Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-08

and Chick Harbert at Plum
Hollow, about five or six thou
sand people spending Sl.10 each
10 watch. The money went to
the recreation fund at SelirldGe
Field.
Demaret and Crosby lost by
four holes, but while they lost,
YOU couldn't call IL a drubbing.
Harbert. OF course, Is the Mich
igan Open champion, and Nelson
Is In a streak of golf that's as
good as he's ever played.
The three pros hit their tee
shots n little farther than Bing
did, but aside from that / think
you would call them pretty even.
Possibly Bling fired a few APP
proach shots that missed the
green by foot or two, while
the rest were getting on by that
two-foot margin.
But IL you have to measure IL
In feet. you might as well say
that Bing Is n scratch golfer
and be done with II. He In. I'm
less missed a stroke some
where, ] saw him make at least
one birdie, and he may have
made some more.
With 5000 or more people in
the gallery, getting a gooS look
at the proceedings was tough.
Worse than the Ryder Cup
matches" said Claire Glynn.
AT the Cup matches. the gall
leries split up, and follow differ
ent players. Here there's just
the one match"
Bling wore n nondescript out
fit, n straw hat, green Stacks
and sweater-shirt and white
spiked shoes, and smoked n pipe.
He had IL when he started and 1t
was still between his teeth at
the end, and some lady Mt the
eighteenth green remarked. "He
In still smoking his pipe, bless his
heart"
He clowned most OF the way.
That Is, he was seriously work.
ing at the golf match. but when
he'd sink l5-foot putt he'd kiss
the ball, and when he missed
five-footer he'd pretend TO break
his club over his knee.
I wouldn't say he was showing
off. exactly. although anybody in
show business has to be some
thing of a show-off. Mostly il was
just natural fun. 1t. Neil Boyle,
assigned as bodyguard by the po-
lice, said. Hes a nice guy, that
is all. He just treats you like
anybody else. And you might
like to use this-out on the back
nine he saw a woman carrying
a baby girl. Bing admired the
baby and said. "Oh. a girl! l
don't see many of them!"
If Bing's next baby (fifth,
isn't IT'D isn't another boy. then
they'll have to scrap all his
scripts; il would be as bad for
the script writer's as if one Of
Bing's horses won a race.
After the match, Bing cracked
some jokes and sang some songs,
standing on the eighteenth green
while 5000 people sat on the
sloping banks around the club
house and Jim DeLand's Sere-
naders friends of Bing since
they met at Sun Valley played.
In fact, Bing seems TO have
friends everywhere. Demaret Is
n personal friend. And when
Jack Adams popped into the
dressing room, Bing started talk
ing hockey with him. Wanted 20
know where Conacher was and
what's Ching johnson doing now.
Herb Humid let DeLand's must
clans 60 out 10 Selfridge Field
for a show Bing gave there in
the evening. and they were all in
a rush 20 get away. With the aid
Of DR.. Joe Seiffert, Boyle and
two or three others we got a
chance 10 talk 10 Bing, but IL
was a matter of talking between
conversations. autographs. chang
ing clothes; a general hubbub,
But Bing survives II, cheerful,
friendly, agreeable and obliging
One of his fans. Don Willie. had
made a bet Ca 500 war bond
that he could get himself photo
graphed with Bling. Just how he
engineered IL, am not quite
sure even yet, but he did.
As the picture WAS snapped
Don told BIng, "Well, that win,
me a hundred buck bond" not
knowing whether Bing would BE-
angry about ~ or not.
"a hundred 90 said Bling
"GOsh. fella, you shoulda made
II $500"
Everybody seemed 10 get tho
same idea-Dr. hes Bouquin
club resident the soldiers. the
police, the caddies and even the
lady who blessed Bing'S heart
and pipe. He's a nice gent. nice
and even tempered My gosh
lost my temper just trying 10
get 10 talk 10 him. Think what
he goes through
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