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Adaptable. In Monterey, Calif., Joe Gilliland lost his auto license after three arrests for drunken driving, was presently jolted into the ditch while doing some drunken horse-&-buggy driving...
Golfer Bing Crosby was elected to buy champagne at the Cypress Point clubhouse on Monterey Peninsula, Calif. On the 16th hole-222 yards, with a 200-yard carry-over across an inlet of the Pacific-he shot a hole-in-one. "We were shooting into the sun," he explained to the press afterward. "So I just stood up and smacked one blind...
...Citizens of Monterey, Calif, were off on a new gold hunt. In a week of digging with hands, rakes, shovels and a bulldozer, they recovered upwards of $4,000 in gold pieces from a vacant lot which was once owned by a wealthy farmer who distrusted banks...
...Tournament, which is the great Bobby Jones's personal party, Bing's pro-amateur championship was the stop most top golfers least wanted to miss. Last week, an odd crew of 172 contestants trudged foursome-by-foursome around California's treacherous Cypress Point course on Monterey Peninsula-and came to the awesome 16th hole...
Next day, Crosby & Co. moved over to Monterey Peninsula, an easier course, and then to spectacular Pebble Beach for the final 18. On the first tee, a kid yelled, "Betcha a quarter," as Bing began his backswing. Without pausing, Bing yelled back, "A quarter what?" and drove the ball out 230 yards. Among the pros, the pacesetter was slender Lloyd Mangrum, with Hogan and Bobby Locke dangerously close...