Word: champion
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...YORK, Oct. 31--Featherweight Champion Hogan Kid Bassey, a stubby warrior from Nigeria, dropped shifty Carmelo Costa twice on the way to an unanimous decision tonight in a non-title 10-rounder at Madison Square Garden. Bassey weighed 127, Costa...
...Aires, 300 Argentines gathered at a ceremonial dinner to honor the greatest racing driver of his day. At an age (47) when most drivers are dead or retired, balding, round-faced Juan Manuel Fangio was still the best there was. But the occasion was a sad one, for the champion was leaving the track for good. Announced Fangio firmly: "I will never race again in the rest of my years. Champions, actors and dictators should always retire when they...
...shifting gear. At Reims in 1948, when I had to quit because my gas tank was ripped, I felt as if my own flesh were wounded. This feeling of oneness with a car, and that I had luck in getting the best cars I could drive, made me a champion far more than snappy shifting, lightness of touch on the steering wheel or daring curve cutting...
...square a great movement of blue and glittering brass stiffened to attention. A whistle blew and the hundred members of the Saint William's Catholic Youth Organization Champion Band marched up the street, blasting their way through the Washington Post March. Half a dozen puttee'd policemen leaped on their machines and raced ahead to clear the way. The bass drum thumped into the smoky air and crowds of civilian marchers fell in behind. The firemen followed, in step, bearing posters that read VOTE YES ON 4. A red-white-and-blue semi-trailer truck rumbled into the square snorting...
...strong Crimson soccer team defeated Springfield College, last year's national co-champion, 4 to 1, in a surprising upset on the Gymnasts' home field Saturday. Superior conditioning brought the victory, as coach Bruce Munro's squad scored three goals in the final five minutes...