up of disease during three successive years. In bentgrasses stripe smut is important on golf greens in the mid-West and southward to Missouri. Pathogenic Races Although stripe smut occurs in both bluegrasses and bentgrasses, there is no danger of the smut cross-infecting from bluegrass to bentgrass or vice-versa. The reason for this is that the smut races on Poa and those on Agrostis are different pathogenically and each group is specific for its respective host genus. This pathogenic specialization prevents the indis­ criminate spreading of stripe smut among different genera of turfgrasses as commonly found on golf courses. Furthermore, the blending of turfgrass seed to include red fescue or perennial ryegrass with Kentucky bluegrass also is highly desirable from a standpoint of stripe smut control. Chemical Control Before the advent of systemic fungicides it was virtually im­ possible to control stripe smut in turfgrasses. Because the mycelium of stripe smut is established internally as systemic infection throughout the grass plant, attempts to control the disease with protectant fungicides generally failed. The control of stripe smut with the systemic fungicide “benomyl” has been well documented in recent years. Subsequent research further indicated that late fall applications of benomyl were more effective and required less chemical than corresponding spring treatments. The data in Table 3 verify the effectiveness of fall applications of benomyl and indicate the dosages required for various levels of stripe smut control. Not all the systemic fungicides are effective against stripe smut. Many of the systemics that were reported to show some activity against the fungus in preliminary trials failed to control the disease under turf-maintenance conditions. Recent studies have revealed that two experimental pyrimidine com­ pounds (EL-273 and EL-279) are even superior to benomyl in controlling stripe smut. However, these are not available commercially at the present time. TABLE 3 Effect of a single application (October 30, 1969) of benomyl fungicide on stripe smut incidence in Merion Kentucky bluegrass during the following spring (May 18, 1970). Dosages o f benomyl * 50-WP ' 0 0 3 1.5 6 3 9 4.5 12 6 24 12 Smutted tillers/sq. ft. 233 78 7 3 1 0 0 1 2 11 11 41 228 ♦Dosages are given as ounces of formulated product (50%wettable powder) and as active ingredient, respectively, per 1,000 sq. ft. of turf. Benomyl is registered for turf usage as Tersan 1991. Edward C. Horton, Secretary 6 Wilton Road Port Chester, New York 10573 First Class MELVIN 8 LUCAS UR A GARDEN CITY GOLF CLUd 315 STEWART AVE GARDEN CITY NY 11530 914-667-3737 NUTS - BOLTS 516-785-2305 DRILLS STRATOS PRODUCTS INC. TERM INALS TOOLS 403 Sunrise Highway HITCH PINS Bellmore, N.Y. 11710 WIRE CHAIN LINKS Dan Cancelleri GREASE FITTINGS CLASSIC PRODUCTS DROP LIGHTS AEROSOL SPRAY PAINTS RECONDITIONING ITEMS American Bioculture's Bio-Turf Program Is Now Available Throughout The Metropolitian Area. Leonard S. Mailloux P.0. Box 424 516-4^4-5930 Glen Head, New York 11545