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Up, off the ground.

That's right. Pass it high. Up, off the ground.

Pass it high.

Sarah, take over.

Hey, I was just looking for you.

I came out by the front.

- Well, you're pretty daring. - It's perfectly legal.

Looked it up. A man's allowed to kiss any girl he's engaged to.

Hey, you're not gonna wear those pants.

Not pants, they're slacks. Watch your language.

Look, we got a pretty delicate deal here.

This game isn't so much pleasure, more business.

And I don't want anything to go flooey.

They're pretty conservative people, these Bemingers and...

Well, it's too late now. Come on, let's go.

No, no, wait, wait.

Go.

Oh, mister! The things I've done for this school.

This time it's worth it, honey. Beminger's good and right.

For what?

Biggest donation I've gotten all year, that's all.

Hooray for our side.

Your side especially.

He's really serious about building us that new gym.

How fascinating.

Now, all we gotta do is the right thing. And save.

At your service.

Well, number one, it's he and you against Mrs. Beminger and me.

Yes, sir.

I could make it look pretty good and lose.

- But Mrs. Beminger is a whiz. - Do or die, that's me.

- See that you win, that's all. - Yes, sir, I'll do my best.

Let's not blow this.

Yeah, yeah, do my best.

Just watch me. I'll tell you what to do.

And let's hope you can do it.

- Thanks. - What?

Nothing.

Give us a kiss, honey. I'm nervous as a cat.

Ah.

Yoo-hoo! Yoo-hoo!

- Good afternoon. Good afternoon. - Hi.

- How are you, Mrs. Beminger? - Quite well, thank you.

Come on, Collier, let's go. 18 holes a lot of holes.

All set.

Say, that's quite a swing you got there, Mrs. B.

What do you say, Ma?

I say... whoop.

- After you, dear. Okay, Mr. B? - Yeah.

Go ahead.

- Got a tee, Coll? - Yeah.

Don't let me down, now, let's see a good one.

Oh, too bad.

You've got to tense the gluteal muscles, dear.

If you don't tense the gluteal muscle,

why, your whole alignment is off.

You want me to get you a soap box?

- Oh, play your cards. - What?

Tee off.

Thank you, lady. Thank you very much.

I wouldn't have known what to do if you hadn't told me.

Thank you.

Oh, uh, tense the gluteal muscles, did you say?

Yes, that's right. Tense.

Well, I see what you mean.

Makes all the difference.

Got to tense. Tense.

Ah.

Oh!

Well, for heaven's sake, I know, don't I?

- Beauty. - Ha!

Take your time, partner.

It's all up to you, now. Don't forget.

Quiet, do you mind?

Honey, if you would keep your weight on your right foot

the way I do it...

Take into consideration the value of an endowment

that has some permanent value.

What is the concrete thing you could point to

in the years to come with...

What?

So, all I can say is to consider that every time...

you look up at that building

you're put in a position to point with pride...

- ...is to develop your reflex. - But, I've, I've...

Yes, you've got to learn to relax, to give in.

We can settle this some other time. We don't...

Ah, ah-ah-ah!

Forty, 60...

- Come here, boy. - Yes, sir.

- Split that up. - How about a nice tall cooler, Mr. B?

- I'll take mine in the locker room. - Well, I...

See you in about 20 minutes in the lounge.

The one thing he can't stand, Mr. B, is to lose.

With him, it's not the principle of the thing. It's the money.

You know, dear, where you go bad is your coordination.

Now that is your story. Coordination.

This and this and this

should all be parts of the same thing...

Mrs. Beminger, if you could possibly lift that needle

from that long playing phonograph you keep in your face.

Why, phonograph!

Wha...?

Watch this. Will you excuse me?

You know what you can do with your gluteal muscle?

Give it away for Christmas.

Wait. Wait... dear, wait a moment.

Uh, sit down, Mrs. Pemberton, sit down.

- What'll you have to drink? - Plenty.

- Lemonade? - Why not.

- Right. - Strong, plenty of lemon.

- What do I care? - All right, plenty of lemon.

And another thing.

- Yeah? - Don't call me Mrs. Pemberton.

- No? - Pat, that's me.

Okay, I'll call you Pat.

I want everybody to from now on.

Why?

Friendless, that's how I feel.

Feel the whole world's against me.

And vice versa.

Did you ever feel that way, Charlie?

- Every time I miss a shot. - There you are.

You've been golfing around here for quite a while.

- Quite. - Then how come I never saw?

- Saw what? - You're great.

- I must be. - A natural.

- Fairly seldom. - What's your handicap?

- My fella. - I mean on the board.

Um, six.

- You oughta be two. - I wish I were two.

You know what I'd like to do with you?

Enter you in the Women's National.

Oh, no.

Listen, if I don't know a champ when I see one, what good am I?

- Oh, I haven't the time. - We'll make it.

We'll coach hard the next 15 days.

We'll get out there. You qualify, you play, and you win.

No, I can't play golf, I can't do anything.

But what about out there? I saw...

- Oh, that was because I got mad, mad. - Well, we'll keep you mad.

No. You see, I only play with Collier Weld.

And I can't do anything when he's watching me. Not anything...

Listen, a chance like this...

Give me Mrs. Beminger's money.

Do you mind, Charlie?

- I thought you wanted to help me. - I tried to.

- To what? Jam me with my biggest donors? - I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to.

All I'm trying to do, Pat, is understand.

How could you when I don't myself?

- You don't what? - Anything. Understand.

Why it is I fall to pieces whenever you give me that look?

- What look? - This look.

- Oh, that's me? - Sure.

Makes me feel you don't believe in me and never will.

- You're just overwrought. - And you're just overpowering.

- Now, let's not squabble... - Okay.

I oughta better go see if I can square things with the Bemingers.

- Why try? - Face it, Pat, he's a power.

He's out there screaming about firing you.

He couldn't.

- Why not? - Because I've quit.

- When? - Right now.

Oh, no.

Well, this is no place to talk now.

Okay, later.

Don't get frazzled, dear. Don't get frazzled.

Everybody frazzles everybody.

Then they turn around and tell 'em don't be.

What?

- That true, Charlie? - What's true?

What you think I could do?

Scout's honor.

- All right then. - Great.

I'll show her.

- Show who? - Show myself, that's who.

- Huh? - That's right.

Because you know how to not get yourself frazzled?

Get un-frazzled.

Nearly all of the 60 girls who have entered this tournament

have now turned in their score cards.

Let me repeat, ladies and gentlemen.

Only the 16 best will be eligible to compete

for match play, which begins tomorrow.

Your attention, please, ladies and gentlemen.

We have another score.

Mrs. Patricia Pemberton has just qualified with a sparkling 77.

Why don't you go on in? I'll, uh, see you.

That, ladies and gentlemen, leaves only one contender still to be...

Yes, here she comes now. The mighty Babe.

We'll have her score for you in just a second.

Here, it is now. Wow!

Ladies and gentlemen, the top score of the day.

Mrs. Babe Didrikson Zaharias has just qualified

with a sensational 73.

Fellas, here's the rundown.

From left to right, Beverly Hanson, Babe Zaharias

Helen Dettweiler, Betty Hicks

Mary Moran, Harriet Salter, and Mrs. Patricia Pemberton.

Hey!

Don't be scared, lady. Don't be scared, don't be scared.

What is this anyway?

Sit down, sit down, come over here and sit down. Take it easy.

I never like to see an athlete wear himself out. Or herself, case may be.

- If this is a holdup or a robbery... - Lady, lady.

- We didn't come here to be insulted. - Take it easy.

Come on, tell her, will you? Identify ourselves.

Sit down, 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.

Mrs. Pemberton, I wanna tell you that 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.

Yes, sir, I've been around this sports racket since before I can remember.

And I'm here to tell you, you are what I call no doubt fast.

Thank you.

Yeah. Let me ask you a plain statement of fact, dear.

- You figure to win this? - So does everybody.

Never mind everybody. Just, uh, let's concentrate on you for an instance.

Yes or no?

Yes.

Tell me, off the record, what's your pitch?

- I-I-I don't quite understand... - What is it... what is it with you?

What is it with you? Uh, uh...

Is it business, pleasure? Want your picture in the paper?

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

You see the way I figured it out, honey,

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

You can't miss coppin' this thing in a walk

without someone dismantles you.

Oh, I don't know.

Well, you're not supposed to know. You're just 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, oh, that's too bad.

That's too bad.

'Cause I got a way for you to stash away a roll that'll surprise you.

I'd like that.

You would?

How would you like to come in second?

- I wouldn't. - Square, like I figured.

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

You come in second, you could do very good in the money department.

You come in first, they give you a cup

that's too big to drink out of even, what's that?

I think you better get out.

Mention a number. Think it over, anyway.

Yeah. H-Here, this is me.

In New York, strictly legitimate, 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 a little.

And our only problem is gonna be to find bushel baskets

big enough to carry this stuff away.

- Yes? - Room service.

Uh, uh, just a minute.

Well, whether you do or whether you don't, I've gotta tell you this.

You're a beautiful thing to watch.

In action.

Your opinion?

How many 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 have been one of the 97 instead of one of the three.

Ah, that's the question.

What a beautiful buck we could've made with her.

Hey! Maybe she'll have a change of mind.

- Not a chance. - How're you sure?

- You see her face? - Yeah.

A real honest face. 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, Ms. 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 o'clock.

On the tee now, Betty Hicks.

On the tee now, Patricia Pemberton.

Another bull's eye. Some straight shooter, this kid.

Yeah, that's her trouble.

This is the third twosome.

Pemberton is still four up over Hicks.

Aw, she's picking it up.

Don't waste the shot.

Show us a shot, Pat!

Give me the wedge, will you?

Guess they all want to see me take a shower.

Pressure gets greater and greater.

And today, with only four contestants left,

we find we have three favorites and one rank outsider still battling it out.

- Beautiful shot, Bev. Beautiful. - Beautiful shot.

Gee, Pat, that's a rough shot.

Today is payoff day, payoff day for one of these two girls

who have battled their way up to the ranks

of America's top women golfers

to finally meet for the National Match Play Crown.

We won't hazard a guess as to which of these girls will be the eventual winner.

End of the 16th.

Pemberton's still one up on Zaharias.

I think I'll try a three here.

- A little long for this hole. - Well...

Pemberton overshot the 17th.

Zaharias well-placed on the green.

Give me the wedge.

Zaharias won the 17th. All even. Going to 18th.

In the woods!

Mike.

- Mike! - I ain't in.

You don't think she could've not understood you?

Or misunderstood you?

Trying to catch her eyes. I'll settle for one eye.

If it turns out we got our signals 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.

- Glad to hear that at least. - Yeah. You see what happened anyway?

If you'd been willing to happen it on purpose

you could've walked out with a nice bundle, with a bushel basket.

Like I said, it just goes to show.

Certainly does.

Well, I still think you got possibilities.

- Thanks. - You got my card? My business card?

- Uh, oh, yeah. - Yeah, well, get in touch with me.

You know, there's a nice dollar laying around,

waiting for you and I to pick it up.

- Well, I'm afraid... - I'm legitimate, you know, legitimate.

Oh, there's, you know...

lady athlete, properly handled, always a market.

Always.

I don't think you've ever been properly handled.

That's right. Not even by myself.

Uh, very few brains.

Yeah, there's one thing I gotta say though.

What?

- Nicely packed, that kid. - Here's a fact.

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.

Hey, 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. - Oh.

I think you've worked long enough, done enough, don't you?

- Too much. - After all,

what are you trying to prove? Who are 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, with 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...

so carved up, so nobody.

Why don't you just let me take charge?

I have to be in charge of myself.

Oh, what's the good of this?

I mean after all...

Have to have time to think it over is all.

Well, just see that you don't think it under.

It's a nice long ride. Take your time.

That's right. And I'm not going to take it.

- Hey! - I can't, that's all.

- Can't what? - Go back.

Not this way. What is there to go back to?

Whoa, now, don't you think you're just getting a little...

I've got to do something to prove to you, prove to myself...

lend me some money, will you?

Prove to both of us, in fact, to everybody, that I'm not just a...

Say, Pat.

Pat, wait a second, will you?

- I'm coming along too. - No, please don't.

- You can't get off now, lady! - Watch me.

Ruby, let me get a word in edgeways, will you?

Ruby, win, lose, or draw,

when did Hucko ever not give you action?

Now, you know yourself as well as I know myself

that that's what they pay for his action.

Yeah, Rub.

Even when he gets flattened, he does it noisy, don't he?

Right. Let me know, huh, Ruby? Right boy. Bye.

- What'd you weigh this morning? - Ninety-eight, up two.

- Why up two? Did you eat extra? - No, no, honest.

Let him talk himself, will ya?

No, no, honest.

What's the matter with? Where's the control?

I thought it could be he's still growing.

You'll be growing in Central Park, the two of yous,

if you don't watch out.

- Have another beer? - No thanks, no more.

- You see that? - Davie, what are you doing to me?

- Nervous, thirsty. - Water.

Did you ever hear of water? Why don't you drink water?

Mmm. Ashamed.

You're what?

Nervous, thirsty. I go in the place.

I'm ashamed to ask for free water. Took one beer.

- Aw. - Yeah.

- Aw, did you like it? - Yeah.

- What? - No.

Well, Hucko, I guess it's time to ask you

the three questions, ain't it? Are you ready?

- Who made you, Hucko? - You, Mike.

- Who owns the biggest piece of you? - You, Mike.

- What'll happen if I drop you? - I go right down the drain, Mike.

- And? - And stay there.

- Who made you? - You, Mike.

- Who owns the biggest piece of you? - You, Mike.

- What'll happen if I drop you? - Go down the drain, Mike.

- And? - And stay there.

- Take him back to the gym. - We just come from.

Go back and don't let him outta there until he's back to 96 even.

He's liable to go on Friday night, you can't have him overweight.

Go on now, get going.

I'll shake it when it don't weigh so much.

We oughta enter him in the sixth race next Saturday

if Little Nell's leg don't unstiffen.

What are you? A comedian?

There's an agent down the hall that handles comedians.

- What about that leg? - Loosening by the minute.

- What about her starts? - Still slow.

- I think she feels depressed. - She feels depressed, huh?

Well, she's gonna feel the good boing of a needle

if she don't going, I'll tell you that.

I'm getting'...

Who? No!

Come in! Well, well!

Swing around in the morning and phone me the time. Goodbye.

Sit down.

Well, hello! Who'd've believed this? Ha!

Well, I'm upside-down with surprise.

- Why? - What can I do for you?

- Why, I came to ask you. - Me, what?

- What you can do for me. - What did you have in mind?

Well, you said something about a bushel basket.

Oh, oh, oh, yes, sure, sure, sure, I remember.

Well, uh, well, uh...

Well, now, let's start off with a few statistics or two.

Ah, how much would you say the people in the USA

spend on sports a year? Total amount.

- Um, no idea, no. - Hm.

Surprise you if I said 150 million?

- Yes. - Well, it's 300 million.

And some of it belongs to us by rights.

- How do you like that? - My!

You see, it's all built up around personalities,

see, which I figure you may be one of.

Now, of course, I can't be sure of that but the way things look to me,

I think so.

All right.

Now, of course what you need is A, a manager.

B, a promoter. And that's me.

- A and B. - All right.

Now of course, the first thing you would have to turn pro.

- Is that okay? - Okay, okay.

- All right with your husband? - My...

Mrs. Pat Pemberton, ain't that how they introduced you?

- I'm a widow. - What kind? Merry?

Settle down, will you?

All right, so now, you're a pro.

Now, we gotta, of course, go out and find the competitions.

Trouble is this time of the year, they're far in between.

Aren't there other things? Uh, I mean, not golf.

- What do you mean other things? - Uh, other sports?

You do other sports?

I've only played golf for a year or so.

That's all?

Yes, my beau asked me to take it up...

Wait a... What is this beau deal? What is that?

Well...

You see, if we're gonna be partners, I kinda like to know

what the layout is, you know. Uh, where is your beau?

California.

- Live there? Work there? - Pacific Tech.

Oh, this is all right with him, this whole switch?

No. Uh, that is, yes, yes.

Well now, wait a minute. Don't go so fast.

You see if we're partners, we'd be on a kind of a schedule, you know.

I don't know how often or how many times

we could get to be around California.

That would be all right, for the moment.

- Oh? - Yeah.

I see, uh, now, what other sports?

Well, tennis.

That's number one. I'm really good at that.

You mean, you're better than with the sticks?

Oh, yes, much.

And then, of course, the usual shooting.

Shoot?

Well, you know, skeet, range, and some archery.

Say, you...

Ice hockey, basketball, and a little baseball.

Ba... ba... baseba...? W-where did you play baseball?

Pacific Tech. I was there several years.

What's the matter? You couldn't pass?

No. I... I was faculty.

Uh, that's like a teacher.

Well, ain't it?

You're not, by some chance, a boxer?

Just 16 ounce gloves, I'm afraid.

Eights have a tendency to...

That's all, honey. That's all. Say no more.

Of course, there's always a chance that you could be an escaped fruitcake.

But if there's something in what is...

a matter of fact if there is anything in what you say...

I am going to promote you into the king of the world.

Queen, I mean. Let's go.

Would you like to see me serve a few, Mr. Conovan?

Oh, no, no. Just hit a couple.

Got to be notary public, don't it?

Take care of that, don't worry.

We oughta have a glass of something, you know, for luck.

What do you mean a glass of something for luck?

What am I, some kind of an acey-deucey gambler?

Us two bucking into each other, that's all the luck any man deserves.

From now on, it's hard work and promotion and so forth.

And promotion.

Okay, Mike, I'll get these back to you.

- Yours too, Miss. - Thank you.

- So, let's go. - I'd like a martini, please?

Very, very dry.

Very, very nothing. Cancel that.

- What? - Beer, beer, beer.

- Beer, beer, beer. - Uh, corned beef, Swiss, on rye.

Corned beef.

- I'll have beef stew. - Same.

- And for the lady? - Oh, a small steak, rare.

- Medium. - Rare, rare, rare.

And a baked potato and some creamed spinach.

- Uh, coffee? - Yeah, yeah, coffee.

Yes, please, large.

No, no, no, milk.

- Please, will ya, I'm a busy man. - Two coffees and one milk.

Everybody keeps having to change one or the other's minds.

Took a whole half an hour for one. Could be here for...

- What's the matter with you? - Who's talking to you?

- Well, who, then? - Myself. You mind if I talk to myself?

No, no, no.

I'd like a martini, please.

Oh, now, look, girlie. Do me a favor. Don't be hard to handle, will ya?

Remember, it's gonna be hard enough even if you're easy.

I don't see what right you have...

- Read your contract. - What?

- Training clause. - Just silly.

Well, that's not for you to decide, you know.

I have to watch your shape.

There's nothing wrong with my sh...

Well, what shape are you talking about?

What shape are you talking about?

I'm in perfect condition, if that's what you mean.

Good, good, that's fine. Let's just keep you that way.

We got a long way to go, you know.

- I must say... - Don't race your motor.

- What is this? - What?

What, are you trying to needle me or something?

- I'm sure... - There's a sign, you know. No smoking.

Where?

I just put it up inside your head.

- See the point of... - What?

What's to prevent me smoking when you're not around?

When am I not around?

You don't expect to be watching me every minute...

out of every 24 hours out of every day, do you?

If I have to, sure.

- Not sure I like that. - Not asking you to like it.

But, usually, pretty soon, pretty soon, I'll trust you.

Because you'll trust me.

Because what's good for you is good for me, and you for me, see?

We're the same. We're equal. We're partners, see? Five-oh, five-oh.

You gotta realize your body's important.

And it's important to me, too.

And I ain't letting you throw no martinis down there, or no smoke.

No more than I'd let them throw 'em down Little Nell.

- Who's that? - Oh, that's my horse.

- Oh. - She may win Saturday.

Hold the thought.

And another thing, no late hours.

And, of course, uh, men are out.

In any manner, shape, or form. You're in training.

Go on now, eat your food.

Nice and slow. Kind of, you know, relaxed inside.

Don't forget to throw me over your shoulder

and burp me after lunch.

I will, if you need it.

I'm so glad you plan to look after me

as well as you do your horse.

You wanna joke? Joke.

But I'm here to tell you something.

Someday you'll realize something and that something is this.

We all gotta work together, see? We all gotta cooperate.

Look, everybody's sitting around the place.

Everybody's sitting around the world.

And everybody's brain has got something cooking inside, see?

Well, nobody's got a better dream than me.

Believe me, I stand them off.

- What is it? - I can see myself with the breaks.

I can wind up with the top man, the top horse, and the top woman.

Advantage, Mrs. Pemberton and Mr. Parker.

Game to Mrs. Pemberton and Mr. Parker.

They lead five games to three in the first set.

Ah, I think that's enough, now. You better quit.

Not yet.

Wanna get all tired out, you got a long day.

Mm-mm.

Long and hard.

- Why hard? - Oh, I don't know.

This place and all the different people turning up.

You know, ones I know.

Well, why? I don't dig that. I should think you'd be great.

Your hometown, besides...

Maybe I would if it weren't for...

Come on, now, come on, come. You'd better quit. You're puffin' again.

Barney tell you there're more than 100 of my Pacific Tech girls out there?

No, no, they got a friend for me?

- Announcing. - That's it, that's it.

- Uh-oh. - Now, please remember, start slow.

Start slow, don't show them all your stuff at once.

Remember you're the best. Even if you don't think so, I do.

- Just play your regular game, you know. - Yeah, yeah.

It's beautiful. Just like you.

You know what I'm going to do? For luck?

- No. - Give you a great, big kiss.

Because if you don't start slow, you see,

by the 15th or 16th game you're gonna start to press.

And we gotta remember the money dates are coming up now.

The big money dates.

Ladies and gentlemen, the next match will be between

Pat Pemberton of Oakland and Gussie Moran of Santa Monica, California.

- Where's he sitting, do you know? - Who's sitting?

- Collier. - Over here, X4.

Are you sure?

...Gorgeous Gussie!

Am I sure? Paid for it myself. He's in on the cupola.

Thanks.

I'd have paid him better if he'd stayed home.

And her opponent, California's own Pat Pemberton.

Drop it.

- Rough it is. - I'll serve.

Okay, I'll start over there.

This is the feature event of the afternoon,

climaxing a cross-country tour.

As of today, Mrs. Pemberton and Ms. Moran

are tied with 22 matches apiece.

This match will be the best two out of three sets.

Linesmen ready? Players ready?

Mrs. Pemberton will serve first.

Play.

Fifteen, Mrs. Pemberton.

Thirty-love.

Forty-love.

Game to Mrs. Pemberton.

She leads one game to love in the first set.

Mrs. Pemberton won the first set, six games to three.

She now leads three games to two in the second set.

Fifteen, Mrs. Pemberton.

Thank you.

Double fault. 15-all.

Fifteen-30.

Double fault, 15-40.

She plays pretty good tennis.

She just gets that way every once in a while.

Ow!

Game, Gussie Moran.

Where's my racket?

Fifteen, Ms. Moran.

There.

- There she is. - There she is.

That's a girl.

All right. I just couldn't make anything behave.

Oh, that happens. You know, a little slump. A dip.

- A couple of weeks' rest. - No, I'm okay.

No, yeah, we're going over to Elkwood Acres over in New Jersey.

- Wonderful place. - No, I'm all right.

You mean more to me than all them bucks. I'm gonna take care of you good.

Who's that?

Tell them to go away.

- Oh, you poor darling. - Oh, hello, Coll.

I'm all right. Wasn't that a mess, though?

Oh, this is Mr. Conovan. Mr. Weld.

- Hello. - How do you do?

I'm taking you home, Pat. I'll get your things together.

- No, no, I'm all right here. - If you'll excuse us, please?

Uh, if it's something about going somewhere

you mind, I'd like to stick around, I'd like to kinda be in on it.

Well, I'm sorry. We can't oblige.

Well, I have a contract, you know, I'll send you a copy of it. It says plain...

- Look, friend. - Don't get mad.

You've been responsible for wrecking this girl's health

and I'm not gonna let her stay around here with this...

Let's not raise your voice, now.

Well, you don't intimidate me. I've never even heard of you.

No, but I've heard of you. Joe Jinx, that's you.

You know, except when you're around,

we got a very valuable piece of property here.

And, you know, I ain't the only one concerned, you know.

I own the biggest piece of this kid, 51 percent.

But there are other guys, you know, that are in too,

that own small pieces.

And with her potential, I... I don't think they'd like

to see it all pulled right out from under 'em, you know.

Now, I am in no position to mention their names by name,

but I can tell you this.

They are the kind of types that have been known

to act very hotheaded in their day and age.

Look, Conovan, you may think that you own 51 percent of her,

but you'll find out that I own all of her.

No, you don't. Get away from me, all of you.

Nobody owns anything of anybody except myself.

Go away, both of you. Leave me alone.

Leave me alone.

- Just go away. - Well, I'll...

- I'll be back. - Go away. Go away.

Hey, what is this? What's happened here?

What's happened?

Hey. Hey, hey, hey, slow down.

- How you holding? - Okay.

- Feet heavy? - Mine's heavy, Mike.

Well, yours are supposed to be heavy.

You're a heavyweight, ain't you?

Yeah, that's right.

Like I told you, don't feel like running, slow down.

You're supposed to feel like it.

That shows you're in condition.

People do like they feel, they go on sometimes

practically forever, some of them.

Guess you'll go on practically forever,

you stay on that bike.

You're the best because you feel right.

I tell you, last week I was worried.

I'd just like to mention.

And it was my fault, too. I'm sorry.

Nothing to do with you.

Yeah, I pushed you too hard, too fast.

I know what it was.

- Can't you tell me? - Too personal.

Hey.

Hey. Shouldn't be nothing too personal between the two of you and me.

It was Collier.

Never can do anything when he's watching me.

It's always been that way.

- Why? - In love with him, I guess.

- Oh... like me with lobster. - What?

Lobster. The one thing I'm nuts about.

The one thing that don't agree with me.

- Like you and him. - Not exactly.

Why?

Well, you see, this is a question of getting married.

You've never been married to a lobster.

That's what you think.

- Hey, knock it off! - Lights! Lights!

What do you think is this?

- Hold it, will you? - It's Mike. Hurry up.

- What is this? - Uh, just finishing, Mike.

- You know what time it is? - In a minute.

Ten after nine.

Now, we'll never know.

I want you in bed and asleep in five minutes, do you get it?

No comic books. Go right to sleep, get that?

Right to sleep, yeah, Mike.

- I oughta give it to you for letting him. - I lost my head.

You know in your business, you shouldn't get so engrossed.

Let's go.

I was thinking about all that stuff on the road.

- Me too. - Yeah.

- Funny how things come out like that. - Mm.

- Yeah, sure is. - Goodnight.

- I'll go in with you. - Yeah? Well...

Couple of things I wanna go over with you.

Well, uh, couldn't they wait?

Well, maybe they could, but I don't know if I could.

- The only thing is... my manager. - Your manager?

He's a little strict and, um, to tell you the truth

I'm a bit scared of him.

- You are? - Hm.

No.

I don't drink. That's on account of him.

Or smoke. That's him too. And the thing he's strictest about, of all that, is men.

- Men, huh? - Yeah, you know. Dates and late hours.

- And, um... emotional involvement... - Well, he's got a point there.

In fact, he doesn't even want me to have anything to do with my fella.

- No. - No.

You make him sound like an awful gumboil.

Oh, I don't know. He's not so bad, really.

I think I'm just an animal to him, like Little Nell.

- Is that what you think? - Yeah.

You sound like a gumboil yourself.

- Night. - Goodnight.

Come here, girl. Come here...

Come here... come on.

If you only were, honey.

Barn.

Hey, where'd you drop from?

- Hello, Barn. - Something happen?

- The bout off? - No, on.

- So far. - Then, what?

I have to talk to him, Mike, is all I know.

So, why couldn't you use the phone?

Because people hang up.

- Where is he? - Inside.

With her.

You go to the head of the class.

- What are they doin'? - He's examining her.

- Why? - Why do you think?

He wants to see into her condition.

Why don't he examine me? Ain't I fightin' Friday?

Because you, he's not worried about.

- But he's worried about her. - About her condition.

He'd like to see her make out next week,

down at that pro match.

Why don't he examine into my condition?

Ain't I fightin' Friday?

Davie, talking to you sometime is like taking a ride on the merry-go-round.

The last time I went on a merry-go-round, I threw up.

That's good.

I shouldn't've gone on that up-and-down one. That's what did it.

Going up and down? Everybody goes up and down.

- Why don't he examine me? - Quit bugging me, will you?

I mentioned about my stitch, but he don't care.

Just because I've been knocked out the last four times,

he's lost faith in me.

- Funny guy. - I don't think it's his fault.

I think it's her fault.

Boy, I could take a poke at her.

What are you looking for, five straight knockouts?

Fifty hops.

Better turn out you're okay.

Otherwise, we skip the whole tournament.

Feel fine.

I'll tell you in a minute how you feel.

Feel better if I didn't have to do this.

Quiet.

Forty-eight, 49, 50.

Come on, come on.

- Still going? - What?

I said, is it still going?

- All right, lay down, lay down. - Gladly. On my back or what?

On your what.

- If I hurt you, just yell out. - Mm-hmm.

Ouch!

- You got a knot in there. - Mm, couldn't work it out.

Hello, hello, hello. Who?

What?

Long distance?

Okay, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

It's for you.

Yes?

How are you, dear?

Oh, fine.

No, honestly, much better. In fact, all.

What?

Uh... yeah.

Um... oh.

Well, well, to tell you the truth, Coll,

I'd... I'd just as soon you didn't, such a long trip and all, and...

oh, uh, and... and you know how I get when you... ouch!

Um, nothing, really.

He wants to come to the tournament. Tell him not to, will you?

- He won't listen to me. - Don't come.

What? No, no, wait.

Uh, you do understand, don't you, darling?

Well, all right. No, no. I'll... I'll write to you, too.

I-I'll, wha...?

Oh.

Now, we gotta build that left arm up.

Otherwise, your whole swing goes cockeye.

Huh?

Sit up.

When are you gonna get wise to this Collier bash?

Hm?

You know what happened to you while I was rubbing you?

You know what happened to your muscles, huh?

They get as tense as cold spaghetti.

- I could feel it. - I'll get over it.

- Five'll get you, 10, you don't. - Bet.

Okay, I'll tell you what you do. Don't use the right at all, see?

Use the left for everything until I tell you different.

- Don't use the right for nothing. - Okay.

Not even to eat with, see?

- Everything with the left. - Everything with the left.

All right, lay down.

Come on, push.

Push.

Push it further.

Now, to get back to this Collier thing.

Yeah.

- Yeah, I don't think so. - In what way?

- In no way. - I mean, in what way not?

- In no way not. - How would you know?

Oh, just by keeping my ears and my eyes open and my, so forth.

I've been around, you know. This man-woman thing,

that's gotta be a fifty-fifty thing. Five-oh, five-oh.

My feeling.

He's 75. You'll never be five-oh, five-oh with him.

Why do you get yourself hooked with a guy who's got his horns on you?

That's all.

- Let me ask you, Barney. - Ask.

Why don't he examine me? Ain't I...

What? What is this? What are you doing here?

- Ain't you supposed to be weighing in? - Tomorrow.

What are you hanging around here for?

- What's the matter with you? - I don't wanna go in alone no more.

Like lately.

What do you want us to do? All go in with you?

That'd be fine. Maybe the three of us could lick the guy.

But you're a big boy now, Hucko, you know. You gotta learn to go in alone.

I mean in the corner. You used to.

- I'm busy. - Yeah.

- Busy. - I gotta get her ready to go south.

What do you want me to do? Tear myself into little pieces?

Sure not.

I guess the trouble is I haven't asked you the three big questions lately.

I don't wanna go in alone no more.

Who made you, Hucko? What's the matter?

Can't you hear good? Who made you?

You, Mike.

Who owns the biggest piece of you?

- You, Mike. - What'll happen if I drop you?

- I go right down the drain. - And?

- And stay there. - And don't ever forget it.

Now, you go back and tell Gibby if he lets you loose again,

he'll go down the drain, too.

- He'll go? I got it. - Yeah.

Now, what is with Little Nell?

Little Nell seems to have some...

Hey.

I don't like you.

- I wish you did. - But I don't.

Why not?

You made everything different from what it used to in the old days.

Last year.

- How old are you, Hucko? - 197 and a half.

- What? - Pounds.

- No, how old? - Twenty-four...

five or three. Why?

Anyhow, too old for the three big questions.

Hey, you want me to tell Mike on you?

He didn't make you and doesn't own you

and you wouldn't go down the drain if he dropped you.

- And stay there. - You wouldn't.

Oughta belong to yourself.

What do I want with myself?

When you're in that ring,

you ought not to be worried about anyone, Mike or anyone.

Yeah? What about that guy I'm fightin'?

Not even him.

You see, it's never you against the whole world.

Yeah, that's good. I couldn't lick the whole world.

- I don't think. - Just you against yourself.

Yeah? Well, I could lick myself, all right.

- I think. - You could.

I think.

That's all you have to do. Lick yourself.

Make yourself and own yourself. Never mind Mike or anyone.

Hey, don't he never ask you the three big questions?

I wouldn't let him. See, I'm trying to lick myself, too.

- Hey, the only thing... - Huh?

Why don't he examine me?

So then, piff, pow!

Zam!

And then the bell, clong! End of the sixth!

So then, I breathe, in and out, in and out.

Aw, button it up, will you, Hucko?

We've been through this 40 times already.

It's the seventh coming up, the end.

- Go ahead. - Clong! I rush him.

He's on his bike. I'm pepperin', pepperin', pepperin'!

He starts coming in. And that's when it happened, the thing.

The big thing. He's comin' and I look.

And who do you think it is? It's me. It's me coming at me.

So, I get mad.

Rah! Piff! Pow! Rah!

Boing! Boing! Boing!

I'm hollering down his ear, "Okay, Hucko." Rah!

"Get this, Hucko." Zah! Kidney punch.

"You're through, Hucko." Paw! Paw! Paw!

So, now I go in and before I throw it even,

I knew already it was the one.

Boing! And I seen him drop.

And then, after, when Gibby jumps in

and grabs me and gives me a kiss,

I says to him, "You see me, how I flattened myself?"

So, he starts in, puttin' cold towels on my head.

- Okay, take a walk. - Okay, Mike.

- Hey, can I lift her up? - No.

Just once?

- All right, then blow. - Yeah.

Whee!

Thanks, Mike.

Could be he had his brains knocked loose.

Oh, he's fine.

What's all this "fighting yourself" malarkey?

How does a guy like that pick up stuff like that?

I wonder.

Hey.

- Me? - What's doing here?

You been talking to him?

- Do you mind? - No, no.

I was gonna suggest maybe you have a talk with Little Nell.

Mike?

Now, you know we gotta go over these schedules.

- Yes, Mike. - Yeah.

This thing about getting the same room

- as the last time I was down here... - Mm.

...is that just a coincidence or did you arrange it?

Just a coincidence.

Tell me the truth.

I arranged it.

- I thought so. - Why?

- Because I'm getting to know you. - 'Bout time.

And it turns out you're just a big sentimental slob.

Yeah, that's me.

- My, my, my. - My, my, my, what?

Oh, excuse me, I forgot to knock.

Come in.

- Guess who's here? - Them.

- How'd you know? - Tell them to swing it in.

- The boys. - What boys?

- The partners. - I thought you said they were anonymous.

Well, maybe they decided to be non-anonymous.

After all, these gentlemen are no hoodlums, you know.

They're businessmen. Plain, ordinary businessmen.

- Investors. - All the same.

You can't have...

Okay.

- Hello, Spec. - Hello, Mike.

Glad to see you. Hank, how are you?

- Could be worse. - Thought we'd like to see you, man.

Well, you know me. Never too busy to say hello.

- There she is. - How do you do, gentlem... men?

- How do you do? - Pleased to meet you.

Likewise.

Uh, wouldn't you like to sit down?

Yeah, sit down. Sit down, men. You can all find chairs.

Hey, why don't you sit over there?

Oh, thanks, Barney. Thank you, boy.

Let's everybody have a drink, on me.

Oh, I never allow no alcoholic beverages around the lady here.

Who said alcoholic?

I mean, you know, like beer or something like that.

- Even beer. - Uh, milk?

Milk's okay.

So, how's about everybody a glass of milk?

All right, some milk. Fill 'em up.

Uh, there seems to be quite a lot of dough,

you know, money around that says you can make it.

- You know, win it. - Well, money talks.

Here, here.

- Have one yourself, Barney. - Golf is what I call a nice game.

Very nice.

I mean, it's dignified.

And fresh air. Men and women, both.

Now, you take those lady wrestlers.

Now, that's something I can't stomach.

Stand, lady wrestlers.

That's something that shouldn't ought to be allowed.

But golf, that's different.

- Yeah, well, we don't wrestle. - Not yet.

Mike, tell Barney to go out. You mind?

- Go out. - Nothing personal, Barney.

Business.

Business?

Uh. Wait a minute.

Now, the thing is this, Mike.

We wanna know how you figure this thing to come out.

No idea.

You mean, not yet.

I mean that, uh, after it's over, I'll let you know how it come out.

Wait a second.

- Maybe she oughta go out, too. - No, thank you.

Mike, look, we don't care what way it comes out.

Only thing, we'd like to know ahead.

You want my opinion? I think she'll win it.

- For sure, she's... - No, not sure.

Makes a sick bet. The win, you can't be sure.

The lose, that's insurance.

No, no, no, no, don't say anything.

Ah, wait a minute. Don't say anything.

Oh, boys, it's no-go. No-go.

Now, you remember I told you when you'd come in on this kid,

that I couldn't promise you nothing but a great lady athlete.

No tricks, no deals, no nothing.

You think it's fair to us to all of a sudden go legitimate?

- How'd you get in such a jam? - Look at the books, will you?

I never knew there was so much money to be made honest.

I don't think it's right, you being unfriendly.

I don't think it's right neither. In fact, it's wrong.

Excuse me for not finishing my milk.

Only thing is, it gives me the gas.

I'll do whatever you say about it, Mike.

- I mean, whatever's best for you. - Don't talk like that.

I don't care.

Say, listen here. I... I caught something from you and it's good.

I like it, see. But don't you catch nothing from me

'cause I ain't got nothing good to catch.

If there's trouble, I want my share of it.

Yeah, well, it looks like there's gonna be plenty to go around.

No, I mean the way you said things ought to be.

- How? - Five-oh, five-oh.

- Lay down. - Now?

Yeah. Yeah, I'll let you get a little nap.

Then, have dinner.

Take a little walk. Then, turn in, you know, nice and early.

And don't worry about nothing.

Don't worry about a thing.

You're a great girl.

- You're the best. - Thanks.

And I'm gonna tell you another thing, furthermore.

After you cop this thing in the morning

I'm gonna start lining up some shots in Europe.

Boy, will they go for you, all them Europeans.

- I haven't copped it, yet. - Sure, you have.

In my head, you have.

The way I figure, you... you got the thing done.

- The thing you're gonna do. - That's nice.

I can feel it in your bones.

Sure a pretty dress you got covering you.

- Thank you. - Mm-hm.

You certainly are carrying the right silks tonight, kid.

It does more for you than them pants you're always wearing.

Easier to play in is why I wear the pants.

I think sometimes you oughta change around.

Give the public a break.

I'm not sure that I'd be able to play...

- What is this? - Sorry to barge in.

Well, barge out.

Wait a second, Mike. Something you don't know.

- Sam's out. - In fact, it was us who bought him.

I never seen him so upset since lately.

See, Sam suffers from the high blood pressure.

He can't stand the gaffe.

He can handle any situation, so long it's a situation without aggravation.

Otherwise, no.

And the minute he realized you were not going to play ball,

it was a situation with aggravation.

Okay, thanks for the flash. Now, get out of here, will you?

Can't you see we're talking important business? Strategy.

That's what we wanted to talk to you about, Mike. Strategy.

We've been considering and we think you're very foolish,

the both of you.

You don't see it our way.

It's a very full hatful we can grab off here.

Blow.

You shouldn't talk like that, Mike.

- Not to us. - Please.

What's the matter with you?

What are you trying to do? Destroy your own property?

What's wrong with you two pinheads?

Look at her. Can't you see you're getting her all tensed up?

You're absolutely right, Mike.

I think the best would be for us to step outside and talk over.

That would be good.

- Why outside? - You know, quiet.

And we wouldn't get the lady all upset.

All right, let's go.

- You stay here. I'll be right back. - You will?

Well, I hope so. I ain't finished my baked potato.

Well, come on, what about it? Let's talk. Where do you wanna go, your hometowns?

- We'll talk down over here. Come on. - What's wrong?

- Mike. - You stay out of this.

I wanna go with you.

You don't think I can take care of myself?

- No, I don't. - Well, now, wait and see.

I can take care of myself, you, and them.

- Now, stay out of it. Go on. - You...

All right, let's go.

Come on, come on, let's get on with it. Let's get on with it.

Okay. We want to know what you'll do.

I told you already, I ain't gonna make no deals with you, see?

This di...

- Oh. Two against one, huh? - That's right. Two against one.

And that's how it is in this business too, wise guy.

- Two against one. - You want your usual percent?

Oh!

Hey, my glasses. What's the big idea?

Hey, that's no fair, I'm telling you.

Hey, where are my glasses?

- What is this, anyway? - It's no fair.

Did you ever see a thing like this before?

Did you ever see a thing like this before? What is it?

My glasses. It's no fair, I'm telling you.

Oh, my glasses.

Which one of you belongs to this?

- Where'd you get it, Kronski? - From the lady.

- Where'd you get it? - Out of his hand.

- Where'd you get it... - In the head, that's where.

- And I want to make a complaint. - Settle down. We'll get to that.

Now, which one of you wants to report bodily injury?

- Nothing. - Me. Look at that.

And see that? Where do you think I got that?

Okay.

Internal injuries.

All right. What happened?

Anybody?

This woman blew her top, that's all.

- Did you see the whole thing? - I sure did, I was...

- Could I say a word, Captain? - You bet.

Just one word.

I don't think anybody wants to make a big thing out of this, Captain.

As a matter... we all know each other.

These two gentlemen and I, we're in business together.

What kind of business?

Well, uh, you see, the three of us, we own her.

- The three of you? - Yeah, sure.

She's our lady athlete. Very well known, Captain.

We got her entered in that tournament down here tomorrow.

I know.

Yeah, we had this little disagreement, you know.

A kind of a misunderstanding and...

why don't you just forget about the whole thing?

What about this thing? Want me to forget this thing, too?

No, sir, I...

- Just show me what happened. - What's the point?

I'd like to see what happened.

Well, we were standing over by the car.

The three of us, just talkin'.

- And where were you? - I was in the middle, where I usually am.

- And you? - I was up on the porch.

All right, so, you were in the middle. Get in the middle.

And you on the porch, stay over there. You three stand there arguing.

- Yeah, we were arguing. - That's right.

- He came up behind me. - In self-defense.

Yeah, this guy here with the glasses on,

he started like he was going to throw a punch.

- I got kind of excited. - That was when I ran down.

Yeah, like Count Fleet she ran down there.

- What happened to your punch? - I never threw no.

No, he didn't get the chance to.

What happened when you got there?

Well, the first thing, I... I disengaged this fellow.

How?

Well, uh, something like, um...

Ooh... ow!

Oh, I... I... I'm sorry, sorry.

Let go of me, let go of me. What am I around here?

You're gonna kill someone around here!

Am I a sack of potatoes around here or somethin'?

And what were you doing all this time?

Just what I'm doing now.

- Nothing? - What else was there to do?

Then, what?

Well, I am very sorry about this

and I should like to apologize to this gentleman for doing it.

- Doing what? - For throwing away his eyeglasses.

She sure did.

Well, I couldn't think of anything else to do.

Then, he went down to hunt for them.

And I turned...

sort of to lead Mr. Conovan away.

To lead me? I thought you were gonna carry me.

Go ahead.

Then, uh, the little one, came toward Mike.

No, no, I... I come towards you.

Well, anyway, Mike started toward him.

Yeah, yeah, I came at you, remember?

- But I pushed him out of the way. - What did you do that for?

Well, I didn't want him to get hurt.

No, she didn't want me to get hurt, you see.

Then, I think I took this little one by the wrist.

Go away from me.

Yeah, she grabbed him by the wrist and went halfway down, like this...

So, she took the jack out of his hand and looked at it

and clonked him right on the head.

Then, he fell rest of the way, like this.

And, what were you doing all this time?

Just watching.

I hope you fellows have been on the ball here.

- You could learn something. - She's okay.

Where'd you pick all that up anyway?

Oh, I've been around physical-ed for years.

- Physical Ed, who's he? - Education.

Okay, come here, all of you.

Henry Tasling, that you?

That's right.

Also known as Harry Creavy?

- It's been a long time since... - Also as Ray Breiler?

Only once, I was little and they...

Under these names, have you been apprehended

three, four, five, seven times in this state

on charges of illegal betting, bookmaking, or assault?

Something like that, yeah.

And are you aware of the fact there's a court order

signed by Judge Evan McEnroe, August 12th, 1949,

prohibiting you from carrying on any business

of any nature, whatsoever, in this state?

I wasn't doing no business.

- He says you were. - What business?

- Sylvester Cauley, that you? - Yeah.

- Also known as... - Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's right.

Yeah, you got it down here all okay.

- Anything on him? - Nothing.

All right, I want to hold these two men pending a report

to Judge McEnroe as to violation of his order.

That's all. See you in the morning.

- Handle that, Kronski. - Thanks.

Okay, we're adjourned.

Hey, how does it look for tomorrow, anyway?

Who knows?

Good luck. I've got a few savings riding on you.

Oh, thank you.

Mike.

Mike!

Mike, listen.

I've been listening all night.

Then, do you want to talk? I'll listen.

- Leave me alone, will you? - I can understand your being upset.

But why be upset with me? What have I done?

Too much, that's what.

But...

- Mike, don't be like this. - Like what?

Impossible.

Oh, so that's what I am, impossible.

Right now, yes.

Well, I don't happen to agree with you. I think I'm possible.

- Also think I'm stupid. - Why?

For the way I handled you, that's why.

I built you up into some kind of a... Frankenstein monster.

That's what you are, you're just a great big Mrs. Frankenstein.

You don't think this thing is going to get around?

You don't think everybody is gonna know about it?

I won't even be able to show my face in Lindy's.

I just don't like the combination. I thought I would, but I don't.

See, I like everything to be five-oh, five-oh.

I like a he to be a he, and a she to be a she.

But you said...

- Hold it. - What?

- Use the back way. - Why?

- Quiet down. - Why, why?

Oh, Pat!

- I think somebody's yelling "Pat". - No, cat, they're calling their cat.

- Pat, what's the matter? - Hello, Collier.

Now, you come back any time after the match.

- You're a little early now. - Now, listen...

- No, don't touch her right arm. - Well, how about you?

I've got the other arm. Now, go away, go away, go away.

- Now, listen here, old man... - Old man?

- I've got as much right as you have. - Come back in the morning and we'll...

Stop handling me everybody, please!

You got a tough deal, all right there, buster.

I feel for you.

Oh, you do?

That chick is sure stuck on you.

I can't quite understand why, but there it is.

She's so stuck you that you jinx her.

You're in this business, Conovan.

Have you ever heard of anything like it before?

Oh, only two or three million times, that's all.

You see, athletes, they're, uh, they ain't like us, you know.

They're like, what you call, freaks.

Nobody can understand how they do what they do.

That... they can't understand it themselves.

And different things throw 'em.

So, who knows what, why, where, when?

- See? - Yeah.

It's just like, uh, you take little Joe Paloney.

- Who? - A jockey.

- Oh, yeah, yeah. - Yeah.

For a long time, my horse, little Nell,

couldn't win nothing. She cou... couldn't win, see?

She had trouble coming in last.

And I couldn't figure it. And then, I figured it.

She couldn't win because Joe Paloney was riding her.

I got rid, she won great.

It's the same in this case, buster.

You are the wrong jockey for this chick.

Ho-ho, you don't say.

Yeah, I do say.

So how about giving us all a nice big break?

And making yourself scarce tomorrow.

- Why? - Because, don't you understand?

When you're around, she's no good, she's dead, see?

What you do after her working hours, I don't care.

Go ahead. Go as far as you like. But when she's on, you stay off.

- Can we deal? - No.

Why not?

Your business doesn't interest me.

Tell me something, will you?

Were you born stubborn or did you learn this in college?

- See you in the morning, Conovan. - I hope not.

On the first tee.

What?

Don't use your right arm!

- What is it? Did you... - Sh, sh, sh. Quiet. Back to sleep.

How long have you been here?

I just... sh. I just came in to check up, that's all, the windows.

- I do it every night. - You do what every night?

Check the windows and fix the covers.

- You do? - Sure.

Sometimes you kick 'em off.

What's the matter? You can't sleep?

Don't say anything. Nothing! Just shut up.

Why I didn't get on to this sooner than I have?

- Get on to what? - Always funny when it's happening

to some other guy, but not to me.

- What are you talking ab... - What makes you think

I'd stand in your way? You want him? Well, go to him!

Looks to me you're perfectly suited, two slick articles.

- Help! - That's where I made a mistake.

- Too considerate! - Mike!

Mike!

- Be quiet. Come here. - Help!

- Help! - Quiet down, will you?

You want everybody up here?

No, no, Mike!

- Quiet down, will you? - Help! You're hurting me.

Collier!

Leave me alone, will you? Leave me alone.

- What are you, some wild man? - No, just the wrong jockey.

But I guess you're the right one, all right.

What are you... what's he talking...

Oh, come, come now. Let's not give it the innocent.

You don't think that... tell him, will you? Talk!

What's the use?

No use, that's the use. Well, congratulations.

But I wouldn't be surprised if I'm not the lucky guy.

What do you figure got into him?

I don't know. He frightened me.

- I can imagine. - Why I called you.

Yeah, well, you done the right thing, kid.

I mean, what would I have did...

if you hadn't been around? Done.

- I think you can take care of yourself. - No, I can't.

- Ah, yeah, I bet you could even lick me. - No, I couldn't.

- Sure, I think so. - No, I couldn't.

I need someone to look after me.

- What about me? - Why not?

Well, I don't know if I can lick you or you can lick me,

but I'll tell you one thing I do know.

- What? - Together we can lick 'em all.

You bet.

Uh...

I can't handle this in my head, it... it rocks me.

Why?

Well, because, uh, don't figure, Old Hucko walked in

and handed me an engagement ring.

I'm not Hucko.

- That you ain't. - So?

So, uh, I mean, uh, well, there's one thing only, about us...

- What? - ...hooking together, that's...

what I call a plenty long shot.

Nothing wrong with a long shot.

- If you come out on top, that's a fact. - We will, Mike.

It's somehow, you don't seem to...

An upper-cruster like you, and, uh, and my kind of type

that can't even speak left-handed English.

The whole jizmo, it's hard to believe.

- Not hard for me to believe. - Uh, you think so?

I know so.

Okay, kid.

You got yourself a deal.

Going to ask you the three big questions, Mike.

Go ahead.

- Who made you? - You did.

- Who owns the biggest piece of you? - You do.

What would happen if I ever dropped you?

- I'd go right down the drain. - And?

And take you right down with me, shorty.