The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-10-05
LEE WHITMIRE PROTESTS
TENURE OF KIWANIS GOLF
CUP BY DR.. ]. G. BENNETT
Says He Was Excluded From Play Though Entered
and Biggest "Crudge Battle" Of Local Golf
Is Set for October IA

Formal protest to possession Of
the Kiwanis golf cup by DR.. j. e..
Bennett has been filed by former
Senator z. Lee Whitmire, who
contends that he actually entered
the Kiwanis tournament and thru
either an oversight or malice
aforethought was excluded from
participating.
DR.. Bennett. who won the cup
for the second time, concurs N
the protest of Senator Whitmlr2,
and the two contenders have
agreed and contracted to meet on
Saturday afternoon, October IA,
at 2 p. m.. in an 18-hole match
for possession of the cup.
By this contract Hendersonvllle
golf followers are assured Of the
greatest 'grudge battle in the his
tory of local gOlfing.
The match is expected to settle
many arguments. For example,
Senator Whitmire has always cor
tended that Dr.. Benefits golf
was pure luck. The golfing den
list. on the other hand. maintains
that his game is highly scientific.
"Take my educated slice" he says,
"on the fourth hole all have to
do is play my tee shot out over
the clubhouse and it curves right
back and drops on the green. This
is a splendid example of scientific
golfing."
The contract signed by the two
golfers and witnessed by H. 3.
Crowder, X. G. Morris, and ..
Roy Keith, sets out that DR.. j. u.
Bennett has been declared the
winner of the Kiwanis cup, and
that Senator Whitmire believes
the title to be defective, insecure,
and invalid, due to the fact that
he actually entered the tOu1na-
ment and was through an over
SIGHT or with malice aforethought
excluded from play, and whereas
said Whitmire has contended, de-
manded and insisted that Ben
nett's title is questionable and
clouded. and whereas said Ben
nett concurs in this opinion 1t Is
agreed that Bennett and Whit
mire shall on the afternoon OF DC
tober IA at 2 o'clock in the after
noon play an 18-hole game OF
golf, match play, for a perfect
and secure title to said cup.
Another provision of the CON
tract is that the loser Of the
match agrees to present said cup
to the winner at the first meeting
of the Kiwanis club and to make
at least a ten-minute speech eN.,
tolling the virtues and abilities OF
the winner. =,
The contract further provides
that all admission fees shall be
donated to the maintenance of the
Hendersonville Golf and Country
club. III
Interest in the match is rapidly
mom. ting to fever heat. Botn
men have their loyal supporters,
and each man has promised TO
take his opponent and forever
settle the question of golf suprGm.
acy. Rotarians who believe that
the club has golf enough to pos
sess at least one of the clty'S
cups, are Loyalty backing the Tor
mer senator, while Kiwanians who
maintain chat their club possesses
practically all the golfing talent
in the city, are to a man behind
the left-handed dentist whose
ability to come from behind is
without question.
Arrangements are being maze
at the club to take care OF the
largest gallery ever to witness
golf match, and it is expected that
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus Will
be asked to send special detail
of state highway patrolmen to
care for the traffic and maintain
order in the crowd.