Harpo Speaks!
“CHAPTER 14Croquemaniacs of theWorld, Unite!THE CROQUET MANIA was upon us like a plague. Croquet became the most serious thing in the lives of a lot of people who should have been concerned with far more important matters. The most hopeless cases in New York, besides Aleck, Beatrice, Neysa and myself, were Kaufman, Swope, Dietz, Fleischmann, F.P.A. and a group of financiers-among them, Harold Schwartz, Harold Talbot and Averell Harriman.We got a special permit from the city to play in Central Pa...rk. Weekends we usually played at Swope’s joint on Long Island, where the course was even bigger. It was so vast and hilly you sometimes had to yodel to let your partner know where you were.Once during a hot game at Sands Point (they were all hot games there), Swope’s butler came to the court to announce that Governor Al Smith was calling from Albany. “Tell him to hold the phone,” said Swope. “It’s my shot.” The Governor held the phone and the affairs of the state of New York were halted for twenty minutes, while Swope made three wickets.MoreLess
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