Word: championed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Atlantic City, Mrs. Edna Lamb, 23, a professional oyster opener from Maurice River, N.J., won the U.S. clam-eating championship by downing 186 cherry stones in 30 minutes. This was 30 clams better than the national record hung up last year by a jitney driver named Izzy Weintraub. Defending Champion Weintraub's score...
Most distinguished personal achievement was that of Ted Norris, who reported to practice this fall as the unofficial National AAU long distance champion, as a result of his summer performance at Williams Lake, Rosendale, New York. In a field of almost thirty competitors, cream of the country's long distance aces, Norris never relinquished the lead in the eight-lap four-mile grind...
...ever does get into the fray between the halves, the fans will be getting a look at an Eastern States Twirling champion who finished fourth in national competition way back at the age of 14. Priscilla calls herself Cookie, is a dance major at Sargent, and did her early twirling up on the ends of her toes...
Willie Clemmons, an experienced, ringwise veteran and A.A.U. heavyweight boxing champion, won a unanimous decision over Peter Fuller '46, Varsity wrestling captain and amateur boxer, in a cagey, three-round bout at the Boston Garden last night. It was Fuller's first boxing defeat in 27 fights around the Boston area...
Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland also had his day of triumph. At the Reading (Pa.) Fair, his 725-lb. boar was champion in the open Hampshire class...