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Since 1896
VOLUME 44, NUMBER 130.
Price 5 cents
THE PINEHURST OUTLOOK, PINEHURST, N. C.
SUNDAY, APRIL
14, 1940.
FAMOUS PRO TENNIS
STARS ENTERED IN -
NORTH-SOUTH MEET
Henderson Plays Rider Today in
Final of Men’s Singles of
Amateur Series; Mrs. Mac
Donald Wins Title.
budge, perry, coming
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Donald Budge, a magic name
in tennis, will play in the third
annual professional tennis tour
nament starting at the Country
Club courts Tuesday. Pinehurst
guests will have the opportu
nity of watching the foremost
professionals in action from
' Tuesday until Saturday. A sin
gles and doubles championship
will be played.
Budge will find competent
opposition in Fred Perry, Bruce
Barnes, Richard Skeen, Johnny
Faunce, John Nogrady, Vincent
Richards and others.
Mrs. Alice F. MacDonald won
the women’s singles honors yes
terday by virtue of a two and
a half hour struggle with Miss
Barbara Nields of Rye, N. Y.,
in the final round of the twenty
second annual North and South
tennis tournament.
Mrs. MacDonald won at 3-6,
11-9, 6-3.
Charles Rider of North Caro
lina University, and his team
mate, Archie Henderson of
Chapel Hill, gained their final
round brackets in the men’s sin
gles, and will meet this morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock for the title
won last year by Rider. The
defending champion earned his
fifial bracket by an upset vic
tory over Martyn Buxby of Mi
ami, the No. 1 seeded player, as
he scored at 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Both Henderson and Rider
played their best tennis of the
week yesterday.
MAT TO DO AND SEE
Today
Annual North and South ama
teur tennis tournament finals
at Pinehurst Country Club to
day.
Polo game this afternoon,
New York Athletic Club vs.
Pinehurst, on No. 2 field. Game
starts at three o’clock. Public
invited.
Buffet supper at Holly Inn. .
AT THE THEATRES
- Pinehurst -
Tonight and Monday night at
matinee Monday at 3:00,
% Son, My Son,” with Made
line Carroll, Brian Aheme and
Bouis Hayward.
- Southern Pines -
Tomorrow and Tuesday night
matinee Tuesday at
“Rebecca.”
Aberdeen
Tomorrow and - Tuesday night
®t 7:30 and 9:15, % “Shooting
igh,” with Gene Autry, Jane
ithers, Marjorie Weaver and
Jack Carson.
golf finals today
white sulphur springs,
W' Va-> April 13.—<^—*The fi
s °f the 20th annual Mason
n Hixon golf tournament were
,0stP°ned today until tomorrow
ecause of the cold weather.
Pinehurst vs. N. Y. A. G Polo Game Today
Pinehurst is ready to fight in
dashing demon wildcat fashion
this afternoon on the No. 2 polo
field. After running up ten
straight victories this season
and beating every team which
they have met on the home cal
endar, the Pinehurst Polo Club’s
galloping foursome has a tough
nut to crack in the New York
Athletic Club pold team.
It should be one of the fin
est exhibitions of American
polo. The only time Pinehurst
was defeated this season was at
Camden in February, when a>
Camden player’s pony kicked j
! the winning goal. Considering
this and the fact that the N. Y.
A. C. team climbed to one of
the top positions on the metro
politan indoor league this win
ter, it should be nothing short
of a dog fight this afternoon.
CLASSY HORSES THRILL
MATINEE PATRONS BY
FAST PERFORMANCES
Little Pat, world's champion |
pacing gelding in a race, with
a record of ,1:581, flashed his
colors and came in for first
place in the Biery Farm pacing
event, feature of yesterday's
matinee racing card at the Pine
hiirst Race Track.
The event, which was held
for the benefit of the Pinehurst
Free Clinic and sponsored by
the Pinehurst Chamber of Com- j
merce, was well, attended, with
the grandstand crowded and the
track lined half-way around
with autos. Little Pat's time
was 2:115 and 2:121 in the sec
ond heat, a remarkable time for
this stage of the training pe
riod. - Little Pat was driven by
Charlie Lacey. *
Second in the Biery Farm
pace went to Stoneridge Direct,
with Finney up, third to Gilt
anover.
One of the most exciting fla
res of the afternoon came
hen Mrs. Lawrence B. Smith
ove her own trotter, Pagliacci,
the fourth; event, the
win -- .
ssified trot for amateu* dnv
(v This was one case where
photo finish was almost an
3olute necessity, so close was
s race in the home stretch be
een Pagliacci and Harvest
n, S. S. Mather's fine trotter,
o was driven by Uzal H.
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A record; crowd is expected,
the largest ever witnessing polo
in Pinehurst. Aside from the
Sandhill attendance, many sports
fans are expected from all
parts of this state and South
Carolina, plus a contingent of
New Yorkers who have come
j down to root for their home
boys. Among the prominent
New Yorkers is Judge James D.
Moore, chairman of polo activi
ties of the New York Athletic
Club, who arrived yesterday,
firm in his belief that his team
will clip Pinehurst’s run of
wins this afternoon. Judge
Moore will referee the game
with Colonel Geofge P. Hawes
Jr. of Pinehurst.
The game starts at three
o’clock and the public is invited.
A number of reserved park
ing spaces right up- against the
TRAFFIC
INSTRUCTIONS
Considering the extremely
heavy attendance expected at j
$iis afternoon’s polo game,
Pinehurst Polo Club officials
have asked that the following
auto traffic instructions be fol
lowed:
All those with reservations on
the North side are asked to
come ip on __ the road skirting
the No. 1 golf course road past
the' race track and to form in
single*rfile. Those with tickets
on the South side must come in
through the Aberdeen road en
trance. i
Do9 not take the “short cut”
road through the- Pinehurst
Racetrack grounds because this
will be blocked.
Also, please do not stand in
front of other persons* cars in
the reserved sections, , obstruct
ing their view. All unreserved
ticket holders are asked to park
their cars in the second lane
of parked cars on the North
side and get seats in the bleach
ers. Two new bleacher sections
have been constructed to take
care of unreserved ticket hold
ers who cannot see the action
from their autos.
I WEATHER
Pair td partly cloudy Sunday
and Monday with rising temper
ature.
edge of the playing field are.
still obtainable for today’s game.
These may be obtained by call
ing the Pinehurst Polo Club,
Tel. 3694 or 3862 before the
game. All unreserved parking
spaces at the gate. *
The line-up:
NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB
1. Walter Nichols. -
2. Billy Rand.
3. Billy Nichols.
4. John Pflug.
PINEHURST
1. Mercer Hicks. ,
2. Merrill Fink. .
3. Jack Fink.
4. Capt. Paul R. Miller.
Timekeeper, William E. Baker.
Announcers, Nicholas P. Callag
han and Eliott Barta.
ROBERTSON, MUSSER,
IRISH AND YOUNGMAN
WIN WHISTLE EVENT
Warren Irish, J. C. Musser,
F. C. Robertson and R. * H.
Youngman won the medal play,
bestball of oil four partners
tournament of the Tin Whistle
Club yesterday with 58 plus
four, 62, over the number three
course.
R. D. Clemson, H. J. Hewat,
James T. Hunter and Charles
R. Scott finished second with
59 plus 4, 63, also on number
three.
Irish, Musser, Robertson and
Youngman, 62.
Clemson, Hewat, Hunter and
Scott, 63.
Calfee, Hotchkiss, Stage and
Zelie, 64.
Lovett, Malmstead, Ruggles
and P. W. i Thomson, 65.
Dickinson, Kellogg, Kilmer and
Safford, 66.
Hurd, Livermore, Parson and
Vail, 67.
Croft, DuPuy, Howland and
Jamison, 67.
; G. T. Dunlap Sr., G. T. Dun
lap Jr., Hale and Sloan, 68.
Jones, Lesh, McCullough and
Phillips, 68.
| Batterson, Cheatham, Hyatt
and Williamson, 68.
Bicknell,, Hoopes, Hornblower
and Marshal^ 69*
Aborn, RJa&esless, Emery and
Johnson, 69. r\
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North Shivers--Br-r-r
East Freezes—Br-r-r
Sun Shines in Sandhills
Severest Spying Weather in Fifty Years
Reported as Snow Storms, Gales and
Floods Hit North and Freezing Tem
peratures Extend Into Florida, Damag
ing Fruit and Gardens—Merrimac
River Menace to New England Mills—
New York Shivers.
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Automobilists arriving in Pinehurst yesterday afternoon and
last night reported they had encountered heavy going from North
ern points to 120 miles north of Raleigh, where they ran out of
the snow which covered most of the northeastern section.
The Associated Press reported the severest April weather in
half a century had gripped tjie east and portions of the south*,
bringing sub freezing temperatures, gales and flood threats.
While the eastern half of the nation shivered from wintry
weather the southern Pacific section was experiencing a premature
heat wave which sent readings to 100 degrees.
Storm warnings from Eastport, Maine, to Sandy Hook, pre
ceded a wave of snow, cold, rain and sleet in the New England
states. Rivers moved toward flood stage and mills in Lawrence,
Mass., were in danger as the Merrimac River swelled into lower
floors. v Stocks were removed. ,
The North Atlantic states were snowbound. There , was six
inches of snow in Albany, and in New York, a temperature of 24.8
set a record low for April 18^ ' _ ,
Fruit and truck gardens in the south were hit by the cold*
with 27 degrees in Knoxville, and 35 in Jacksonville, Fla.
Warmer weather was reported on the way. .
Claim Seven Nazi Skips
British Warships Navigate Narrow Fjord
and Sink Enemy Destroyers at Narvik
—a Fight for Oslo.
Great Britain threw the overwhelming might of her navy to
day against the Nazi captors of Norway's strategic port of Narvik:
and announced that she had sent seven German destroyers to the*
bottom of the rocky bay. v ..
The great battleship Warstite, leading a powerful flotilla upr
the narrow fjord smashed through defenses, killing a thousand •»
German seamen. The Admiralty confidently predicted that *hj«
daring victory >ould clarify jthe British position on this section of
the coast. The report did not say whether any British shipa
were lost. * - t • * , .
Fleeing men, possibly German soldiers^ were seen:«running
over the hills behind Narvik. Further details are awaited, said
the Admiralty. Three, of the attacking British destroyers were*
damaged, but not seriously, and British loss of life was believed!
to be small. ~ . ' -* ,
By directing the audacious attack, Vice-Admiral William Whit
worth, on the bridge of the Warstite, became the new man of the*
hour to Britons. To maneuver a warship the size of the 30,600*
ton Warstite into the narrow Fjord leading to Narvik, called for
super seamanship. The Stockholm radio said in a broadcast late*
today that the British were effecting landing of troops at Narrik
under heavy bombardment of German planes.
STOCKHOLM, April 13.—4/P)—Germany today landed new ex
peditionary troops In southeast Norway and began a brisk drive
northward toward Oslo in fierce fighting with Norwegian defenders.
Refugees from the region said civilians had fled from the section,
leaving their homes to be fought over by the contending armies.
Refugees poured into Sweden.
The newly landed German troops smashed through hastily
formed defense rings thrown up around Oslo to prevent the Ger
mans from augmenting the forces which originally captured the
city. Between Oslo and Holen, twenty-five miles south, the ring
was broken, and the defenders lost ten miles further south on the
west side of the Oslo fortress.
ARMY ORDERS
Lieutenant colonels: Roger
Hilsman, inf., Fort Howard, Md.,
to Charlotte, N. C. William A.
McCullouch, inf:, Charlotte, N.
C., to Hawaiian Dept. Major
Eubert H. Malone, inf., New
Brunswick, N. J., to Fort Moul
trie, S. c.
AUXILIARY’ TO MEET '
There will be a meeting of
the Pinehurst Chapter of the
Moore County Hospital Auxil
iary on Wednesday, April 17th,
at 10:30 a. m., in the Nurses*
| clas<* room at the hospital. N.
This will be a special call
meeting to discuss raising of
funds for the coming year.