Word: berge
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strode to the first tee, Babe obligingly clowned for photographers and the gallery, but she was in no joking mood. For one of the few times in her competitive golf life (14 years) the Babe found herself in the hole: one stroke behind stocky, redheaded Patty Berg, 33, Ladies' P.G.A. president...
...rest of the girls seem not to resent in the slightest the Babe's dominance of the game. Explains Patty Berg: "When I come in second to her I feel as though I had won. It's kind of like the Yankees. They're the champs and you want them to win." Nor do they mind the tough routine of traveling, strange hotels, dreary dinners and the Spartan life of a professional athlete. Bubbles Betsy Rawls, a Texas newcomer to the pro game: "I love getting paid for something I'd do anyway...
Keep Out of Trouble. Last week Patty Berg gave Babe something to shoot at. After slamming home an eagle 2 on the 372-yd. tenth hole, Patty finished with a sparkling 73, 2 over men's par. Babe heard about Patty's round on the 17th tee, knew that even to tie she needed a birdie and a par. She got them. She rammed in a birdie 4 on the 540-yd. 17th, got her par 4 on the 445-yd. 18th by reaching the green with a drive and a dazzling No. 2 iron shot. Final score...
After her tying rally in last week's tournament, Babe resolutely announced that she was "going home to the pots & pans." Did that mean that 38-year-old Babe, now that Patty Berg was catching up to her, was ready to call it quits? "Heck, no," she grinned, "I'm just beginning to learn this game...
...Berg: Sonata, Op. 1 (Benjamin Tupas, pianist; Lyrichord, 1 side LP). This early work, composed a dozen years before Wozzeck, is full of powerful expressiveness without the contorted effects that came later. Well played by a young Filipino pianist. Recording: good...