Pat and Mike Page #2

...with a sensational 73.

Now, fellas, here's the rundown.

From left to right,

Beverly Hanson, Babe Zaharias...

...Helen Dettweiler,

Betty Hicks, Mary Lorgan...

...Harriet Salter

and Mrs. Patricia Pemberton.

- Don't be scared, lady.

- What is this, anyway?

Sit down. Come over here

and sit down. Take it easy.

I never like to see an athlete

wear hisself out. Or herself.

- Lf this is a holdup or a robbery...

- We didn't come to be insulted.

- Take it easy.

- Tell her.

- Identify ourselves.

- Sit down.

You've been on your feet

the whole day.

Why don't you sit down

and take it easy.

Mrs. Pemberton, I'd like to

introduce myself. Mike Conovan.

And my associate, Barney Grau.

- Pleasure.

- Take a chair, Barney.

Thank you.

I have been watching you

like eagle eye the last couple of days.

And I'm here to tell you, you are

one beautiful thing to watch. In action.

I've been in this sports racket

as long as I can remember...

...and I'm here to say,

you are what I call, no doubt, fast.

- Thank you.

- Yeah.

Let me ask you

a plain statement of fact.

You figure to win this?

- So does everybody.

- Never mind everybody.

Let's concentrate on you

for an instance.

- Yes or no?

- Yes.

Tell me, off the record,

what's your pitch?

- Well, I don't quite understand what...

- What is it with you?

Is it business, pleasure?

You wanna get a picture in the paper?

- I'm coming to that. I think...

- I really don't know what...

Figure it out, honey.

You're a cinch to win this, you know.

You can't miss copping

this thing in a walk.

- Without someone dismantles you.

- Oh, I don't know.

You're not supposed to know.

You're supposed to play.

I'm supposed to know, and I do.

Tell me...

How smart are you, anyway?

Very, in some things.

How's about money?

What kind of a thing is that?

- Not very.

- Oh, that's too bad. That's too bad.

Because I got a way for you

to stash away a roll, surprise you.

I'd like that.

You would?

How would you like

to come in second?

- I wouldn't.

- A square, like I figured.

That's too bad. That's too bad.

You come in second,

you could do very good in money.

Come in first, you get a cup.

It's too big to drink out of.

- I think you'd better get out.

- Mention a number. Think it over.

Here, this is me.

In New York, strictly legitimate

and well known.

I own and operate Davie Hucko.

- Davie Hucko, mean anything?

- No.

- No.

- Heavyweight champion of the world...

...in a couple of years.

Now to get back to you.

The only thing you gotta do

is to lose...

...and our only problem is gonna be

to find bushel baskets...

...to carry the stuff away.

- Yes?

- Room service.

Just a minute.

Whether you do or whether

you don't, I gotta tell you this:

You're a beautiful thing to watch.

In action.

Your opinion. How many do you think

you'd find honest out of 100?

Two on an average.

- I'd say three.

- All right, three.

Too bad she couldn't be one of the 97

instead of one of the three.

What a beautiful buck

we could've made with her.

- Maybe she'll change her mind.

- Not a chance.

- How you sure?

- See her face?

- Yeah.

- A real honest face.

- Yeah.

- The only disgusting thing about her.

We're having magnificent weather

for the opening day...

...of the Women's National

Match Play Championship.

And the last twosome, Miss Betty Hicks

and Mrs. Patricia Pemberton...

...will tee off in just a moment.

We'd like to remind you

that today is only the first day...

...of four days of tournament play.

And tomorrow's quarterfinal round

will begin promptly at 10:00.

On the tee now, Betty Hicks.

On the tee now, Patricia Pemberton.

Another bull's-eye.

Some straight shooter, this kid.

Yeah, that's our trouble.

This is the third twosome.

Pemberton's still four up over Hicks.

- She's picking it up.

- Don't waste the shot, Pat!

Give me the wedge, will you?

I guess they all want

to see me take a shower.

The pressure gets greater and greater.

Today, with only four contestants left...

...we find we have three favorites

and one rank outsider still battling it out.

Beautiful shot, Bev. Beautiful.

Gee, Pat, that's a rough shot.

Today is payoff day.

Payoff day for one of these two girls

who have battled to the ranks...

...of America's top women golfers to

meet for the National Match Play Crown.

We won't hazard a guess as to which

of the girls will be the eventual winner.

Into the 16th,

Pemberton's still one up on Zaharias.

- I think I'll try a 3 here. Well...

- A little long for this hole.

Pemberton overshot the 17th.

Zaharias well-placed on the green.

Give me that wedge.

Zaharias won the 17th.

All even. Going to 18th.

You're out of it.

- Mike. Mike.

- I ain't in.

You think she could've

not understood you?

- Or misunderstood you?

- I'm trying to catch her eyes.

I'll settle for one eye.

If our signals got mixed,

I'm gonna cut off my arm.

You may have to,

if we're gonna eat tomorrow.

What happened? What happened?

Nothing good.

The Babe is on the green.

Clear the fairway, please.

The Pemberton ball.

The Zaharias ball.

This match is all square

and this is the final hole.

- Hello. Oh, hello.

- Was that on purpose or what?

- Or what.

- I'm glad to hear that, at least.

You see what happened anyway?

If you'd have been willing

to happen it on purpose...

...you could've been walking out

with a bushel basket.

- Like I said, it just goes to show.

- It certainly does.

Well, I still think you

got possibilities.

- Thanks.

- You got my business card?

- Yeah. Oh, yeah.

- Yeah. Get in touch with me.

There's a nice dollar laying around

waiting for you and I to pick it up.

- I'm afraid I'm not...

- I mean legitimate, you know.

Lady athlete, properly handled.

Always a market.

I don't think you've ever been

properly handled.

That's right. Not even by myself.

Very few brains.

- Yeah. There's one thing I gotta say.

- What?

- Nicely packed, that kid.

- She is at that.

Not much meat on her,

but what's there is choice.

Well, here we are. These two.

Here you go, porter.

- Well, off we go.

- Off we go.

- Feel any better?

- Well, no.

This too will pass away.

- Hey, who said that?

- I don't know.

How about looking at the bright side

of this, for instance?

Now, take this.

As long as your job's out of the way...

...we move our date up.

Tie the old knot.

I think you've worked long enough,

done enough, don't you?

- Too much.

- What are you trying to prove?

- Who you trying to lick?

- Myself.

You're just the kid who can do it.

Collier, do you sort of...?

I don't think you mean to...

...but do you think of me

as just a little woman?

That's right.

And myself as a little man.

Right now, I...

I feel sort of like a flop

that you're rescuing.

I'm flummoxed, that's what I am.

Maybe we ought to wait until

I don't feel so carved up, so nobody.

Why don't you just let me take charge.

- I have to be in charge of myself.

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