Sport: Patty Goes Pro

There are only a handful of women golf pros in the U. S. Onetime U. S. Champion Helen Hicks Harb, Kansas City's hardy, 48-year-old Opal Hill and Washington's young Helen Dettweiler exhibit their talents at country clubs to promote Wilson golfing equipment. Husky Helen MacDonald, onetime wife of a Chicago pro, runs a golf school. Babe Didrikson Zaharias, famed 1932 Olympic track star, travels around with her husband, Wrestler George Zaharias, gives exhibitions.

Last week this select sorority initiated a new member, freckled-faced, redheaded Patty Berg, tomboy darling of U. S. golf galleries. Still...

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