Word: champion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...four years the big champion of abolition of child labor has been Franklin Roosevelt. The Child Labor Amendment proposed in 1924, which in eight years prior to his election had been ratified by only six States, has now been ratified by 28. But with eight more ratifications required before it becomes part of the Constitution, its chance of joining other would-be amendments in limbo is steadily increasing...
Only on the field are the Trojan twain. Meadows works as a part-time janitor, plays excellent tennis for relaxation, is studying to be a physical education instructor. Inclined to be retiring, he is "unofficially" engaged to Marguerite Caswell, Western Women's sprint champion. More sociable, Sefton belongs to Phi Sigma Kappa, was cited this year as U.S.C.'s model all-round senior. At this week's intersectional meet between the Pacific Coast Conference and Big Ten track teams Earle Meadows and Bill Sefton will pole-vault as college teammates for the last time...
...Tommy Farr, British heavyweight boxing champion: a bout with Walter Neusel of Germany; by a third-round knockout; in London. Heavyweight Farr is now expected to fight Max Schmeling this summer...
...Robinson of Philadelphia, U. S. amateur heavyweight champion, scored the evening's sensation. Given the edge over Nino Paoletti, Italian champion, after the first round, Robinson promptly staggered from a right to the jaw, slumped to the floor. Rising on Referee Jack Dempsey's count of nine, he wobbled through the rest of the second round, toppled Paoletti in the third, won the decision...
...season's record for Harvard shows wins over Tech, Syracuse, Cornell, Rutgers, Princeton Penn, and a heart breaking loss to the champion Navy crew by a matter of inches. All these races, however, were over the short Henley distance, and Harvard has yet to see a four-mile crew coached by Tom Bolles...