Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lack of understanding will beyond doubt cause a really serious national crisis. The progress of these operations will decide the destiny of the Japanese race and its rise or fall in the World. To carry through these operations a domestic renovation is inevitable which is why I am a champion of Showa...
When he defeated Londos last month (TIME, July 8), O'Mahoney had only one obstacle left between himself and the undisputed championship of the world. That was Wrestler Ed Don George, a 30-year-old, 220-lb. Buffalonian, recognized as champion in Canada and parts...
...signifies the sincerity of the bout they are watching, Wrestler O'Mahoney contrived to throw his opponent over the ropes. Rules specified that George had 20 seconds in which to climb back into the ring. When he failed to do so, Referee James J. Braddock, Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World, raised O'Mahoney's right hand...
That last week's bout ended in a riot was much less remarkable than the fact that it occurred at all. For the past six years, ever since onetime Champion Ed ("Strangler") Lewis filed a protest after a match with Henri De Glane which was considered justified by some state athletic commissions but not by others, there have been two or more claimants for the wrestling championship. Far from being deleterious to the sport, this state of affairs has contributed largely to its renaissance since 1929 by making it possible for each of several different troupes of wrestlers, operating...
...years ago, U. S. wrestling had boiled down to two major groups, comparable to the major leagues of baseball. One was Promoter Curley's, with Londos for champion. The other was run by Promoter Paul Bowser, with Ed Don George's predecessor, Henri De Glane, as chief attraction. A year ago, wrestling rumors said that a merger between the two groups was imminent. Last week's bout, however acrimoniously contested, was essentially an indication that the merger had been amicably completed and that Promoter Jack Curley, with simple O'Mahoney as his proxy, had finally become...