PINEHUBST
OUTLOOK-
VOL. XXIV. NO. 14
MARCH 17, 1921
10 CENTS
GREATEST OF MODERN
DIANAS
By Peter P. Carney
(In American Golfer)
The thousands of sport followers who
forsake the snow and cold of the north
each winter for the more moderate cli
mate of Pinehurst usually make the ac
quaintance of a certain white-haired and
motherly woman at the Carolina resort.
It would be next to impossible for one to
visit Pinehurst and get away without
meeting this estimable lady. It is a
pleasure to know her. Her life is a grand
example of the nobility and purity of
American womanhood.
Reference is made to Annie Oakley, in
private life Mrs. Frank E. Butler, who
in her day and generation was as well
known and commanded as much atten
tion as President-elect Harding does to
day. When she returned in 1902 from
her triumphal march abroad, Miss Oakley
received a wonderful ovation.
The present generation has a rather
vague recollection of Annie Oakley and
her prowess with the shotgun, but those
whose memory takes them back a quarter
of a century know what a wonder she
was and in mentioning her ability of
bygone days we want to add that she has
lost very little of her skill in the hand
ling or shooting of firearms.
. It was a wonderful collection of shoot
ers that Col. William F. Cody (Buffalo
Bill) gathered about him, but the great
est of them all was "Little Sure Shot,"
.as Miss Oakley was known. Of the thirty-eight
years she has been before the
public showing her dexterity with fire
arms, Miss Oakley spent seventeen with
"Buffalo Bill" and in her travels she
toured fourteen countries and hob-nobbed
with kings, queens and emperors. She
was feted in every city and country in
which she performed.
A Buckeye by Birth
Born in the northern part of Ohio
about twenty miles from Greenville, which
was the county seat, Miss Oakley was
quite a distance from the rest of the
world and what schooling she got was
from her Quaker mother. Her father
was a mail carrier, making weekly trips
through the section. Shotguns and
Tifles were prominently displayed in the
Oakley home, and about the first thing
the expert, to be, did after she began
walking was to learn to shoot and to
shoot straight. When other little girls
were busy with their lessons, Miss Oak
ley was out bagging game which her fa
ther took to Greenville and exchanged
for groceries. - This continued for a
number of years, or until she was dis
covered and married at the age of sixteen.
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Traveling about the world has been an
education for Miss Oakley, but no one
realizes more than she the handicap one
is placed under in battling for an exist
ence without an education, so when she
hears of a young woman with a desire to
go to college, and lacking the financial
means, Miss Oakley is always willing to
assist. Twenty young women are now
preparing for the battle of life in girls'
colleges through the generosity of Miss
Oakley. She has contributed generously
to numerous female institutions also.
(Continued on Page Ten)
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GOLF
By Verdant Greene
The line of cleavage that has devel
oped in the Professional Golfers' Asso-,
ciation, among Boston district members
has this week furnished the liveliest topic
of discussion since the late unpleasant-
. ness between the National and Western
Amateur organizations. It is the con-i
census of opinion that unless speedy steps
are taken to avert further cracking, it is
only a question of a year, at most, before
the country wide body of 'the paid bri-j
gade will fall apart. The sectional as
sociations that promised to replace the
single organization, it is insisted, will
have no more distant boundaries than
their home horizons, being actuated whol
ly by self interests, judging by the ad
missions of the Boston contingent which
has led the secession. According to a
statement from the Hub, the New Eng
enders are going to maintain an employ
ment bureau and general clearing-house
of their own. It means they will have to,
canvass about all the United States and
Canada on their own account, which pol
icy must inevitably be followed by other
district associations as they break off the
parent stem. Eventually New York,
Philadelphia, Chicago, the South and
Pacific Slope, at least must follow suit
to keep up with the procession, which
means that half a dozen intelligence offi
ces will be farming the same stretch of
ground, duplicating effort, beside increas
ing expense and what is worse causing
confusing competition.
"Boston amateurs have always prided
themselves upon taking the initiative in
golf and their example has not been lost
upon the pros of that section," says
one of the simon-pures of the Modern
Athens. Here is the way Larry Paton
sums up the situation: "New Eng
land's professionals have waited patient
ly for good to accrue from membership
in the National Association and now have
wisely determined to go it on their own
hook and keep the plums in their own
preserve jars. As the organization grows
it plans to set aside a fund to assist needy
members. A committee has been named
to arrange for competitions throughout
the session. One feature will be a genu
ine New England professional champion
ship, the first ever staged." It is as
clear as crystal that clubs in the north
east corner will not give their pro 's leave
of absence for the Professional and Na
tional open championships in addition to'
two sectional title struggles and with
railroad fares jumped to", new high levels
last fall home affairs will come in for
greater advantage than ever before.
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