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VOLUME
44, NUMBER 83
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1940
OFFICIALS amazed
HfHEN NELSON QUITS
WESTERN open golf
national Champion Walks Out On
■ Tournament After Putting
Poorly; Action Causes Much
Adverse Comment.
SNEAD, 143, LEADING
HOUSTON, Feb. 19—Byron
Nelson, national open champion,
defending his Western open crown
today, walked out on the tourna
ment after missing a two foot
putt on the tenth green. He re
turned to the club house to the
astonishment of spectators, of
ficials and fellow professionals.
Nelson is North and South cham
pion.
His action caused more talk
than the fact that Sam Snead
holed putts from all over the
greens, and with a 68, added to
his 75 of yesterday, had a total of
143 to lead the field by a single
stroke. Clayton Heafner was in
second place with 72-72-144.
Nelson walked out after missing
a two foot putt on the tenth green.
He said: “I missed twelve putts
that I should have holed in the
last 28 holes.”
He had turned the first nine
in 40 and probably would have
failed to qualify for the, final
rounds tomorrow. Spectators
thought that the open champion
should have played out the round
regardless of his bad putting, and
position behind the leaders.
Scores:
Snead
Heafner
Guldahl
Grout
McSpaden
L. Mangrum
Demaret
Penna
Dodson
Warga
R. Mangrum
Runyan
Hogan
Wood
Gibson
Williamson
Metz
Hines
Far low
Little
75- 68-143
72-72-144
76- 69-145
75-70-145
74- 71-145
75- 71-146
72-74-146
75-71-146
78-68-146
75- 72-147
76- 71-147
72-75-147
76- 71-147
72-75-147
75-73-148
72-76-148
78-70-148
74-75-149
78-71-119
77- 72-149
Karl Recor Again Wins
Checker Championship
Karl Recor again proved .his
r'&ht to the title of top checker
Ptayer of Moore County at the
Rinehurst Amusement Center last
tight, by defeating Frank Dupont
three games straight. *
Earlier in the evening Dupont
tiW out Emerson Humphries,
39 runner-up, three games to
,Wo' Recor also won the title
last year.
Pinehurst Competitor
Qualifies at Miami
MIAMI, Feb. 19—Frank Allan,
1 ston, Pa., score(j a 74 to win
e medal today in the qualifying
t Un the Dixie amateur golf
H Mament Beading scores: W.
arin * ley’ wetherfield, Conn.,
76 BJUn° Minkley> Boston, with
jj’ , rank Strafaci, New York,
BohK an^ champion, 78.
and n Dunkelbe,W> High Point
79 r ka'v Pittman, Pinehurst,
HORSE SHOW LUNCHEON
The entertainment commit
tee of the Southern Pities Horse
Show announces that all res
ervations for luncheon at the
horse show, which will be held
Friday at the Southern Pines
Country Club, must be ma$e
in advance, the deadline being
one o’clock tomorrow. Tele
phone the Southern Pines
Country Club for reservations,
as luncheon will be served only
to those doing so by the spec
ified hour. Music will be by
the Dunes Club Orchestra of
Jerry Mack.
BOXING CONTESTS
HERE SATURDAY TO
BRING RING STARS
Fast and Colorful Bouts Will Be
the Rule at Fistic Show in
Amusement Center, With Bra
boy-Terrell Mixup Topping Bill.
Pinehurst sports fans will get
an opportunity to watch some
first class boxing duels at the
Pinehurst Amusement Center on
the night of February 24. Local
boxers will display their ring
prowess in the five preliminary
bouts.
Feature bout of the evening
will be between two colored lads,
Ralph Terrell, Rome, Ga., and
Ham Braboy of Hartsville, S. C.,
who will battle it out in the
heavyweight class. Both boys
are confident they will fight a
winning match in the winner
take-all, ten-round bout.
Swinging their dukes in the
preliminaries, will be James Ar
thur of Andover, Pa., and Leland
Daniels, son of Dr. L. M. Daniels
of Southern Pines, in the 135 lb.
class. Ellis McKenzie of the
Pinehurst laundry, and Red
Houghton from the Pinehurst
Racetrack stables, will battle in
the 172 lb. class. Two more col
ored boys will put up a scrappy
exhibition in the 180 lb. class,
with Joe Tyson and Ma/vin Por- j
ter of Taylortown fighting. One
other preliminary bout is still to
be arranged.
LARGE AUDIENCE
ATTENDS RECITAL
BY MARK HOFFMAN
A large and very appreciative
audience gathered to hear con
cert pianist Mark Hoffman in a
recital at the Mid Pines Club yes
terday afternoon.
Mr. Hoffman, who comes from
the Conservatory of Music at
Greensboro College, where he is
director, showed excellent taste in
his selections, presenting a nicely
varied program. His skill as n
pianist was attested by the large
number of encores his heare .‘s
demanded. Particularly well re
ceived were his “Sighs, on the
Maiden and the Nightingale”, by
Granados, and a novelty, “Tango
Americaine”, by J. A. Carpenter.
Over 100 persons attended the
concert, which was arranged by
Miss Florence Campbell wNose
untiring efforts on the part of the
Southern Pines Civic Club are well
known. Part of the proceeds of
the concept were donated by Miss
Campbell to the Civic Club.
WONDER HORSE TO JUMP IN SHOW
(Outlook Engraving)
LITTLE SQUIRE, the jumping marvel owned by Mrs. W. J.
Kennedy of Pinehurst. This National winner will be a highlight of
the Southern Pines Horse Show on Friday.
PINEHURST OUTLOOK’S AMATEUR-PRO
SANDHILLS GOLF LEAGUE CHARTS
M■!I,> ill
Team
SCORES IN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Pine Mid So. Pine
Club Needles Pines Pines hurst Total
Ferree-B. Hunter
Ferree-H. Maples
Ferree-Andrews
Pinehurst 70
Pinehurst —
Pinehurst —
65
66 — —
— 65
266
Turner-Dunlap
Callaway-Tufts
Callaway-Sloan
Pine Needles 65
68
68 68 68 269
Pinehurst
Pinehurst
— — 72
65 68 — 273
B. Nicolls-J. Huntar
B. Nicolls-Yost
Pinehurst 69
Pinehurst , —
70 — 71
— 64 — • 274
Schoonmaker-Keith
Schoonmaker-Tarlton
So. Pines 69
So. Pines —
67
69 72
— — 277
Mid Pines
Mid Pines
Bronsdon-Fitzgerald
Bronsdon-Clemson
Bronsdon-Nelson and
Grauer Mid Pines
Bronsdon-Clemson and
F. Maples Mid Pines
70 —
69
71
— — 67 277
Grinnell-Stevens
Grinnell- Sporborg
Grinpell-Barron
So. Pines 72 — —
So. Pines — 66
So. Pines — — 71
75 281
SCORES
Team
Turner-Dunlap
Ferree-B. Hunter
Ferree-H. Maples
B. Nicolls-J. Hunter
Schoonmaker-Keith
Grinnell-Barron '
IN PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
Pine
Club_ Needles
Pine Needles 65
Pinehurst 70
Pinehurst 71
Pinehurst 69
So. Pines 69
So. Pines 74
Mid So. Pine
Pines Pines hurst Total
68 68 68 269
69 67 65 271
66 71 ' 67 275
70 66 71 276
68 69 72 278
71 71 76 292
DINEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Nicol Thompson, a guest at the Holly Inn, has been the profes
sional at the Hamilton Country Club, Canada, for 40 years. He
spent 20 winter seasons in Bermuda.
Mr. Thompson comes from one of the foremost golfing families'
in North America. With the aid of his four brothers, three sons
and a daughter, Nicol and the other Thompsons have made a great
mark in golf.
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HANGAR COMPLETED
Harold Bachman, manager
of the Knollwood Airport, an
nounced yesterday that the
housing facilities for planes at
the airport have been increased
with the completion of the 86
x 86 foot hangar, work on
which was startedseveral
months ago.
The new hangar, with a cap
acity of eight average sized
ships, was erected through the
cooperation of Southern Pines,
Pine Needles, Mid-Pines, Pine
hurst, Aberdeen and the Coun
ty of Moore.
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FORT BRAGG POLO !
TEAM WILL OPPOSE 1
PINEHURST THURSDAY :
Local Players Undiscouraged by
Setbacks Due to Unfavorable
Weather; Camden to Appear
Here ait Early Date.
In spite of the disappointment
over last Sunday’s game with
Camden, which was called off on
account of bad weather, Earl
Shaw and Merrill Fink report ‘
that the’‘Pinehurst Polo Club ‘is
not. discouraged and plans t are ;
being completed rapidly for a full
polo season here.
Two games are scheduled to
take place here this week as part j
of the Washington’s birthday cel
ebrations. ■ The Pinehurst team
will play Fort Bragg on Thurs
day, Feb. 22, and again on Sun
day, the 25th. The gaipnes will
start at usual at 3 p. m.
Preliminary work had insured
the success of the Camden game
until the rain Sunday forced Mr.
Shaw to call the Camden team
and cancel the match in time to
save the expense of shipping
their ponies here. The Camden
team was unable to play here
this week, due to a previously
scheduled match, but will come
to Pinehurst some time in the
next few weeks.
SILER WILL SPEAK.
AT FORUM SESSION .
THURSDAY NIGHT
The Pinehurst Forum will pre
sent as its next speaker Judge
Walter D. Siler of Siler City,
N. C.
Some Pinehurst folks were for
tunate enough to hear the well
known humorist speak at the
Chamber of Commerce banquet at
the Carolina several weeks ago.
At that time Judge Siler presen
ted a paper on the ground-hog,
which showed deep concentration
*and research. In fact until that
time, the ground-hog, to most of
the audience, had been merely a
mammal who did or didn’t see
his shadow when he emerged early
in February.
Since his talk to the Forum aud
ience will be given this Thursday,
Washington’s Birthday, at 8:45
at the Country Club, it may very
likely be on the History of the
Hatchet. However, it probably
will not be, since that’s only a
guess.
WEATHER
Cloudy, somewhat unsettled
and slightly colder Tuesday. Wed-'
nesday, generally fair.
FERREE AND HUNTER
WITH 65 SCORE WIN
AMATEUR-PRO EVENT
George T. Dunlap Jr. "and Ted
Turner Capture Pair Honors
In League Series With Aggre
gate of 269.
PINEHURST CLUB CHAMPION
Purvis .Ferree and Bing Hun
ter won the final tournament of
the Sandhills amateur-profession
il golf league yesterday with a
net score of 32-33-65 over the
championship course.
Ferree, playing with Hunter at
Pine Needles in the first tourn
ament and yesterday; at Mid Pines
with Henson Maples and Southern
Pines with Karl Andrews, ran up
the low four round net total of
266 to win for Pinehurst the lea
gue’s club championship.
In the pair championship, for a
team which played each of the
four rounds as partners, George
Dunlap Jr. and Ted Turner, Pine
Needles, were first with a net
score of 269 for 72 holes.
The Sandhills amateur-pro lea
gue met up with some bad wea
ther but it was a success. Large
fields played in each event, and
the league will gain in popularity, j
With normalrweatherfitr could be;
rtm off during the month of*jAn-j
• ■ ■ I <4 VU);*S * \
The certified public accountants
of The Outlook have kept the
scores through the four tourna
ments and present in another col
umn the charts for the four
rounds.
Ferree and Hunter were in ex
cellent form yesterday, and team
ed well. When Ferree was out of
the hole, Hunter was in.
Their bestball score follows:
» Out 444 433- 343 - 32
In 534 443 334 - 33 - 65
John Capello and George Pot
tle finished second in the Pine
hurst tournament with 30-36-66.
There was a four-way tie for
third among these teams: Ferree
with H. Maples and K. Andrews
and Roy Bronsdon with F- Maples
and Richard Clemson.
Ferree won $21.50; Capello
$13.00; and Bronsdon $9.25. The
amateurs who won in trade in the
Donald Ross golf "shop were B.
Hunter, $21.50; George Pottle
$13.00 and thesd four won $2.50
each: Karl Andrews, Henson
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PINE DODGERS EVENT
The Pine Dodgers will hold their
annual Flag tournament at the
Southern Pines Country Club to
day.
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Bridge luncheon at the Coun
try Club today.
Keno and dance at The Caro
lina tonight.
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AT THE THEATRES
- Southern Pines -
Today at 3:00 and 8:15, “The
Light That Failed,” starring Ron
ald Colman.
- Aberdeen Theatre -
Today at 7:15 and 9:15, “Broth
er Rat and a Baby.”
- Pinehnrst -
Tomorrow at 3:00 and 8:30, <
“Vigil in the Night,” with Carole ^
Lombard, Brian Aheme and
Anne Shirley.