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PINEHURST OUTLOOK THIS $18 INDIAN RUG With Free Zuni Basket. Pop $10.00. AMATEUR GOLFER DEFINED 8 i Warranted genuine handwoven from pure handspun wool by Indian weavers; fast colors in rich red, black and white, or in blue and white, if desired; finest weave; last a genera tion. Size, 30x6 in.; worth $18. To introduce our genuine Navajo and Pueblo Indian Blank et we will deliver this rug prepaid by express for $10, and will Include frkk this month one hand woven $2 genuine Zuni Indian Basket,12in. wide, as 6hovn. Our cat alog of Indian Blankets sent free. Any size, color or design woven to order. 108-page Art Catalog of Indian and Mexican handicraft, 10c. THE FRANC'S E. LESTER COMPANY, Dept. KH12, Mesilla Park, New Mexico. It has t toad for Perfection in Confectionery for half a century first made by father, then by son. Send one dollar for a pound box (prepaid) of assorted chocolates and bonbons and learn what Delicious Sweets are. m L AS. They shoot Straight, Hit hard, and are sure fire 7" Five Pound Christmas Box (pre paid), Five Dollars. R E B B O L I 446 Alain Street, Worcester, Mass. Their reputa tion is earned. From the time a UMC .22 cartridge starts to be made from a narrow band of copper, trained cart ridge specialists watch over and in spect it in every detail of manufacture. Every bullet is made true to a hair's breadth, every bit of powder is care fully tested. And finally a certain percentage of finished cartridges are tried out for accuracy and penetration. When you buy UMC .22's, you get the best that modern machinery, finest materials and cartridge specialists can give you. Black, Smokeless, Greased or Un greased. Targets Free. The UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE COMPANY, Bridgeport, Conn. Agency, 315 Broadway, New York City LONDON MIXTURE BREAKFAST TEA 44 Pure Choisa" Ceylon Tea Rich 1 lb. Canisters 60c 1-2 lb. Canisters 35c . Packed in Parchment-Lined One-Pound and Half-Pound Canisters We invite comparison with other Teas of similar price S. S. PIERCE CO., Fragrant ESTABLISHED 1881, Iremont and Beacon St. joplej square. jniik St., (Wholesale) - IMPORTERS AND GROCERS INCORPORATED ISM BOSTON. Coolidg-e Corner, BBOOKIIIB flf ou plan to visit flMneburst You surely want THE OUTLOOK in advance of your coming. Why not tend your subscription NOW? THE OUTLOOK PUBLISHING CO., Pinehurst, North Carolina. HERE can no longer be much doubt as to what constitutes an "amateur' golfer, a much mooted and frequently discussd question, in view of the recent ruling of the U. S. G. A : Section 7. "No person shall be considered an amateur golfer or shall be eligible to compete in the amateur championship of this association or-in any eveut of amateurs authorized or held by it who accepts or has ancepted directly or indirectly any fee, grat uity money or other consideration for play ing, or teaching the game of golf or who per sonally makes or repairs golf clubs, golf balls or other golf articles for pay, or who after the age of sixteen (16) yea' a has re ceived pay for services as a caddie, caddie master or green keeper, or who is or has been a professional In any other branch of athletics, provided, however, that any per son who Is or at the time becomes ineligible us an amateur by reason of this by-law may be reinstated upon giving to the executive committee of this association satisfactory evidence of meriting such reinstatement. Nothing herein contained shall require rein statement as an amateur of any person in goodstarding as such on January 1, 1109, under the provisions of section 7 of the by laws of this association then In force. Section 8. "Protests against any individual for violation of section 7 of these by-laws must be made In wilting by a member of a club belonging to this association and must be sent to the secretary of this association with a certltlcate by the secretary of such club that ttie protest is lodged by a member in good standing of such club." Supplementing this is the interpre tation of the Golfeis Magazine: "Under the new detlnation paid club sec retaries, club superintendents, managers or bookkeepers, merchants and salesmen of golf supplies, manufacturers who do not personally make golf clubs or other golf articles are not professionals. Ths superin tendent of a golf couse who merely hires and directs the woik of fie laborers is not a professional. A civil engineer who surveys a golf course does not professionalize him self by such act. Heretofore he did. The new deliuliion is, however, very emphatic regarding any one who accepts money or any other consideration for playing or teaching the game of golf. If A bets B 50 cents a hole on their match that Is not play ing for money in the sense of an act consti t itlng professionalism. The purely clerical side of golf Is not considered as an act con stituting professionalism. The playing side when a consideration for the act of p'aying is accepted is deemed professionalism, and justly so. The near amateur will have to be extremely careful in the future in order to class among the slmon pure amateurs." The fact, however, remains that the shafts will continue to be directed main ly at the golfer who can golf; neverthe less, there is now little room for misunderstanding, and America has superceded England in this particular where the subject has not been defined since the ruling of 1886, which says little and means less : "An amateur golfer is a golfer who has never made for sale golf clubs, balls, or any other article connected with the game; who has never carried clubs for hire after attain ing the age of 15 years, and who has not carried clubs for hire at any time within six years of the date on which the competition begins; who has never received any con sideration for playing a match or for giving lessons In the game; and who for a period of five years prior to September 1, 1886, has never received a money priza In any open competition." The only unfortunate feature of the American ruling seems to be that any one who is a professional in any branch of athletics may not become an amateur golfer. Are there not cases when an exception to this rule would be war ranted, is a question golfers are' debat ing, otherwise they seem well satisfied with the conditions, although a bit retractive. (SDLF FUNDAMENTALS. Correspondent Seta Forth Trials of Game and Compensations. To the Editor of The Pinehurst Outlook : "When I see a beginner taking lessons in golf, I pity him (or her) as I realize how big the contract to learn golf and know the hard road it usually is to travel," one golfer was faying to another. 44 Yes'' was the reply, "I decided to break up my sticks and never play again after a tournament fall down." If a sportsman goes into the woods, he will willingly spend a day of labor and be well satisfied if he gets "one good shot" or more, and if the golfer adopted the same tactics in each game of golf, his mental attitude would thus find satisfaction. The exhileration of a good shot (and of course several of them) in a gime, is well worth the cost of many poor ones! If one could attain to the perfection of a good shot every time, there is no doubt that golf might pall and its fascination be correspondingly dimin ished. Some men who have approached the edge of nervous prostiation because of the "bud score" huve given up scoring altogether and played the game there after with a new horizon of pleasure and satisfaction. And why? liecause the fundamental of golf is exercise (the raison d'etre) the invitation to the open air life, the inducement to walking the conqueror of distance. Thus if one settles down to the game philosophically with these desirable ob jects paramount and cuts out the "pride of the score," he an take the fullest satisfaction with even a few good shots and never need "break up his sticks" or "pity the beginner." Weather a player really becomes an expert golfer ever, is immaterial and irrelevant when by playing at all the greatest duffer can at once secure for himself the benefits, diversion entertain ment and relaxation of the fundamentals of one of the greatest games on earth. Most of us like the turkey with its fullest embellishments and not one word need be said of the keen delight and added charm of a steady consistent game of golf including a respectable score, but this article while recognizing this self- evident fact, would encourage all comers to the delights of a wonderful game which offers unusual reward to each votary notonly in its perfect mastery but in its fundamentals. Lincoln C. Cummings. n
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