T McLemore's 51 Big Help to Cooper By HENRY McLEMORE lORE United Press Tress Sports Writer HOLLYWOOD Jan 5 5 Until Until I had Harry Cooper for fora a a. golf partner I had always imagined imagined imag imag- ined med that for sheer comfort nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing could equal a mothers mother's touch on a baby's fevered brown or two hours' hours extra sleep on a frosty morn morn- ing B But t now that I have played with Harry I know that I was wrong and that all other forms of comfort comfort com corn fort are downright hardships compared compared com corn pared to watching him belabor the pocketbooks of his and my opposition opposition opposition op op- op- op position with pars eagles and birdies Harry and nd I played th the formidable amateur team of Bing Crosby and Ellsworth Vines at Lakeside yesterday yesterday yesterday yes yes- but despite their best ball ball of 34 we had no trouble whatsoever whatsoever whatsoever ever In n beating them Look at OUR outgoing nine Par 4 35 5 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 35 3 35 Cooper 4 32 4 2 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 32 32 McLemore 51 6 1 3 8 6 5 6 6 4 51 4 51 Take the best part of Harrys Harry's card and the best part of mine and what do we have Just a 32 that's all Plenty good enough to win many of the big tournaments Cooper was very pleased with our smooth teamwork too because as we walked to the lOth tee I hear him say to Crosby That McLemore is quite a help you know He lit me a on the third hole and the then came through on the seventh with a stick of gum Coming from a man who has been the lowest scorer In American golf golf- for five years that made me feel pretty good Something happened to me on the back nine and my game went to pieces a bit And it was then when I began to wobble that Cooper became became became be be- came such a comfort to me Take the hole for example I fool fool- foolishly pla played ed an explosion shot off ott the tee and followed it with an iron shot that struck a tree and bounced directly backward As I Iwas Iwas Iwas was then lying three and was some 15 yards farther from the hole than when I star started ed I picked up and i called to Cooper that he would have to carry me on this one hole Not a bit unshaken by the re responsibility responsibility re re- Cooper banged a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre drive laid a three iron ironstone ironstone ironstone stone dead and kicked in his putt for a winning birdie I got back backon on my game on the par three and did my bit bilt by bagging a sound five and bringing Harry a cup of iced water from a near-by near foun bun tain tam But my touch deserted me on the long and when I still was short of the women's tee after three shots I again picked up From there on in it was Cooper against Vines and Crosby with all bets at stake To Harrys Harry's everlasting credit credithe he didn't say one word of criticism when I sent my caddy and bags 9 I into the clubhouse Nor did he find fault when I found it too hot out on the fairway probably be because because because be- be cause I am accustomed to walking under the shade of the three when I play and decided to follow the match from the cool of the bushes along the edge of the fairways It was not until Harry had ran down a foot 20 putt on the final green to win the match that I again offered him my aid ald I then volunteered to run into the pro shop and get change for the bills that Vines and Crosby needed to pay payoff off Harry and me Bing and Ellsworth took their defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat by Cooper and myself in splendid splendid splendid did spirit and suggested a return match I said I didn't know whether er I would be able to play again but Crosby said that would be all allright right that right that he and and- Vines would telephone me the result and send me my winnings by postal money order Now what do you reckon he could have meant by that