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MABCH 3, 1921 PAGE 7 GOLF n'ght before match play started. Turn- While Rotan is the best known among ing grin rooms into auction marts was Texans in the North, the Lone Star State By Verdant Greene so exciting for a few years as to prove has a lot of promising golfing timber. Although still a far cry, golfers of a great feature and had reached a point Last spring there was a Dallas player at vision forecast the day when clubs main- where women spectators and bidders 'Atlantic City who entered for the touma- taining two, three or more courses will were almost as numerous as men, but no ment there but finally decided to confine be required to pay for national member- close observers can doubt that the prac- himself to friendly matches in the wake ship in proportion to the number of links t.'ce was growing m0re and more harm- of other contestants, where he created a they Keep m commission, xur instance, iui aunougn it afforded wonderful side- mild sensation. He weighs about 300 Merion, Palm Beach, Baltusrol and other lights upon the competitors. The climax pounds but doesn't look it, inasmuch as two-course organizations, may be asked was probably brought by active partici- he is seven feet tall. When he drove he to pay more than clubs with only one pation in the auctioneering of well- seemed to merely tan the ball, yet it course, although the amount is not likely known westerners who have been officials sailed away regularly as if impelled by a to be doubled. In the same way, Olym- o: both National and Western Associa- cyclops. Although spectators implored pia Fields of Chicago and Pmehurst, it tions. him to soak the ball just for their per is argued, should contribute pro rata. At Unfortunately, prohibiting all such sonal gratification he could not be in- the rate the last named resort is growing bidding works exactly as do the bone duced to pander to their idle curiosity, no one can tell where it will stop, and dry laws the wealthy can still indulge Incidently he did say something about with such a plan in force as herefore- themselves, although less ' openly' it is balls being too expensive now-a-days to casted, it would soon lead the entire coun- true, while the poor or average man finds knock their covers off at the first fell himself placed outside the pale. Reform- swoop. ers do not hesitate to declare it is such The fine showing of Jack Burke, last that need protection most, although in season in the national open and of Ned the eye of the law the possession of prop- Allis in the national amateur was no exact proportion to the amount of dues erty establishes no class distinction. stroke of luck as realized at the time paid, a suggestion certain to arouse ob- According to deductions from the 1920 by close observers. Burke won the Min- jection, despite its reasonableness. census, made public this we?k, the cen- nesota open title for the second time soon Yet the national association has al- ter of population in the United States after and Allis after being in the dol- ways exacted dues based on the voting has moved 9.8 miles westward in a dec- drums two or three seasons ended third privilege, in its sharp line of demarka- nde. Westward, following the star of in the Wisconsin professional event, tion between the active and allied classes, empire, the big golf championships wend This year a country wide vote is to be their way simultaneously. The Trans taken as to merging both memberships Mississippi amateur goes to Denver for with a rate of dues mid-way between the the first time in eleven years, while the two. A great deal depends upon the re- National, being awarded to St. Louis, suit in fact the entire future of the alights beyond the Mississippi for the Washington, (United Press.) Presi- United States and Western Associa- first time, if only by half a dozen miles. dent Harding introduced an innovation tions. In case such merger does not Epoch marking is the decision of the in inaugural ceremonies today, when he kissed a verse in the Bible selected be forehand. The custom has been for the Bible to be opened at random, and for the. new president to kiss its pages with out knowing what verse his lips touched. Some time ago, however, Harding made try on the basis of dues paid. Natur ally the instant such an arrangement is proposed it will be urged that clubs should be given a plurality of votes in Grass Seed of Known Quality TESTED for PURITY and GERMINATION REMEMBER All our seed Is of the highest quality, purchased direct from the most reliable sources of upplyand is carefully examined as to purity and growth, including tests made for us by leading Seed Testing: Stations. 3f HttrclMr f . MwY-l4 THE VERSE HARDING KISSED prevail it seems likely that a European Canadian Association to carry the Do plan as popularized by hotels will be put minion amateur event to Winnipeg, Mani in force. That is, payment will be asked toba, a step regarded as inevitable for in exact proportion to services received, two years past. The number of courses reflects pretty ac- Although word was last week sent out curately the membership and popularity from Washington with a flourish of trum- of clubs and it is felt levies for national pets by a news association that Edward known his desire to have the Bible be- or sectional treasuries should eventually Ray would return to defend his title, no lonSnS to George Washington used, and be upon the basis of man power, such as such assurance has reached national exec- selected the eighth verse of the sixth the state tax for automobiles is propor- utives who would naturally be among the enaPter f Micah to kiss. This verse tioned upon horse power. Some students first appraised. The same story includ- reads: of the situation go so far as to predict ed at least one piece of misinformation He hath snewetl thee, O man, what the day is not far distant when nine hole to the effect that Vardon and Ray had is &oodi an(1 what doth the Lord re(uire courses will not be asked upon to pay as described the Columbia links as the UL l"ee uul lu uu J"511' auu lu luvtJ mer For Sale All Ages Cairn Terriers Best Blood in country. Reg istered. Gamest Terriers alive. Affectionate; faitlful; perfect companions for man, woman or child. Apply the Hon. Mrs. Elidor Campbell Overhills, North Carolina HARRY H. COSPER PIANO TUOT3R much as those of eighteen holes. "leading course of America." Fortu- Wide-awake golfers are not unmindful nately the ocean rolls between, so neither of the bill to curb billiards, about to be pro will be called upon to make denial, introduced in the New York legislature, The Columbia course will compare favor with the backing of the State Civic ably with any over which that fixture League. It limits the hours of pool and has yet been held and the most success billiard' rooms, prohibits curtains and ful of all the series of United States screens, and contains severe provisions open contests seems assured, so mislead against games for stakes. Of course, all ing publicity cannot be too strongly dis-out-doors is not as easy to regulate, but paraged. there are the indoor schools, and in view What with David Black holding the of the blue law trend golfers feel uneasy Northwest open title and John Black, his over such an entering wedge. A year brother, the open championships" both of ago, the United States Association offi- northern and southern California, the cially frowned upon gambling in the Pacific slope outlook appears to be dark sport and the open selling of pools, which for professionals outside that family, reached high water mark in 1919 was Julian T. Bishop, a few years ago on eliminated the first evening of the na- the Yale team, send me a score made last tional amateur championship. Inasmuch season by George Eotan, the Texan star, as the crowd at Roslyn was broken up in playing with him at the National into fragments among North Shore clubs course, Southampton. Rotan, thanks to on Long Island, it was comparatively Birdie 3's on the 15th and 17th and a easy to compass that end last fall, but 4 against par 5 on the last hole, came it would have been almost impossible had home in par 36, but needed 42 out the contestants been bunched as they against the strict 37, due mainly to a 7 were at Ekwanok in 1914. However, at asrainst the allowance of 5 at the 7th some of last season's more important hole. Bishop who isn't much of a slouch tournaments, notably one in Westchester himself, although not able to regain his County, New York, the money changers collegiate paces, was 86 to Rotan 's 78, again held the center of the stage, the shaving par only at the home hole. cy and to walk humbly with thy God. Pjinos bought, sold & rented. Indiana Avenue, Southern Pines, N, C The iiirirad CAMDEN HEIGHTS CAMDEN1. S. 0. L. P. Hollander & Co. Boston and New York SPRING EXHIBITION Ladies' Gowns, Suits, Coats, Wraps, Blouses, Separate Skirts CAROLINA HOTEL PINEHURST, N. C. Saturday, March 5
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