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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHUBST, N. C.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2$ 194K.
Mrs. Page Increases
Golf Lead to 15 Strokes
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Dazzling Second Round of 75 Virtually
Secures Title Honor for
Chapel Hill Star
Former National Champion's To
tal Stands at 151; Deborah
Verry Holding Second Place
With 165.
HELEN WARING 167
By Howard Burns
SOUTHERN PINES, March
19,—Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page,
Chapel Hill, today posted a bril
liant 75 to go with her 76 of
yesterday for 151, practically to
clinch the Twelfth Annual Wom
en’s Mid South Golf Champion
ship over her nearest oppon
ent, Deborah Verry, Worcester,
Mass., who turned in an 82 to
go with her 83 of yesterday for
165 in the second day of the
fifty four hole medal tourna
ment at the Southern Pines
Country Club.
Helen Waring, Pinehurst golf
er, carded an 82 today to go
with her 85 of yesterday fo.’
a total of 167 for third place
in the tournament. Trailing by
one stroke was Mrs. George Cor
coran, the former Alliene Hoover
of Thomasville, N. C., who card
ed an 83 to go with her 85 of
yesterday for 168 for fourth
place.
Little Jeanne Cline, who hails
from Bloomington, 111., man
aged to better her round today
by one stroke in carding an 87
with her 88 of yesterday—175.
It was apparent that she was
overly cautious in her putts and
wood shots, especially the form
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Use Suggs Upsets
Marion Miley, 4-2
Sixteen-year-old Louise Suggs
turned in the only upset of the
Augusta, Ga., Women’s Invita
iiraal golf tournament yester
day. with an opening round in
wWch she made a 4 and 2 con
gest over the veteran Marion
Miley* The remainder of yes
today’s winners, including Dor
°^y Kirby, went into the sec
0!1(J round with convincing vic
tories.
WHATTO DO AND SEE
Today
Second round of North and
°ut!h open golf tournament at
p'uehurst Country Club today,
Third round Midsouth Golf
lament for women at South
ern Pines Country Club today.
^ Weekly bridge party at The
ar°lina this morning beginning
at 10:15.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
J°day at 3:00 and 8:30,
^e House Across the Bay,”
^ doan Bennett and George
■ Southern Pines -
aj. and tomorrow night
j H5, matinee tomorrow at
.» Walt Disney’s all Techni
°lor “Pinocchio.”
* . Aberdeen
J°ni&ht at 7:15 and 9:00,
aHie Chan in Panama.”
SOVIET WARNING
(By the Associated Press)
The official Russian news
agency Tass announced yes
terday that it was authorized
to state that any defensive
I alliahce formed between Nor
way/ Sweden ahd Finland |
would be considered by the
Soviet as aimed at the Rus
sian government.
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ANNUAL PEI SHOW
LISTED FOR SATURDAY
AT CAROLINA RING
The annual pet show, one of
the topnotch hits of the Pine
hurst sports calendar, will be
held in the riding ring of the
Carolina Hotel Saturday after
noon.
The event will be held in con
junction with the long-awaited
equestrian gymkhana. The pro
gram, of which a highlight will
be basketball on horseback be
tween Pinehurst and Southern
Pines equestrians, will begin at
three o’clock^ The gymkhana
program will also include mu
sical stalls, potato race, ribbon
race, amateur and open jump
ing, under the direction of
Lloyd M. Tate.
Everyone is invited to at
tend. No pet is too small or
too large to enter. There will
be no entry charge and admis
sion is free.
V-12 UNCOLN-ZEPHYR
ON DISPLAY IN SALON
AT COUNTRY CLUB
J Jack Heath, Charlotte and R.
C* Zimmerman, Aberdeen, dis
tributors for Ford Motor Com
pany are conducting an autj
mobile salon on the lawn at The
Pinehurst Country Club, where
they are exhibiting the very lat
est thing in Lincoln-Zephyr
V-12. These cars are enough to
excite the interest of all those
who travel by motor car.
Mr. Heath, a well known ama
teur golfer and former Holly
wood motion picture actor, M*..
Zimmerman and Mr. Warnei
have been busy showing /the
points of this car to spectators
at the North* and South golf
championship. The motif of the
new Zephyrs is room. Every
thing has been done on a larger
scale, with wider seats, more
headroom, legroom and luggage
space. ,
WEATHER
Partly cloudy Wednesday and
Thursday. Slightly wanner Wed
nesday on northeast coast, fol
lowed by colder in central por
tions Thursday.
IN PINEHURST EVENTS OF THE DAY
Outlook Engraving
Mrs. Richard Tufts, (right) on Pinehurst Horse Show commit
tee, and Mrs. John S. Zelie Jr., who on Sunday won the E. C.
Bliss Memorial trophy for members of the Silver Foils Club.
North-South Open Scores
AMATEURS
Bobby Dunkelberger, 34-37—71.
G. T. Dunlap Jr., 35-37—72.
Skip Alexander, 38-36—74.
Wilfred Wehrle, 36-39—75.
Jim Ferrier, 38-37—75.
Lonnie Parks, 40-38^-78.
Charles H. Mayo Jr., 40-38—78.
Robert W. Knowles, 38-40—78.
Mel Demarais, 40-38—78.
Fred Dowling, 39-40—79.
H. H. Mandley, 40-39—79.
M. L. Carlsmith, 38-41—79.
John Bailey, 42-39—81.
Ed Gravely, 44-39—83.
Charles R. Scott, 41-43—84.
C. C. Pettijohn Jr., 45-39—84.
A. C. Giles, 39-47—86.
John W. Roberts, 44-43—87.
A. B. Aubin, 43-44—87.
Avery Beck, 45-45—90.
Ray O’Brien, Alpheus Winter
Jr., R. L. Finkenstaedt, Daniel
Labadie, no card.
POMERANIAN PEEVED
Chocolate Soldier, Pomeranian
pet of Mr. and Mrs; Curtis
Wigg, called at the office of
The Pinehurst Outlook yester
day morning and barked a pro
test becaus^-this newspaper had
failed to record that in the Sand
hills dog show he had won sig
nal honors. The editor apolo
gized, and promised to put his
picture in the paper at an eprly
date.
PROFESSIONALS
Ben Hogan, 32-34—66.
Paul Runyan, 35-34—69.
John Revolta, 35-35—70.
Jack Patroni, 34-36—70.
Byron Nelson, 35-35—70.
Ted Luther, 33-37—70.
Ed Oliver, 35-36—71.
Sam Snead, 36-35—71.
Horton Smith, 35-36—71.
George Slingerland, 35-36—71.
Tony Penna, 36-35—71.
Ky Laffoon, 35-36—71.
Clayton Heafner, 35-36—71.
Willie Goggin, 34-37—71.
Victor Ghezzi, 32-39—71.
Harry Cooper, 34-37—71.
Craig Wood, 35-37—72.
Felix Serafin, 38-34—72.
Henry Picard, 37-35—72.
Harold McSpaden, 38-34—72.
Jimmy McHale, 34-38—72.
Stanley Horne, 36-36—72.
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READY, SAYS PREMIER
LONDON, March 19.—(^)—
Vowing to fight on for a “moral
peace,” Prime Minister Chamber
lain today proclaimed the Al
lies’ readiness for anything the
axis powers are preparing, de
fended his course in the Fin
nish war and warned Norway
and Sweden they are in grave
danger.
' NORTH-SOUTH STARTING times ON PAGE 5
Texas-Born Pro Almost Shatters C
Record in Par-Cracking North
v' South Display
POLO GAMES PLANNED
Pinehurst Polo Club offi
cials are planning , two good
polo games for the coming
weekend. One game will be
held Friday afternoon, the
other Sunday afternoon. Both
will be high-goal events, line
ups to be announced in the
Outlook later.
BRITISH WARPLANES
RAIN BOMBS ON SYLT,
GERMAN ISLAND BASE
: In swift retaliation for the
Germaii air raid attack on Scapa
Flow last Saturday, a British
air armada hurled its might
against the Nazis last night in
what is perhaps the biggest raid
in history on one fortified point.
Dumping tons of bombs, the air
raid swept in wave after wave
of bombers over the German
island sea base of Sylt, which
is considered the jumping off
place for German planes which
have repeatedly punished British
shipping.
The attack began last night
at 8 p. m. (2 p. m. EST) and
an air ministry report early th.s
morning said the raid was still
in progress. Eye witnesses m
the nearby Danish island of Re
boie, said that two tremendous
blasts had been .heard up to
eleven p. m., last night, and
that one bomb undoubtedly blew
up an ammunition depot.
HOGAN LAUDS DRIVER
PRESENTED TO HIM
BY BYRON NELSON
By Lester Rice
Golf Editor Journal-American
New York
“I’d hate to think what
would happen to me if I lost
that driver,” Ben Hogan, the
wasp-waisted, 138-pound Texan
said as he scanned the score
board which showed him to be
three strokes ahead of his clos
est pursuer with three rounds
of the North and South Open
championship still 'to go.
The potent professional who
pound for pound hits a ball
farther than any living mortal
was referring to a broad-faced,
14-ounce bludgeon which had
been in his possession only two
days. It had been presented to
him by Byron Nelson, the na
tional open champion after that
fellow Lone Star stater had for
liimself picked one of two which
had been especially constructed
for his use.
Nelson may still rue the day
he ever made a gift of that
infinitely fine balanced weap:si
to his comrade for with it Ho
gan very likely will cure his
habit of running second and
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■Paul Runyan, Former P. 6. A.
Champion and 193$ Winner of
Tournament, Puts Together SSI
to Hold Second Place. '•
HOLE IN ONE FEATURE .
By BILL BONI
(Associated Pfess Staff Writer)*
Ben Hogan, 140 compact
pounds of Texas-born golf prow
came ’within six inches of set
ting a new competitive Conroe
record when he shot a sis
zling 66 yesterday that gave
him the first round lead in. the
38th annual North-South epem
golf championship by a* margin
of three strokes.
Hogan, who plays out of
White Plains, N. Y., came to.
the 17th tee of the No. 2 coarse '
needing two pars for tfcrt 6<K.
He put all of his considerable
power into a well-hit iron shot
at 17 that dropped the ball on
the. green, 186 yards away, 15
feet hole-high to the right.
Sinking that putt would have
put him seven under par,, with
a par to finish for 65. But
Benny babied his putt a bit, the
ball stopped six inches short,
he got his par 3. there and par
4 on the 18th, and thus tied
the competitive course mark set
up in the second round last
year by Harry Cooper.
Hogan, who stands second to —
Jimmy Demaret in the list of
the season’s money - winners,* i
came in three shots ahead of . < ■
another mighty little, man, Paul
Runyan. . The former P. G. A,
champion' and 1935 North-South
winner, who was among the
early birds off the tee, put to
gether a fine 69 that stood up
until Hogan came home late, in.
the afternoon. ' ' ’ , 4 i
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BIG CROUP OF PRESS
WRITERS HERE FOR <
NORTH-SOUTH EVENTS
.The largest number of ^for
eign” correspondents have gath
ered here .to cover the North
and South open golf champion
ship since the P. G. A. was
held in Pinehurst in the fall of
1936.
The dean of the golf writers
here is William D. Richardson,
golf editor of The New Ypirk
Times and eastern- staff writer
for Golfing, magazine. Bill was
graduated from the coxswain's
seat in the University of Wis
consin Varsity shell into avia
tion. He has many hours of
solo flying to his credit. He
has been The Times*; golf edi
tor for many years, and pub
lished golf magazines and an
nuals on the side. :
Lester Rice of the New York:
Journal-American is an "old
timer” who is here. Mr. Rice
is a fine amatethr golfer, and
has been on !theugolf beat for
International News Service..and
; the Hearst papers in New Yoxk.
[ for a number of years. -
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