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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1940
Rumania Due To Lose
Guarantees Of Entente
rmintrv Squeezed Between German and
Allied Demands for Lion’s
Share of Oil
Automatic Support From Balkan
Neighbors Unlikely To Be
Forthcoming After Decision at
First Meeting
STATUS UNCHANGED
BELGRADE, Feb. 3— (A5) —
Worried Rumania, squeezed be
tween strong demands by Ger-,
many and the Allies for the lion’s j
share of her oil, tonight was re
ported reliably to have lost her
chances of winning guarantees
of automatic support from her j
neighbors in the Balkan entente.
After their first meeting, the!
foreign ministers of Rumania,
Turkey, Yugoslavia, and the
Premier of Greece were under
stood to have decided formally
that there would be no change
in the present entente.
Rumania, informants said, al
ready has made some concessions
to Germany regarding the plan
but was looking to her partners
in the entente to support her in
a policy of economic neutrality
which would enable her to resist
enroachments which might in
volve her in war.
CHECKER TOURNEY
TO DECIDE CHAMPION
OF MOORE COUNTY
A genius for names decided
yesterday to call the second- an
nual checker tournament, the
Moore County County champion
ship. This being- the darnedest
community to find names which
satisfy all hands, the individual
who pulled Moore county out of
the hat was really a genius.
The second annual Moore
County Checker tournament will
be Parted on Thursday, February
^th, at the Badminton Club,
frnehurst. There will be three
prizes> and Carl Recor will de
^nd his title. There will be an
entry of fifty cents.
Last year’s tournament failed
to bring out any great number
0 winter residents or hotel
?Uests- The committee wants it
understood that this Moore coun
y checker tournament is an open
?ent’ an(l all are welcomed to
r*w up a chair and try their
skill,
A field of forty entries will
eaie the eommitee.
What to do and see
Today
we"° and dance at The Caro
na tonight.
AT THE theatres
■ Southern Pines -
8:15, matinee at 3:0
9J. Maisie>” with Ann Sot!
UafP7.pecial March of Tin
lie.” ne’ Finnish Repul
T ' Aber<leen Theatre -
"The 7 7 3:00’ 7:00 and 9:
lowboys from Texas.”
°ntmued on page two)
FIRE STRIKES TWICE
Perhaps lightning never
strikes in the same place
twice, but fire seems to. The
Pinehurst Fire Department re
sponded to an alarm about six
o’clock last night. It was the
roof of the Hobson Ritter
house on Linden road. Just
about two months ago the de
partment responded to an
alarm. It was the roof of the
Hobson Ritter house.
Damage this time—about
$25. Damage last time—one
and a half shingles.
CIVIC CLUB HEARS
STRUTHERS BURT TALK
ON “POWDER RIVER”
Noted Author Gives Most Inter
esting Description of Wyoming
Stream and Environs, Subject
of His Book
At a meeting of the Southern
Pines Civic Club yesterday M.
Struthers- Burt presented a most
interesting description of the
“Powder River” country of Wyo
ming, which is the setting of his
recent book of the same name.
“Powder River—Let ’er Buck,”
which is the complete title of the
book, was an expression formerly
used by Wyoming cow-men, and
later carried across to the battle
fields of France, where it became
the favorite expression of the
A. E. F.
Mr. Burt stated that his con
tribution was but one of seven
books which have been written on
the rivers of the country. The
series when completed will num
ber 24. Each book is to be biog
raphy of a certain river which
has played an important role in
the country’s history.
Among the river series publish
ed so far are the James, the Hud
son, the Swanee, the Powder, the^
Upper Mississippi,/and the Sac
ramento. He mentioned the
Cape Fear river as a likely sub
ject for a later book.
Illustrating his talk with maps
of Wyoming and bordering states,
he showed vividly the difficulties
encountered by our frontier
troops in subduing the well-or
ganized Indian tribes there
abouts.
In addition to the talk, Mr.
Burt .read passages from the
book, thereby proving to his au
dience that history can be fac
tual and at the same time vitally
interesting.
NEW TOWNSEND BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2—(F)—
A new Townsend bill, providing
for payments not to exceed $200
j monthly to all persons over 60
and for a two per cent gross in
■ come tax on all incomes of more
than $250 a month to meet the
i cost, was introduced today by
Senator Downey (D-Calif).
HOPES FOR POLO VICTORY
EARL SHAW >...
who will lead the Sandhills Polo Club against Camden at Camden
Sunday afternoon
DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Understand that George Dunlap Jr., lost control of his back
swing while hunting quail and that his gun gave him a bad rap in
the arm.
* * *
Purvis Ferree is among the best all around athletes in the Sand
hills.
* * *
What are the odds that the Tin Whistle tournament will be
played today? >
* * *
A number of Pinehurst polo fans plan to motor to Camden Sun
day to join the gallery when the Sandhills polo team plays Cam
den.
* * *
Checker players are urged to enter the Moore County Checker
tournament. Starts Thursday at the Badminton Club, Pinehurst.
Whoever decided to call it the Moore County tournament is a genius
at names.
* * *
A daily visitor at the Country Club is Allan Lard, one of the first
players to win the North and South amateur, and for many years
a prominent person in American golf. He was among the. first to
‘predict that the steel shaft would replace the hickory shaft. He in
vented the single trigger for a shot gun. He will be in Pinehurst
for the balance of the season and The Outlook, hopes to induce him
to give this newspaper a long interview for publication when the
village is well filled with golfers. .
Back at The Pinehurst Country Club eagerly awaiting the sig
nal to, start firing on the golf course are Buck Blue and Bob Morri
son.
* * *
Heatts is giving bridge some competition at the Country Club
these days. The hearts players maintain that it takes more card sense
to play hearts than to play bridge, which is a ganje of signals and
can be learned from a book.
* * *
Herb Graffis reports that he may be expected in Pinehurst
sometime this spring.
* * *
Joe Williams, executive sports editor for the New York World
Telegram and the Scripps-Howard papers will attend the North and
South open. Joe is chairman of the sports committee for the Fin
nish relief Inc., and has asked The Pinehurst Outlook to arrange
a sporting event with gate receipts going to this fund. How dbout
a basketball game in which the Pinehurst girls play the Pinehurst j
boys ?
, ♦ ♦ * >
j Happy, Carolina Hotel bus driver, says he thinks Roosevelt
won’t be elected—because, he says, Happy has too many Republican
passengers for that to happen. .
Patty Berg Is Winner
After 38-Hole Thriller
Defending Title Holder Edges Out Betty
Jameson in Final of Miami
Biltmore Golf
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GYMKHANA SUNDAY
After an absence of the
event for a number of weeks,
Lloyd Tate has announced a
rip-roaring gymkhana for
Sunday at the Carolina Hotel
riding ring. It will start at
3:00 o’clock in the afternoon,
with no admission charge.
The program will consist of
musical stalls; a sack race,
which is expected to bring
many a laugh from the specta
tors; a potato race; two jump
ing events, and a basketball
game on horseback. )
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
TO BOOST POLO IN
SANDHILLS SECTION
Revival Last Month of Sport Here
Drew Record Crowd; Reserva
tions For Autos Now Being
Sold by Committee
Automobilists wishing to view
Pinehurst polo games on the
schedule of the Sandhills Polo
Club from the most advantageous
spots along the rail will be able
to reserve regular parking space
for the remainder of the season.
The field has been marked out and
spaces are for sale under direc
tion of Earl Shaw and John R.
Bowker.
Polo was revived in Pinehurst
last month, when a Sunday game
drew a crowd of about 500. Au
tomobiles were parked to form
very nearly a complete circle
around the playing field. It was
one of the largest crowds to at
tend polo in the Sandhills.
This Sunday the Sandhills
team will play Camden in Cam
den. The local schedule is being
arranged and will provide games
in Pinehurst against Camden,
Fort Bragg, New York A. C. and
other teams. Late in the season
the Southern Circuit Polo tourna
ment will be held in Pinehurst.
The following executive com
mittee is serving for the Sand
hills Polo Club: George Betts,
Col. George P. Hawes, H. F.
Lesh, Clifford A. Sloan, Francis
T. Keating, George D. Murphy
(Continued on page three)
DODSON AND VINES
LEADING GOLF PARADE
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 2—Leo
nard Dodson, Kansas City pro
fessional, and Ellsworth Vines,!
Pasadena amateur, carded a best
ball score of 63 today, to lead
early finishers in the 18 hole pro- J
amateur golf tournament, a pre
lude to the $3,000 Phoenix open
tomorrow and Sunday. Dodson
shot a 65 and Vines a 75 in put
ting together their low ball cards
of eight under par. •
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WEATHER
Fair and continued cold Satur
day; Sunday, partly cloudy and
slightly warmer.
Two Girls Play Superb Game,,
Each Carding 76 Both Morn
ing and Afternoon; Texan
Blows Chance on 36th
2,000 SEE MATCH
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Feb. 3
—</P)—Patty Berg won her fifth
straight Miami Biltmore women’s
golf title here today, defeating
Betty Jameson, the National
Champion, on the 38th hole of
one of the finest, most thrilling
matches ever played between
women.
It was nearly pitch dark and
the two girls were verging upon
exhaustion when Betty, the San
Antonio star, missed her tee short
on the short 38th, and lost to the
scrapping red head from Minne
apolis. They had been deadlock
ed at the end of 18 holes, and at
the end of 36.
Seldom have two women shot
such consistently brilliant golf.
Each carded a 76 in the morning
and another 76* in the afternoon,
only five strokes over men’s par
for a long, exacting course, and
six strokes. under the women’s
standard. A crowd . of some,
2,000 followed the struggle. y
r When Patty scored her win
ning three on the second extra
hole, it marked the eighth time
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PINEHURST GIRLS WIN
9th STRAIGHT GAME;
CONQUER FARML1FE
Pinehurst high school teams
last night played a double header
against Farmlife basketball
teams of Carthage in the local
gym.
The Pinehurst girls won their
ninth straight game of the sea
son by a score of 41 to 5. The
boys lost by one point, 17 to 18,
after a torrid battle.
Michael starred for Farmlife
girls, playing a very aggressive
game.
For Pinehurst, Evelyn Martin
starred. Bertie Black played a
good defensive game as guard.
In the last quarter H. Hardy
fouled out for Farmlife girls
with four personal fouls and one
technical. The ^neups were as
follows:
Pinehurst girls: E. Martin, L.
Frye, T. Black, B. Black, M. Mc
Kenzie, and A. L. Garrison; Subs,
A. G. Frye, M. Black, M. Wil
liams, F. Whitsell, and P. Hens
ley.
Farm Life: Kiser, Michael, K.
Ha^dy, Blue, N. Hardy, King,
Short. Subs, McLeod, L. Me- f
Leod, and Tilley.
Wilbur Currie was the star for
Pinehurst boys and Williams for
Farmlife.
GABLES NOT LOST
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 2—<#)—
The Clark Gables, reported miss
ing on a hunting trip, telephoned
M. G. M. studio toda$r from En
senada, Lower California, that
“We positively are not lost.”