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Newspaper
Pinehurst Outlook
Location
Pinehurst, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1909
Page
9
The New York Globe notes Andy’s return from Paris with a sharp critique of his blunt remarks and graft exposure. The poem both lauds and punctures his bravado, calling attention to travel altering views and his outspoken nature.
A fragment from the Atlanta Constitution echoes a rural verse about waking before dawn to music and movement, with imagery of night fading and a lark and crow signaling a new day. The piece uses dialect to depict defiant resolve as weather intensifies.
J S Olds of Chicago won with 287 or 95 2-3 per cent, C H Newcomb of Philadelphia second with 284, and Dennis A Upson of Cleveland third with 282. W B Darton led professionals with 290, George L Lyon second with 286, Fred Gilbert third with 283. Sweepstakes covered 150 and 275 targets, with Olds Newcomb Lee dominating the first event and Upson Olds Newcomb in the others. Next year’s plan expands to twenty target events, with added money and optional sweepstakes, preliminary and handicap formats outlined.
Management and general supervision rested with Manager G Dan Morgan who ran the program smoothly. Leonard Lufts attended and aided. John W Todd of Charlotte, with C M Creswell as cashier, assisted. A handicap committee led by C W Billings oversaw handicapping with John Phillip Sousa and others ensuring satisfaction. The article presents rise and fall of battles in Handicap and Preliminary with handicap totals by strings and gross totals, plus sweepstake summaries.
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