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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
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WorSham and Boyd Jaeger
showed a knack for clubmaking
but Lew and Boyd moved to pro
jobs of their own.
Now Bill is gratihed with the
early work of his son Jim. The
Younger Hardy started in the
Chevy Chase shop a few seasons
ago, but before he could learn
much from his dad he was
drafted and spent two years in
the service.
Now Jim is back and his dad
believes he soon will be ready to
quit repair work and has the
talent for the meticulous task of
fashioning the wood clubs, the
driver through four-wood.
Somebody asked Jim the other
day about his clubmaking and
he said. II don't know how I'm
doing, Dad doesn't say much"
Apparently silence in this case
means consent.
Before Worsham returned to
his pro job at Oakmont and
later a crack at the National
Open title over his home course,
he flew to Washington last week
and had Hardy make certain
personal changes in his woods.
Lew is employed by one of the
big manufacturers, but has con-
fidence in his manufactured
woods only after they have the
Hardy touch. The touch of Bill,
that is, but it soon may be jim.
4 4 + X
In the fifth year of the Belle
Haven Four-ball Invitation tour
nsment the Alexandria Club ap-
parently is going to offer a
strong challenge to the Dis
trict and Maryland players with
the finest field of the five
years.
Eddie Edwards, the District
Golf Association president and
tireless promoter of golf at
Belle Haven, already has lined
up the ex-Virginia Amateur
champions. George Fulton and
Connie Sellers, as a team.
Wynsol Spencer, rated Virginia's
top amateur. will play with Jack
Kurtz of Belle Haven. State
Champion George Gosey and
Jimmy Watts are paired, and
Ellsworth Franklin, the top Old
Dominion junior, soon will an
nounce his partner.
And Eddie didn't do badly by
himself. He lined up DR.. w. H.
CWinx) Alexander of Petersburg,
who shot a Sc at Belle Haven
last year under competitive con-
ditions in the State team
matches. The May 21-24 event
could be one of the top tourna-
ments of the summer.
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annua, in the turf news letter
of the Middle Atlantic Golf
Course Superintendent. els it
friend or foe?" the writer asks,
pointing out that 80 per cent of
the greens at Washington Golf
and Country Club are solid
with it.
Two references within three
days to a fairly technical golf
Technology provided a call to
AL Radko, acting Eastern direc-
tor of the USGA green's section
in BeltSville.
Technically, poa annua is an
annual blue grass. 1t is seen as
far South as North Carolina in
the spring and fall and thrives
on compact surfaces such as
putting greens, where there is
continual moisture.
Non-technically, Radko sur
missed that golfers who claim
they can't putt over poa annua
are beating themselves. It's
purely a psychological factor.
There's predominance of poa
annua in greens that throw of a
white cast. Those are the seeds,
and regardless of how low it is
cut, the grass still seeds. Greens
can become infested with it by
seeds being blown to the greens.
or by golfers carrying the seeds
on their shoes.
There is no finer putting sur
face if poa annua is cultivated"
Radko said. AS an example he
gave Chevy Chase, long known
as the home of the finest putt
ing surfaces in town. II don't
know if 80 per cent is the correct
estimate at Washington, but
their green's are dominated by
it," he said. Radko cited Army
Navy and Fairfax as clubs where
there is little, if any poa annua.
Woodmont has none. Columbia
has some ard also some can be
found OH the public links.
Apparently the secret of poa
annua is keeping it. 1t thrives
in the spring and fall, but dies
in the summer. Only by arti-
fetal conditions, high fertility
and water can it be saved.
Radko admits the USGA
green's section is not positive
as to whether poa annua is
friend or foe. But if club has
it, the seed should be cultivated.
And if it's properly manicured,
Radko claims it's no excuse for
missing puts.
So the next time you play a
green with a white cast and
three-putt, leave Mother Nature
out of it and blame it on your
self.
Bill Hardy, for 20 years this
month a holdout against the
apparent lost art of clubmaking,
is breaking in a successor, and
it's in the family.
For many years the members
of Chevy Chase Club, dozens Of
the Districts top amateurs.
friends and big-name pros have
kept Bill Hardy virtually chained
to the bench in his workshop.
Sometimes his best promises to
personal friends were months
ahead. The deft touch of pipe
smoking Bill had national &C
claim. He never was allowed to
catch up on his orders, they
were that numerous.
Several of the Chevy Chase
assistants, among them Lew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Todd Will Coach Team
In Little Major League

Ray Todd has been appointed
coach of the Old Dominion Bank
baseball team of the Little
Major League. the Arlington De-
partment of Recreation has an
nounced.
Todd is a graduate of South
Dakota State Teachers College,
where he played baseball and
basketball. He later played
semipro baseball at Pierre,
S. Oak. Last winter he coached
two 13 ard under basketball
teams in the Arlington program
His appointment completes
the coaching staff of the 12-
team league for boys IL and
under.
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Two Matches Today
Determine FinaIists in
State Team Golf Play

Congressional Country Clubs
12-man golf team entertains the
Country Club of Maryland. de-
Tending champions, in the fea-
ture of today's Semifinal matches
in the Maryland State team
championship.
In the other match, Argyle
making it's first serious bid fol-
the State team title. plays at the
Rolling Road Club in Cations
vile. Both matches start at
o'clock. The winners will meet
next Sunday over a neutral
course.
Because of more work due to
the illness of Warner Gray, an
assistant, Witty Cox has turned
over the playing duties to Glare
Emery. another of his pro shop
aides at Congressional. In two
matches. Emery and Billy Shea
have a perfect record of six
points. However, they meet a
stronger test today in Andy Glib
son, the C. c. of Md. pro, and
Eddie Johnston.
Congressional was a semi
finalist last year. In the other
match Argyle is outmanned in
the first foursome, but is well
balanced and has a good chance
to reach the final.
Golfers at all clubs today are
playing in fun-raising events for
the 1853 program of the junior
golfers of Washington. Frank
Emmett has Is events lined up
for the several hundred partici-
pants in his junior program and
hopes to net enough to finance
the events. including national
and international competition.
Sectional qualifying rounds
for the National Amateur cham
pionship will be played at the
Mount Pleasant Club in Balti-
more on Tuesday, September /,
Dave Halle, tournament chair
man of the Maryland State Golf
Association, announced yester-
day.
1t was known the trials would
be held in Baltimore but the
selection of Mount Pleasant, a
public course, was somewhat of
surprise. Mount Pleasant is
known as one of the finest munic-
ipal courses in the Nation.
Tomorrow's Middle Atlantic
PGA pro-amateur at the WV
Club in Frederick Gold Catoctin)
will be played with two pros and
TWO amateurs IN each fourSOme
Thus each pro will have two
partners, his own and the anna
teur playing with the other pro
in the foursome.
Today Bobby Brownell and
Ralph Bogart will meet Glenn
Spencer, the host pro, and
brother Cliff in an exhibition
match at the VFW Club at 2
o'clock.
Pairings of the Washington
area pros tomorrow: 9:15-Cliff
Spencer; 10:10-Charlie Easton;
10:30-Max Elbin; 10:40-Al
Jamison; 1880 - Art Jones;
1:20-Harry Griesmer; 11:30-
AL Houghton: George Diffen-
baugh; 1:10-Carl Rasnic.
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Haas Matches Round ,
Ties Douglas al 2t6,
d Strokes Off Pace
BY the Associoted Press

MEXICO CITY, May BEN
Hogan hurtled from fifth to first
place in today's third round of
the $4,000 Pan American Open
golf tournament with a blister
ing four-under-par 68-his best
round of the meet.
The Palm Spring (Calif0 pros
improvement-he's had trouble
with the fast greens-made him
a strong favorite to clinch first
prize money as he enters to-
morroW'S finals with 212, four
strokes better than his closest
rivals.
Dave Douglas of Newark, Del,
and Art Wall of Honesdale, Pa,
who were tied for first play
started today. went we'll over par
on the 7,400-yard Mexico Golf
Club course for the first time in
the tourney.
Douglas shot IS, which put
him in tie for second with
Fred Haas of New Orleans,
whose sensational So equaled
Hogan's for the days best score.
Douglas and Haas now have par
216s.
Wall shot a II, giving him a
218 and a tie for fourth with
Bob Inman of Tulsa, Okla, who
turned in a 50.
Gardner Dickinson, jr., of
Panama City, Fla. who was third
yesterday, found the going
rough and his 70 pushed him to
221, far down the line.
Tommy Bolt of Maplewood, N.
j., also slipped badly with a 70.
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the cold ana
o t h e r 30
shooters fell
back on an old
spring excuse
Its t h a t
cursed poa an
nua in the
green's" on e
said. Il can't
make a putt
over t h a t
stuff"
The weeks
mail brought
further refer
nnnn fn ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Andrews to Open Season

Andrews Air Force Base will
open it's baseball season Wednes-
day on its home field against
Boiling. Game time will pe 3
pm. Andrews will play its home
games at night when installation
of lighting system is completed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
Czech Jumper Sets Mark

LONDON, May 2 (P.-A Czech
high Jump record of 6 feet 7ls
inches was established yesterday
by Jiri Lanski, Prague Radio re-
ported today. The old record of
feet 6 inches was held by
LanSki.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-03
By MerreII WhittIesey

Some of the high scores in the
Pro-Amateur tournament at
Rolling Road last week were
blamed on the wind, some on
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Metropolitan Scene-
Freshman Congressman Is Educated
About D. G. Finance on House Floor
By John w. Thompson, Jr.

ter of installing curbS and gut
ters abutting Federal property
estimated at $4,000 a year:
cleaning streets abutting Fed
eral property and refuse COLI
lection and disposal, estima-
ted at $134,000; handling and
treating sewage from Federal
properties, estimated at $685.
600; water furnished Federal
agencies, estimated annually
at a cost of 81 .237 900, which
is a quarter of a million dol
lars more than we pay for the
water"
Representative Hunter, Re-
publican, of California.
Even with the appropriation
of $12 million (the full au-
thorized payment) the time
has come when the District
will have to increase its own
taxes.
1.-The District is not coming
in for any more than it's pro
rata share (of Government
grants in add"
Representative Fernandez,
Democrat, of New Mexico, a
member of the Appropriations
Subcommittee-"We went fur
ther and recommended that
the tax structure be worked
over by the Commissioners, to
find methods of increasing tax
revenues. But how in the world
can we ask the Commissioners
to increase their taxes if
we on our part will not carry
our fair share which the legis-
lative committee fixed at $12
million and Congress
made into law five years ago2
=. We have been reneging on
that :"
Nov you propose to cut it
SO million more, and that with
out any evidence whatsoever
that it will not wreck the tight
budget under which they oper-
ate."
It remained for Representa-
: tive Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia to provide a clincher:
1T is a sort of thing around
here for folks to get up and
say, We'll, these people in
Washington are escaping tax
ation.' This city does not be-
long to the people OF Wash
ington. 1t belongs to the peo-
pie Of the United States. It
is the Nations Capital.
ut ought to be the finest
city in the world. and it is the
duty of the Congress Of the
United States, and not the
duty of the taxpayers of
Washington to see to that"
What happened? The House
passed the budget bill with
out a murmur and the author
lied $12-million Federal pay
ment is untouched.
Thank you, Mr.. Cederberg.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

In a way, it was a good thing
that Representative Cederberg,
Republican, of Michigan made
this years move to cut the an
nual Federal payment toward
Washington's expenses.
It sparked a defense from
District friends on the House
floor that must have been q
liberal education in District
Federal fiscal relations for Mr..
Cederberg and other freshmen
Congressman present.
The clerk had barely begun
reading the money bill when
Mr.. cederberg rose to propose
a 50 million cut in the pay
ment-a move he admitted
was not destined to make him
a popular resident here.
Saying he felt the District
received "a great number of
contributions" not made to
other areas Of the country
hospitals, the park system
and so FORTH" he added:
II think it would be unwise
Tor us to make this contribu-
ton too large"
His proposed cut, he con-
tinued, left "a fair contribu-
tion to the support of the local
government of the District"
He further suggested that
the city explore all avenues of
taxation to make sure Wash
1ngton1anS are contributing
their fair share of capital sup
port CT know that we in the
various States have many taxes
they do not have in the Dis
trictO.
Mr.. Cederberg was playing
an old and badly cracked rec
ord. 1t sounded like a hus-
band trying to beat down the
alimony owed to a discarded
bride. Actually the Federal
money involved is a payment,
not a contribution-an obliga-
ton recognized in substantive
law for mutual development
Of a world capital.
But let his colleagues an
swer Mr.. Cederberg in these
excerpts from their replies:
Representative Wilson, Re-
publican, of Indiana, chairman
of the appropriations subcom-
mittee that handled the budg-
ct bill: ". The Federal
Government has taken over
taxable land valued
at about $412 million. This
is AZ per cent of the land value
in the District and the loss in
taxes to the District is more
than $18 million.
"Other benefits received by
the Federal Government for
which the District is not re-
imbursed are special police de-
tails estimated at $4,000 an
nually. There Is also the mat
Evening star., 1953-06-07
By. Joy Michol

men that as long as DR.. Benes
was holding the presidency
even the Communist putsch
could not last was a factor that
helped the Communists i'm
measurably. If there was any
chance of successful resist
ance to the Communists. it
was in that period just after
the coup. The new masters
had not had time to conSoli-
date their power, and the ma
jority of persons remaining in
the state administration, the
armed forces and economic
life still were democratic adj
herents. It was during that
time that the Communists used
the person of the late President
Benes as the shield against re-
proacheS for their undemo-
cratic behavior.
In the meantime the Reds
prepared changes in the struc-
ture of the state and its adj
ministration to secure their
hold on the country. Later all
pretense of continuing democ-
racy could be dropped.
No doubt President Benes
was in an extremely difficult
situation in February, 1948.
Having experienced the Mu-
Mich tragedy 10 years before.
when the allies and foreign
alliances failed, he went
through an internal Munich in
those last days. Many Czech
and Slovak anti-CommuniSt
leaders still tried to prove that
it was President Benes' accept
ance of the Communist re-
quirements which turned the
scale against the forces of de-
mocracy. Looking back. it
seems, however, more true that
the passive, indecisive and un-
supporting attitude OF the
anti-Communist politicians left
Benes without support.
There is still much arguing
among exiles about the role OF
the Presidents wife and her
influence on DR.. Benes' accept
ance of Communist terms.
Many say she was instrument
tai in the Presidents decision
to 60 back on his earlier re-
fusal to consider Communist
demands. Mrs. Benes, it is
said, dearly liked to be the
first lady of the country.
In his last days as President
DR.. Benes was almost COM
pletely alone. He was not al
lowed to see members of his
staff without Communist SUI
pervision. And he was really
seriously i'll. Yet he found
enough strength to reject all
Communist entreaties and
pressure to sign the constitu-
tions. The question arises, Of
course, why he had not acted
in the same way three months
earlier, when his action could
have had some effect. Though
it is difficult to Judge what
might have been, 1t seems OBJ
Evening star., 1953-06-07
Reds Made Hay After Benes Quit

maneuver. Its purpose was to
pacify the country during the
most important period of tran
Sition.
During the whole period
since 1948 the lot Of the
people has steadily worsened.
Not only arrests and fear Of
political oppression have been
on minds of the inhabitants,
but the acute shortage Of means
to exc out a bare substance
has threatened the survival of
the nation.
The new Communist presi-
dent. elected after Gottwald
died in March this year,
openly admitted the serious
lack of foodstuffs in his recent
speeches. Naturally, the Trot-
skyites, traitors, bourgeoisie
and other enemies Of the state
were guilty of producing this
situation.
The last step in the direc-
ton Of a complete pauperiza-
ton Of the population has Just
been announced. A new
monetary reform obliterates
the bigger part of all peoples
savings. The outlook is bleak
for those not among the
favored few.
Thus, the resignation Of the
late President Benes was more
far reaching than any per-
Sonal defeat. With his de-
parture the hope for q peace
full and prosperous life in
Czechoslovakia was snuffed
out-for how many genera
tions remains to be seen.
Evening star., 1953-06-07

Five years ago today. DR..
Edward BeneS. then the PreSi-
dent of CzechoSlovakia. re-
signed in protest against the
new constitution the Commu-
mist regime had just pushed
through Parliament. The new
document needed the Presi-
dents signature to become law.
The official reason for the res
ignation stressed in the Com
munist press was BeneS' i'll
health. But it was general
knowledge that the President
was protesting the Communist
attempt to turn this demo-
cratic republic into a totali-
tartan state of the Russian
pattern.
The tragedy of the Presi-
dents decision lies in the fact
that it came too late to affect
Communist rule in Czechoslo-
vakia. It was a personal,
though belated admission that
the policy of relying on peace
full cooperation with Commu-
nists had completely broken
down.
Benes Hod Power
DR.. Benes' resignation Of
June Z, 1948, has to be seen in
the perspective of the Com
munist putsch in February OF
that year and of subsequent
events to be fully grasped.
At the time of the Communist
seizure of power the pivotal
position of the President was
generally acknowledged. DR..
Benes had accepted the res
ignation Of the anti-Commu-
mist ministers and thus actually
precipitated the governmental
crisis. But the situation was
not completely beyond repair.
Moreover, the prestige of DR..
BeneS was nationwide. His
influence spread even into the
Communist rank and file. Red
leaders, of course, were aware
that the greatest danger to
their aims was the immense
popularity of the President,
for whose clarifying words the
nation was impatiently watt
ing. From day to day, as the
crisis continued, the promise Of
the Presidents broadcast to
the people was put off. Finally
it was not mentioned any
more. Thus, the people had
no chance to know the true
state of the Presidents mind.
No papers were allowed to
publish in those days, but the
Communists directed their
propagandists to interpret DR..
Benes' silence as approval of
the Communist putsch. The
Presidents authority and his
decision to remain in Office
were cleverly used during the
most important period after
the putsch. Many opponents
were silenced merely by refer
ence to the Presidents accep-
tance of the will of the
people"
This naive belief of many
Evening star., 1953-06-07

vious that the rejection OF the
Communist terms at the time
of the putSch, even at the
price of being deposed from
his Office. would have deprived
the Communists of this very
important myth Of presiden-
tial support.
It is, of course, a cruel turn
of destiny that by missing the
step which could lead to great
ness DR.. Benes set his nation
upon the way to the very mis-
cry he so much wished to
evade.
It must have been a tragic
and desolate three months in
the life of DIR. Benes following
his resignation until his death,
which came almost exactly 10
years after the fateful days of
Munich. With Benes' reSigna-
ton and Klement Gottwald's
subsequent election to the
presidency, the last vestige of
democracy disappeared from
life in Czechoslovakia.
Slow Stort
Since then the Communists
have come a long way. At the
beginning they moved care
fully. giving ample assurances
that they would preserve de-
mocracy. The late President
Gottwald declared an amnesty
for all political refugees, hop
ing to stop flights abroad with
this Recommendation of the
Communists good will. But
this was only a diversionary
Evening star., 1953-06-07
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CONSERVATION
 NOTES

One of the important reasons we try to practice good soil man. agement is to maintain top pro- duction. The work we do in build ing up a good soil is lost if we don't plant good seed or seed adapted to our land. It pays to plant the best.
 The Alaska Certified Seed Growers Association is the pion- ger group here in promoting bet ter seed use. Lloyd Short is presi- dent of the association and George CroWthers, executive secretary The association is allied with the International Crop Improvement Association outside. The Alaska Certified Seed Growers Associa- tion is the only group that can certify any seed offered for sale in Alaska that is free of weeds, true to variety of good germina- tion, free of disease, and adapted to the area. Their certification is your assurance that you are get ting the best seed possible. The as sociation merits your support.
 Two local members of the as sociation hope to have certified grain for sale after final bin in- spection is made; namely, Leon ard Kyger and Lloyd Short. Both are growing Golden Rain oats and Edda barley.
 Distribution of the new Knik variety of potato will be controll- ed through the association this
The frontiersman., 1953-01-15

year. Some twenty tons of this variety grown from certified stock were raised by association members Carl Fritzler, Joe Gis- Jason, R. F. Davis, E. J. Blom and Loren Wiederkehr. All hope to certify seed of this variety po- tato this year.
 A new variety of clover will also be released this year. This is Alaskaland Red Clover. Some seed will be available through the Experiment Station at eighty cents per pound. I suggest you contact them. It shows promise of being the best legume yet adopt ed for our conditions.
The frontiersman., 1953-01-15
LEGAL NOTICE
November 13, 1852 Notice for Publication

Notice is hereby given that Verne Slater has made applica- tion for a Headquarters Site un- der the act of March 3, 1927 GA Stat. 1864, 43 U. s. C. sec. 46D Anchorage Serial 015361, for land embraced in Plat of U. s. Sur vey No. 3070 situated on souther- ly side of Glenn Highway at ap- proximately Mile Station 35. Lat. 60' 28' 39.8" N., Long. 149' or 32" w., at Corner No. l, which con- tains 500 acres, and it is now in the files of the Land Office, An chorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming adversely any of the above men toned land should file their ad- verse claims in the local land office within the period of pubI- cation or thirty days thereafter or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statutes.
 VIRGIL o: SEISER, Manager Published: December 30, 1852,
 January g, Is, 22, 29, February
 5, 12, 19, 26, 1853.