Sport: Sodden

The winds arose and the rain fell and the Sokie River flooded forth over the Onwentsia Golf Course at Lake Forest, Ill. The draggled women who were playing there for the Western Championship cleaned out their lockers at the clubhouse, bundled their powder puffs, dry stockings and extra hairpins over to the Shore Acres Club, farther up Lake Michigan, held their second and third round matches on its higher ground.

Onwentsia's tees and greens having emerged from the angry waters, the surviving players trooped back to finish the tournament. Miriam Burns, defending champion, took...

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