Sport: Mysterious Montague

He drove a golf ball 50 yards farther than Bobby Jones. He could put an approach shot within ten feet of the pin from any distance up to 200 yards. He bet he could knock a ball three-quarters of a mile in five shots and won easily. He said he could beat Bing Crosby at golf using a shovel, a rake and a baseball bat, and did it.

These, last summer, were a few of the wild rumors that were going the rounds about a mysterious denizen of Hollywood who called himself John...

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