Word: champion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Private Sidney ("Beau Jack") Walker, 23, Fort Benning, Ga.; his first fight since entering the Army ten weeks ago; by defeating Lightweight Champion Private Bob Montgomery of Keesler Field, Miss., in a ten-round, nontitle bout at Manhattan's Madison Square Garden. Gate receipts: $35,864,900 in War Bonds. The 14-month-old feud now stands at two victories for Jack, two for Montgomery...
Prime Minister King beamed. He had triumphed in his favorite role: the champion of the underdog...
...Champion of the Small. Mackenzie King would like to go down in history as the interpreter of the U.S. to Britain. He has been the most North American minded of Canadian Prime Ministers. He is the friend of Roosevelt and Churchill, has dared to differ with both of them...
...American League champion is still anybody's guess, but many a fan favors the leading Browns, who have never yet won a pennant. To succeed, Manager Luke Sewell's hopefuls must hold their slim lead not only against the strongly bidding New York Yankees (who became even stronger this week with Veteran Frank Crosetti's return from a West Coast war job), but also every other club in the tightly bunched eight...
...When [Heavyweight Champion Staff Sergeant] Joe Louis landed in England, somebody said to him, 'Why are you so happy to be in uniform? Your country isn't so nice to your people.' Joe looked at the man and said, 'Mister, I know there are things wrong with my country, but it's nothing Hitler...