Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Manhattan, small Eligio Sardinias ("Kid Chocolate"), Cuban featherweight who looks as though he were made out of varnished ebony matchsticks, was defending his championship against Fidel La Barba, flyweight champion who defaulted his title five years ago to complete his education at Stanford. It was the 12th round and La Barba - who had been steadily pounding his left fist against Chocolate's ribs and getting his own head steadily thumped while doing so - had finally found the opening he wanted. He brought his left fist up, hard, against the point of Chocolate's jaw. Chocolate teetered, rolled...
...crowd thought La Barba had won; the judges thought Chocolate. Sure of his featherweight title, spry Champion Chocolate planned a campaign against light weights, where he can find more worthy opponents, bigger & better "gates...
...Manhattan last week garrulous little Joe Jacobs, manager of onetime World's Heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling revealed plans for a fight against Max Baer, to be promoted by Jack Dempsey, either in New York or Chicago next June; no fights under the promotion of Madison Square Garden Corp., which Manager Jacobs loudly distrusts...
Nedo Nadi, onetime (1912 and 1920) Olympic and now world's professional fencing champion: a duel with one Adolfo Contronei, Milanese sports editor who had criticized the organization of Italy's last Olympic foils team; by pinking Editor Contronei in the arm, the stomach; at Milan...
Jack Crawford, No. 1 tennist of Australia: the championship of Victoria 1-6. 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the final against U. S. Champion Ellsworth Vines; on an exhaustingly hot day at Melbourne...