Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Five years ago the School Savings movement reached a slightly dizzy peak when 4,500,000 U. S. youngsters deposited over $29,000,000. In schools throughout the land "home rooms" vied for banners signifying the highest average of depositors. All-city champion schools were rewarded with kind words from superintendents. And any wretched pupil who failed to deposit his weekly dime was disgraced. Since that time, annual school savings have tobogganed to about...
Said onetime Champion Jack Dempsey: "I've got to like Baer. No one knows whether Louis can take...
Said onetime Champion Jim Jeffries: "Baer is terrible. If Louis is half as good as they...
That Twentieth Century is currently kingpin among prizefight promoters is not based solely upon this summer's fights. Promoter Jacobs may have a contract with onetime Champion Max Schmeling to fight the winner of Baer v. Louis next year. To match this the Garden has only Champion James J. Braddock, generally considered sure to lose his title in his next fight. That the Garden will have to find better ways than it has heretofore of dealing with Twentieth Century-either by competing efficiently or conceding defeat and renting out its boxing concession -was clear last week...
...Fitzsimmons was hurt, brooded over the slight, refused to shake hands when they met in the ring. He told Robert Davis he would win in the seventh, then changed it to the 14th. In the 14th his blow to the solar plexus left Corbett retching and helpless and Fitzsimmons champion of the world. After Corbett had been counted out Fitzsimmons offered again to shake hands with him. This time Corbett accepted...