Sport: Who Won Mar. 17, 1930

Collett Trounced. Square jawed, broad-shouldered Maureen Orcutt surprised everybody by putting out National Champion Glenna Collett in the semifinal, but Virginia Van Wie, who had put out Helen Hicks, beat her in the final of the Florida East Coast Women's Golf Championship, 5 up and 4 to play.

Ruth v. Ruppert. After bickering all winter, Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees, offered moonfaced, ball-slugging outfielder George Herman ("Babe") Ruth $160,000 for two years' work—his last word. Ruth's "last" word: He would not work two...

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