Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Herbert's Liberals are considered "orthodox" because they champion Free Trade, the traditional Liberal policy and are supported by such venerable colleagues of the late Lord Asquith as half-blind Viscount Grey of Fallodon and the Marquess of Reading, greatest of Britain's living elder statesmen...
...Bobby Jones had done, the leading links ladies of the U. S. assembled last week at Peabody, Mass. with a chore cut out for them: to keep at least one major amateur golf title in their country. The chore looked harder when chunky Helen Hicks, the defending U. S. champion, failed to qualify with a miserable 89. British Champion Wilson had a neat 79, only two over ladies' par and the tied first-place scores of Maureen Orcutt of New Jersey and Virginia Van Wie of Illinois. (Miss Orcutt won the play...
...Glutting soon saw her fun ended. Smiling, pert-nosed Virginia ("Gino") Van Wie (to rhyme with "tee") was too much for her (4 & 3) and the final gallery gathered around to watch a match often played before. Miss Van Wie v. cool, collected Glenna Collett Vare. five times the champion, twice Miss Van Wie's mistress in national finals...
...shows have long held the record for borderline humor. In Comedian Berle is to be found the acme of hysterical vulgarity. His funniest printable jape is introducing the audience to Jim Londos. and then finding that he has mistaken an unknown lady in the third row. for the onetime champion wrestler (see p. 22). While one part of the audience blushes and the other part guffaws. Comedian Berle proceeds to imitate a person of uncertain gender, quip about the show girls' fundaments, shout depraved announcements into a loudspeaker. Less mad than Jimmy Durante, less subtle than Willie Howard, Comedian...
...lack of material in the dashes and field events confronts coaches C. F. Gallagher and Jaakko Mikkola in their Fall track squad. Graduation last June robbed the team of four Intercollegiate champions, as well as much other material. The champions graduated last June were M. J. Finlayson, Indoor intercollegiate weight throw champion, E. E. Record, hurdler, N. P. Hallowell, half-miler, and Oscar Sutermeister, pole-vaulter...