Sport: Mary Goes to Cleveland

Mary McMillin never took a golf lesson in her life, and her swing looks it. Both arms fly up in the air in" a "short, jerky backswing and come down with practically no wrist motion. But back in Green Bay, Wis., where she worked as a stenographer, 19-year-old, 5 ft. 2 in. Mary McMillin had won the state women's golf championship two years running. Last week, in her first round at the Western Amateur Tournament at Cleveland, Newcomer Mary drew Defending Champion Phyllis Otto and confided to her mother: "I'm glad to be able to go around with such a good...

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