Word: championship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Emile Allais of France: the world's downhill ski racing championship; by shooting down Les Houches, Alpine run that drops 3,070 ft. in two miles, in 4 min. 3 2/5 sec., without a spill; in a snowstorm, at Chamonix, France. The women's champion, famed Christl Cranz of Germany, got down a less steep course...
...John Henry Lewis, Negro pugilist: a sensationally hard-fought 15-round fight in which he defended his light heavyweight championship against Italian Al Ettore, with whom last month he fought a draw; by the deciding vote of Referee Leo Houck, when the judges disagreed; in Philadelphia...
...figure skating championship, the hardest figuring is done by the judges. For contestants, the event falls into two divisions, school and free figures. School figures are six standard maneuvers selected by lot from the 42 that all able figure skaters have at their toe-tips. They count two-thirds of a contestant's total score. Free figures, improvisations selected by the contestants, count one-third. Contestants are judged partly on how closely the patterns made by their skates on the ice match the classic figures they attempt to execute, partly on the patterns made by their bodies moving through...
Some of the famous entrants already include: Harald Sorenson, of Norfolk, Connectient, 1934 second place winner of the U. S. Eastern Jumping Championship and a representative of the Norfolk Winter Sports Association. Sigmund Rudd, who with his brother, are considered to be the outstanding skiers of Norway. Rolf Monsen of Lake Placid, New York, who is a former U. S. Olympic team member. Selden Hannah of the Montreal Red Birds, who was the 1936 Canadian combined champion. Sverre Kolterud, who is in the United States as a representative of the Norwegian Ski Association and whose entry was received through...
...cross country championship ski race under the same auspices is scheduled for 1 o'clock on Saturday, February 27. If snow conditions are poor, this event will have to be cancelled regardless of whether artificial snow is used for the jumping on the following afternoon...