The Film Daily (1935)

T Putts By Charles Alicoate /~. C. RYAN of Warners kept score ^ for his foursome in the morning round. He was low man, so he insisted that his gang— James Clark, Clint Weyer and Ed Levey— pay him a fee for his score-keeping. * * * Joe Bernat acted as unofficial coach for the M. P. Club Team. He tried to keep the boys pepped up with the good ole M. P. Club Spirit. * * * A sensation was created when Al Lichtman, flying in from the Coast for the Tournament, arrived in time to tee off at 5:30. The only thing to spoil the new U. A. prexy's perfect happiness was the fact that he was not here in time to captain the M. P. Team in the match play. * * * Si Seadler was so tired after playing tennis for ten minutes that he started pushing the ball around on the ground. And was Captain Louis Nizer peeved! * * * During the dice game that livened the events the nite before at the Club, Jack Glucksman was shooting and won three in a row. He got so excited he started fading himself. * * * You theater guys will appreciate this one. In taking his drive at the first tee, Sam Cocalis aimed directly at Nat Cohen, his pal, who was in the foursome directly in front. * * * Nathan Hirsh disappeared from his foursome for almost a half hour while near the brook. He came up to the tee with the calm statement: "Boys, I lay three!" * * * Swinging up Hutchinson Parkway at 65 miles in his Duesenberg, Billy Ferguson was told to pull over. And Si Seadler and Irving Goodfield sat in the back seat and listened as Billy sold the motor cycle cop on the current Capitol feature attraction, and handed him a pass. It was swell publicity. And the cop even thanked him! * * * Milt Gettinger made the grandstand putt of the contest. In his first try he went right over the hole. * * * Jim Clark, playing with Wiley, Hoffberg and Eberhardt, made a beautiful 225-i/«r<7 drive on the lGth. BUT — he was shooting in the wrong direct ion. * * * John Flinn just missed being on the A. M. P. A. Team by arriving one hour after lunch. Si Surprises Si Seadler surprised the gang at the evening banquet by making an impromptu speech about nothing and everything in general. Nobody invited him to speak. His act may appear in the Metro program of shorts. The guy has Histrionic Talent. THE j&a DAILY Thursday, June 13, 19 AL MALT • • • THE PROVERBIAL luck attended the Twentythird Annual Film Daily Golf Tournament held yesterday at the Progress Country Club at Purchase, N. Y. gorgeous weather S.R.O. at the gate, with over 180 teeing off for the afternoon play and the Club that the Committee picked was grand offering everything needed to give the Gang one of the grandest times that they have ever had at any of these annual sports classics • • • IT ALL started the nite before when the Committee and about 25 of the Regulars stopped at the Club overnight Charlie Pettijohn and his son ran over to say howdy from their home in Rye Harry Brandt taught Jack Glucksman how to play pinochle — for a money consideration then Professor Brandt gave a private course of instruction in African Golf to some of the boys in Room 22 at 4 o'clock in the morning they told teacher they had enough Harry had plenty, too but he was nice about it he loaned the scholars enough to pay for their caddies for the Tournament T T T • • • THE BIG Innovation was the Tournament Breakfast which proved to be a great success with Jack Alicoate as host to all those who were able to reach the Club before 8:30 everybody voted it a swell idea. and it will be a regular feature of all future tournaments T T T $0fJT • • • COMING ALL the way from Providence, Ed Levy, the M. P. T. O. secretary arrived a little after 8 o'clock in time for breakfast he started out at 5 a.m some enthusiast! Jb. T T T • • • THE FIRST to arrive at the Club grounds Lee Ochs and Al Selig who hit it at five minutes before eight o'clock T T T • • • THE GOLFERS started arriving so early and in such numbers that the Committee had their hands full checking 'em in by 10:30 there were over 100 entrants registered and the Committee realized that they had the most successful of all the Tournaments on their hands T T T • • • WHEN THE Gang caught sight of the gorgeous swimming pool flanked by a marvellous series of sunken gardens they didn't know whether to go swimming, pick pansies, or play golf but they decided to play golf when X</^> 01 they saw the magnificent array of trophies there were so many prizes that it looked as if anybody could win something. • • • AT NOON the gang started trooping in to the grill room for luncheon and what a luncheon! at 1 o'clock the putting contest started and that's where we started to get busy to record everything <€ *€ « » » » Birdies By Winfield Andrus 'T'HE M. P. Club lads were loo around all morning for an an man for their Team. And they George Dembow — but they d know that George had shot a 5 the morning round. Oops. Si Seadler rushed up from office at 1 o'clock when he h there were five prizes for tennis — and only FOUR mugs enU How could he lose? * * * Ray Gallagher got a consisterj on all the long and short holes * * * Boris Morros, always a show? was working on the green wit rubber ball till the rest of the f[ some got wise to him. * * * Harry Brandt, Chairman ofl Putting Contest, found not! wrong with the film execs' putj Jack Hoffberg landed the ba\ the other fab-way, and Tom Hal encouraged him with the crml "Good distance, kid." * * * While Billy Ferguson was fll ing his club halfway down in putting contest, Harry Brj| chirps: "The Scotch putter hold club awfully close." * * * Herb Berg took a high dive the pool wearing Don Merseri swim suit, and landed on his with an awful splash. Don y "There goes my suit!" * * * Louis Sidney, E. S. Schwart Freedman and A. Levy provt well matched foursome. Thej finished within a few stroke one another. * * * Cresson Smith and Harvey had a ding-dong match, but the proved a trifle too strong. Day % out Smith by two strokes. * * * No. that wasn't a merger on fourth tee. It was only Ru Rinzler and Charlie Moses tal over that last putt. Ed Finney warmed up for hi ternoon golf by going throug snappy tennis match. Let W Eberhardt tell you about his st * * * Hal Sloane, one of the few brought his bathing suit, was much surprised to find it wet i playing the afternoon round had been used by Max St Arnold Van Lear, Tom Wiley several others. Big Shot! c Tom Gerety, captain of the AMI Golf Team, proved big in another W in addition to winning the team priJ His 265-yard drive on the second he was long enough to win the Drivi Contest. 6