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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1940
IH VAIL'S ENTRY WINS
HfN AIL-AGE STAKE,
0, TRIAL FEATURE
Nepken’s Carolina Jake, Handled*
4 by Crangle, Places First; Sky
Blue Jack Captures Open Der
by, Final Event of Series
Both the open all-age, also
known as the free-for-all, and
tbs open derby stakes of the an
nual Pinehurst Field Trial Club
meeting were completed over the
Pinehurst courses yesterday to
conclude field trial events for
this season. In spite of elemen
tal disturbances on Monday, when
the trials were scheduled to open,
and Tuesday, all owners and en
thusiasts of this grand sport re
ported a successful meeting, with
reports of good game, especially
in yesterday’s trials.
Nepken’s Carolina Jake, a
white and liver colored pointer
dog owned by Dr. W. F. Vail of
Greenwich, Conn., handled by
George Crangle, placed first in
the top-notch stake, the open all
age. Second honors went to Bob
bitt’s Blackout, white and orange
pointer dog owned and handled
by Louis M. Bobbitt, chain drug
store owner of Winston-Salem,
third to Dawn’s Highland Bill, a
white and black pointer handled
by R. D. Bevan, owned by two
gentlemen from Philadelphia by
the name of Steerman and Esch
elman, under which name their
dogs are regularly shown and en
tered in trials over the country.
(Continued on page two)
WAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Silver Foils tournament, best
6 out of each 9.
Ladies putting tournament at,
Knehurst Country Club scheduled
Lor this afternoon.
Tin Whistles tournament,
against par, foursome, selected
drives today.
Keno at The Carolina tonight.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow and Monday at 8:30,
^tinee Monday at 3:00, “Raf
K with David Niven and 01
v'a de Havilland.
- Southern Pines -
Today at 8:15, matinee at 3:00,
alalaika,” with Nelson Eddy
and Ilona Massey.
■ Aberdeen Theatre -
Today at 3:00, 7:00 and 9:00,
eegraph Trail,” with John
"ayne.
(Continued on page four)
SERMON topic named
^ Sacrament is the subject of
Jj6 iess°n-sermon at the Chris
Pinn Science Church, Southern
clock’ Sunday niorning at 11 o’
at Hi' ^Un<^ay School convenes
, e sam,P hour. The Wednes
1st e\Gn'ny rneeting is on the
^thauT .TlneSdayS <>f
6on,„ ,. 0 tlock- The Reading
which is located i„‘
’ ls open Wednesday
l°°ns from 3 to 5 o’clock.
^rOLinA tournamen
landica^ait"!i”,a HoteI start
the a P bcw Ing tournament
day »lUfment Center on £
Some am ^orty-four bowl
in _ °n^ the best to be fo
country, will compete.
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THREE TOP DOGS IN ALL-AGE EVENT
TCHMMI
Hemmer Photo Outlook Engraving*
Here are the whiners of the. open all-age stake of the Pinehurst Field Trial Club
which finished up yesterday. From left to right, first place, Nepken's Carolina Jake, and
his handler George Crangle; second, Bobbitt’s Blockout, and his owner and handler,
Louis M. Bobbitt and Dawn’s Highland Bill, third winner, with handler R. D. Revan.
DEMARET AND WOOD
TIED FOR LEAD IN
OAKLAND OPEN GOLF
Houston and New York Golfers
Tally 138 Each at Half-Way
Mark; Coltart 139 is Next; Go
ing Still Heavy
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 12
Heavy going continued to fol
low the big-wig golfers of the na
tion as they contested the sec
ond round today of the $5,000
Oakland open. Jim Demaret,
Houston, and Craig Wood, New
York, were tied for the lead at
the half-way mark with cards of
138.
Leading scores:
At 138
Demaret
Wood
68-70
67-71
At 139
Coltart
69-70
At 140
H. Smith
69-71
At 141
Heafner
68-73
At 142
xDawson
xWehrle
Laffoon
Thomson
Little
Oliver
At 143
Williamson
Metz
Runyan
Coltrin
Sheppard
At 144 '
L. Mangrum
Hines
Shute
x amateur
SILVER FOILS TODAY
The postponed Silver Foils
tournament, best six nut of each
nine, is scheduled to be held to
day, as announced by Mrs. J., P
Williamson, club captain, yester
day. i
WEATHER
Cloudy, with light rains or mist
Saturday. Sunday, cloudy and
warmer, followed by rain in af
ternoon or at night.
73-69
67-75
72-70
70-72
69-73
69-73
69-74
69-74
72-71
69- 74
70- 73
75-69
75-69
71- 73
DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD
• by ROBERT E. HARLOW
The Outlook learns with deep regret that Herb-Graffis5 column
does not meet with the approval of some of our readers.
Mr. Graffis is really a very nice person and is the widest read
commentator on golf in America, through his two publications,
GOLFDOM and GOLFING. It was his golfing connections which in
fluenced the Outlook to use his column.
The Outlook does not endorse Mr. Graffis’ opinions. Many news
papers publish comments by well known writers with the warning
that the sentiments expressed are the author’s, and not those of
the publication. Such notices are printed by many papers above the
columns of Pegler, Winchell and others.
In the last two years, Mr. Graffis has gotten away from golf and
sports writing and taken up literature at random, so to speak. He
has been on the general staff of Dave Smart, publisher of Esquirfe,
and the late, Ken. Mr. Graffis has written some ribald, but entertain
ing stories for Esquire. Perhaps you recall “Abreast of The Times.”
Besides his recent delving into boudoir tales, he has likewise
become the leading columnist of The Chicago Times, Chicago’s up
and coming tabloid, which supports the New Deal.
The policy of the Outlook was set down in the first issue of this
publication as a daily. That was 51 issues ago.
The Outlook editorial said:
“The Pinehurst Outlook will serve as a program for the events
of the day in Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Knollwood and this entire
section, and as the historian of the events of4 yesterday. It will
present a brief summary of news of national and international im
portance, but will put forth its greatest effort in presenting the local
scene.
“A definite effort will be made to keep the Outlook out of the
terrific controversies of the day. Our guests will have diverse views
on practically every subject, and starting an argument will be too
easy. Minding one’s own business is a big order these days, but The
Pinehurst Outlook hopes to accomplish it.
“Pinehurst is a resort where visitors wish to forget for a time
the problems of this disturbed world. Our guests come for sport,
entertainment and some to rest. They do* not wish to have their
nerves jumbled up in the slightest degree. While here they want to
believe that all is well with the world and with their participation
in it. It is our job to make this a reality while they are in Pinehurst
and to make the hallucination linger as long as possible after they
depart.
“The achievement of such a happy condition will endear Pine
hurst to may who will wish to return to a village wljere the sound
of sirens is silenced and there is Peace and Good Will.”
The Outlook, as pointed out in our only editorial, is not in pol
itics. Mr. Homer Cummings, the Democrat, brings large parties to
Pinehurst and we appreciate his patronage. More Republicans than
Democrats come here, and we appreciate their business.
But Herb Graffis is a funny writer. He Is coarse and at times
vulgar, but he is darn funny, and has been so judged by the greatest
critics of all, the members of his own newspaper fraternity. His
humor is' rough and tough, like the city in which he lives, but it is
funny, some of it gosh darn funny. *
Some of his pieces sound as if he were inclined to the left side,
as is the case with many writers in a fast changing world. The Out
look will try arid edit Mr. Graffis more carefully, and put the blue
pencil througjh utterances which concern subjects in which this paper
does not wish to even appear fo take issue. But we do want to
retain Mr. Graffis’ humor . Fun is so hard to find these days.
Groundhog Glamorized
As Banqueters Chuckle.
At Innocuous Oration
Get ■ Together Sponsored by Chambers
of Commerce Hears Mirthful
Talk by Siler
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HOLE IN ONE FEATURES
SENIORS TOURNAMENT
SARASOTA, Fla., Jan. 12—
Willie McGuire, Houston, Tex.,
treasurer of the P. G. A., scor
ed a hole-in-one today in a
preliminary bestball match
among the 60 members here
for the Seniors' championship,
to be contested over 36 holes,
Saturday and Sunday.
Fred McLeod, Washington
and W. C. Sherwood, Mem
phis, won the event with a 67.
McGuire and 75-year-old Val
Flood were far down the list
with a 74.
EXCITING POLO GAME
IS IN PROSPECT FOR
PINEHURST ON SUNDAY
Top-notch Teams to Clash' in
Opening Contest of Series,
Marking Revival of Pony Pas
time in Sandhills; Large Crowd
Expected
Thrilling polo is promised for
the Sandhills on Sunday when
two high grade teams will put
on a dashing display of the pony
sport on No. 2 field at Pinehurst.
The teams are the Blue Hill
Farm Club and the Sandhill Polo
Club, and on both of them will be
seasoned poloists who really can
ride fearlessly and swing the
mallet dexterously. The mem
bers* of the teams and their
mounts are in fine condition for
the strenuous sport, for they have
been undergoing stiff training in
practice matches specially for
the Pinehurst series, of which
Sunday’s game will be the open
ing skirmish.
The pounding J of hoofs scam
pering over Pinehurst’s polo' ter
rain will be renewal of glad mh
sic to the very many local lovers
of the virile game who have gone
several y^ars without polo on
their sport menu. The match will
start at 2:30 o’clock. A bumper
crowd is expected to welcome the
teams responsible for the revival
of the exciting pastime, so any
one desiring to secure a good
spot from which to view the con
test should be on hand early.
The game will be six periods of
7 1-2 minutes each.
The lineups:
Blue Hill Farm—Henry Gib
son Barnard Jr., University of
North Carolina and Summit, N.
J., Fred Wilmshurst, Red Bank,
N. J., Merrill Fink, Rye, N. Y.,
and A. H. Ellar, Winston-Salem.
Sandhill—B. R Brown and R.
B. Green, Durham, Earl Shaw,
Pinehurst, and Capt. Paul Miller,
Fort Bragg.
Referee, Col. George P. Hawes.
Timekeeper, W. E. Baker.
Gathering of 300 at Carolina
Treated to Splendid Entertain*
ment at Feast Featured by
Musical Numbers
DANCING FOLLOWS
Walter D. Siler really lived up
to his build-up as the “Will Rog
ers of the South” to 300 citi
zens and guests of the Sandhills;
who gathered at the Carolina Ho
tel last night for the third an
nual banquet and celebration of
the joint Chambers of Commerce
of Moore County.
After taking several minutes
of tribute to good-humoredly rail
at Frank Buchan, the Sandhills
citizen who “nailed him to the
promise to appear” at the affair,
Judge Siler then picked up with
a sparkling one-hour speech in
defense of “the lowly groundhog.”
This so-called member of the un
derdog animal kingdom was ele
vated by Judge Siler to un
reached heights of statesman
ship, wisdom, understanding,
philosophy, importance, diplom
acy, color, and many other dis
tinctions which the human race
boasts of “unjustifiably” in com
parison to the qualities of the'
subterranean critter.
Continuing with this subject
of lighter vein, Siler said that
the groundhog needed defending
as a universal institution. “Away
with the cares that are,” Judge
Siler said, “Away with the mul
tiplication table, the solar sys
tem, the Fourth of July, Thanks
givings, Daniel Boone Day, the
Daughters of the American Rev
olution, the New Deal, the. Old
Deal, Misdeal, the stand-up and
sit-down strikes, third terms,,
fourth terms, etc. “Let’s all go
down on the record as being one
for all and all for one—Ground
hog Day,” he urged, continuing
his defense and praise of the
(Continued on page two)
Amateur-Pro Tourney
Scheduled For Monday
A fresh start will be made
Monday in the Sandhills amateur
professional golf league, when
the first in a series of four tour
naments will be held over the
Pine Needles golf course.
There will be some changes in
the lineup as originally an-’
nounced. This will affect only
the amateur partners, as the pro
fessionals of the Sandhills are
here for the season, and will par
ticipate in each of the four
events.
The most formidable' pair is
that of George Dunlap Jr. and
Ted Turner of Pine Needles. If
the league was played on a basis
of gross scores counting, this ex
cellent combination could ''prac
tically be conceded the title in ad
vance, but it is a handicap league,
and every team should have a ,
chance. ' -. ■ i