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Word: champion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Thumper. Those who were surprised by Gerald Smith's audacious bid for the nomination do not know Gerald Smith. Huey Long called him a better rabble-rouser than himself, a tribute which pleased Gerald Smith as much as H. L. Mencken's appraisal of him as the "champion boob-thumper of all epochs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. At War: Hope in Michigan | 8/10/1942 | See Source »

...number one singles, Jim Jenkins lost a close match to Bob Friedman, New England Intercollegiate Champion, 9-7, 9-7. Hugh Hyde scored an impressive win for the College team when he beat Ray Nasher, former number one man for Duke, in the number two singles match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Tennis Team Bows to Business School, 5-3 | 8/5/1942 | See Source »

...with May. When May threatened to "call the whole thing off," the big shots decided to carry on-most of them flaunting their numbers defiantly on the backs of their pants. After the racket subsided, the tournament settled down to a one-man show-starring Defending Champion Byron Nelson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Numbers Racket | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...numbers. Then Tam President George S. May insisted that no player could tee off for the third round without his number. Joe Kirkwood, famed trick-shot wizard who is accustomed to touring the world in regal style, angrily refused. So did Tommy Armour, onetime U.S. and British Open champion. Armour retired; Kirkwood was disqualified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Numbers Racket | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

...Schafrann 3L, a former intercollegiate wrestling champion when a member of the University of Michigan team, is coaching wrestling, the newest feature of conditioning classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONTACT, COMPETITIVE SPORTS BOOSTED IN EXERCISE PROGRAM | 8/3/1942 | See Source »

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