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THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1940.
ESI
Fear Rumania’s Action
Will Speed Nazi Crisis
Loading of Freight Cars and Oil Barges
to Germany Stopped, Virtual
Embargo Seen
Britain Corks up Skagerrak
With Mines Designed to Cut
the Lifeline of Germany’s Ex
peditionary Force in Norway.
ITALY CALLS FLEET
(By the Associated Press)
BUCHAREST, April 12.—Ru
mania tonight suspended the
loading of freight cars for Ger
many. At the same time it was
learned the loading of Danube
oil barges had been stopped for
several days.
Foreign diplomats pointing out
the action might amount to a
virtual embargo on exports to
Germany, expressed fear that
the move would speed a crisis
in German-Rumanian economic
relations.
ITALY’S NAVY GATHERS
ROME — (Saturday)—N aval
sources reported early today
that the Italian fleet was gath
ering to start maneuvers Won
day. The maneuvers were de
scribed as regular spring exer
cises. Because of the war in
Europe unusual secrecy cloaked
the naval activities.
CHANNELS MINED
LONDON, April 12.—Britain
corked the Skagerrak and Kat
tegat today with mines designed
to cut the lifeline of' Germany’s
expeditionary force in Norway,
and British planes pounded the
cork tight, despite withering
fire from German warships,
planes and anti-aircraft de
fenses. The Royal Air Force
lost five planes, the air minis
try said, when its bombers pene
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WHAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Annual North and South ama
teur tennis tournament continues
at Pinehurst Country Club to
day.
Matinee race at Pinehurst
face track this afternoon.
Tin Whistles tournament to
day, medal play, best ball of all
tour partners.
Keno and dance at the Caro
lina tonight.
New York Athletic Club vs
Pinehurst polo game tomorrow
afternoon at No. 2 field. Public
invited.
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tomorrow and Monday night
at 8:30, matinee Monday at
3:°0, “My Son, My Son,” with
Madelaine Carroll, Brian Aherne
and Louis Hayward.
- Southern Pines -
Tonight at 8:15, matinee at
3.00, “The Road to Singapore,”
with Bing Crosby, Bob Hope
and Dorothy Lamour.
Aberdeen
Today at 3:00, 7:15 and 9:00,
The Oklahoma Kid” with
ames Cagney, Humphrey Bog
a^> Rosemary Lane and Don
ald Crisp.
BARBARA NIELDS HAS
EASY WIN IN TENNIS
OVER HAZEL KELLEY
Rye Player Scores 6-2, 6-1 Vic
tory Over Southern Pines Girl;
Other North - South Matches
Rained Out.
By Fred Hawthorne
In the only match played yes
terday in the twenty-second an
nual North and South cham
pionship tennis tournament on
the courts of the Pinehurst
Country Club, Miss Barbara
Nields of Rye, N. Y., defeated
Miss Hazel Kelley of Southern
Pines, 6-2, 6-1, in the semi
final round of the women’?1 sin
gles. Today Miss Nields is
scheduled to meet Mrs. Alice
MacDonald of Chicago, for the
-singles championship honors* All
the other matches were rained
out in the, afternoon. Martyn
Buxby of Miami, Florida, No. 1
in the seeded group, was to
have played Hamilton Anthony
of West Palm (Beach, in the
quarter-final round of the men’s
singles and John Ager of North
Carolina, unseeded, was to have
met Alex Guerry of Sewanee,
Tennessee, in the same round.
The tournament was sup
posed to end today and Fred
erick C. Baggs, chairman of the
tournament committee, an
nounced last night that every
effort will be made to rush the
singles and doubles schedule
through to completion in order
to make way for the profes
sional tournament that begins
on Tuesday, with Donald Budge
of California, world’s profes
sional title holder, heading the
field, and Fred Perry of Eng
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YOUNG DEMOCRATS
HEAR MATTHEWS IN
CITIZENSHIP PROGRAM
i
W. Duncan Matthews, South-j
em Pines attorney, speaking on
a Jefferson Day Citizenship pro
gram sponsored by the Young,
Democrats ip the Southerp Pines,
High School auditorium .yester
day morning, told some 300
students of the high school and
primary grades that the , most
important document that ever
came from the pen of man was
the Declaration of Independ
ence.” > -
Mr. Matthews explained to
his young listeners thei value of
citizenship in the United States,
*' ' been
~ Following the opening song,
“America the Beautiful, and
the salute to the flag, led by
Lyle JdcDonald and the Boy
Scouts, the Glee Club rendered
several numbers.
Mary. Belle Price, head of the
student body,', presided. The
Young Democrats were repre
sented by Miss Pauline Poe.
which, he said, “has not^
eaihed without great cost.”
TO BE SEEN IN ACTION TODAY
DR. H. M. PARSHALL, leading race and money winner of
the harness horse circuit for twelve straight years, behind Peter
A.stra, winner of the 1939 Hambletonian, annual classic of the
trotting horse world. Both will be seen in, action at the matinee
races this afternoon.
DlNEHURST SCOREBOARD.
• by ROBERT E. HARLOW
Walter Hagen is in town.
Everybody remembers Walter. He’s the fellow who convinced
the doubting British that a native born American could play golf.
He was the first American golfer to win the British open. That s
one they never can take away from Walter.
It happened in 1922 ' at Sandwich, on' the Channel coast'of
England. No use recounting all the titles Walter has won in golf.
He was the outstanding competitive golfer in the history of
the game; he was by long odds the inost picturesque player, and
his finesse and skill could only be matched by a handful of others.
There were times when he played strokes that surpassed in skill
ful execution, anything recorded in golf. He played these under
pressure.
What does Hagen think of the present day wonders? x
Having been in California, and over the winter circuit as a
spectator, and being one of the keenest of judges, Walter’s opinion
is sound. He says that Jimmy Demafet, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson
and Ed Oliver are the most formidable players today and of these
he gives Demaret the edge, especially with a national champion
ship at stake. Demaret is Walter’s first choice to win the 1940
open championship in Cleveland in June.
Walter considers Demaret, Hogan, Nelson and Oliver as all
great golfers, but selects Demaret as having the best temperament
from among this group, for national championship adaptation.
In the 19th hole of the Pinehurst Country Club Walter de
scribed Demaret as of a temperament that would enable him to
produce his finest golf under the added pressure of the national
open.
“Hogan,” said Walter, “had won three tournaments before he
started in the Augusta event. He felt that all eyes were upon
him; that he had to do something great. He was unable to de
tach himself from the environment set up because, of his three
straight wins. These three wins proved a heavy burden. I think
he will play well in the open, but he did not indicate in Augusta
that he can completely disassociate his golf from outside entangle
ments, such as the glamour of the open.
‘“Demaret looks like the type to win the open. In the Spanish
American war an American naval officer originated the thought;
‘damn the torpedoes, go ahead.’ That is the way Jimmy plays
golf. The torpedoes of the national open, which many players
[fear will blow them up, will not scare Demaret out of his game.
I believe Jimmy can do it in the open as well as he catn in Au
grjigtji, or any way station along thfe golfing trail.
“Nelson is still a masterful golfer whose dominating attribute
is consummate skill in nursing a ball around a golf course. He
won iast year in Philadelphia, and believe me, skill often does it;
but generally, in the open, it takes skill and something else to j
pull through. '
“Oliver is coming on. I look for him to playj well.
Scoreboard had the opportunity on Wednesday night of speak- j
ing at the annual spring golf gathering for members of the
Rochester Club, Rochester, N. Y., hometown of Walter Hagen.
Hagen is immensely popular there and audiences listen with en
joyment as stories concerning Hagen’s exploits on and off the
links are related. ’ 1
Many Hagen stories are far from being truthful. He is cred
ited with having been a hard drinker during his better golfing
vears. This is a serious error. Hagen used liquor with rare
judgment during the years he‘dominated the golfing picture.
One of the truthful stories about Hagen concerns his expe
rience in England the year he played Archie Compston a 72 hole
match at Moor Park, and was defeated 18 and 17. The year before
he had played a 72-hole match against Abe Mitchell and won. He
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Noted Horses Due At
Matinee Racing Today
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Parade of Ghampions Will Include Her
Ladyship, World’s Fastest ^
Pacing Mare
CRACK N. Y. TEAM IN
BIG POLO CONTEST OF
SEASON HERE SUNDAY
Athletic Club Sends Fast Four
to Face Pinehurst in Six
Period Afternoon Match on
No. 2 Field'
Tomorrow’s the big polo day
of the season. The New York
Athletic Club polo team, after
establishing a top position on
the indoor circuit of the metro
pplitan indoor league this win
ter, is sending down its ^ crack
foursome, to play Pinehurst on
the home field tomprrow
Billy Nichols, who scored
three goals for a Blues vic
tory, in his high-gear play here
Thursday against the Yellows,
and John Pflug of the N. Y.
A*..C_contingent,, -will- be-joined
in Pinehurst this morning by
their team mates, Walter Nich
ols and Arthur Rand of the
Ne# York four. Judge James
D. Moore, director of polo ac
tivities of the New York Ath
letic Club, is also expected to
arrive today. Judge Moore will
add a lot to tomorrow’s game
by acting as referee, along with
Col. George P. Hawes.
Tomorrow’s game starts at
three o’clock in the afternoon.
The parking spaces of the No. 2
field and the bleacher seats are
expected to be taxed to capac
ity. Two additional bleacher
seats are being constructed to
take care' of the crowd, which
is expected to exceed all those
of former games of this season.
There are a limited number
of reserved parking spaces ob
tainable for the playing field
edge. These may be obtained
by calling the Pinehurst Polo
Club, Tel. 3694 or 3862.
All unreserved parking spaces
and bleacher seats will be on
sale at the gate.
“This is Hagen.”
‘This is Snead”
; ‘ ■
Walter Hagen, who yesterday
called; on Donald J. Ross, Eric
Nelson, Willie Wilson and other
friends ^at the Country Club,
last night dropped into The Out
look office to chat with Robert
i E. Harlow, his manager from
1922 to 1930.
While in the office a tele
phone rang and a gentleman
wanted the weather report.
| Hagen answered the call. The
weather report was coming in
over the Associated Press wire.
After repeating the weather
for the gentleman who had call
ed, Walter said:
“This is Walter Hagen speak
ing, give my best to all the
golfers.”
To which the gentleman, who
had inquired about the weather
said: -
“So, - well .this v is Sammy
Snead. How are we doin?”
Four Events on Card of Weir
Balanced Program; Pete r
Astra, Hambletonian Winner
and Snow White to be in Pic
ture.
LITTLE SQUIRE TO JUMP
By Wayne Groves ,
The program arranged for
the matinee races at the Pine
hurst race track today is not
lacking in interesting features*
Four races are on the card and
all have well balanced fields,,
ones that should produce nice:
contests. One event is for ama
teur drivers, and of the five en
tries, all but one will be driven
by its owner.
The “Parade of Champions” is
a feature that cannot fail to
please, as it will be composed
of an even dozen richly bred
horses, six of which have rec
ords of two minutes or better.
.The queen of this group is
shapely equine aristocrat, Her
Ladyship 1:561, the world's fast
est pacing mare. Chief Coun
sel, 3, 1:573, holder of the
world’s record by a three-year
old pacer, is generally regarded .
as one of the finest living speci- ,
mens of the standard breed.
Peter Astra, 3, 2:021, winner
of the 1939 Hambletonian Stake
has won over $58,000 in the
two seasons he has raced. Be
sides being notable as a money
winner, he is in all respects a
grand looking horse,' kind in
disposition, beautifully tamed
and regal in his carriage.
Without doubt Snow White' ur
the most widely known horse of
her age that the turf has ever
seen. This beautiful milk white,
pink skinned, two-year-old filly
is a favorite with sports edi- J
tors throughout the country,
who have made profuse use of
her picture, because of her
great beauty and unusual color.
Another attraction that will
not fail to thrill and amaze the ’
spectators will be the high jump
ing exhibition of that marvel
of the hurdles, Little Squire,
that for his incites is the most
sensational jumper that the tim>
ber topping sport has ever pro
duced.
MRS. WALTERS * TO OPEN
GARDENS ON ESTATE
Mrs. Henry Walters will open
her beautiful estate, Airlie, in
Wilmington, N. C., with its <
gorgeous display of azaleas, on
April 19 and 20, from 10:00
a. m. to 6 p. m. Many of the
Sandhills cottage colony plan tot
visit the estate.
HAVE A CIGARETTE?
The Camel | cigarette man, will;
give free samples of cigarette*
today at the Progressive Gro
cery Store, Aberdeen.
WEATHER
Partly cloudy, colder in* east
portion; slightly warmer iit ex
treme west portion, preceded by
showers in east portion Sfetori
day. Sunday, fair and warmer