Word: champion
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Defending Ivy League champion Cornell routed McMaster College, 14-2. Local powerhouse Boston University also found Canadian opposition to its liking, with back-to-back wins over New Brunswick...
...reporters were respectfully si lent. The night before, in front of 35,460 people in Houston's Astrodome, Heavyweight Champion Clay had made believers out of all but his severest critics by utterly demolishing the man who was supposed to be his toughest challenger: Cleveland ("Big Cat") Williams. Granted, Williams, at 33, was nearly ten years older than Clay, and he was not exactly intact; in 1964, a .357 magnum bullet from a Texas state trooper's pistol had ripped through his stomach, costing him a kidney...
Winner & Loser. For Clay, the victory marked the end of a year in which he has beaten five opponents and earned $2,000,000. It also left Cassius with only one logical contender: Ernie Terrell, the World Boxing Association's heavyweight champion, whom he will probably fight next February...
There has been no unanimous rhapsodizing, either, over / Do! and Holly, which last week were trying to get in shape for Broadway. The drawing power of / Do!'s two-man cast was sufficient to sell out in Boston and Washington, but Director Gower Champion was still dissatisfied with the show and detoured his company to Cincinnati for repairs. Variety's reviewer found the musical "transparent" and "flimsy," decided that it was more a concert performance than a show. So far, 30 pages of script have been doctored, four songs have been added and two dumped, but listeners have...
Brown, the Ivy League champion, did not receive a bid to the tournament because of the dispute between the N.C.A.A. and the Ivys. Every Eastern team except one in the playoffs was defeated by Brown or by a team that had lost to the Bruins...