The Pinehurst Outlook
Established in 1896
Robert E. Harlow, Editor
1 Lou Koch, Associate Editor
Harry Yorke, News Editor
Lillian Harlow, Advertising
Published daily except Monday
during the winter season
PINEHURST PRINTING CO.
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Geo. D, Murphy, Vice-President
S. R. Jellison, Manager
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N. C., under the act of March
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THE FRENCH FARMERS
GET A SMALL BREAK
PARIS (#)—Since an army
travels on its stomach no less
today than in Napoleon’s time,
the French government has de
cided to give some of its soldier
farmers additional time off.
A recent cabinet decree orders
leaves of from 10 days to two
months for certain classes of
mobilized men, during which
time they are supposed to go
home and care for their crops.
FOUR GIVEN EAGLE
BADGES AT SCOUT
COURT OF AWARDS
Four members of Southern
Pines Scout troop No. 3 received
the highest honors accorded a
boy scout last night when Lyle
McDonald, Allison Fields, John
Raymond and John Berry were
presented with Eagle badges,
the insignia of an Eagle scout,
at the quarterly County Court of
Awards.
At a colorful ceremony held in
the Southern Pines high school
auditorium, at which scout troop
No. 3 acted as hosts, Scout Ex
ecutive Claude Humphries of the
Occoneechee council of the Boy
Scouts of America presented the
Eagle badge to mothers of the
boys, who in turn pinned them
on the recipients. Mrs. John Ber
ry accepted the badge on behalf
of her son, who is away at
school and unable to be present.
Scouts and representatives
from Pinehurst, Aberdeen, Car
thage, Hemp, Vass and Lake
view attended the ceremony. The
four patrols of Southern Pines
troop No. 3 gave a demonstra
tion exemplifying various phases
of scouting. The finale, a tab
leau of the three steps in scout
ing, cub, boy scout and sea
scout, was brought to a close
with lights out and the sounding
of taps.
John Howarth, chairman of the
Moore county district Court of
Honor, and the Rev. J. H. King,
scoutmaster of troop No. 3, were
in charge of the program. *
Herb Graffis
WHEN DOES THE BOMBING BEGIN?
Why are the Nazis tardy in bombing British
cities? The British themselves are doing most
of the wondering about this Without working
themselves into any frenzies of abuse—or of
chivalry—the British have ruled out humani
tarianism as the reason for the Nazi delay in
dropping death on non-combatants. Maybe certain performances of
Nazi fliers in Poland caused the British to dismiss the thought that
consideration for civilians accounts for non-arrival of Nazi bombers
over London.
The British have been seared by everybody from Charles Au
gustus Lindbergh to Mickey Mouse telling tall stories about the
German air supremacy. They are aware, apparently, that exercise
of such dominance (if it exists) would have England down for the
nine-count. They have been scared so badly that they seem to have
put their own air forces into pretty good condition. To do that job
as quickly as they have done it means the living hell has been scared
out of them. Only totalitarian nations seem to get organized quickly
for any kind of war work.
Now, having been scared into getting themselves an air force
that seems to be holding its own, at least, in an even-stephen battle
setup, the British almost seem to be scared that the Nazis won’t try
them out by attempting to raid England from the air.
To us, sitting thousands of miles away from the hot spot, this
itchiness about having Britain’s air defense tested .is puzzling.
v In the British papers you frequently see items that, boiled down,
would read, “The Nazis say they, are masters of the air. Then why
don’t they take the initiative in the air?”
Trying to explain the Nazi delay in bombing British cities, the
Britons tell themselves something like this:
“Now we have air attack bases in France. Ahe instant a mer
man bomb drops in a British city our bombers visit German cities.
The Germans didn’t see much destruction in their own territory dur
ing the world war. All they have been doing for their last three big
wars is dishing out destruction to other countries. They haven’t
had training in taking that part of war. Their masters don’t want
to have to risk the experiment of that training. Therefore, there will
be no Nazi bombing of British cities to prompt air reprisals by Brit
ish bombers stationed in France.”
Whether that’s a good guess or not remains to be seen. In the
scuttling of the Graf Spee there is a possible tip on the validity of
the reasoning. The story tha has reached this country is that Hitler
ordered destruction of the Graf Spee rather than have the casualty
list and news of its defeat in battle get around ^nd wreck German
morale. The rumor, it must be said, sniffs somewhat of British
propaganda.
The longer this Allies vs. Nazis thing goes, the more it appears
to be a war of nerves. Perhaps the big factor will be the conditioning
of Allied nerves by the experience of having been on the defensive
before and learning how to act without blowing the top.
Over the Christmas weekend there were killed in U. S. auto
accidents approximately 15 per cent the number of men killed in the
army, navy and air fordes of Great Britain and France since the pres
ent war began. This appalling comparison doesn’t shatter the Amer
ican nerves. We are accustomed to such frightful statistics. Prob
ably the same psychology prevails in nations that expect attack by
the Nazis. The peril has been too frequent since 1870 to be regarded
as inevitably fatal.
Some day-the world may do something to prevent crazy or care
less people getting into drivers’ seats, but that prospect is remote.
Anyway, should we talk about wild driving of ships of state while
we during a merry weekend, run up an auto casualty list about equal,
[ per capita, to $ie casualty list of almost four months’ war involving
|» three large nations ?
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
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Daily Features
GOLF
Play at Pinehurst Country
Club, Bert Nicolls and Harold
Callaway, instructors; at South
ern Pines Country Club, Roy
Grinnell and John Schoonmaker,
instructors at Pine Needles, Ted
Turner and Johnny Capello, in
structors, and at Mid Pines Club,
Roy B. Bronsdon, instructor.
EQUESTRIAN ACTIVITY
Daily riding parties leaving
from The Carolina twice daily.
Saddle horses for hire at Pine
hurst Livery Stable.
Dally horse training going on
at Pinehurst Race Track. Vis
itors welcome.
Thomas and Alexander Sta
bles, located on Midland Road.
Riding parties daily at Mile
Away and Stonybrook Stables,
Southern Pines.
SHOOTING
Trap, skeet, rifle, shot gun and
revolver shooting daily at Pine
hurst Gun Club, under the man
agement . of Glenn Davis.
NIGHT CLUB
The Dunes, dining, dancing
and two floor shows nightly at
11:00 and 1:00. Jerry Mack and
his Orchestra.
TENNIS
At the Pinehurst Country
Club. Tel. 3361.
At Southern Pines Municipal
Park.
BOWLING ALLEYS
Pinehurst Printing Co. build
ing. Open week days 12 noon,
Sundays 2:00 p. m.
DANCING
At the Pine Room every night
except Sunday. Music by “The
Keynoters.”
BUFFET SUPPER
At the Holly Inn each Sunday
night.
SHUEFLEBOARD
At the Holly Inn. Hotel guests
and cottage residents invited to
play.
I -
NATIVE HANDWEAVING
INDUSTRY
Visitors welcome at Anglow
Tweeds, on Midland Road.
AIRPORT
At Knollwood, located few
miles from Pinehurst.
LIBRARY
At Pinehurst, located in vil
lage center. Open from 10:00
to 1:00 and 2:00 to 5:00 daily.
At Southern Pines, open from
9:00 to 12:00 and from 1:00 to
5:00. Saturday, 9:00 to 12:00
only. Also open Wednesday night
7:30 to 9:00.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Manor cordially invites
you to tea each weekday after
noon.
You are cordially invited to
visit the Pinehurst Greenhouses,
Lewis G. Kelley, manager.
Carolina Orchid Greenhouses,
Midland Road, open to visitors.
Badminton, at The Carolina.
WIVES TAKE HUSBANDS
IN BOWLING BATTLE
•Four wives took as mony lov
ing husbands to the back pas
tures, meaning the Pinehurst
Amusement Center, last night
and administered to said hus
bands a lesson in the rudiments
and fundamentals of how to bowl.
In this wife vs. husband bowl
ing contest, the wives came off
victors, to the tune of 43 pins.
Playing in this contest were
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Swaringer,
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Whitcomb,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gouger, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Healy
It Pays To .
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IN THE OUTLOOK
The WORLD of TODAY
By the Associated Press
WESTERN FRONT ACTIVE
Allied guns bagged one Ger
man reconnaissance airplane
during intensified air fighting and
brisk artillery exchanges on both
sides, the French high command
reported.
The increased tempo on the
western front followed a series
of before-dawn scouting jraid§ in
which French advance guards
penetrated German lines in search
of prisoners and information. (In
Berlin the official news'" agency
said a French line east of For
bach, but was driven back by
counter attacking Nazi forces.
NAZIS BOMB COAST
High flying German scouting
planes dodged fighters and shell
fire over 400 miles of Eng
lish and Scottish coastline yester
day as the British air ministry
disclosed production of a sur
prise long-range fighting plane
“of very high speed.” The Ger
man war planes, ranging from
the Firth of Forth to the Thames
estuary dropped several bombs.
In the war at sea, the sinking
of the 7,267 ton British tanker
El Oso in the Irish sea off the
west coast of Britain was taken
here as an indication of a new
policy by the German navy to cut
off British vital oversea trade.
There were two additional mar
ine loses during the day; an uni
dentified Italian ship sank after
striking a mine off the east
coast, and another unidentified
craft went down after a collision
off the west coast. Later ad
vices said the crew of the Brit
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PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
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ateur of 1939 went without it. Chicago is a tough city to obtain ad
vance publicity in at best, and without a serious campaign being
made, the results are practically nil.
In 1938 the women’s national in Chicago had to compete with
one of the hottest last ditch fights ever made in the national league,
when the Chicago Cubs came from behind to catch the Pittsburgh
Pirates and win by a nose. The Cubs were engaged in the final drive
of this baseball fight during th‘e £1938 women’s national. In 1939
the amateur had nothing of this sort to compete with. It had a
clear field, but for some reason it failed to click.
The policy of officials of the U. S. G. A. has been that the cham
pionships of that organization should “stand on their own feet.”
Only when a club which has been awarded a national champion
ship decides to provide professional promotion do these events ben
efit by it.
This is a strange policy for the U. S. G. A., inasmuch as in the
opening paragraph of the Constitution, the first object mentioned
is that which declared the association “has been formed and exists
for the purpose of PROMOTING and conserving etc, etc.”
Golf is said to have had its first big sweep of popularity after
Francis Ouimet defeated Harry Vardon and Ted Ray, in a replay for
the United States open championship at Brookline. This win put golf
on the “front” page for the first time in history. Unfortunately,
such dramatic incidents as the Ouimet victory are few, and for lack
of these, it is necessary for professional publicity people to paint as
interesting a picture as the facts permit, to arouse public enthusiasm.
There has been a change in the treatment by the press of what
is generally considered as publicity matter. All copy which falls
under such a classification has been cut to the bone, especially in
times like the present when the world is full of important news.
An example of the difference can be seen in the Los Angeles
Times, which last week sponsored the L. A. open. The pages of this
newspaper devoted less than one-half as much to its own L. A. open
of 1940 as to its L. A. open of 1939. The Associated Press has cut
down the amount of story and scores it will carry on its leased
wires on the events of the winter tour.
There are a number of golf stories to which the press associa
tions and the newspapers will give liberal space, especially if they
are furnished with interesting material concerning these sport “nat
urals.” These events are championships of the U, S. G. A. and In
ternational team matches.
The national open has become the most popular championship
for the reason that the professionals have developed through news
paper publicity a sufficient ^number of “name” players to attract
attention. If amateur golf could find another Bobby Jones, it would
not be in such dire need as it is today of professional promotion, but
even Jones had his Boswell in 0. B. Keeler.
The pros were built up, not on the dramatic appeal of any one
individual, but by a campaign which wafe started about ten years ago,
and has continued with unabated effort. One of the principles behind
the pro campaign was not to build up any one individual too high,
because when that player fell by the wayside, the game would be left
without a firm foundation to fall back on.
The system of pro tournaments, winter and summer, provided
the medium through which large numbers of players have been
“glorified,” as Mr. Ziegfield use to describe his Follies girls. The
competition was so fast and so frequent that no one player could
possible hope to dominate completely. Thus we have 30 outstanding
players, no one of whom was good for the huge space dominated
by a Jones, but each filling a worthy spot in the general campaign
of pro golf for a place in the sun.
Players like Horton Smith, Harry Cooper, Henry Picard, Jug
MacSpaden and dozens of others, have no great publicity appeal, but
they do have sound golfing names, are respected by the public,
are recognized as masters of the sport and their names have helped
greatly in the promotion of professional golf, and in the promotion
of the game in general. '
Meantyne affiateur golf has had no professional promotion.
There is no reason why it should, be neglpcted because amateur play
ers are human and enjoy having their good deeds recorded in the
public prints just as much as the professionals. There should be a
campaign to obtain more publicity for the amateurs. There should
be a campaign to obtain more publicity for the national amateur
championship.
Read the figures of championship admissions: r
1939
Open (Philadelphia) $25,755.20
Amateur (Chicago) $ 3,645.00
' Women’s (Noroton, Conn.) , $ 3,520.50
In 1938 the women’s in Chicago drew better than $6,000. It had
professional promotion. The 1939 amateur in Chicago, “stood on
its own feet.” \
The U. S. G. A- may not like “professional promotion” but as an
organization which is i self ordained to the leadership in American
golf, it ought to be willing to forego a little of the conservative pol
icy of the past and tell more Americans about what a glorious game
is golf. One of the measures by which the U. S. G. A.' should be
judged by competent'critics is the number of Americans who are
interested in the game, and playing the game..
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