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Word: champions (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Still smarting from its 17 to 11 setback at the hands of Springfield last Wednesday, the varsity wrestling team will attempt to vent its spleen on Princeton, the defending Ivy champion, this afternoon...

Author: By William C. Sigal, | Title: Crimson Wrestling Squad Will Meet Slightly Favored Princeton in IAB | 2/23/1957 | See Source »

Hahn, a two time national champion, could not match the speed and power of his young opponent, losing in three games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Heckscher Reaches Quarters of National Squash Championship | 2/23/1957 | See Source »

...world would be nothing without the finest drivers. Maserati, fortunately, has the two best men in the business: Argentina's Juan Manuel Fangio and England's Stirling Moss. At 46, Fangio, who got his start as a Buenos Aires bus driver, is a four-time world champion. Under the benevolent sponsorship of Dictator Juan Peron he parlayed his home-town popularity into a wealthy G.M. distributorship in Buenos Aires. He has continued to do well as a driver abroad. At the wheel of a racing car he is an artist. His fine mechanic's ear is attuned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Maserati | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...says Omar Orsi, Adolfo's son and manager of the racers, "that all the great racing drivers, whatever cars they may win in now, all started first at the wheel of a Maserati. Fangio in 1947, Moss in 1954, the great Ascari who was twice world champion, Villoresi, Collins, they all started with us. There is practically no victory anywhere in the world to which Maserati hasn't contributed a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Year of the Maserati | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

...Rattled by the riding he was taking from an Aussie crowd in Adelaide, Pro Tennis Champion Pancho Gonzalez not only lost a match to Ken Rosewall (4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 9-7, 6-1), but lost his head as well. In the fourth set Pancho blew up, heaved his racket at the umpire, broke a microphone and sent spectators skittering as the racket bounced into the stands. Still unstrung a few days later, Pancho was beaten again by Rosewall for third money in a pro tournament. Tournament winner: Pancho Segura over Frank Sedgman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Feb. 18, 1957 | 2/18/1957 | See Source »

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