r u Mmmmmtimimmi : lf II HI ) tt , JJ iSM WH1 W A w jf r . rw w ah ii 1 I m mmSa i w aw yam y ymmM rnt?mzz$ n 'trim PINEHURST, MOORE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA VOL. IX; NO 16. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH SEVENTEENTH, 1906. PRICE FIVE CENTS MISS MARY BUTTON IS FIRST Makes ninety-two in Qualification for Women's Tournament. Mr. O. lee Knight Take Wet Score Tropby --Match Pla j Hound Still in Progress. HE final rounds of the women's match p 1 a y handicap tournament are still in progress, bring ing to a close the most successful event of its character ever held here. Keen play has been the rule throughout, and the final result is being awaited with much in terest. In qualification Monday, Miss Mary C. Dutton of the Oakley Country Club, Watertown, led the field with a card of ninety-two, going out in forty-eight and coming back in forty-four. Miss Gertrude Gilbert of Philadelphia, was a close sec ond in ninety-four, Miss Almira McNeely of Philadelphia, third in ninety-eight, and Mrs. M. I). Paterson of Englewood, and Miss Ethel S. Check of East Orange, tied for fourth at ninety-nine each. Mrs. G. Lee Knight of Philadelphia, whose handicap was thirty, took the net score cup with eighty-eight, with Mrs. Montgomery A. Crockett of Buffalo, whose handicap was also thirty, second in ninety. tiik scohes : Out. In.Gr. ITp.N. Mrs. G. Lee Knight, CO 58 118 30 88 Philadelphia. Mrs. M. A. Crockett, 59 CI 120 30 90 Buffalo. Miss F. Condon, 47 50 97 7 90 Philadelphia. Miss Florence McNeely, 45 52 97 7 90 Philadelphia. Miss Mary C. Dutton, 48 44 92 00 92 Boston. Miss Gertrude Gilbert, 48 40 94 00 94 Philadelphia. Mrs. II. G. Marvin, 55 59 114 20 94 New London, N. II. Mrs. I. C. Bates Dana, 53 55 108 12 96 Great Barrington. Miss Lucy K. Priest, . 63 58 121 25 96 . Boston. Miss Campbell, . 55 52 107 10 97 Milwaukee. Mrs. w: Iletherington, 51 CI 112 15 97 Rochester. Miss Almira McNeely, 47 51 98 00 98 Philadelphia. Mrs. Myra D. Paterson, 51 48 99 00 99 Englewood. Miss EthelS. Check, 53 53 106 7 99 East Orange. r Miss Chandlee, 60 70 130 30 100 Philadelphia. Mrs. M, II Wilson, 73 68 141 40 101 Cleveland. SHARP CONTRASTS THESE! 1 A dispatch to The Pinehurst Out look from Boston, under date of March 15 (Thursday), says: "Blizzard raging here and in New York. Six or eight inches of snow fallen, and still snowing." And the same wire that brought the news flashed back this reply from Pine hurst : "Perfect weather here with glo rious sunshine and crisp, pure air ! "Mocking birds singing and flow ers blooming. Everybody out of doors !" )C?C?JC?JI?4 "6 i 8 t8 8 w go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go go J. D. FOOT, APAWAMIS. Mr. Foot was the winner of the Club Champion ship Tournament which ended Saturday. go go go go go go 3C&3(3(&C&3 PIERCE LEADS THE FIELD Qualification Round of Spring Tourney a Pretty Contest. J2fglityon Starter and Seventjnlne Ca rd 91 u tcli llay Itouuds De velop Keen Golf. FIELD of eighty-one participants started in the qualification round of the second annual Spr Ingtoumament, Wedncs day, seventy- nine handing in cards. The features of the days play was the pretty contest for the golf medal offered, L. D. Pierce of the Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale, Mass., leading the field' with a margin of three strokes. C. L. Becker of the same club, was second with eighty, Charles B. Fownes, Jr. of Oakmont, third in eight-one, Allan Lard of Columbia, fourth in eighty-two. and J. D. Foot of Apawamis, and L. K. Wardwell of Megunticook, tied for fifth af eighty-three each. The cards : PIERCE. Out 4 5 4 7 4 3 5 4 4-40 In -4 3445553 43777 HECKKH. Out 5 5 3 5 3 5 5 5 541 In 4 3646363 43380 FOWNKS. Hit 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 338 In 6 4 4 4 5 5 7 3 5-4381 LAUD. Out 5 4 3 5 3 4 6 3 538 In 5 3 4 4 '6 5 6 6 614-82 FOOT. Out I 6 2 7 5 5 6 6 646 In 4 3535453 53783 AVAR DWELL. Out 5 6 3 5 5 5 5 3 542 In 4 3555473 54183 Mrs. Herbert L. Jillson, Worcester. Mrs. U.S. Denn)', Pittsburg. Mrs. G. II. Converse, Boston. Mrs. G. O. Russell, Winchester. 52 74 126 25 101 52 61 113 10 103 54 56 110 7 103 63 60 123 20 103 Mrs. D. J. Ross, 59 74 133 25 103 Boston. Miss Naumberg, 68 77 145 30 115 New York. Mrs. Robert B. Carpenter, 67 76 143 22 121 New York. Mrs. Taylor Alderdice, 71 87 158 30 128 Philadelphia. One round was played Thursday to provide for thirty-six hole finals today, the favorites having easy matches as a rule. The feature of the days play was the Becker Lard match, Mr. Becker winning with a halved hole, two up and one to play, on the seventeenth green. I rora start to finish play was keen as the medal play scores will show, and the old rivals of many friendly battles fought it out stroke for stroke. " The cards : BECKER. ' Out-5 5 2 5 3 5 5 3 437 In 4 3545463 63976 LARD. Out 5 4 3 4 4 4 6 3 5-38 In 5 3446373 54078