The Oldest Sandhills Publication
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VOLUME
NUMBER 30
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1939
KELSON!
Rational Champion
In Lead at Miami
\Vith 205 Shots
McSPADEN 206, NEXT
Uy the Associated Press
MIAMI, Dec. 16—Byron Nel
son, after a bad start, rolled out
today his third straight mb-par
round, a 68, for a 205 that gave
lum the undisputed 54 hole lead
in the $10,000 Miami open golf
tournament.
Nelson, national open cham
pion, who is firing for n clear
outright to the year’s profession
al supremacy, bogeyed the first
three holes, but came breezing
in with a four under par 31 on
the second nine.
A new threat emerged when
Harold McSpaden, last year’s
winner, ripped off a four below
par 66,. to move up a single
stroke behind Nelson with 206.
Sam Snead, back in the form
which made him the most feared
pro in the land, hammered out
a 67 for 207, to re-enter the first
place fight.
Nelson was leading Picard by
hut five points for the Vardon
trophy, awarded to the golfer
who obtains the best ’record for
the year in tournament play?
when the Miami event started.
His six stroke lead over Picard
with one round to play in the fin
al event of the year appeared to
make fye open and 'North and
South champion, a sure winner
of the Vardon award, and make
him the undisputed iking of pro
golf for im
Scores:
Nelson
McSpaden
Kunes
Guldahl
Snead
Armour
Harrison
Shute
Hogan
Heafner
Williamson
Metz
Oliver
P Turnesa
Picard
Bulla
B' Mangrum
Bevolta
Wehrle
137-68-205
140-66-206
137- 70-207
138- 69-207
140-67-207
140-68-208
138- 70-208
139- 69-208
130-69-208
140- 69-209
144*66-210
139- 71-210
145-66-211
140- 71-211
140- 71-211
142-70-212
141- 71-212
138-74-212
141-71-512
wane McDonald to
give organ recital
Thane McDonald, head of the
“rgan department at Davidson |
°^e and organist and choir j
!!aster °T the First Presbyterian |
hurch Charlotte, N. C., will!
. : an organ recital of sacred
p r^mas music at the Pinehurst
onnnUn^y Church at 8 p. m.,
hursday, December 21.
jCaj 1s WHI be an important mus-,
ajj eV€nt bringing an excef)tion
y talented musician to the con
the beautifully tQned Al
. ub damage Memorial or
g.of tbe Community Church.
ls last engagement as recit
alist
XTWas at a joint- meeting (
W °rtb an<^ South Carolir
if PQers of the American Gui
ott rgamsts meeting in Chat
llc7 ovember’ Assisting M
consist Wl11 be a Quartet
V p-, °f Rev. and Mrs. i
‘v7°; of Sanford, N. C. ai
PinehI”/8' A' J- McKelw
rst.
The Pinehurst Christmas basket committee reports that there
are thirty needy families in Pinehurst. A basket costs only $2.50,
and it ccontains all of those-things for which a Christmas, dinner is
noted.' ;Mrs. H. Foster lLelly is chairman of the committee, and do
nations should be mailed to her immediately. Pinehurst, where so
many tables will be filled to overflowing with good things on Christ
mas, will surely provide for its needy, so that everyone in the village
will enjoy the good cheer of the day.
KENNEDYS TO SHIP
JUMPING HORSES HERE;
LEASE BILYEU PLACE
Special to the Outlook
DEDHAM, Mass., Dec. 16—
Mr. and Mrs. William -J. Ken
nedy, prominent society and
sports people, have leased BiJ
yeu Farm, Pinehurst, the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George K. Liv
ermore, and will occupy it from
January 1 until April 1.
The Kennedys will ship six
horses of their stable of prize
winning horses to Thomas & Al-,
exander., and plan to enter the
equestrian activities in Pine
hurst during the winter and!
spring season.
Erin’s Son, a champion jump-;
er, who has ttaken prizes in New;
York, Boston and Canada, is j
among the horses being shipped]
to the southern resort. Another'
prize winner will be Little Squire, j
purchased last June by the Ken-!
nedys and winner of six cham-!
pionship prize;* lin seven perform-1
ances. !
Mrs. Kennedy rides and jumps, j
and has shown her horses in many |
competitions. She formerly lived
in Southborough, and is a daugh
ter of the late William Kennedy,
prominent New England mer
chant, with stores in Boston and
many other cities.
MRS. PURCELL RETURNS |
Mrs. Frank Purcell has return
ed to Pinehurst following a buy
ing trip in New York, where she
purchased a select stock of lad
ies’ apparel for the Purcello
Shop, located in the Pinehurst
Theatre building.
BOLSTERS VISIT VILLAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bols
ter of Marblehead, Mass., are
visiting in Pinehurst, with their
daughters Janet and Anne. Mrs.
Bolster has many friends here as
she served for a number of jears,
when she was Miss Helen Bam
Ifort, as private secretary to
Leonard Tufts.
LITTLE RALPH LEACH
IH SERIOUS STATE
FROM KNIFE WOUND
Xittle Ralph B. Leach, three
year-old son of Mtv and Mrs.
Ralph Leach of Aberdeen, is in
a serious condition in the Moore
bounty Hospital as the result of
a knife wound in his throat^
The little fellow, attempting
to help his mother set the .table
for dinner Saturday at noon,
climbed on a small chair to take
silver from a drawer. In turn
ing, he slipped and fell to the
[floor, and the knife he "was ihold7
ing penetrated his throat near
the jugular vein.
After receiving first aid treat
merit from Dr. A. H. McLeod, the
little boy was rushed to Moore
Ccturity Hospital where, barring
complications, he is expected to
recover.
GARNER FORMALLY
ANNOUNCES ENTRY
IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE
By the Associated Press .
UVALDE, Tex., Dec. 16—Vice
President Garner formally en
tered the Presidential race today
and became the first Democrat
to seek his party’s nomination
without indicating” he would step
aside if President Roosevelt
should seek a third term.
“I will accept the nomination
for President,” said Garner. He
added:
“I will make no effort to con
trol any delegate. A candidate
should be selected at primaries
and conventions as provided by
law, and I sincerely trust that all
Democrats will participate in
them.”
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy. Continued cold
Sunday and Monday.
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Up until this season there were two Pinehurst Horse Shows.
It appears that all we have left is one-half of one horse show.
The more important show was organized way back in March,
1918, and has been carried on ever since as the Pinehurst Horse
Show. Last spring, members of the committee voted, after some
protest, to change the name of the twenty-two year old Pinehurst
Horse Show, to the Sandhills Horse Show.
The second horse show, also a Pinehurst Horse Show, is held
in December. It was organized three years ago by Lloyd M. Tate
of Pinehurst, who has done most of the work in putting this event
across.
Yesterday afternoon, horse enthusiasts of the countryside met
and decided to change the name of this Pinehurst Horse Show to
the Pinehurst-Sandhills Horse Show .
The Outlook pauses to consider if some morning we will wake
up and find out that,the forty year old North and South amateur
golf championship has been changed to the Southern and Eastern
Sandhills amateur championship.
Changing the name of a sporting event which has been promoted
for twenty-two years under the name given it at birth would seem
to be a matter of considerable importance. The national reputation
of this section rests largely on the more than 40-odd years of effort
which has been put in by Pinehurst institutions to^ create and main
tain first class sporting events.
When, last spring, the committee voted to change the name of
The Pinehurst Horse^Show to The Sandliills Horse Show, Pinehurst
took it like, a gentleman.
Yesterday another group of horse people decided to “cut up”
our three-year-old December exhibition. Pinehurst representatives
at this meeting should have fought to retain the original name
until the last horse was shot from under them. Perhaps they did
this, and their last mouijt was shot from under them.
The Outlook knows of no instance in which there has been an
effort by Pinehurst representatives to change, mutilate, abbreviate,
hyphenate, expurgate, or even meddle with the name of any estab
lished sporting event which was started and maintained in other
communities of this section.
Records indicate that # Pinehurst has contributed aid to
sports events held on neighboring playfields. Sportsmen drawn to
Pinehurst have been encouraged to compete in events in the other
communities. This is as it should be. Every sporting event held
in the Sandhills deserves the support of all the sportsmen able to
contribute.^ „
The Outlook does not for one minute believe that it Is necessary
to sacrifice the names of Pinehurst events in order to attract en
tries from the sportsmen who live in this section, but outside our
village limits.
Plan Midwinter Horse Show
A group of Sandhills horse
owners and horse enthusiasts
met at the Thomas & Alexander
Stables on Midland Road yes
terday afternoon to form plans
for the annual mid-winter horse
show which is scheduled to be
held at the Pinehurst Race
Track show grounds Friday, Dec.
29.
Eleven classes, the same num
ber as in last year’s show, were
announced by Lloyd M. Tate, di
rector of the show, in three divis
ions. These are, horsemanship,
hunting and jumping.
The horsemanship classes in
clude a children’s class for those
12 years of age and under, an
other for children of 16 and un
der, a best pair of riders, ladies’
horsemanship and another for
horses used locally on Sandhills
bridle trails.
Hunters classes will include
those for lightweight hunters
over the outside course, combined
middle and heavyweight hunters
over the outside course, and work
ing hunters over the outside
course. The jumping events, to
be judged on performance only,
all inside the ring, consist of
classes for children 16 years of
age and under, an open jump and
a pair jump.
A committee of four, composed
of Mrs. Ralph K.^Trix, Lloyd M.
Tate, A. Corbett Alexander and
Nick Crotty volunteered to get
the oustide course in shape for
the show, and directly after the
meeting the four made a trip to
the show grounds to study the
condition of the course and the
work necessary to bring it up to
the best shape for the show. This
foursome will begin work on the
setting-up of the outside course
Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock.
All those who can help in this
construction are invited to assist
the committee in their task, and
to show up in suitable “go to
work” clothes Tuesday after
noon.
To avoid confusing this event
with the annual Spring Sandhills
Horse Show, a name to identify
the mid-winter event was decided
on as the “Pinehurst Sandhills
Horse Show. This name was
suggested, since it identified the
mid-winter show as a Sandhills
affair, and at the same time prop
erly placed the location as Pine
hurst. It was also pointed out
that Sandhills equestrians were
also planning a show to be held
in Southern Pines in -February.
In view of this, it was suggested
that the Southern Pines show be
named “The Southern Pines
Sandhills Horse Show.”
. The attendance included Mrs.
Ralph K. Trix, Dr. J. I. Neal,
’Nick Crotty, Lloyd Tate and his
two sons, Billy and “Junebug,”
Eliott Barta, Mr. Thomas, Mr.
Alexander, Leonard H i b b i t s,
“Bing” Hunter, Lou Koch, -and
a number of others.
|
WAR EPIC
World Watching As;
Graf Spee Points
Nose to Sea
EXPECT DASH IN FOG
A late radio broadcast stated
the Uruguayan, government was
expected to grant an extension
of time to the Graf Spee. An
other report said the Admiral
Scheer was steaming for Monte
video to aid the Graf Spee to es
cape. f A major sea battle is in
prospect.
By the Associated Press
Although the war news last
night told of large infantry ac
tion in the Russian assault upon
Finland and of hand to hand
fighting on the Western Front,,
interest throughout the world fo
cused on the German pocket bat
tleship, Admiral Graf Spee,
which had pointed her nose for
the breakwater in Montevideo
harbor and was expected at any
hour to make a dash for the open
sea. 4,
A British and French armada
was waiting outside to blast the
German warship out of the ocean
if her. officers., attejxu2ffidJ&..nm
the gauntlet in an
to
es
cape. v*
While German diplomats to
Uruguay made a furious at
tempt to obtain an extension of
the time limit the Gra^f Spee can
reVnain in Montevideo harbor
without being interned for the
duration of the war, the battle
ship moved into position for d
get-away. All nearby craft was
ordered to stay clear.
A fog shrouded the warship,
and observers expected the com
mander would take advantage of
the thick weather to lift anchor
and steam out if the Uruguayan^
government insisted he clear the
harbor not later than six p. m^.
today, as originally demanded.
The German minister insisted
that the battleship could not be
made seaworthy in the time al
lowed, while British diplomats
demanded ejection or internments
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
BUFFET SUPPER
At the Holly Inn each Sunday
night.
Putting tournament at Pine
! Needles this afternoon.
Tin Whistles tournament to
morrow, postponed from Satur
day.
Shooting Exhibition, bow and
arrow trick shots at Southern
Pines Country Club this after
noon at 3:00 o’clock.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tonight and tomorrow night
at 8:30, matinee tomorrow at
3:00, Deanna Durbin in “First
Love.”
- Southern Pines -
Tomorrow and Tuesday nights
at 8:15, matinee Tuesday at 3:00,
“Henry Goes Arizona.”
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Tomorrow and Tuesday nights
at 7:15 and 9:00, “The Secret of
Dr. Kildare,” with Lew Ayres
and Lionel Barrymore.