Word: champion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Athletic Committee have approved the awarding of insignia to all the members of the wrestling team who wrestle against Yale. Moreover, the usual $5 fee for wrestling instruction has been removed so that free wrestling instruction may now be had. Sam Anderson, the former middle weight wrestling champion of the world, and an experienced coach, is in charge of the team. An excellent opportunity is thus provided for undergraduates to learn how to wrestle, and it is hoped that many will grasp this opportunity and report for practice in the Hemenway Gymnasium next Monday afternoon...
...Philadelphia, Pa., defeated McLaughlin for the championship at Newport, he is rated second, as the Californian's work in the international Davis Cup matches was of a much higher calibre. This is the first time in the 35 years of tennis in this country that the champion has not been rated in top place. W. J. Clothier '04 was given fifth place, and W. M. Washburn '15 ninth position by the committee...
...other. In many branches of sport, the various institutions have been so closely matched that it has been very difficult to determine to whom the championship should be awarded. This is so true of the past intercollegiate baseball season that no award has been made. The title of champion in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse is given to those who lead their respective leagues, while in track, swimming, gymnastics, cross-country, golf, fencing, and wrestling the results of the intercollegiate tournaments are used as a basis. The other awards in the other sports are made after a consideration of the results...
...class will meet on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons about 4 o'clock in Hemenway Gymnasium. Coach Mann of the University swimming team will instruct in swimming; Sam Anderson, ex-world's champion middleweight wrestler will coach the wrestling squads; Mr. Leslabay will take charge of the fencing, Coach Foley of the boxing, and Dr. P. Withington '10, of the general gymnastic class. Work in this last division will include running, jumping, vaulting and tumbling...
...amateur-professional athletic carnival at Mechanics Building on Saturday night, Alfred Shrubb, British long-distance champion and coach of the University cross-country team, finished third in the ten-mile marathon race, 3 laps behind Coach Queal of the Yale cross-country team, who defeated Fitzgerald, the Australian runner by 5 yards. The time of the winner was 54 minutes, 39 3-5 seconds. F. T. Donahue uC., representing the B. A. A., finished third in the 600-yard run with a 4-yard handicap, his time being 1 minute, 20 seconds. W. H. Meanix '16 did not start...