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Texas Produces Golf Greats and Baseball Greats in Spotlight
The piece extols Texas as a cradle of golf with Ben Hogan Betsy Rawls Billy Maxwell Ralph Guldahl Byron Nelson Jimmy Demaret and Babe Didrikson as notable champions. It also contrasts Texas talent with California and ranks early 20th century baseball stars including Cobb Ruth Gehrig and Musial highlighting Dodgers Giants and New York teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
U. S
Ben Hogan
Fort Worth
Betsy Rawls
Billy Maxwell
Hogan
Ralph Guldahl
Lloyd Mangrum
Jimmy Demaret
Miss Rawls
Babe Didrikson
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Peggy Chandler
California
Bobby Jones
Georgia
Perry Adair
R. Watts Gunn
Alexa Stirling
Crawford Rainwater
Byron Nelson
Nelson
Ben
A. L
Cubs
Giants
Cobb
Ruth
Gehrig
Sisler
Speaker
Collins
Lajoie
DiMaggio
Feller
Wagner
Hornsby
Frisch
Harnett
Musial
Alexander
Mathewson
Traynor
Kling
Hubbell
Dean
Terry
Sister
Dodgers
Preacher Roe
Newcombe
Branca
Campanella
Hodges
Robinson
Reese
Furillo
Snider