Word: champions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When he comes home from his first professional tennis tour, U.S. Amateur Champion Tony Trabert will be $75,000 richer-a nice reward for polishing his game by playing with Pancho Gonzalez, pro champion of the world...
...fight fans were impressed. Champion Bobo Olson, 27, was far from a tiger. Sugar himself had beaten the balding Hawaiian beach boy twice in the past; Light-Heavyweight Champion Archie Moore took Bobo apart last summer. But at 35, Sugar seemed stale and slow. His comeback so far had been unimpressive; in January he was beaten by a clumsy trial horse, Tiger Jones. "I've had to come a long way," he admitted himself, "a lot further than people believe. The hard part was to keep faith in myself when everybody else was knocking me. Just my faith...
...challenger did not hang around for an answer. Early in the second round Bobo crowded in and Sugar shoved him off. Carelessly, Bobo tapped his gloves together in a meaningless gesture. In that instant the challenger became Sugar Ray Robinson, the champion. His right whipped out and clouted Bobo on the head, bouncing him off balance. His left followed, flush on the face. Bobo went down for good...
Biggest surprise of the meet was the manner in which the varsity millors ran IC4A 2-milo champion Bill Terry into the ground. In an excellent indoor time, Ken Wilson led teammates Pete Reider and Phil Williams to a sweep...
...weakest varsity showing was in the 40-yard dash, where B.U., led by Lloyd Bell and Captain Bill Shearer, the New England dash champion, took the first two places...