Word: champ
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...horsemanship, his swimming, his farming, his pool shooting, his poker playing, his business ability are not altogether idle. When he plays cards, he never loses. "It's fantastic the luck I have. It's that way with anything I want to try-I'm the champ. I'm the champ shot of the Guardia National, didja know that? Pistol or rifle. Jeez, I never miss, it seems...
...Schmeling, onetime world heavyweight champ, onetime Nazi paratrooper, now admitted being an ex-pug. In Berlin, he plodded through ten dull rounds, lost the decision, and announced, for the second time this year, that he would retire...
Tomorrow's game, the 41st renewal for the classic, opens 1948 competition for the Big Three Title and for the tenth time since the series was started in 1877 Princeton is defending champ. In its nine previous attempts at defending the crown, it has succeeded only once, and nine years ago, when Nassau last held the title, it was Harvard that upset the apple cart by holding the Tigers to a scoreless...
...Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis, who early in the campaign had contributed money to Henry Wallace's Progressives, hustled over to G.O.P. Manhattan headquarters to offer his support to Dewey in person, missed him, then caught up with the candidate in Grand Central Station. "Hello, stranger," cried Dewey, thrusting out his hand. "I wish you luck," said Joe, with careful regard for the candidate's bursitis...
Though the standing of the teams has remained static and as expected since the first games, the dropping off of players from the various teams threatens to change the complexion of the league during the next three weeks of play. Eliot House, defending champ and top dog until last week, though still undefeated, has virtually lost its first backfield to the sick list and possibly its first place chances. Winthrop, Kirkland, and Lowell are her top contenders...