Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Walter Beaver, electrician of Berwyn, Pa.: the Grand American Handicap, No. 1 trapshooting event of the year; with 25 breaks in a row in the shoot-off, to 23 for 17-year-old Ned Lilly of Stanton, Mich., U. S. Junior Champion, after both had broken 98 out of 100; at Vandalia, Ohio. ¶All-star footballers representing the Midwest: a game against the Pacific Coast, coached by Howard Jones of the University of Southern California, with seven of his last year's team in the lineup; 13 to 7, largely because of a brilliant performance by Michigan...
...around Mrs. Moody's shoulder, begged her to continue. Mrs. Moody shook her head and walked slowly off the court while the crowd, as incredulous as it was impolite, booed and whistled and a crowd of photographers gathered quickly around Champion Jacobs...
There is no doubt that as far as some plays are concerned, Boston is cruel, very cruel. But for Pulitzer Prize winners, motion pictures, wrestling bouts and champion hockey the Hub is the Town of Towns...
When counsel for World Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera told Federal Referee Peter B. Olney that his client had mistaken the date of his bankruptcy hearing in Manhattan, gone off on a vacation. Referee Olney was annoyed, set a later date. Counsel explained that Carnera had to fulfill a film contract in Hollywood at that time. Stormed Referee Olney: "I don't give a damn if he has . . . he'll have to be here. He must learn that he cannot run around bumble-headed...
Francis Xavier Shields, No. 5 ranking U. S. tennist: a match from National Champion Ellsworth Vines, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4, in the semi-finals of the Newport (R. I.) Casino Cup tournament, which Shields then won from Wilmer Allison, No. 2 in the rankings...