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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940
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Chamberlain Deposes
British War Minister
More Belisha Replaced by Oliver Stanley,
After Reported Conflicts with
Associates Over Policies
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Sir John Reith Named Minister
of Information as Lord Mac
Millan is Removed in Depart
mental Shakeup
CENSOR CRITICIZED
Prime Minister Chamberlain
replaced War Minister Hore Bel
isha yesterday with Oliver Stan
ley, president of the Board of
Trade.
Sir John Reith was named as
Minister of Information to re
place Lord MacMillan.
Hore Belisha was reported to
have been in conflict with the
air ministry and with Lord Gort;
bead of the British expeditionary
forces, over matters of policy.
Lord MacMillan had been crit
icized by newspaper publishers
for his methods in censoring in
formation. Sir John Reith, an
official of the British Broadcast
ing Corporation, has had newspa
per experience.
BRITAIN AIDING FINNS
Reports from London stated
that Great Britain was sending
arms to Sweden and was aiding
Finland in the wab against Rus
sia.
WTO DO AND SEE
Today
Putting tournament for ladies
this afternoon at Pinehurst Coun
try Club. All invited.
Tin Whistles tournament to
medal play, best ball of pair.
Silver Foils tournament con
tinued today.
Keno at The Carolina tonight.
AT THE THEATRES
■ Southern Pines -
Tonight at 8:15, matinee at
;15’ matinee at 3:00, “What A
^e> with Jackie Cooper and
% Field. Also the Blue Dan- j
!,e 0verture with the National
1 armonic orchestra.
■ Aberdeen Theatre -
knight at 7:00 and 9:00, mat
'Ce!” uT)ays of Jesse
WEATHER
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^and not quite so cold.
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Yesterday
(By Telegraph)
The trade pact conversation
between the United States and
Argentina was at a standstill
with an agreement unlikely. The
talks started in August but never
“got any place” because of the
highly competitive nature of
many of the two nations’ prod
ucts.
Mickey Rooney, screen’s pres
ent number one box office buy,
was barred from the Tropical
Park race track in Miami because
he is a minor. (Ed Note.—Judge
Hardy would probably approve
of this action.)
An American sentry near the
barracks in Peiping shot and ser
iously wounded a Japanese pri
vate. Details were not disclosed.
Elliott Roosevelt quit as pres
ident of the Transcontinental
Broadcasting system. No rea
son given.
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21 TEAMS ENTERED
IN FOURSOME GOLF
AT SOUTHERN PINES
Event Scheduled for Sunday At
tracting Competitors from Pine
hurst, Pinehurst, Pine Needles
and Mid Pines
The mixed Scotch foursome to
be played at the Southern Pines
Country Club Sunday, January
7, should result in keen compe
tition. Twenty-one teams have
been listed to play in this inter
esting event, including players
from Pinehurst, Mid Pines, and
Pine Needles.
Following the tournament sup
per will be served in the South
ern Pines Country Club for the
participants. .
Teams are:' Herrmann Grover
and Mrs. Roy Grinnell, Walter
Murray and Mrs. Harold Calla
way, John Howarth and Kather
ine Wiley, Emmett Golden, and
Eleanor Barron, Mr. and Mrs. S.
Robert Jellison, John,. Schoonma
ker and Mrs. Howard Burns,
Charles Crowell and Mrs. H. A.
Page Jr., Roy Grinnell and Mrs.
Charles Crowell, Joe Price and
Mrs. H. B. Greenman, Bert
Weatherspoon and Mrs. V. P.
Clark, Howard Burns and Erma
Fisher, John Barron and Mrs.
Arlene Smith, Harold Callaway
and Mrs. Emmett Boone Jr., Clar
ence Edson. and Miss Laura Kel
sey, Buck Tarleton and * Miss E.
B. Bair, John J. Fitzgerald and
Mrs. Jean Edson, Dr. Greer
Stutz and Miss Frances Schwartz,
A. C. Dawson and Miss Aline
Todd, George Pottle and Miss
Elizabeth Scarborough, Elmer
Davis and Mrs. J. J. Fitzgerald,
Gordon Keith and Mrs. Elmer
Harrington.
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ACTION LIKE THIS TOMORROW
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Custom is a peculiar thing. Nothing is thought when thousands
of people pack grandstands to witness big league baseball, pro foot
ball teams, turf classics etc., but it would be considered odd to suggest
that sometime there will be a national professional polo league, com
posed of metropolitan cities, which will play to tremendous crowds.
Polo is a thrilling game which lends itself easily to promotion.
The billboards which could be made to promote interest in polo would
surpass in glamorous sporting art anything which up to now has
been presented to arouse public interest and attendance at athletic
contests. *
Which brings us back to the immediate polo situation here in
Pinehurst, Earl Shaw and Merrill Fink, who have had wide experi
ence in promoting competitive polo, in training ponies and in instruct
ing players, are going to hold a series of exhibition polo matches
in Pinehurst during the season.
The first match will be played tomorrow, Sunday afternoon, at
2:30 p. m. Later a schedule will be arranged, and in April a tour
nament will complete the program.
It will be seven years since there has been any organized polo
in Pinehurst, and a revival of the sport here on a successful basis
would mean a great deal to this community. There are excellent
fields here and the background of pines and scrub oaks sets off the
action of ponies and players.
It was only a few years ago that polo games were attended only
by friends of the competitors, but the movement to make it a popu
lar sport is under way and gaining in popularity. A great deal of
polo is played today in the cities of this country, but aside from the
International matches, America vs Great Britain, no units have gained
wide national recognition.
Ten years ago professional football was making a start. Many
said it could not make progress against the competition of college
football, but this fall pro teams filled the Yankee stadium, and com
petent critics maintain that aside from those with sentimental attach
mens to a campus, the pros gave a better show than the students.
Professional football is now established, and league franchises
in the metropolitan centers are worth what the sporting writers
call “important money.”
There is a similar future in professional polo, or better still, in
open polo, because the public cares not a whit if the man making a
daring ride down the field is an amateur player or a professional.
Talent, in the long run, is what draws crowds.
Polo is the niost ancient of games played with a stick and a ball.
The name is derived from Tibetan pulu. The earliest records of the
game are Persian. From Persia it spread to Constantinople east
wards through Turkestan to Tibet, China and Japan. Polo flour
ished in India in the 16th century. For 200 years records of the
game became lost. It was next introduced in India in 1863, and in
1869 was brought to England. In 1871 the first match was played
at Hounslow Heath, England, with eight players on a side.
In 1886 an English team came to America and won Hie West
chester Cup. American horse lovers took to the sport and developed
from the small horse of a decade ago a fine tough, good-humored
and intelligent fellow of 15 or 16 hands. The polo pony in America
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Steeplechase Meeting
Is Set For March 16th
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Date of Sandhills Racing Fixed by National
Association at Annual Meeting
In New York
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WILFRED WEHRITS 67
TOPS GOLF HELD IN
LOS ANGELES OPEN
Chicago Amateur Three Under
Par in Opening: Round; Harri
son and Hines Tally 68 Each
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5—Wil
fred Wehrle, an amateur from
Chicago, outshot the best profes
sional talent today in the first
round of the Los Angeles open
when he scored a 67.
Playing over the same tough
course of the Los Angles Country
Club where he won the Western
amateur title in 1937, Wehrle put
together a 34-33—67 to beat the
par of 70, and goes into the sec
ond round with a one stroke lead
over Dutch Harrison, Little
Rock, and Jimmy Hines, New
York. -—
Byron Nelson, national open
champion and Marvin Ward, na
tional amateur champion, were
among those to score equal par
of 70. Olin Dutra, Alvin Kru
ger, Jimmy Demarest and Ralph
Guldahl were in this group.
Eleven players scored 71, in
cluding Stanley Horne, Clayton
Heafner, Victor Ghezzi, Craig
Wood and Ben Hogan.
SINGMASTER, ENVOY
FOR AUTHOR HINES,
VISITS* PINE NEEDLES
Gastronomic Ambassador and
Wife Make Stop on Way Far
ther South; Adventures Re
corded in Travelogues
In pursuit of his delightful av
ocation as unofficial ambassador
for Duncan Hines, the now fam
ous author of Adventures in
Good Eating, E. H. Singmaster
and his charming wife have been
visiting at the Pine Needles on
their way to the far South.
Keen, humorous and strangely
enough with a waistline that any
one over; 40 might envy, Mr.
Singmaster, self styled nomad,
was bubbling with enthusiasm
over his many adventures and
discoveries. Listening to him for
half an hour is to acquire a vicar
ious gastronomic jag.
It was a natural sequence of
events, that after picking up Dun
can Hines’ book for the first time
in a tea room in Atlanta, a cor
respondance should spring up be
tween these kindred souls, cul
minating in a visit by Mr. Hines
to the Singmaster home in Phil
adelphia.
As Mr. Singmaster’s business
carries him constantly over the
wide area from Scranton, Pa. to
Baton Rouge, La., it was speedily
agreed that he should spend his
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Local Event Will be First on 1940
Calendar with Aiken Next on
March 23
CAMDEN MARCH 30
The Sandhills Steeplechase and
Racing Association meeting will
be held on the Midland Road
course between Southern Pines
and Pinehurst Saturday, March
16, it was announced by the Na
tional Steeplechase and Hunt,
association at its annual meet
ing held in New York Thursday
The Sandhills event will be the
first on the 1940 steeplechase cal
endar.
Following are the dates ap
proved for the otlier Spring
Hunt Meetings:
Aiken Mile Track Association,
Aiken, S. C., March 23.
Carolina Cup, Camden, S. C.,
March 30,
Deep Run Hunt Club, Rich
mond, Va., April 6.
Middleburg HuntTlace-Associ
ation, Middleburg, Va., April 13.
My Lady’s Manor Point to
Point, Monkton, Md., April 13.
Grand National Point to Point,
Hereford, Md., April 20.
Maryland Hunt Cup Associa
tion, Glyndon, Md., April 27.
Whitemarsh Valley Hunt Club,
Broad Axe, Pa., May 4.
Virginia Gold Cup Association,
Warrenton, Va., May 4. s
The National Association and
the board of stewards of the or
ganization held their annual
meetings and elected officers, is
sued licenses to trainers and ap
proved the spring dates cover
ing meetings to be held in the
South.
Henry W. Bull again was elec
ted president of the association
and F. S. von Stade was re-elected
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Miss Louise Fordyce
Southern Pines Visitor
Miss Louise Fordyce, Youngs
town, Ohio, for years one of the
leading women golfers of her
home state and. in the national
field, arrived yesterday morning
at the Highland Pines Inn for
an indefinite stay.
She has played in numerous
Pinehurst and Southern Pines
tournaments, and has garnered
many honors in her links cam
paign.
MERCURY HITS ZERO
IN DOZEN STATES
A wave of zero and below
temperatures was sweeping
from the midwest to the North
Atlantic last night causing
under zero to be registered in
a dozen states between the
Rocky Mountains and Ohio.
Cities in North Dakota report
ed as low as minus 25. Ohio
experienced the coldest day
since 1936. .Colder weather
was forecast for the South
with freezing temperatures
expected to extend to the Gulf
Coast.
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