Show Ralph Guldahl Believes Patty Berg Bergi Will i Win Women's Title This Season i I Ralph Guldahl Envies Miss Bergs Berg's swing 1 Minneapolis Golfing Miss Plays Fine Game Now Editors Editor's note Henry McLemore regular conductor of this column is on vacation Meantime his column column col col- col- col uma is being written by other United United Unit Unit- ed Press sports writers By H. H J. J I ARONSTAM United Press Sports Editor CORAL GABLES Fla Feb 25 UP Ralph UP-Ralph Ralph Guldahl the husky slope-shouldered slope national open champion who has seen enough golf winners to recognize the symptoms toms blew a high note today for little Patty Berg the Harry Cooper Cooper Cooper Coop Coop- er of the feminine links brigade She has knocked at the door of the national title three times the tall Texan drawled and I think this is going to be Patty's Patty year She is the most consistent woman golfer in the country today and the greatest girl golfer from tee to green I have ever seen Ralph has seen them all except except except ex ex- ex- ex Glenna Collett Vare the tho former former for for- mer national champion who no longer is serious about her game He Ho particularly was impressed by bythe bythe bythe the year old Minneapolis girls girl's iron play which he lie thought is isas isas isas as good as that of many of the touring pros She has a groove Vin s swing and smacks em like a man The national open first saw Patty play when he teamed with her in an exhibition at St St. Paul two years ago And after watching her during the current winter circuit cir campaign he was wa-s convinced she would be unstoppable in the top women's tournament at Wilmette Ill in September Going Strong I Patty who made her first bid I Ifor for the national title tille while still a girl in short skirts at present is s s barnstorming through Florida But she is not playing every tournament that comes along as in former years She is afraid aid 0 of or becoming over- over golfed which she thinks may have caused her downfall in the national before The short hort stocky read-haired read lass is picking her spots but its it's the easy tournaments she is passing up Playing strong fields that willbe will willbe willbe be virtually the same for the national national national na na- na- na she has left a trail of victo victo- ries She started by taking the Augusta titleholders added the Charlotte Harbor prize and then won the Miami-Biltmore Miami tournament tournament tournament ment for the third straight year Drills on Putting Patty who is superstitious wont won't say she expects to win the top women's women's wo wo- vo- vo mens men's title this year but admits she is working hard She has been concentrating on her putting the only weakness in her armament In her first effort in the national national na na- at in 1935 she lost lot to Mrs Tare Vare 3 and amI 2 in the final She was dropped from froni the championship list in the semifinal her t ne time tune out Patty went tent to the final last year rear and was beaten beat beat- en Cli 7 and 6 by Mrs Estelle Lawson Lauson Page who shot sensational golf over o a rain and wind swept course at Memphis The freckle-faced freckle girl has been playing the game less than six years and the last two years have been beena a strange parallel to those of Harry Cooper She has won or gained the semifinals or better in every tournament tournament tournament tour tour- she has entered But like Cooper last years year's leading money- money I winner among the pros the national title eluded her Guldahl insists this is Ls her year to quit playing bridesmaid to the national champion and take the role herself iJ Y o- o c p j i f. f I i I i i I f i J I J Miss Patty Berg Touted for national title |