Sport: Hardy Survivor

In the grand ballroom of St. Paul's Hotel St. Paul one night last week, a pert little waitress named Katherine Butterfield sat opposite an auditor named Herbert Meddinnus. Miss Butterfield was the pone. In the second hand, she held 16. She was 20 holes ahead at the first half. In the seventh hand, she held 16 again. On the last round she was 20 holes ahead. She went out needing 10 and holding 12. Mr. Meddinnus barely got around the horn to escape a skunking by two holes.

In the second game, Miss Butterfield "kept...

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