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Obituary for athlete Babe Didrikson of golf and Olympic track and field fame

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Title Card: "Babe Didrikson Mourned - Greatest Woman Athlete" / CU smiling Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias / Babe in shorts walking toward camera / CU Babe after winning 1932 Olympic Javelin throw / Follow Babe hurling javelin to win...
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Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias is back on the golf course in Tampa, FL, following colon cancer surgery

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Title: "Babe Didrikson Ready for comeback" superimposed over CU Zaharias / Babe Didrikson Zaharias hitting golf balls / CU Zaharias / Zaharias tees off and walks away / Zaharias walking toward camera on course / Zaharias hits ball out of...
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Olympic track and field champion Babe Didrikson working out in gym in NY City

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Title card: "Babe Didrikson trains as 'pro' - Texas tomboy, America's outstanding Olympic star, limbers up at McGovern's Gym in New York" / three shots of Babe Didrikson hitting speed bag; Didrikson finishes hitting speed bag, then takes...
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Golf a popular sport in 1953

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Title "Golf" superimposed over President Dwight Eisenhower hits a drive as he plays golf / VS Eisenhower on the golf course / Eisenhower putts to camera, ball stops on lip of hole; Eisenhower reacts with disappointment in bg / Eisenhower...
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Lew Worsham, Betty Jameson, and Babe Didrikson Zaharias win major golf tournaments in 1947

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Title card: "Golf" superimposed over crowd sitting on grass / (6/15/1947, St. Louis, MO) MS Rear view of Sam Snead putting and missing during playoff in the US Open at the St. Louis Country Club, pushing ball into hole then picking it...
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Babe Didrikson wins the British Women's Amateur in 1947

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Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / Babe Didrikson Zaharias first American to win British Ladies Amateur (later known as the Womens Amateur Championship) / Zaharias playing golf / shaking hands with...
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Patty Berg wins Women's Titleholder Tournament of golf in Augusta, Georgia, 1955

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Title: "Augusta, GA." superimposed over female golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias / Zaharias teeing off, spectators and clubhouse in bkgd / Patty Berg tees off / Betsy Rawls tees off / Mary Lena Faulk tees off / spectators walk across course...
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Lew Worsham wins with spectacular shot at World Championship of Golf tournament, first nationally televised golf tournament

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Title "140-yd shot on 18th! Lew Worsham's thrilling finish tops 'world' golf" superimposed over crowd walking onto golf course / gallery watching golfer hitting tee shot at Tam O'Shanter golf course / crowd sitting in bleachers watching...
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Betsy Rawls wins the Tampa Women's Open

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Title: "Fairway's Fairest - Betsy Rawls Wins Tampa Golf Title" superimposed over follow of Alice Bauer (Hagge), chipping / WS crowd on course / MS crowd around green / Patricia (Patty) Berg, Pro Champion golfer from W. Chicago, Illinois,...
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Film portrait of US star athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias compiled at her death

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Title card: "Babe Didrikson mourned - Greatest woman athlete" / CU Didrikson posing for photo opportunity / Didrikson walking along on golf course / close shot of Didrikson preparing to throw javelin at 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles /...
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Pro golfer Patty Berg wins Women's Titleholders Golf Tournament

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MS Babe Didrikson Zaharias, pro golfer and all-around athlete from Tampa, FL, teeing off / MS pro golfer Patty Berg, from St. Andrews, IL, tees off / MS Betsy Rawls, pro golfer from Spartanburg, SC, tees off / MS Mary Lena Faulk, pro...