Evening star., 1937-11-14
PR0D|G|OUS FEATS
MARK THEIR LIVES
Montague, Ruth, Didrikson,
Annenberg to Come Out
in the Open Today.
By JOHN LARDNER.

Dy SO1kIN A<AROINGns
n YEW YORK, Nov. 13.-This is
going to be quite q golf
" match between Mysterious
4 Montague and Mysterious
Ruth. with Mysterious Didrikson and
Mysterious Annenberg nlling out the
quartet.
The match will be played tomor-
row, on Long Islands Fresh Meadow
course, WITH the proceeds hand
marked for charity. So little is known
about the four mysterious contestants,
and so strange and gruesome are the
stories we hear, that it might be we'll
to 90 over the ground and review
the lives and histories Of these four
sinister characters-each and every
one 4 legend, or your money back.
Mysterious Montague-They say on
the Coast that this amazing fellow
once bet Greta Garbo $165,000 that
he could beat her playing golf with
toothpick, a blow-torch and a lawn
mower. Garbo snapped up the wager.
The match was played in leper COL
ony, to insure secrecy, and Garbo con-
ceded on the fourth green. She paid
on the bet in S. gold pieces, remark
ing, as she did so:
Monty, you sho' do know your
stllsf"
Montague is said to be feet tall
and IL feet through the equator,
though no one ever has seen him ex
cept Bing Crosby, Shirley Temple,
Paul Whiteman, Wheeler and Woolsey,
ths Ritz Brothers, Marlene Dietrich,
Sam Goldwyn, Laurel and Hardy,
Joan Blondell and little-known trav-
cling man named Schoneld.
Legends About His Strength.
LIS strength is tremendous. He
once drove golf ball from Pasa-
dena to Denver, stopping only to have
. tire changed. Another time, play
ing In . mixed foursome with Jane
Withers, Luis Firpo and Louisa May
Alcott, Montague found his tee shot
in bad lie, at the foot of a telegraph
pole. Faced with the choice of NOV
ing his ball or wrenching up the pole
by the foots, Monty picked up the
ball and lost stroke. At least, that's
what the legend says.
Montague also can tear phone
book in half with his bare hands Che
never wears gloves and initiate bird
calls.
Mysterious Ruth-Here is a chap,
unknown to the public, who has in
spired almost as many legends as
Montague. Though no one ever has
seen him except Bing Crosby, Shirley
Temple and Lou Gehrig-his constant
Kolfing companions-they tell me that
the Babe once drove a baseball clean
out of the ball park, for a side bet
Of $911 900.
Ruth has avoided photographers
since babyhood. He Is said to be fine
figure of man, weighing 485 pounds, if
not less and standing feet 10 in his
stocking feet, which he does for hours
ut a time. One day a curious tourist
stole a glimpse of Ruth by paying
Sl.lo Gncluding taxi at the box office
and sitting in back Of the plate. This
30 infuriated the great man and his
friend, Col. Jacob Rupert, that they
padlocked the Yankee Stadium. The
incident never was repeated.
Mysterious Ruth is said to be fond
Of spareribs. His real name is La
verne Moore, but he played football
for the University OF Illinois under the
alias of Red Grange, and ran wild.
Mysterious Didrikson-the lady for
whom Babe Ruth was named. No one
ever has seen her except Bing Crosby,
but legend has it that she can drive
. golf ball 500 yards in her stocking
feet.
That Famous Driving Contest.
MYSTERIOUS DIDRIKsoN once
A'A had a. driving contest with Ruth,