CURIOUS GOLF BET
Air Mail — Own Correspondent)
■ " n i 9 i i mu i Banjo Player Who Wagered A Building CGURT CASE FOLLOWS
(By
NEW YORK, Peb. 20. A golf game over thirty-six holes played between two millionaires eleven years ago was the subject of a lawsuit in New York. The players were Mr. Andrew Andrews, a banjo player who became a motor manufacturer and banker, and was worth £16,000,000 when the game was played, and Mr. Erederick Bartlett, millionaire brolcer and estate agent. Mr. Andrews agreed to sell Mr. Bartlett a 'building in Ghicago for £110,000 if he (Andrews) lost the game, or £113,000 if he won. Mr. Bartlett lost, and paifl for tho building, but according to Mr. Andrews, he failed to abide by his agreement to pay commission to tho broker who handlod the deal. Bartlett denics this agreement. To-day, Mr. J. L Strlekland, tho broker, brought proceedings against Mr. Andrews to xecover his commission. Se alleges that Mr. Andrews has evaded creditors by giving his wife a judgment for £170,000 and permitting her to obtain his assets from the control of New York banks.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 55, 20 March 1937, Page 11
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