The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-11
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BY HENRY McLFMORE


 United Press Staff COrrespondentD
 Coral Gables, Florida, December II. = (UP) = This is the story Os a very sinister plot, which was matched in the darkness of a Country Club locker room, and exec cuted on the fariways and greens of the Miami Biltmore golf course.
 The hatchers: Stephen Early, secretary to President Roosevelt; Pat Harrison, the honorable senator from Mississippi; ex-0overnor James M. Cox of Ohio; Dan Ma- honey, newspaper publisher; Harry Butcher, radio executive; Merle Thorpe, economic analyst: George Allen, commissioner of the District of Columbia, and others.
 The victim: John J. Pelley, pres- 1dent of the American Association of Railroads.
 The executioner: Paul (Lil Poi son) Runyan, former P.G.A. cham pion and one of the country's finest golfers. v
 The reason for the plot: MT. Pei. ley's low eighties golf game, with which he has been winning money from the "hatchers" for the past four years over Washington. D. C., courses.
 Yesterday in the locker room, Golfer Runyan, who had. agreed to join the conspiratorS, was intro- duced to Mir. Policy as MT. Paul, a young business man from Munc!e, Ind, with a golf handicap of eight"
 After ( few beers and lunch, a foursome was arranged with the customary Nassau and Syndicate bets. Mir. Policy, although pitted against MT. Paul" in the foursorne play, suggested to MT. Paul" that being as they both were eight- handicap men they have few prf- vate wagers. MT. Paup said all right, although he wasn't sure how well he would play on strange Florida course C'Mr. Paul" had just finished playing the S10000 open on the same course)
 "Mr. Paul" teed off first and the scattering of spectators about the first tee were treated to the unusual sight 0 fone of the worlds most stylish golf swingers, tying himself into an awkward duffer's knot and hooking wildly into the rough.
 As the ball skittled through the brush MT. Pelley turned to his part ner and gave a knowing wink as If to say:
 T can handle this fellow all right"
 MT. Paul" was out in 40 to win the first nine Nassau from MT. Policy by one-up. He achieved this 40 in the hardest possible manner. Few of his tee shots found the fair way but he played miraculous re- coye.y shots. On two occasions he saved holes by playing deliberate hooks which broke gracefully onto the green. The second one of these caused MT. Policy, who knows his golf and how difficult it is to exe- cuts such a shot into the wind, to question the golfer from Muncie's" handicap. But MT. Paul's" Caddy, who was in on the plot, assured him that the fade shots were lucky and that he would blow up" anytime now.
 Despite a miserable six on an easy par three hole Che topped his drive, dubbed his second, topped his third, and barely got on with his fourth MT. Paul' went to the seventeenth green needing only four for 35 coming home, and with all his bets with MT. Policy safely tucked away.
 Sensing that his opponent looked upon him as full grown liar in regard to his eight handicap, MT. Paul" as he went to the final tee, suggested he give MT. Pelley a stroke on the home hole and play double or nothing. :.
 But MT. Policy was sport, and refused.
 NO, that wouldn't be fair to you" he said. You've been playing nice- Iy and you've won. But remember, there's another round this after noon, and I'll get you then"
 So MT. Paup spanked a 250 yard drive down the middle, played a number 3 iron dead to the pin, and was down in two for perfect four.
 This aroused MT. Pellcys suspi- cions once more.