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Show SPEAKING OF A SPORTS By ROBERT McSHANE ) laoud by W aitam Nyyiop,, V7HAT promises to be one of the moat interesting winter golf campaigns ever known is well under way with most of last year's professional favorites still ensconsed In the golden seat managing to hold their own against all comers. With approximately In $80,000 priie money to shoot at, the pros have nnlimbered their biggest guns. The Quest for gold and glory started In Miami recently, and continues tome 10,000 miles up and down the Rest coast, then to Arizona and Texas, then to New Orleans, and finally, back to Florida. First successful searcher was "Lord Byron Nelson, he of the poetic golf swing, who headed westward with $2,500 Miami Open money in his pocket. Nelson, conceded by many fellow professionals to be the world's greatest golfer, won the affair with a '271, nine strokes under par for the 72 holes. He, won by a single stroke from Clayton Ileafner of Linville, N. C. P iSGELES.-- 11, Eddie Low-2- S t U. Bel-A.Ib Hill.. Who 1. h rLffery? He' U now a man business Francisco Ouimet and ir !?Brlr uc-o- to r VXlSI' H ago years rfr 28 caddie who worked for Francis Ouimet in the fa- 4 mous Vardon Ray play for the U. S. Open at Brookline in ld a " 1'915.. 7 Ouimet s finishing and his play in rush j is now ithe play-of- f one of the main dra-- J matic spots of all golf, no matter how r J many centuries you fUaad kke may look back. But part jdie Lowerys an has also championship al main the in which 5ting side i - been known. sever years eld at the tu Eddie said, with Ouimet Rs-and srfaea my elder brother We 4 to caddie for Francis. of the first day hookey Jajet aaly 11 Mi-am- iuntment. My brother cad-- dr Francis while I followed lag Ray. That night our we both had to be at C ltd day. My brother went school, but I played hookey iad carried Oulmets bag. I d keep an eye ea Oulmets on the lookout for -- ud also d officers, who were pretty to i forget the last three 4 the last round," Eddie const Trends had to play these strokes, one under par, to get i with Vardon and Ray, who ibtady finished. On the short ath Francis had a putt i two. This seemed a good But ct to go for that birdie. ii too bold, and the first putt But he eight feet by the cup. i that one for his three. On the :!tnth he holed another 19 or oter tor the needed birdie and brough pouring rain got his bur on the last hole which :d in the now famous triple 1 sever 1 20-fo- ot , 4 Happened Later can imagine .how the excitement, tu i tremen- Lowery Tew thought the caddie had r.th the ia outside chance against two as British golfers who had red in to many British Opens. A t i many Ouimets of friends ight I was too young and too J to caddie in an event so im- ant They insisted on some old- addie, but Francis held out for il pick the story here for a rant," Ouimet cut in. Next rag. a ahort while before the Ak Eddie came and got my bag. wont want to hit any prac-tfiwt- a, will you? he asked, know-1- st 1 seldom did. I said, No. u then aaid. Ill see you In about ' a hour. Where are you going? We start in w few min-Ttell you later, Eddie an he hustled away. At we D a all three ready to round drive off 1 again and there waa There have 1 you been? I asked didn't want to bother you, Pered, but Ive been hiding wl ham. Theres a truant effi- after me to take me back to 1 had to keep out of his Esd listen, he said, youre J beat these two guys sure. keep your eye on the ball take . care of everything , I recall. It. Eddie said, the tl dven as they passed a. I could see a worried look kces of both Vardon and -They had expected the .J ed kid to crack BLBut here he was cooler I w. He He A Man to Watch Snead is one of the countrys best golfers.' Almost any pro golfer will Insist that Sammys Is the finest swing in the game that he cant be beat from drive to pitch. His big weakness has been his mental attitude, which has let him down all too often. Once he gains full control of himself, he will win considerably more than hU share of tournaments. Ralph Guldahl is another player to watch. .He hasnt been playing the kind of golf that hes capable of playing. Guldahl plays ss cool a game ss any' man in the pro ranks. His failure to win more tournaments baffles even the experts. He is the kind of s player one would expect to be consistent, he plays ss though his veins were filled with ice water. This may be his year. He used to wreck the field, and may start in all over again. Ton may remember that Jimmy Demaret waa a regular ball of fire along the winter circuit laat year. He grabbed all the headlines In California, Texan and Florida. He didnt opeiiwrtfiibaAriT' 31.25 ta Miami Bing exactly Speaking i didn't watch their just kept playing his T- - Then on the tenth hole don and Ray took three 184 Ouimet was out in front an pUyed fine golf the and then big Ted to break up. This 1 11 H1 between Francis and Var-SAnd lt couldnt stand the ,ut puce any longer u , mucked and Francie Y. W. e Plckcd up two " more I killing Uxrnit V2LcU Wa US cool and as I v? he had' been Pluying with "two old pals, IS h, j113 rining and the course ft k. V T j but to back come surprise the he may galleryltes. Ben Hogan is likely to pick up where he left off last year. The hi 1,000 he won lh Florida ran to 10,653. the year total earnings for him possession of the SFdoihrbphy7l warded annually the Professional Golfers association to its most consistent member. winner of. last year Vardon total of trophy, was second with a with third was Snead 9,653, and Nel-ao- n, 9,206. who weighs in the neigh132 pounds, continues to of borhood with his astound his contemporaries " Despite his tremendous drives. off the them be Uy small frarrve. tee with the longest driven in the It wouldnt b at all surHogan, ' game. the pace he prising if he continued - set in California' ay ear ago.- Sport Shorts The Missouri Athletic commission is fostering a series of elimination Kgy, but Ouimeta to determine the world's matches Z' p a ued to find .the middle. . . . R7 Murwa perfect and his wrestling champion captain-elefootball smoking hot The two phy, Armys attended a Mont., Anaconda,' couldnt' stand up against from U.. Montana CUn 54 under such condi-- L Butte business college, adbefore being State especially when they had and Montana mitted to West Point certain runaway. Zone Baseball fans In the Canal - mujt have been u big which with 20.000 aid to Lowery. hope to raise Tl induce the GianU to will fhrill try. for-Ive never 1 they ta there In 1941 train to never will. Eddie saldT and Indians ct -- I i, a 'T'HIS design was A lE5CRENADlb. , By VIRGINIA VALE . , , ' ' and-Dcs- 'r - ' ' '; ' X s f ViT ' If ' ' v F $7 s fv ',Vw,v ' Vw? . ' I A, ; ' Mi . extremely her friends find tossed her' bouquet to the ladies who attended the reception she Arnnz pave before s x so popular, when it first appeared, that it is repeated now, for those who might have missed it the first time.: Of coufse you can easily see why everybody likes it. Design No, 8824 sjips on over the head and tis in a jiffy no but- - LUCILLE. BALL cut a wetfJing cake for , ' V vie-pnrti- np ' 'Vv for 1 X V. y. . I'sX , Hollywood-an- d more unk at the UKO Radio studios. It wasnt exactly a weddinp bouquet, since the reception s what might he called delayei v ;v w-a- 'TV Their elopement gt.utleil practically eveijhoviy; the gineriil opinion hnil been (hat their romance was one of Uiose tilings that are cooked up for the sake of sweet publicity It's reported that even the studio was surprised.- You cun see the honeymooning couple In "Too Many - i Giris.. 4 4 ' The Grand Parade of the Assembled Indians at the Fur Traders tains in siK V -- V Little Ben Hogan of White Tlains, N. Y., the years leading money winner, finished with a 775 total and third place. Sam Snead of Hot Springs, and Willie Goggin of tied for fourth with 277. Ne one was particularly surprised to see Nelson walk off' with top honors in the initial tournament of the winter circuit. Net even hie closest competitor begrudged him the $2,M0, for Lord Byron was on his game and that means golf near perfection. By the same token, however, no one would have been surprised if the victory had gone to Hogan, Snead, Demaret, Smith or any one . of a dozen other 1939-4- 0 favorites. It Is only natural that a lot of questions remain unanswered sS yet The winter campaign is too young to be used as the basis for any prognostications. For Instance, can Slammin Sammy Snead finally hit his true stride and start winning tournament with that beautiful swing? Remember that he finished the fall meets in good shape. And he opened the winter wars with a good showing. Dub golfers dont place fourth against competition like the Miami Open offered. For a while things were looking dark for the West Virginian. He had blown the National Opens of Philadelphia and Cleveland in 1939 and 1940. He lost his poise in the pinches and his mental attitude went haywire when the chips were down. Later on Sammy regained his courage. He won three of his last four big tournaments and gave Nelson a real battle for the professional golfers' crown. Everybody Likes This SmnrtTipron (ReUawfiTEy Waatern Nawspnpar Union.) Money Winner eryi Story Toe Union Diary' Sheds New Hight on Romantic Story of Fur Trade In the Rocky Mountains a. Century Ago Recently-Publishe- d 1837. Rendesvous In the Rocky Moun- From the painting by Alfred J. Miller of Baltimore, who accompanied Sir William Drummond Stuart (or Stewart) of Murthly Castle, Scotland, to the Far West in 1837. This picture hung In Murthly Castle until about 1926 when it, and other paintings by Miller, were sold and sent to New York. It was purchased there by E. W. Marland, then governor of Oklahoma, and presented to the Oklahoma Historical society in 1936. and, at the time he pcrUhed, uniter thirty year of age. Hold, daring and fearlraa, By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union. I romantic era of the Rocky mountain fur trade of a ago came to life again the other day and once more such frontier notables as Old Jim Bridger, Kit Carson, Nathaniel J. Wyeth, Jim Beckworth, Captain Bonneville, Lucien Fontenelle and the Robidoux brothers strode across the stage of history. They appeared in a new book Life in the Rocky Mountains A Diary of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado, from February, 1830, to November, 1835, by W. A. Ferris, then in the Employ of the American Fur Company, edited by Paul C. Phillips and published by Fred A. Rosenstock the, Old West Publishing company of Denver, Colo. Life in the Rocky Moun-- " tains is referred to in the in time to take part in the famous Battle of Pierres Hole in July, foregoing as a new book. 1832. That fall he was In another Perhaps rediscovered nar- famous frontier fight in which his rative would be a more ac- leader, William H. Vandenburgh, curate description. For after lost his life. Ferris wanderings on the Ferris tells a dramatic story of sources of the rivers etc. this Incident how the party of trappers came upon traces were over, the diary which he seven of an Indian hunting party and had carefully kept was rewrit- how they cautiously approached a ten as a continuous narrative little grove of trees watching and published serially :n an each wavering twig and rustling bough, to catch a glimpse of early American magazine, die some skulking savage. Then: Western Literary Messenger Suddenly the lightning and thunder of THE yet caulloua, deliberate and prudent: uniting the apparent oppoelte qualities, of courege and coolneaa. a aoldler and a he died universally beloved achylar. and regretted by all who knew him. Ferris had many other narrow escapes from death during the remainder of his service with the ConAmerican Fur company. cerning his career in the Rockies, Phillips writes: The five and a half years which Warren Ferris passed in the mountains had done much to broaden his experience and develop his powers. He had served under such great masters of the fur trade as Andrew Drips, Lucien Fontenelle, Joseph Robidoux, and William Henry Vandenburgh; and his acquaintance with them in the small trading and trapping parties must have been intimate. He also met Jim Bridger, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Robert Campbell, Henry Fraeb, William and Milton Sublette, and other leaders of the opposition and learned of their ways and abilities. He knew Bonneville, Nathaniel P. Wyeth, Captain John Chant and other Independent traders. Another man whom ha met, and evidently greatly adat le at twenty tustle bunt upon our mired but does not mention in of Buffalo, N. Y., in 1843-4from the sully, and his narrative, was Sir William aitonlahed In this form it was known to awoke ue tolenid a lUrtllng coneckousneaa of Drummond Stuart, the famous a few scholars of the fur trade Imminent danger, magnified beyond conand hunter. the explorer almoet English magical appear ception. by era but there were many gaps in the narrative because the Messenger ceased publication early in its career and many numbers had apparently been lost. Then Mr. Rosenstock, who had been collecting copies of this magazine, traced down the missing numbers and made them available to Mr. Phillips, who had already started work on a biography of Ferris. . Later research unearthed other important material family papers, articles written by Ferris in his later years for the Dallas (Texas) Herald and, most important of all, a map of the Northwest' Fur Country, drawn by Ferris 1 , These publicity stunts "angles" ts the name for them are the bane of press agent's life. For examIf a movie star is arriving in ple, New York it's up to her press agent to think up something that will sound reasonable enough to land the story of her coming, with photographs, on the front pages of the newspapers. Sometimes the stories are true, of course but it's usually the synthetic one that get the most space. When Linda Darnell arrived In New York recently she got a fine press reception. She announced to reporters that she waa allergic to rabbits, cats, tobacco, horses, feathers and baking powder she rides a horsa In .her latest picture, Chad Hanna, ao that got the name of the Well, picture into the story too. Linda's a beautlfu) girl, and mayba she really la allergic to cats, horses, baking powder, etc. ' ' . . . has reached the Hardy aga where ha has a private secretary; In the new Hardy picture, Mickey Rooney graduates from high Andy tons, no troublesome about1836rAllof this ' material has gone into the making of this new book which is rated by historians as constituting one of the great finds" in recent research in the history of the West. Ferris was born in Glens Falls, N. Y., December 26, 1810, and grew up in Buffalo, to which his family had moved when he was very young. He was trained to be a surveyor but at the age of he ran away from home because his mother disapproved of his smoking a pipe and scolded him severely for doing it on the street one day. Feeling the urge to go West, he finally arrived in St Louis in June, 1829, and entered the employ of Pierre Chouteau Jr., head of the Western de- ' if - Ll? 3 TIIE DEATH OF VANDENBURGH From the painting by Irvin Shope, now In the Montana State University Library. A reproduction of this picture forms the frontispiece in Life in the Rocky Mountains. snee of more than one hundred Seated with such men by the onTecHw-uwwnpropnistnzsnmUy both before and on either side of us, at tho terrify inf distance (since meas- trail arnpflrefWtravellng-'lh- a with them, must have given the young man a larger view ol the world as well aa a better knowledge of the problems of how-t- o deal with Indians . . . The care with which he made his observations, and the honest and vividness with which he portrayed ured) of thirty step. ImaslnaUon can not paint tha horrid aubllmity of tho scone. A thousand brilliance reflected from their una as they were quickly thrown Into various posiUons, either to load or lire, succeeded the first volley, which waa followed by a rapid succession of shots, and the leaden messengers of death, whiatlad In our ears aa they- - passed Jnjunwelcpma proximity. At that instant I saw three of our UienirMakrtilarriarrativrxmi American Fur company. comrades flying, like arrows, from the absorbing interest. It is the only horse of our partiAt that time three great com- place of murder.- - The information regarding san (Vandenburgh) was shot dead under source of the for were competing events in the savwith panies firmness, but unexampled important many him, control of the fur business in the be stepped calmly from tha lifeless ani- age struggle for control of the fur mal. presented his gun at the advancing West. Into this struggle the young foe, and exclaimed "Boys, dont run"; trade. he when was plunged New Yorker at the same moment the wounded horse But aside from Ferris imporC. of a Frenchman threw his rider, and left St. Louis with an A. F. chronicler tance as a first-han- d of The veils broke away towards camp. fienda filled tha air, and of this important era in American company in February,' 1830, and those infernal went up the Platte river, through death appeared Inevitable, when I was claims to aroused to aoargy by observing about history, he. has other South Pass into the Green river twenty Indiana advancing, to clooe the fame. He left the mountains 4n country. already narrow passage, between the two the winter of 1833 and returned -.. That fall they trapped the. we st- lines. ed.wanlora. to straight-- , my spurs rowel deep lute the to his home in Buffalo Dashing and Green the of tributaries ern One of flank ef my noble steed, at e single en out a family tangle the ditch, but before later moved over to the neigh- beund be cleared to Texas had his brothers gone 1 Salt Lake. In be reached the ground. was struck In borhood of. Great x With' a t shoulder by .a beU, which nearly and the next year Warren Ferris ' 1831 Ferris was tfajv throw me off; by a desperate effort' Joined him thersrHe became'a Snake on the however, I regained my upright position, upper ping party fled. A friend. Mr. A. C. Nelson, surveyor In the service of the river and there had difficulty - with and rmasnrt the gully with me, but s moment new Republic of Texas snd it was Bay after be waa called to return. Without he who made the surveys for the a band of rival Hudson he considering the utter Impossibility of summer That trappers. to our devoted town which became the great city rendering assistance but Divide at the seme of Dallas. crossed the Continental be wheeled, partisan, his horse was severely wounded into the valley of the Jefferson Instant Next he settled down as a farm by two balls through the neck, which then continued north into the val- compelled him to fly; yet be kept bis er but took no part in the Civil Columeye for seme momenta on our friend, ley of Garks Fork of the himself surrounded, without war both because he was over who seeing bia. the 'possibility of escape, leveled bis and because of his The next spring Ferris returned gun end shot down the foremost of bis ege for service received in the shoulder a was fired crippled foes. The Indians Immediately to the Snake river country, him he feu they uttered fight with the Indians in which upon volley the sent and among made a clerk a loud and shrill yell of exultation, and Vandenburgh was killed. His Flathead Indians with orders to the noble spirit of a good and a brava . forever. later years were devoted to lit away, bad man passed trapbring .them to the annual Hole. Thus fell Wra. Henry Vandenburgh. a erary work and be died on Feb at pers rendezvous Pierres gentleman bora bi Inmans, educated at 1873. He returned withthe Flatheads West Point in the Military Academy, ruary 8, John-Jacob-Ast- er's tbe-led- s. and slim at the waistline, Is guaranteed to stay put on the shoulders, and covers your frock thoroughly, above and belowl Send for.it right away, because your home work will seem much lighter and pleasanter when youve half a dozen such aprons. Choose cheery percale prints, gay gingham checks, or colorful polka dot calico, and trim the braid. Its so edges with ric-ra- c finish can it In a few you easy hours. Pattrm No. 8824 Is designed for sizes 14. 16. 18, 20; 40, 42 and 44. SU IS re- 4. k cross-strap- Its nice material withquires 2 yards of out nap; 7th yards of braid. Send order to I h SEWING CIACLK PATTERN DEPT. 141 New Montgomery Are. Call!. Saa Praactsc MICKEY ROONEY school and the secretary enters his life. In this picture Kathryn Grayson, a singer, makes her film Enclosa Pattern 18 No. canta for aach pattern. Size e l4MS4( Name MMMISMSHttSSSSSSSSSMSSISS Address debut , Pot e Geld finally went befere the cameras the ether day, after aevea delays. First the director, Geerge Marshall, waa till then, when James Stewart conld work, Paulette Goddard couldnt James Reese velts Finally Roosevelt himself was called up by the national 'defense emergency. Even new, when the picture has finally get nnder way, Stewart la doing retake at another studio, and they have to shoot around him- - DONT BE BOSSED BY YOUR LAXATIVE -- RELIEVE - CONSTIPATION THIS MODERN WAY When you CmI gassy, headachy, logy due to dog ged-u- p bowels, do aa millions at bedtime. Next do taka snornlng thorough, comfortable relief, helping you start tho dey ftiU ol your normal energy and pep, feeling like a million! doesnt .diaturb your nights rest or interfere with work the t, the chewing next dey. Try gum lexetive, youreelt It testee good. Its' bendy and economical ...a family supply Feen-A-Ml- Feen-A-Mi- nt nt The other day Henry Fonda jumped off pullman car whllt clad in pajamas and a dressing gown, and sat down in a mud puddle, durFEEIl-A-MINT- To ing a heavy rain. When be rose be heaved a sigh of relief. A aeries of seven comedy accidents which hed suffered for "The Lady Eve" Creating Happiness waa over, and ha was free to go A world full of happiness Is not ahead- - and moke beyond human power "tocreate ; Stanwyck according to the script the obstacles are not insuperable. Had stumbled over Miss .filan The real obstacles lie in the heart wycks legs twice, crashed into wait- of man, and the cure for these is ers carrying trays, fallen over a sofa a firm' hope, Informed and fortiinto a platter of food, been drenched fied Bertrand Russell. by thought. by (1) roast beef gravy and (2) hot coffee, and pulled some heavy portieres down on himself. All for the amusing us. Feen-A-Min- love-to-Barba- ra Rudy Valle has emerged as a triple threat man en hla Thursday program ever the NBC red network Not only does he alng and lead the orchestra, hot he alee does a lot 1 verbal aparrlng with John Barry-merwho la now a permanent feature ef the program. We dont knew whether Barrymore has been coaching Vallee, hnt Rddyi histrionic abilities - certainly ... have ..im peeved It take plenty of ability to stand ap to Barrymore, bat Vallee aeems to have more than held hla own. bit Lit,, NEWEsrHomr i. I e, ODDS AND ENDS The nehoni handtome ice men ia working aj skips officer in Peremounfe "N York Town," along wilh Mery Merlin, Fred McMurre y, Bob Pretton end Lynne Overmen. Ted Bernick toon that title in e national contest, end e role in a picture was part of his victory . . . Leslie Howard has written friends thei hes in England to stay mayba not for tho duration of the war, but long enough so that he cant accept ... 'Twem here commitments has signed Diana tieth Century-FoBarrymora, Johns daughter sa she end he tviU be working mt the seme studio. u 5 b -- Hotel Oppaaits Monas Tsaapia RICHLY R2C022ZNXC3 Kates $153 to 3X3 a mark of dlstbclca to at this bant" EXNEST C. . Ji its -- TEMPLE JSQUARE Jtl COMA I L -- - 3 ? I |