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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1940
urn! and heafner
beaten by goggin in
SJUJ FRANCISCO GOLF
Medalist a"<1 Nor,h Carolina Star
"fflUated in Match Play by
Similar Score, 3 and 2; Harold
jjcSpaden Loses
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19—
Iawson Little, medalist and Clay
ton Heafner, LinviHe, N. C„ were,
eliminated today from the match
nlay tournament by Willie Gog
gin He defeated Little 3 and 2
in the first round, and beat Heaf
jer by a similar score in the sec
#nd round this afternoon.
Pairings for tomorrow’s third
round:
Goggin vs. Byron Nelson; Craig
food vs. Ed Olive; Jimmy Hines
vs. Jim Demaret; Horton Smith
vs. Dick Metz.
Olive defeated Ben Hogan'and
Jimmy Thomson, in the second
“big double” of the day. Harold
McSpaden, who joined the winter
tour here, after having won the
Philippines open at the Wack
Wack Golf Club, was among
those to meet defeat today.
Spectators were numbed by cold
winds.
SUSPECT ARRESTED
I SOUTHERN PINES
IS ESCAPED CONVICT •
A wire received yesterday by
Ed Newton, acting chief of police
of Southern Pines, from Edgar
Hoover, chief of the .Federal
Bureau of Investigation, identi
fied a suspect picked up in South
ern Pines last Tuesday by Chief
Newton as Link Pearson, escaped
convict, and wanted by the Winn
toro, S. C., poliee authorities.
After picking up the line tra
veler, who gave his name as Rose
berry Nelson, Chief Newton had
him finger printed and sent the
faults on to Washington. The
vrire received yesterday stated:
fingerprints Roseberry Nelson
two seven wanted as Link
Parson by Fairfield County Bu
reau Investigation, Winnboro,
scaped. Winnboro noti
fied,”
Pearson, alias Nelson, was ta
^ back to South Carolina by
Pollce officials from Fairfield
county.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
> ail<' ‘l-nx-e at the Caro
tonight.
’n A\histlc tournament today,
nst par, foursome, selected
Putti
at Pinehurs
%er:
ln8 tournament for ladies
1 Country Club. Cot
s and hotel guests invited.
AT THE THEATRES
■j, ■ I’inehurst -
at 8:30
at 3:00, “Re
'teaber x
the Night,” with Bar
Iara Stanwyck.
T ’ s°uthern Pines -
V l ;matmee at 3:00>
^eds an ] !)’er> ’ with Andrea
,dL Don Ameche.
Aberdeen Theatre -
Today
Vin* a! °;00’ 7:00 and 9:00,
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Ster „f „nh<-' Lawless.”
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East Shivers in Grip
of Zero Weather
By Associated Press
The bitterest cold wave of the
winter penetrated deep into the
eastern half of the United States
today, sweeping: over western
New York with a storm that ap
proached blizzard proportions.
Temperatures sank below zero
in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Penn
sylvania and Maryland, and
freezing temperatures were re
corded in every state in the
south.
At a mountain camp near
Huntsville, Ala., inhabitants star
ed at thermometers which read
8 degrees below zero.
A reading of —3 at Memphis,
Tenn., was the lowest since 1918,
and temperatures throughout the
^outh were generally lower than
any time in the past four years.
Driven before a 36 mile an hour
wind, the worst storm of the sea
son almost paralyzed traffic over
a large section of New York. The
average temperature in three
western counties was 12 below
zero, while at Watertown more
than two feet of sfiow had fallen
since yesterday. A light snow
covered most of Virginia.
BORAH, DEAN OF U. S.
SENATE, CLAIMED BY
DEATH AT AGE OF 74
Idaho Legislator Stricken by
Cerebral Hemorrhage; Had One
of Most Colorful Careers in
American Politics
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19—Sen
ator William Edgar Borah of Id
aho, dean of the United States
Senate, died at 8:45 p. m. E. S. T.
tonight at the age of 74. His
fdeath followed a cerebral hem
orrhage with which the veteran
was stricken at the time he suf
fered a fall at his apartment here
Tuesday morning.
With his death one of the long
est and most colorful careers in
American politics came to an end.
An uncompromising foe of trusts
and monopolies -since the time of
Theodore Roosevelt, he was a
champion of U. S. independence
in foreign affairs.
He shared with Senator Hiram
Johnson, Republican colleague
from California and the late Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, the lead
ership in the successful fight
against President Wilson’s pro
posal to have the U. S. become
a mepiber of the League of Na
tions.
He took his seat in the Senate,
March 4, 1907.
Secretly Built Nazi
Warship Is Reported
MONTEVIDEO, Jan. 20—VP)
—A secretly built warship, a
combination raider, supply and
prison ship, said to have been
an auxiliary sliip of the German
pocket battleship Graf Spee was
reported to have reached a secret
haven, a possible German port,
with British prisoners.
Conditions on the ship are re
ported to have approximated the
days of the slave traders, The
ship is of 12,000 tons with a speed
of 25 knots.
I
PINEHURST GIRLS REMAIN UNDEFEATED
The Pinehurst high girls’ basketball team made it seven straight
victories last night in the Pinehurst school gym when they defeated
Vass-Lakeview 17 to 11. Pinehurst boys lost to Vass-Lakeview 39-15.
PINEHURST SCOREBOARD
* by ROBERT E. HARLOW
When Bobby Jones made a Grand Slam, the competent critics
said it would never be repeated and it is entirely possible that this
is the truth as far as the British and United States open and ama
teur championships are concerned.
But Japan had a Grand Slam King for 1939 in Torchy Toda, of
Kobe, who played in the North and South championship in Pinehurst
in the spring of 1936. Toda, the artist of Japanese golf, during 1939,
won the four major championships of Japan; the Japanese open, the
Western Japanese open, the Japanese professional and the Western
professional. *
In the open, played in June over Toda’s home course in Kobe,
the Japanese star won with 73-71-70-73—287. He had a five stroke
margin over Chin, who was in Pinehurst with Toda in 1936. Tommy
Miyamoto, who was in Pinehurst in the spring of 1935, finished third
with 297. The course measured 6,773 yards with a difficult par of 72.
In the Western Japanese open, a 36 hole event, held in October,
Toda won with 69-68—137. The course is 6,620 yards and the par 70.
He was eight' strokes in front of the second man.
Toda won the Japanese professional championship at match play
defeating Miyamoto in the final 3 and 2. He won the Western pro
championship at match play, when again in the final he defeated
Miyamoto 5 and 4.
It appears that war with China had little effect on the Japanese
golf championships, all of which were held with the familiar pros
in the top spots.
Toda greatly impressed critics when he came to America for
the first time in the spring of 1935 with a six man Japanese team.
In the first match the Japanese team played in Portland, Ore., against
six Northwest professionals, Toda and Chin, with a better ball of
67 beat the two Zimmerman brothers, 2 and 1. To say that Portland
golfers were surprised would be putting it mildly. The Japanese \von
all three bestball matches. ' .
This team toured the United States by train from Portland to
Los Angeles, to Kansas City to St. Louis and from St. Louis east, via
bus. It was a rocky voyage part of the way, but the Japanese play
ers and then- manager enjoyed it. They played 42 matches, winning
25, losing 12 and tying four. The opposition was P. G. A. sectional
teams.
In a final match at Skokie in Chicago, the Japanese won three
matches from Chicago’s leading amateurs. Chick Evans, Bob Gard
ner and Russ Martin were on the Chicago side.
Nakamura^ the Japanese open champion of 1934 holds the dis
tinction of being the first Japanese professional to win prize money
in America. He finished in the money in the Western open at South
Bend in 1935.
Best showing ever made by a Japanese in America was by Toda,
who finished in a tie for second in the Hollywood, .Florida, open in
the spring of 1936 in a field in which practically every class Ameri
can, professional was entered. Toda was 277, one stroke behind
Ghezzi, the winner. Tony Penna tied with Toda for second.
In a match at Atlanta, Georgia, Toda and Chin played Bobby
Jones and Charley Yates, even, in 18 holes of bestball play at East
Lake.
Toda is a great artist and is evidently being kept away from the
war in China. This writer, would go a lQng distance to see Toda play
golf under competitive circumstances, to note what improvement he
has made since he was last in America in 1936. He looked then to
have the possibilities of becoming one of the game’s greatest.
\
Models Dare Debs to
“Battle of Glamor”
BOSTON, Jan. 19—4P)—Deter
mined to eliminate debutante
competition', Boston professional
models issued a challenge for a
“battle of glamor” today in their
fight against society models.
Led by Miss Ruth Allen, who
holds more titles for beauty and
all-around “oomph” than can be
counted on the fingers, the models
hope to win their fight by legis
lative action which would give
them professional status akin to
nurses, hairdressers and similar
groups.
“Bring on the debutantes,”
said Miss Allen. “They do our
work for fun and amusement,
and we do it to earn a living. All
we want is a chance to earn that
living without unfair amateur
competition.
“We can prove that a profes
sional model has it all over a
debutante. We challenge any
and all of them to a battle of
glamor—a ‘tournament of beau
ty’ and let the public judge.
“We’ll even let the debs choose
the weapons. They can make it
evening gowns, bathing suits or
sarongs—we can beat them at
any of them.”
The models have drawn up pe
titions, which they are circulating
throughout the state, asking Gov.
Leverett Saltonstall and the leg
islature to take action on their
problem.
AMATEUR-PRO GOLF
LEAGUE GOES INTO
2D ROUND MONDAY
Tilt Will be Over Mid Pines
Course; Full Quota of 40 Play
ers is Listed to Take Part
The Sandhills amateur-profes
sional golf league will go into the
second round on Monday at the
Mid Pines Club when a full quota
of 40 players, ten professionals
and 30 amateurs are expected to
compete.
With Monday’s play a line will
be obtained as to the teams which
must be considered in the com
petition for club and individual
league titles.
George Dunlap Jr. and led
Turner, the crack Pine -Needles
team, are leading for club as well
as individual honors with their
fine first rourfd score of 65. Two
Pine Needles and a Pinehurst
team are tied for second at 68.
These are Turner and George
Dunlap Sr., and Turner and F. H.
Hyde Jr., and Richard S. Tufts
and Harold Callaway of Pine
hurst.
Play will be 18 holes* with han
dicaps, and the event will be an
individual tournament, but with
scores going into the 72 hole
league competition to make 36
hole totals.
In Qrder to win the club title
the lowest score made each week
by a team representing the club
counts. In the pair competition
the same players must play all
four rounds.
WEATHER
Fair Saturday and Sunday,
slightly colder on the coast Sat
urday. Slowly rising tempera
ture Sunday.
CHINESE REPORTED
TO HAVE ENTERED
CANTON DEFENSES
Troops Surround City with Ring
of Steel, Giving Japanese Worst
I Setback Since Start of War
Two and A Half Years Ago
HONGKONG, Jan. 20--^P)—
Chinese troops were reported to
have entered the outer defenses
of Canton and to have surround
ed the city with a ring of steel
- The entry following one of the
worst setbacks the Japanese have
experienced sinee the start of the
two and one-half years of war.
Canton, normally a city of 1,
500,000 fell to the Japanese in
October, 1938, and has been used
as a base for extensive operations
in South China.
FAST RIDING TEAMS
SELECTED FOR POLO
GAME ON SUNDAY
Plenty of Action Expected in
Match in Which Two Army
Men and One University Star
Will Be Players
The polo game scheduled for
2:30 Sunday afternoon at Pine
hurst between Sandhill elub and
Blind Brook will bring together
a couple of fast riding outfits,
with expertV polo players on each
team.
Two army officer players
from Fort Bragg, Capt. Paul Mil
ler and Capt. Dave Erskine are
in the lineups, Capt. Miller with
the Sandhill four and Capt. Ers
kine being in the Blind Brook
squad. Both are fine poloists.
Henry Gibson Bamhard Jr. of
Summit, N. J., is a University of
North Carolina polo star who is
on the Blind Brook team.
There will be plenty of action
in the six ehukker clash, as the
teams have engaged in strehuous
practice, two postponements giv
ing them unwanted respites. The
ponies are seasoned mounts, and
the practice sessions of the clubs
whipped both men and horses into
first class shape.
Colonel George P; Hawes will
handle the whistle, while the time
will be checked off by W. E. Ba
ker.
The teams: f
Blind Brook Club
Henry Gibson Barnard Jr.
Fred Wilmshurst
Merrill Fink
Captain Dave Erskine
Sandhills Polo Club
R. B. Green
B. R. Green
Earl Shaw
Captain Paul Miller
Successes Are Claimed
By Soviet and Finns
MOSCOW, Jan. 20—<&)—'The
Russian • military authorities
claim to have annihilated a Fin
nish battalion at Kitela, on the
northern shore of Lake Lagoda.
The Finnish official statement
reported gains in the Lake La
goda section and the use of Swed
ish volunteers in bombing Rus
sian camps and columns.
A battle is being fought in the
Lake Lagoda area, where the
Finns are reported to have caught
up with 40,wO Russians in re
treat above the Arctic circle.