Word: champion
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last year's sectional preliminary for the Eastern Intercollegiate championships, beating out Harvard 5 to 4, but Boston College later whipped them in the finals of this competition. The most cheering omen for a Crimson win today stems from the fact that the Varsity has in turn beaten this champion B. C. squad this season by a 5 to 4 score...
...which puts him in the class of hired help. (Court tennis is a game that none but kings, millionaires and their friends can afford.) He responded respectfully to members' greetings (they called him "Pierre"; he called them "mister") and changed into flannels and sneakers. Since he became open champion in London 20 years ago, he had been challenged only twice before. Challenger No. 3: Sandy-haired Socialite Ogden Phipps, 38, best of about 500 amateurs who play the game in the U.S. Phipps was also the last person to challenge Pierre, a decade...
Bill Kinchella of the Eagles is last year's New England Intercollegiate champion, and presents the strongest threat to the team's hopes for victory. But Bill Rickenbacker, number one man on the Crimson squad, was only one stroke behind him in the nine holes played in the uncompleted match, and may well upset him this afternoon...
...final event of the day--had to fight his way out of a neatly-constructed, three-man box and come from behind in the last 50 yards to win. Trying to move up with 220 yards to go, he was hommed in by Joe Hall, IC4A 600 champion, Bob Black, IC4A cross country champion, and Lou Gaetano...
...with some timely advice from Coach Mikkola, he smashed his way out of the box and ran down Joe Hall in the final sprint into the yarn. Other features of Saturday's meet: Dave Hamblett's win over IC4A champion Hall in the 440; Harvey Thayer's 22-foot broadjump, the best by a Crimson athletic in several years; the good showing of Mikkola's sprinters; hurdler Pat McCormick's performances is the 120 highs and 220 lows...