Word: champ
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have to get your basic training from the time you are six until perhaps twelve or 13," says Trivia Champ Tulenko. "After that you refine your ability." He credits his success entirely to "my garbage-filled mind." But for Inventor Goodgold, the essence of Trivia is not so much in the facts themselves as the nostalgic recognition they evoke. "Trivia is concerned with tugging at the heartstrings," says Goodgold. "It's enjoyed by those who have misspent their youth and don't want to let it go. It's the least common cultural denominator...
Rave On, Samson! Cassius is seen most revealingly in the pages on the Champ's parents. His mother Odessa calls him Gee Gee, in honor of Cassius' first words. An unruffled mistress of the house, she shouts down her husband by yelling, "Rave on, Samson!" Cassius' determined will and his unwavering discipline are strictly the work of Odessa...
...Sunday's final, Nayar drew Peter Martin a sophomore at McGill who had defeated Scott Ryan of Navy 3-1 in the morning semis. The young Canadian gave the Indian National Champ his only battle of the tournament before bowing 15-3, 15-12, 12-15, 18-15. Coaches and spectators called it the finest intercollegiate match in memory...
Harvard, the national champ for the last five years, lost the title by the margin of one individual match, based on comparative scores against mutual opponents...
...series of events unfortunately reminiscent of the football season, the Crimson pulled off the upset of the year last month when it beat perennial Ivy champ Cornell, only to lose itself to a strong Princeton team...