Show R CE THE pHE HE mighty Babe has returned No we are not referring to Babe Ruth We are turning to Babe Didrikson Zaharias without any question the most remarkable woman woman wom worn an athlete of all time The Babe while practicing for tor th the next la ladies ladies' ladies ladies' las la- la dies dies' s tennis champi championship returned returned re re- turned to the headlines of go goin golf goU golfin goUin ll in Chicago recently recently re re- Gently where she continued to hit the ball Babe Didrikson Ible distances from Crom to yards It has been exactly 12 years since Babe startled big crowds in hi the 1932 Olympic games held in Los An An- geles The Babe was then entered In the hurdles the high jump and andI the javelin throw She wanted to I enter three other events but she was balked by Olympic rules that limit the number of competitions for any single person Just after the 1932 Olympics were over I played golf goU with the Babe Her long game was magnificent magnificent magnificent and her short game a night night- mare At that time she could neither chip nor putt with a 20 handicap player but she was driving over yards and playing yard holes with a mashie or a six iron The Babe has come a long way in her golf goU since 1932 although her herlong herlong herlong long game is still the feature of her play where she can keep pace with most of the longer hitters among the pros Her wrestler husband George Zaharias displacement pounds is lucky to get within 40 yards of any tee shot his wife may happen to hit The Babe weighed pounds in 1932 and she Is now up around ISO but there isn't half hail an ounce of fat on her frame All Around Phenomenon Here are a few Cew things Babe Didrikson Didrikson Didrikson Did Did- could do on her way to the spotlight Throw a baseball feet on a apar apar apar par with any good big league out out- fielder Run jump and chuck the javelin in record time and measurements Carry a football through a good goodline goodline goodline line and throw a forward pass accurately accurately accurately ac ac- ac- ac 50 yards Swim and dive within a fraction of championship standards Hit a tennis ball harder than Helen Wills or Alice Marble And play pretty well Drive a golf goll ball bail from Crom to yards ards and hit a 3 iron well over yards Ask Bobby Jones or Billy Burke A good rifle rille shot and a good horsewoman All In all we once figured out 16 sports in which she excelled proving proving proving ing 12 of these In motion pictures that were all carefully and accurately accurately accurately ac ac- ac- ac made As a kid around 20 she could out out- box and any lightweight In her vicinity She almost wrecked two well known professional lightweights lightweights lightweights light light- weights in less than three rounds We keep forgetting She was also picked as the best woman basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball player in hi the history of the southwest The total list seems to include track and field football baseball boxing golf goU tennis basketball swimming diving and a few others Should Have Concentrated There is no telling what heights Babe Didrikson might have reached If she had only concentrated on some single sport especially golf goU or tennis She has already turned in a 66 at golf goU but her short game has never had quite the steadiness that her long game carried with power on a par with the best of the pros and far Car beyond the average good amateur Babe abe Didrikson's power and control control control con con- comes conies from Crom an amazing amount of coordination remarkable remarkable remark remark- able timing and two strong sinewy hands and wrists that are beyond the average strong male maJe You might ask a n famous Camous golf goU pro about a friendly scuffle where the Babe abe nailed him with a short right hook book to the body and he had to cancel his golf soU engagement for or the next week In any event It is good to have havethe havethe the Babe back with us again in competition She is the most remarkable remarkable re re- competitive proposition her sex has ever known If you care to take in 10 or a dozen fields of play The main pity is that she scattered her talents into too many directions in place of concentrating on two or three games e Horses vs Humans How would a member of the so so- called human race compare with a horse age for tor age Who would finish finish fin fin- ish on top We are now referring to competitors among both breeds when it comes to speed and stamina The answer is there would be no competition The horse would win backing In In A race horse at seven seven- years old approximates a man at 45 and one from 15 to 17 years old oldIs oldIs oldIs Is about in the same age class clan as a aman aman aman man of 01 80 SO |