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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1940
Today’s
pairings
8:30 and 12:00
Vincent Eldred ..
. Lonnel Parks .
8:35 and 12:05
Tommy Shannon .—
johnny Gaucas --
Hilton Trish --.
8:40 and 12:10
James Crichton -.
Joe Belfore .
* H. H. Mandley —.
8:45 and 12:15
John Malutic -..
Tony Congo -.—
* Jim Ferrier ..
8:50 and 12:20
Ted Luther --—
Gene Kunes --
Herman Keiser .—
8:55 and 12:25
Chandler Harper .
Jim Tumesa --
Geo. Picard - —
9:00 and 12:30
Art Clark .—
Tony Penna -
Joe Tumesa —
9:05 and 12:35
Lawson Little .
Jimmy McHale --
Jim Goulis -..—
9:10 and 12:40
Jimmy Hines .(147)
Jimmy Thomson - (147)
Frank Walsh —.—1- (150)
9:15 and 12:45
Chas. Farlow . (149)
Tommy Wright .— (152)
Jules Huot —_ (153)
9:20 and 12:50
Paul Runyan . (144)
* Bobby Dunkelberger - (Ml)
Victor Ghezzi . (145)
9:25 and 12:55
Gene Sarazen ..
Henry Picard ...
Hick Metz _
9:30 and 1:00
Lloyd Mangrum .. (144)
Felix Serafin .- (146)
John Bulla .... (146)
(143)
(145)
(144)
(156)
(156)
(155)
(156)
(155)
(155)
(156)
(155)
- (151)
- (153)
.... (153)
.... (147)
— (148)
.... (148)
. (147)
(147)
.... (146)
- (149)
- (150)
- (151)
(148)
(148)
(147)
9:35 and 1:05
Jack Patroni . (142)
Horton Smith .. (144)
Harold McSpaden .. (145)
9:40 and 1:10
Stanley Horne ..
Hyron Nelson __
®arry Cooper ..—
(141)
(142)
(142)
9:45 and 1:15
Jed Turner ...
J°ny Manero __
Slingerland .
(150)
(152)
(149)
9:50 and 1:20
Snead
^raig Wood ...
®d- Oliver
(140)
(141)
(142)
9:55 and 1:25
^>nard Dodson ..
^°d Munday __
Goggin _._
(147)
(148)
(147)
10:00 and 1:30
Rogan ...
Wilf„r4 Wehrle_
^ Loving ...
(152)
(153)
(152)
, 10:05 and 1:35
Alexander ..
Coffey ....
" Di Buono__
(147)
(148)
(151)
D 10:10 and 1:40
** H»Wn ...
*h» Royoita
Heafner _ ..
(133)
(140)
(142)
Ratifying score (156).
denotes Amateurs.
LAFFOON SAYS MISSED
PUTTS DRIVE ONE ‘NUTS’
Ky Laffoon, Ryder Cup
golfer, became so annoyed
yesterday because his putts
refused to drop that he de
cided to withdraw from the
North and South although he
would have returned a score
of 145 and been in positioil
to win prize money foday.
“For two days nQw,” said
Ky, “they have been hanging
on the lip or sliding just off
to the side. It’s enough to
drive a fellow nuts. ♦ That’s
why I picked up.”
HRS. PAGE PILES IIP
26 STROKE LEAD TO
CAPTURE MID-SOUTH
Chapel Hill Golfer Winds up
With Round of 74 for Total
of 225, Possibly Setting Rec
ord; Deborah Verry, Helen
Waring Tied for Second.
By Howard Burns
SOUTHERN PINES, March
20.—Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page
of Chapel Hill probably estab
lished a new record today when
she defeated the field by 26
strokes and won the 54 hole
medal play Mid-South tourna
ment at Southern Pines Country
Club with 225.
Mrs. Page was 76-75—74. She
got better each succeeding day,
and her play warned America’s
golfing girls that she is going j
to be very “tough” competition!
this year whenever she leaves
her fireside and starts in big
time competition.
Next week Mrs. Page will de
fend her North and South title
in Pinehurst.
Mrs. Page was driving from
250 to 275 today, and playing
from the back tees over the
6,700 yards hazardous course
she came within one stroke of
Patty Berg’s record for this
event. Miss Berg failed to show
up this year to defend her title.
Miss Helen Waring, Pinehurst5
and Miss Deborah Verry, Wor
cester, Mass., tied for second
with 251.
(Continued on Page four)
WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Final 36 holes of North and
South open golf tournament at
Pinehurst Country Club today.
Keno and dance at The Caro
lina tonight.
Buffet supper and forum event
at Pinehurst Country Club to
night.
at the theatres
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow at 3:00 and 8:30,
•{Three Cheers for the Irish,”
with Priscilla Lane, Thomas
Mitchell.
- Southern Pines -
Tonight and tomorrow night
at 7:16 and 9:15, “Broadway
Melody of 1940,” with an all
star cast including Fred Astaire,
Eleanor Powell, Florence Rice,
George Murphy, Frank Morgan
and Lynne Carver.
Aberdeen
Tonight, tomorrow night and
Saturday night at 8:15, matinee
today and Saturday at 3:00,
Walt Disney's “Pinocchio.”
(Continued on Page Six)
™Tmmm““ \
PATRICIA WITH HER BUDDY
Miss Patricia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Murphy,
goes to the Sandhills dog show with Hercuveen Buddy, her St.
Bernard, who was judged best of breed. Hercuveen has also been
judged as having one of the finest canine voices in Pinehurst,
noted for volume, pitch and tone.
North-South Open Scores
36-Hole Totals
Ben Hogan
Sam Snead
John Revolta
Craig Wood
Stanley Horne
Bobby Dunkelberger
Clayton Heafner
Jack Patroni
66-34-33—67—133
71_33_36—69—140
70- 34-36—70—140
72-33-36—69—141
72- 35-34—69—141
71- 35-35—70—141
71_37_34—71—142
70- 36-36—72—142
71— 34-37—71—142
71_36-35—71—142
70-36-36—72—142
73— 34-36—70—143
Harry Cooper
Ed Oliver
Byron Nelson
Gene Sarazen
(Continued on page seven)
Valerie Hogan Crosses
Fingers - Awaits Results
By ARCH MURRAY
(Golf Editor of New York Post)
PINEHURST, N. C., March
21.—With a howling pack in
mad pursuit of Bee-Line Ben
Hogan today, the 38th annual
North and South Open had set
tled down into strictly a pur
suit race. Seven shots to the
fore going into today's final 36
holes, the lean Texan seemed
on his way to his first major
golf championship. But his wife,
Valerie, refused to believe it.
“Don’t pinch me,” she said
last night, "I’m afraid I’ll wake
up. Ben’s always said that the
only way he’d win his first ti- J
tie would be to get so far out
in front of the field that no
body could catch him. That
seems to have come true now.
But I don’t believe it.”
Those words expressed the
anguish and hope that a young
golfing wife keeps locked in her
heart during the bitter days
when her husband is hammer
ing at the door. Few, though,
have suffered quite as much as
the slender, Valerie.
“Ben’s been so close so many
times, only to see one fatal shot
crumble all his hopes. He’s
never given up trying, though,
even in his darkest hours.
That’s why I’m so proud of
(Continued on Page four)
Hogan s Amazing Golf
Leading North-South
Texan Adds 67 in Second Round for 36
Hole Total of 133; Out in Front
By Seven Strokes
TIP FOR COOPER
Harry Cooper had just hit
a bad shot, something un
usual for Cooper. A few
minutes later a lady ap
proached Mrs. Emma Cooper
and- handed her a slip of
paper. On it was written:
“Tell Harry he is stand
ing too close to his ball.”
PHYSICIANS EXPECT
MIAMI WOMAN TO
DELIVER QUINTUPLETS
MIAMI, Fla., March 19.—<£)
—In a few weeks, it will be
known whether a .second set of
quintuplets will grace the North
American scene.
The Herald said today physi
cians were watching closely the
case of a Miami woman who
was expected, on the strength
of x-ray photographs, to give
birth to five babies.
A physician who is also an
x-ray specialist was quoted by
the newspaper as saying there j
was “a very "good chance” thatj
she would deliver quintuplets.
The identities of the doctor and
the prospective parents were not
disclosed.
While the medical authority
told the newspaper that the ba
bies could not be expected for
two or three mdnths, another
source was quoted as saying
they were due in May.
War
v (By Associated Press)
RAID STORIES DIFFER
Berlin and London are far
apart in official reports of an
attack by German bombers on
a British convoy yesterday off
the Coast Of Scotland.
Germany claims that in a
“fierce attack” nine British
warships and merchantmen were
severely damaged.
Britain report^ that three
neutral ships in the convoy were
damaged, and that the crew
abandoned one vessel.
FRENCH CABINET
In Paris Paul itenaud said to
day (Thursday) he hoped to
form a “push the war” cabinet
within twelve hours to replace
the Daladier cabinet, resigned.
Daladier has been asked to head
the war ministry. The new cab
inet will be representative of
all parties.
IN WAR SERVICE
The Mauretania sailed from
New York yesterday for trans
port duty.
WEATHER
Fair, slightly colder Thurs
day. Increasing cloudiness, fol
lowed by rain Friday and Fri
day night.
Sam Snead and Johnny Revolt*
in Tie for Second with Score*
of 140 as field Plays Final 3(5
Holes Today.
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BOBBY TOPS AMATEURS
By WILLIAM D. RICHARDSON:
(Golf Editor of The New York
Times)
COUNTRY CLUB, March 20.
Any of the contestants in the
North and South open cham
pionship who failed to take Ben
Hogan’s fairwells seriously yes
terday became convinced today
that the 140-pound ex-Texan
really meant just that when he
fired his sensational , six-under
par 66 at them in the opening
round of the tournament.
The quiet-spoken young pro
fessional at the Century Coun
try Club in White Plains today
came within a stroke of dupli
cating his first round score with
the result that he: has turned
what ordinarily is a nip-and
tuck chase right up to the fin
ish line into a one-man show
with the survivors for today’s
final two-round stretch appar
ently battling desperately for
second money.
J Bombing Ben’s 67 gave him a
36-hole total of » 133, perhap*
the lowest two-round score ever
made in a major event in Amer
ican golf, and left him exactly
seven strokes out in front of
the pursuing pack led by Sam
Snead and Johnny Revolta.
Hogan’s total set up a new
record for the first two rounds
of this thirty-eight year old
Sandhill fixture, clipping the
old mark by six strokes. A.,
search of the record-books fail
ed to reveal its equal in a ma
jor event on a championship*
course in this country although :
Byron Nelson, defending North
and South champion, registered]
(Continued on page five), ^
TEMPERATURE UP, "
PRES. ROOSEVHT
ORDERED TO BED >
WASHINGTON, March 20.—
UP)—President Roosevelt’s tem
perature was up again today
and he was ordered back to bed.
His physician, Rear Admiral
Ross T. Mclntire, said, however,
he was “not in the least con
cerned” about the President's
condition and that his cold was
“just one of those things that
hang on.”
He said Mr. Roosevelt’s tem
perature this morning was 99.4
degrees, nearly a degree above
normal and two-tenths of a de
gree higher than it was yester
day morning.
HOW COME? OUTLOOK.
LOSES
CARTHAGE, March 20.—The
Pinehurst Outlook basketball
team lost to Charlotte tonight
in the semi-final of the Sand
hills semi-pro league 50 to 46.