Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...borne the brunt of its expenses, given it a place to rehearse in his big Hub Store. Boxing, not music, was George Lytton's hobby when he first joined his father in the men's clothing business. He used to be regarded as amateur heavyweight champion, fought in his youth against Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack Johnson. He kept punching bags and skipping ropes in his office where now he has double-basses and oboes (his collection includes 28 big fiddles) which he lends to his fellow amateurs...
...because his size made it hard to cover the court. Coach Kenfield is 5 ft. 6 in. His most distinguished protege to date is Bryan ("Bitsy") Grant, 2 in. smaller, who was No. 1 on last year's Tar Heel team. Tireless little Grant was national clay court champion in 1930, Southern singles champion for four years...
James Bausch, Olympic decathlon champion, now an orchestra crooner, was set upon by thugs at night in Kansas City, banged on the head, robbed of his watch. In the public prints he challenged his assailants to try it again...
Other fencers from Offenbach: Erskrath de Bary (1906 Olympic competitor); Edwin Casimir, who was on the champion Olympic sabre team in 1906 and who represented his country with Miss Mayer in 1932; Hans & Julius Thomson and H. Halberstadt (1928 Olympic team members) ; Stephanie Stern, German woman foils champion in 1926, U. S. National champion in 1927.-ED. Hon. Mention Sirs: ... I cannot resist a word of praise for the Hearst biographical sketch in the May i issue of TIME...
...where he used to chase balls. But fair-haired young Clifford Sutler of New Orleans, playing lazily, beat him 6-1, 6-0, 6-1. The only satisfaction the crowd got the first day was the one set that small, slight Dr. Ricardo Tapia-who has been Mexican singles champion for the last five years, whose sister Maria is Mexico's woman champion and whose youngest brother Armando gives promise of becoming Mexico's best player-won from Wilmer Allison, in a match that Allison had to stir his stumps...