Word: champion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...group of picked athletes who are already in training in France will here join forces with those from the United States to form the complete American team. After the final selection, following the competitive tests, the entire aggregation will be under the direction of Lieut. Richard L. Byrd, champion discuss thrower, who has been appointed captain of the A. E. F. track and field squad for the interallied contests...
...Yale's champion Junior crew went down in defeat on Saturday afternoon when the 1920 oarsmen led the Blue to the finish by more than 10 lengths over the Henley Course on New Haven Harbor. The University Juni0rs took the lead at the start and gained steadily; but Yale was put entirely out of the running by misfortune when, with Harvard four lengths to the good at the mile mark, Kent, at No. 6 in the Eli shell, broke his oar and added a spectacular touch to the event by jumping overboard...
...Frank J. Shea, University of Pittsburgh, quarter-miler; Charles Thaw, Columbia, half-miler; W. G. Kleinspelm, Lafayette, miler; I. C. Dresser, Cornell, two-miller; Carl Erdman, Princeton, who won both the low and middle hurdle events; M. Firor, Johns Hopkins, high jumper; and R. K. Felter, Cornell, broad-jump champion...
...carried out through the colleges. Indeed a certain amount of compulsion is often an absolute necessity in our American universities. This does not mean at all that they should increase compulsion in order to force down the national lever against it. It simply means that they should actively champion real educational reforms which aim to reach the people of the country as a whole...
Among the candidates for the Yale tennis team are several star players. The list includes Garland, eight on the national ranking list, former Metropolitan Junior Champion and captain of this year's team; Simmons, state champion of Montana; and Banks...