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VOLUME 44, NUMBER 91
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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 194G
HARRISON BEGINS WITH
BOGEY 5, ENDS DP IN
HID OF OPEN GOLF
Shoots 13 Pars and Four Birdies
at St. Petersburg for 68;
Jimmy Demaret Second with
69.
SNEAD, 70, THIRD
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb.
2g__<yp)—Dutch Harrison clip
ped three strokes from par for
a 68 and the first round lead
in the $3,000 54-hole St. Peters
bug Open Golf tournament at
the Lakewood country club here
today.
Harrison, recovering from a
bogey 5 on the first hole, shot
13 pars and four birdies, dis
playing unerring touch with his
putter. He held a one-stroke
lead over Jimmy Demaret, lead
ing money winner of the win
der tournament campaign.
Leading scores:
Harrison 34-34-68.
Demaret 35-34-69.
Snead 36-34-70.
Heafner 37-34-71.
Burke 37-34-71.
Byron Nelson 34-37-71.
Revolta 37-35-72.
Runyan 37-35-72.
Hogan 37-35-72.
Warga 36-37-73.
Oliver 35-38-73.
Horner 36-37-73.
Horton Smith 37-36-73.
Stahl 37-36-73.
Wehrle 38-35-73.
HOUGHTON TO FIGHT
Red Houghton, Pinehurst race
track, winner over Ellis Mc
Kenzie, Pinehurst, in a bout at
the Amusement Center last Sat
urday has been matched for this
Saturday night against James
Overton of Sanford.
ROB BANK OF $6,100
CINCINNATI, Feb. 28.—(^P)—
Cincinnati today had its first
hank holdup since 1932. Two
robbers took approximately $6,
100 from the First National
Rank in suburban Elmwood
Place.
Flowers for Easter
spite of January’s freez
^nb spells spring flowers in
abundance are on their way in
Pinehurst Greenhouses. Jon
quils, sweet peas, and those im
portant Easter flowers, lilies,
uhps, azaleas, and hydrangea
"ill soon be flaunting their love
' colors for the pleasure of
flower lovers.
L- 0. Kelly, manager of the
Sieenhouses, reports that al
Phough the unusually cold
father caused a set back of
a ^east two weeks, every ef
art is being made to push the
°Wers along so that there will
e a .uoodly supply for the'
-Kr season.
The cold weather was par
t’cularly hard on the bulb plants
^hich are among the most pop
u a5 varieties in the early
In order to repair the
(amage done, the lilies, for ex
anhde, are being kept in a 90
e£rtee temperature, much high
* ^an ordinarily used, to speed
^ 611 ^r°wth. When their buds
ave reached an average length
pj two inches they will be
aced in cooler temperatures
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POINJER RUNS AMUCK
GRAND JUNCTION, Tenn.,
Feb. 28.—(A*)—Bet’s Country
Boy, a five-year-old pointer
making his first bid in the
national field trials here, ran
amuck today, killing two pigs
and a chicken before being
taken up at his handler’s re
quest.
Thus a brother-vs-brother
act turned out ignominiously
for Bob Bevan of Thomas
ville, N. C., Bet’s Country
Boy’s handler. While Bev
an’s charge was chasing the
chicken and pigs, his brother
Fred of Waynesboro, (Ga.,
was handling Homewood
Star Dust which turned in
the best performance to date.
WARMAN-MALLAGHAN
TEAM WINS GOLF TILT
OF PINE NEEDLES CLUB
Defeat Windels - Meinecke Pair
4 and 3 in Final of Bestball
Handicap Tourney.
Jim Warman, manager of
The Dunes Club, and one of the
community’s leading wits, when
asked to make a statement just
after he and his partner Johnny
Mallaghan, had won the handi
cap bestball tournament of The
Pine Needles Club yesterday,
said:
“Hello Ma, Hello Pa, I had
a tough fight, but I won.”
Mr. Warman and Mr. Malla
ghan defeated E. E. Windels,
German consul at Philadelphia
and Dr. E. A. Meinecke, Ridge
wood, N. J., by a 4 and 3 score.
The match was closer than the
score indicated, and according
to Mr. Warman it was neces
sary for him to “take hold
when the going got rough and
finish in 39.”
Mr. Mallaghan is the young
Providence golfer who won the
Rhode Island Interscholastic
championship and the city mu
nicipal title last summer. He
will remain in Southern ,Pines
for the remainder of the sea
son, and -play in the North and
South amateur championship.
Mr. Warman won the first
hole yesterday with a well play
ed five, his Handicap stroke giv
ing a net four. Dr. Meinecke
won the second to square the
match. *
After two halves, the War
man-Mallaghan team took the
lead at the fifth, when Mr.
Warman’s net four won. From
this point the winners held the
lead, increasing it to three up
at the ninth.
The net cards:
Warman and Mallaghan:
Out 464 344 444—37
Iii 434 433
Dr. Meinecke and Windels:
Out 544 353 555—39
In 543 434.
batteries roar
AMSTERDAMf (Thursday)—
Air defense batteries south of
Amsterdam went into action at
12:25 a. m. today, the roar of
their explosion mingling with
the sound of heavy gunfire
which had been drifting in from
the North Sea for more than
an hour. No- immediate ex
planation concerning' the identity
of the foreign planes was given.
DINEHURST SCOREBOARD
■ by ROBERT E. HARLOW
James Ferrier, leading amateur golfer of Australia is on his
way to America and will make his first tournament start in this
country in the North and South Open championship starting here
March 19.
Ferrier was runner-up for the British amateur championship
in 1936. He won the Australian amateur in 1935-36 and was run
ner-up three times. He has been amateur champion of New South
Wales and Queensland. In practice for the British open in 1936
he holed his tee shot at the 179 yard 13th hole at Hoylake.
Ferrier is the son of J. B. Ferrier, a native of Carnoustie
and secretary of the Manly Golf Club, at which Joe Kirkwood
once served as professional.
* * *
Dallas—Texas golf writers call Jimmy Demaret, Houston pro
who won the Western open at Houston, golf’s newest “glamor
boy.” His brother Mahlon, 17, caddied.
* * *
Los Angeles—Dorothy Poynton Hill, a world’s champion high
diver without a peer, has taken up golf and recently played the
tough Riviera course in 84. Miss Hill has played golf for one
year. She was a world’s champion high diver without a peer, a
graceful, agile bit of loveliness and personified poetry when she
hit a 10-dive and cleaved the water without splashing enough to
fill a tea cup. Dorothy says she will master the game, and adds;
“I can play this game, why can’t I play it?”
* * *
Montreal—The Royal Canadian Golf Association has gone on
record in favor of holding their major golf tournaments such as
the Canadian open, amateur and junior.
♦ * *
Palm Beach, Fla.—Largest golf pool of the year is anticipated
in the invitational 18 hole amateur-pro tournament to be played
at the Seminole Club, March 7. Last year Johnny Revolta paired
with1 Winston Guest, polo star, won with, a 65. Amateurs play
from handicaps. At least $25,000 is expected in the pool.
* * *
San Antonio—Ralph Guldahl, who won the national open in
1937 and 1938 and the Western open in 1936-1937-1938 failed to
qualify for the final day’s play in the San Antonio open re
cently although he shot a 69 in the second round. He took 81
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LLOYD-GEORGE WARNS
BRITAIN AGAINST
WAR WITH RUSSIA
LONDON, Feb. 28.—#P)—Ger
many has learned the lesson of
the last war and kept her doors
open to Russia, Italy and Ru
mania for supplies, David Lloyd
George, World war prime min
ister, declared today, while
“frankly in respect of food we
are not so well off as we were
last time for a long war.”
Addressing the pational de
fense -and public interest com
mittee he urged the government
to “make it clear” that air at
tacks on civilians would bring
retaliation.
“Don’t run any more risks,”
the white-maned veteran said in
discussing the possibility of war
with , Russia.
“I would not allow any reck
less or inconsiderate steering on
icy ' roads to skid us into war
with Russia. It is a big job
we have undertaken. It will
need all our strength to get
through.”
PINEHURST GIRLS LOSE
ABERDEEN, Feb. 27.—
After going through the sea
son schedule undefeated,
Pinehurst girls’ high school
team lost in the first round
of the Moore County basket
ball championship today to
Elise by a 34 to 21 score.
Pinehurst did not play Elise
during the season, but won
16 games.
Vass-Lake view defeated
’ Aberdeen 21 to 10.
RUSSIANS CAPTURE
SIX TOWNS AS FINNS
CONTINUE TO RETIRE
MOSCOW (Thursday) — (&)—
Soviet Russia’s army today re
ported the capture of six Fin
nish towns and villages on the
Karelian isthmus, including Yla
somme, only four miles south
of Viipuri, one of Finland’s
most important cities.
The Russians said the Finns
still were falling back in the
face of their pounding, after
fruitless counter attacks yester
day in which the defenders were
said to have suffered heavy
losses.
The reported Soviet gains
were on the western side of the
Vuoksi lakes, a chain of lakes
which runs northwestward
through the heart of the Kare
lian isthmus.
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FAILS TO ‘BEAT THE RAP"
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 28.—
(JP)—Mrs. Tillie Irelan, 35, who
pleaded guilty to smothering
her 20-month-old son and dis
membering his body, was found
guilty of murder in the first
degree today and sentenced to
die in the electric chair.
The former domestic who pre
dicted earlier she would “beat
the rap” paled as Judge Harry
S. McDevitt pronounced sen
tence* That was her only sign
of emotion. She said quietly:
“I have nothing to say.”
WEATHER
Cloudy and somewhat unset
tled, occasional light rains in
morning, colder in west . and
central portions Thursday. Fri-'
day generally fair.
FLORIDA GOLF
ORMOND BEACH, Fla.,
Feb. 28.— (A*) —Patty Berg,
winner of the 1938 nation
al championship, breezed
through her first round
match in the annual South
Atlantic Women’s here today,
eliminating Elizabeth Wing
7 and 5. Betty Jameson, na
tional champion, defeated
Mrs. Miriam Lyon of Or
lando. 4 and 3.
CORAL GABLES — Earle
Christiansen and Harvey
Draughn, Miami policeman,
staged an upset victory in
the amateur fout ball golf
matches today by defeating
Bobby Dunkelberger, the
Southern champion and Dick
Ciuci, 6 and 5. The surprise
finish took the Miamians
into the final round against
Walter Burkemo and Dick
Chapman.
AUSLANDER NAMED
TO NEWLY CREATED
CHAIR OF POETRY
Noted American Bard and Mrs.
Auslander to Present Poets*
Symposium at Forum Monday
Evening; His Verse in Many
Anthologies.
Joseph Auslander, brilliant
American poet who will be pre
sented at the Forum Monday
evening, has carved another en
viable niche in his career with
his appointment to the newly
created Chair of Poetry in the
Congressional Library at Wash
ington.
Following his appointment,
the New York Sun had this to
say: “Failing to get much rea
son in the present scheme of
things, they’re trying rime. Jo
seph Auslander, the poet, takes
the new chair of poetry . . . en
gages in an interesting forum
with other bards, proclaims the
role of poet as that of ‘turning
chaos into cosmos’, and springs
a spirited new poem in which
he pleads:
“Against brutality and wrong,
Build us a fortress pledged to
song!”
Mr. Auslander’s intense and
impassioned poetry graces all
the best anthologies, and if a
poet laureate is needed to get
rhythm down at Washington,
they couldn’t do better.”
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Silver Foils medal play tour
nament today.
Keno and dance at the Caro
lina tonight.
Buffet supper at Pinehurst
Country Club tonight.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow at 3:00 and 8:30,
“Strange Cargo,” with Clark
Gable and Joan Crawford.
- Southern Pines -
Today at 8:3,5 P. M., matinee
at 3:00, “His Girl Friday,” with
Cary Grant and Rosalind Rus
sel.
- Aberdeen -
Today and tomorrow at 7:15
and 9:15, “Swanee River,” with
Don Ameche and Andrea Leeds.
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[PINEHURST POLO CLUB
WILL PLAY CAMDEN ON
LOCAL FIED SUNDAY
Earl Shaw and Merrill Fink
Also Arrange for Game with
Aiken Later in Season; Play
ing Area Being Enlarged.
MORE PARKING SPACE
Earl Shaw and Merrill Fink,
directors of Pinehurst polo ac
tivity, returned yesterday after
visiting Camden and Aiken in
promoting games for the Pine
hurst Polo, Club. Their trip was
successful, since they arranged
for a Pinehurst-Camden meet
ing on *the home field next Sun
day afternoon, and made defi
nite plans with the Aiken group
for a game in the near future.
The Camden line-up for Sun
day will be composed of Kirby
Tupper, Charles Little, Carl
Lightfoot and Joe Bates, all
crack players. Mr. Shaw and
Mr. Fink promise an afternoon
of fast action, with the Camden
group in top form. The Cam
den team is stronger than any
team Pinehurst has played this
season.
' Officials of the Pinehurst
Polo Club will begin work today
on changing over the playing
field. The No. 2 field, -where
most of the games of the sea
son have been contested, and
the No. 3 field, will be joined
to make one large playing
space. This will be done in time
for Sunday’s game with Cam
den.
Play will be East and West
instead of North and South, as
formerly. This step was neces
sary, to insure more space for
the public and give more *oom
for play, bringing the field up
to regulation specifications. The
Pinehurst polo prospects for the
Spring season look big, and
large crowds are expected at
all the games.
All those holding season park
ing spaces will receive the best
of attention in the change-over
of the field, officials of the
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Benefits of Dog Show
(By Edgar A. Moss)
Considering the fact there
were 326 dog shows held in the
United States during 1939, with
more than 100,000 individual
pure-bred specimens entered, the
extent of this one phase of fine
breeding is clearly evident.
Every wide awake city should
sponsor an annual dog show.
Dog shows are just as import
ant to a well-rounded eommun
ity sports program as any other
type of sporting event. Dog
shows bring together a group
of high type sportsmen and
sportswomen who spend money
lavishly on their hobby—dogs.
A dog show is a good adver
tisement for a city. It brings
to a city many people whi ,
would come there for no other
events Ih many cities dog
shows have become major sport- ...
ing events. Besides being a
meeting place for dog fanciers;
it brings an influx of outside
money which helps all business
men indirectly.
' A dog show gives the ’ local
people the opportunity of study
ing the various breeds of dogs.
('Continued on page three)