Word: championship
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first of the three world's championship bicycle races between Howell of England and Rowe of the United States was won by Howell on Saturday, who made the five miles in 15 minutes 37 1-5 seconds...
...Championship games...
...second game in the series of court tennis for the Eastern championship was played Tuesday morning in the Hunnewell court. The competitors were Mr. R. D. Sears, the American lawn tennis champion, and R. D. Metcalf, formerly court tennis champion. Sears...
...final series for the amateur court tennis championship was played at the Hunnewell court, in Boston yesterday afternoon, between R. D. Sears and A. Hunnewell; and was won by Sears, making him the American champion. The service of Sears was very strong as well as his volleying, while Hunnewell's play was not as fine as usual. Following is the score...
...yards dash lies between S. G. Wells, of Harvard, and H. M. Banks, of Columbia, Wells beat Banks last year, but the latter has improved greatly since then, last year winning the championship of America for this distance. It will certainly be a close event...