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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK
A New Alibi
By Sandt McNiblick
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Pinehurst, N. C.
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Donald J. Ross and W. J. Mac Nab, Proprietors
Pinehurst's Broad Foundation
One of the most significant tales that are told by a
glance at the register of the hotels of Pinehurst is the wide
territory from which the names are drawn. East, west
north and south the people come, and from the most un
expected quarters.
In a trap shoot are names from South Dakota, Penn
sylvania, Colorado, South Carolina, etc. Far off Wash
ington crosses the continent to shoot with men from the
Atlantic coast and gulf. From Australia Joe Kirkwood
the golfer comes. York and New York are at the Caro
lina. Savannah, Charleston and Richmond are on the
register with Boston, Plymouth and Spokane.
Cosmopolitan,
hurst.
Appealing to everybody. That's Pine-
You might as well make this thing permanent by pro
viding' yourself a winter home of your own that is always
at your disposal in this ail-American community.
Attractive building sites, and an occasional desirable
cottage may be had by conferring with the
Real Estate Section, General Office,
They think they have taken away our "Nipper" Campbell used to kick his
likker. They think they are going to putter when it went back on him. Gil
take away our fags. They have taken Nieholls used to break the shaft across
away our Sunday checkers in Boston. his knee and throw the faulty tool into
But there's one thing that's here to the woods.
stay the golfer's alibi. They can A certain ex-amateur champion wrote
come and go but the alibi is one thing recently that betting in the gallery, etc.,
that goes on forever. It's as fixed as -was the cause of his upset. A certain
that famous world's series back there, woman player striving for champion
One prominent ' ' up-North ' ' golfer has ship honors was defeated and said shfc
just returned from Pinehurst. He qual- had no alibi to make but she couldn't
ified in a tournament there but faded help adding, "I only had four good lies
out of the picture in his second round of for a shot while I lasted. ' '
match play. No stock alibi for him. He Walter Hagen just grins, wrin or lose,
submits one entirely original. But, when he failed to make his own
"I didn't know the ropes," he says alibi in the open at Pinehurst some years
simply. ago, the ever-ready experts made it for
In other words, Pinehurst cigars were him. He 'd taken 6 on the 72d hole be
"too strong" for him. Also his op- cause he'd knocked his ball lop-sided,
ponents probably, though the latter A pro, now deceased, had an original
have nothing to do with the alibi. one that was always good. If his
"Pinehurst didn't carry my brand of hands felt "thin" he could play his
cigars," explains the golfer in question, game. If they felt "fat," he might as
"My own brand is the only kind I can -well not tee off, for all the chance he'd
smoke while playing golf. I made the have.
fatal mistake of trying to pick out The only time you hardly ever hear a
another kind. I tried to play golf smok- peep in the alibi line is when a golfer
ing a cigar about which I knew nothing, scores in the low 70 's. He's then right
Next time I play at Pinehurst," he re- 0n his game.
peated firmly, "I'm going to know all But a player once had to alibi even
the ropes." that. He had scored a 73 or figures like
The sad story of this golfer's tumble that, the best score he'd ever made.
before reaching the top honors is quickly They wanted to know how come,
told. He arrived in Pinehurst absolutely i was up all night. I ate no break
fit. The coat pockets were well uphol- fast. I was physically and mentally
stered with his favorite cigars, a popular nnmb. My shots never broke so well for
"f,bur-Eor-two-bits"brandl .'All was well me. This was his alibi for his own
with the world as he lit up and lit into "record" score.
No. 2. Next day in the qualifying The only player we ken who really
round, literally, you could scarce see him does have a good alibi, even if he never
"for smoke." monfinns it. is Nnrmnn Mnxwpll. a form-
The same in his first round match. He er North and South champion.
won easily but it took his last cigar. if there were such a thing as a ban-
Unperturbed he strolled to the cigar tarn weight championship, Maxwell ought
counter, thinking to stock up again. All to win it hands down. He wobbles the
of the boxes were labeled "So-many-for scales around the 100-pound mark. The
5" or "80c-per-each." Demanding dubs he uses are heavy enough for a
his brand, the clerk only raised the eye- giant. In the morning he plays bril-
brows and shrugged the shoulders. Never liantly but in the afternoon, as a rule,
heard of 'em. i,pfl oav v;viiirr " Tim tmsaii is
What to do? The player had to smoke that he's too physically tired after a
cigars. So, carefully removing the rub round to swing his heavy clubs well
ber-band from his bankroll, he chose through another.
cautiously from the assorted tobacco These are a few of the alibis. But the
scenery in the case, black, hardy-looking one about the cigars still looks good for
cigars which he "guessed would do." the rubber mashi? prize.
Came his next match. The cigars, he "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust
If you don't smoke four-fers, one
golfer must."
TEA AND DANCING
says, "threw him." lie was badly
beaten and hastened home to replenish
his stock of "four-fers" and play his
game again.
A golf resort which aims to please
should have everything in stock a golfer every afternoon at the Country Club
needs. All of which is a tip for Pine- from four until six o'clock.
hurst to lay in a stock of this particular
kind of cigars. Name on request. Hit and Run. Father's Voice
There is one person that is immune "Maude, hasn't that young man started
from blame for anything that goes for home yet?"
wrong in playing golf. That is the Clever Young Man "I've reached
player himself. It's never his own fault third, sir."
that a shot is missed or a match lost. Father's Voice. "Well, steal, you
It's the weather, or the course, or the busher, steal!" The American Legion
gallery, or the clubs. - Weekly.