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ever derived from your activities in competitive athletics ?“ she was j ( asked. lt;Biggest Thrill, j“A lot of people think that my .« victories in the Olympic panics af* j forded me m.v greatest kick How- 1 ever, the largest measure of sheer \ thrill I ever experienced occurred j in a national woman's basketball lt;tournament about five years ago. rejoined the Babe tmappily. ,With the opposition one point ahead of the team T was playing for and twenty seconds of play remaining, I sunk the winning basket The Lone Star state’s queen of j tomboys is the major attraction . with the House of David baseball , team which stopped in Lincoln ( Monday night to engage the local ( Nebraka State league chapter.Between playing simple compositions on the piano and humming j popular pieces the sun tanned j Texan remarked that she war enjoying her tour with the non* ( shavers immensely.• In the **wt seven games I have , bit four home runs she claimed, While pitching for Connie Mack's Philadelphia as during spring pra Tice I forced the Brooklyn Dodgers to hit into a triple play”A it ho she twirled only the first two fnimes against Pug Griffin’s Links Monday night, she verified her previous testimony completely. Displaying a remarkable assortment of curve balls coupled with a baffling change of pace, the Babe mowed down the Capital City baseballers without a hit while striking out fourDressed moderately in gray tweed and wearing white shoes. Miss Didrikson was the picture of nonchalance off the baseball field.She never smokes but has a passion for gum chewing and toying with pianos and harmonicas Her favorite forms of d i vert ism ent out-I side ot all kinds of athletics, are • dancing and attending the movies frequently Tuesday the Babe and company were scheduled to play at York with the remainder of May and most of June calling for engagements in Colorado an*I Wyoming,Babe Didrikson, Here With j House of David Nine, Warns Women She's Going for Golf Honors ‘In Big Way/t Continued fbom Page L • the game seriously.Soon after she established her* sell as the greatest girl athlete in 1 the history of organized women' athletics at the scene of the 1952 Olympic games Mis sDldrikaon forsook the rank* of the si in on puros and signed a professional | contract In the spring and sum*!! raer she pi ayes baseball with th* Benton Harbor. Mich, be whiskered gentlemen and is an ace basketball performer in the fall and winter •What was the biggest thrill you j
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Lincoln Daily Nebraskan
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Wed, May 16, 1934
Page 4
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
NA, 26 Jul 2023
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