Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thomas, wife of the Socialist, and Mrs. Francis Patrick Gar- van, wife of the Chemical Foundation's philanthropic lawyer-president, both breed fine cockers on Long Island, both had entries in last week's Westminster. But the best of the show's 205 cockers, jet-black Champion Torohill Smoky, belonged to Mrs. Garvan's 15-year-old son Peter, a Millbrook School fourth-former who has devoted his vacations for three years to feeding, grooming and exercising...
...Grand Champion Spicypiece was imported from England only two months ago. and before he entered the final judging Torohill Smoky had been awarded the James Mortimer Trophy as best U. S.-bred dog in the show...
...Tribune. Mr. Parker regards the present-day Tribune as Chicago's greatest liability, once assured a crowd at a stump speech for Presidential Candidate William Lemke that Col. McCormick was both Chicago's "Dictator" and its "Public Enemy No. 1." Col. McCormick had a doughty champion in Tribune Lawyer John Martineau who now jumped up in rebuttal to castigate the man who had bearded his boss. "A skunk never changes its spots either," reasoned Attorney Martineau, "nor its smell!" He went on to call Parker a long list of names beside which Parker's vituperation seemed pallid...
...Overbrook's ablest current wrestlers are the Marcucci brothers, Raymond and George, identical twins who were born blind 16 years ago. George is national blind champion at the 50-yd. dash. Raymond is national blind champion at basketball throwing. Both are talented woodworkers. Last week both won their matches, George in 5 min. 5 sec., his brother in 20 seconds less...
...Emile Allais of France: the world's downhill ski racing championship; by shooting down Les Houches, Alpine run that drops 3,070 ft. in two miles, in 4 min. 3 2/5 sec., without a spill; in a snowstorm, at Chamonix, France. The women's champion, famed Christl Cranz of Germany, got down a less steep course...