Word: champions
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will send two very good runners to the starting line in seniors George Hillier and Gene Ellis. Hillier is the marathon champion of Canada...
...Future, Not the Past. While the judge forgave the immediate past, the Braves worried about the immediate future. A World Series against the World Champion Yankees was certain to be an uphill fight for the Braves. There was always a chance that Aaron's bat (TIME, July 29) might fail to work its familiar miracles. Second Baseman Red Schoendienst, the old pro who had carried them through the stretch (TIME, Sept. 2), could be counted on for a steady series, and most of Manager Fred Haney's other regulars were providentially free of injuries. But the bulk...
...Sugar Ray Robinson, 37, four-time middleweight champion of the world, earned close to $500,000 for 15 rounds of fist fighting in which he showed an admirable capacity for absorbing punishment and a furious skill at dishing it out. Round after round, Challenger Carmen Basilio, 30, plodded in to belt his man from heart to haircut, and Robinson fired back with deadly effect. Basilio's head bobbed like a light punching bag at the end of Robinson's jackhammer jab. He started the fight sullen with 5 o'clock shadow; he finished looking like...
...Owen, a Radcliffe alumna, is a former National Figure Skating Champion, and coaches Tenley Albright...
Maine, the defending New England cross country champion, met the varsity, defending Heptagonal champions, at Franklin Park Saturday morning, with the results proving once again that the Crimson is more than a match for its New England relations...