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The ‘♦Texaa Cyclone” has blown In again.Glamorous Babe Didriksou,who acquired the above moniker during her 1932 Olympic conquests, is here at the beckon of Ray Doan to play the featurerole in the House of David baseball show.But we’ll bet our last penny that she divides most of her time here between the diamond and the Geneva Golf and Country club course.That the Babe is a golfer of the first water has already been proved to many in Muscatine.On her first visit here early in the winter she displayed her wares to a flock of local boys, and there were few that wouldn’t agree that she was the best feminine golfer they had everMM.Now, with the fairways and greens at the Geneva course infair shape, she will probably be more impressive than ever.—o-—The Babe had been in town only a short while before she got wind that the Geneva club had signed a professional this year, and a goodone too-So nothing would do byt that she travel round or two with this newly acquired professional, who is Charles G. Miller.Now Mr. Miller, who knows his golf and knows how to impart it to those not quite as fortunate, is a busy man these days.He spends most erf each day teaching and attending to other duties around the club, and finds little time to do any club swinging of his own.In fast, because of his instructions and work on preparing the course. Miller has toured the course only two or three times Mince he came here less than a month ago.—o—With all this work on hand the pro announces that he won’t he able to play with the Babe Probably f#r a day or two yet. but hopes to pair up with hersome time before she leaves town.And when that doe* hapf»en it should be worth watching, because there you’ll see golf played a* it should be pla\ed.Having already seen the Babe perform on the links several times, we know full well that Mr. Miller has in store a vision of first class feminine golfery.And having watched Miller In action we feel confident in predicting that Miss Didrikson will concede that Muscatine has at
Newspaper Details
Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Tue, May 08, 1934
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 24 Jan 2023
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