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The Mystery Sp t
Fill in the missing words. Then match the letters to the numbers and spell the answer to the Mystery Spot question.
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Q: What was Babe’s favorite food
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1. Babe grew up in ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___, Texas.
2. As a child Babe practiced jumping hurdles by jumping ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
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3. In her first job Babe earned 30 cents an hour in a ___ ___ ___ – packing plant.
4. In high school Babe led her school basket ball team called Miss ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ to a
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state championship.
5. In 1930 Babe competed in her first track meet and won all ___ ___ ___ ___ events.
6. In 1932 Babe was Employer’s Casualty Company’s ___ ___ ___ – ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ track team.
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7. Traveling around the country giving performances is called ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___.
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8. Texas socialite and golfer, Peggy Chandler called Babe a “___ ___ ___ ___ ___ – ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ’___” daughter.
Picture This
Below are portions of photos found inside this special booklet. Find the page
where each photo appears and write the page number in the correct circle.
ANS: Top left to right: 10, 13, 15, 12, 14, 10.
Text Credits:
Quotes
1.Russell Freedman. Babe Didrikson, The Making
of a Champion, New York, NY: Clarion Books, 1999.
2.This Life I’ve Led, Mildred “Babe” Didrikson
Zaharias as told to Harry Paxton, The Saturday
Evening Post, June 25, 1955.
3.www.10ktruth.com/the_quotes/babe/htm
4.From Babe’s victory speech at the 1954 U.S.
Women’s Open
5.“The Babe’s Toughest Battle,” Sport
Magazine, Bill Rives, September 1953.
Page 5: Source for 1930’s prices: Scott Derks,
editor: The Value of a Dollar: Prices and
Incomes in the United Stated, 1860 –1989.
Detroit, MI: Gale Research, Inc., 1994.
Page 8: Newsreel text: “The Wonder Girl,”
Blackhawk Films, 1933.
Picture Credits:
The pictures in this supplement are from the
following sources and are used with permission:
Page 2: Babe’s First Photo: Babe Didrikson
Zaharias Foundation
Family Photo: Mary and John Gray Library,
Lamar University
Page 3: Yearbook Photo: USGA
Page 4: Basketball Shot: Mary and John Gray
Library, Lamar University
Team Photo: Mary and John Gray Library,
Lamar University
Page 5: ECC Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
Page 6: Throwing Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
Hurdling Photo: Bettmann/Corbis
Page 7: Standing with Javelin: Bettmann/Corbis
Throwing Javelin: Amateur Athletic Foundation
of Los Angeles
Podium: Bettmann/Corbis
Page 8&9: Comic book: True Sport Picture
Stories
Page 10: Babe & Babe: Bettmann/Corbis
Hockey: AP/Wide World Photos
Boxing: AP/Wide World Photos
Harmonica: Historic Golf Photos/The Ron
Watts Collection
Page 11: Marquee: Mary & John Gray
Collection, Lamar University
Page 12: Golf Swing: Bettmann/Corbis
Car Trunk: Texas Sports Hall of Fame - Waco,
Texas
Putting Backwards: AP/Wide World Photos
Page 13: George & Babe: AP/Wide World Photos
Page 14: With Club: AP/Wide World Photos
Eisenhower: AP/Wide World Photos
Page 15: Swinging Club: AP/Wide World Photos
Signing Autographs: Mary and John Gray
Collection, Lamar University
Chaise Lounge with Clubs: Bettmann/Corbis
16 Character of a Champion: Babe Didrikson Zaharias