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Word: championship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ruud won the U. S. title. The year before, his brother Sigmund won it. This year the Ruud Brothers remained at home but another Norwegian, 2 -year-old Reidar Andersen, from the same little silver-mining town of Kongsberg, crossed the Atlantic to take part in the U. S. championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Ski Riders | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Jimmy Grippo is a professional magician, hypnotist and manager of a southpaw prizefighter, Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y. Last week in Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, 23-year-old Melio Bettina met 32-year-old Tiger Jack Fox of Spokane, Wash, for the light-heavyweight championship of the world (according to the pompous New York State Athletic Commission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grippo's Grip | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

Already the mile and two mile relay teams have established themselves as among the best in the East. In New York last Saturday the former captured the Big Three championship in 3.26, while the two mile quartet outstretched Columbia, Dartmouth, and Yale, losing only to N.Y.U.--by, only a few inches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lining Them Up | 2/11/1939 | See Source »

...winter sports carnival, ostensibly to glorify the Healthy Body and Soul, is the bottle an unwanted visitor. As Professor Hisaw maintains, "In any display of athletic prowess, the neural pathways must be kept clear from the effects of alcohol." An examination of complete skiing records shows that no skiing championship has ever been won by an intoxicated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NO FIREWATER | 2/11/1939 | See Source »

...former college greats. Captained by Fred Mosley, former Harvard hockey and football star, the team boasts an undefeated A. A. U. League record in two years of play. At present the St. Nicks oldest amateur ice team in the United States are running for the A. A. U. championship, which would assure them of the opportunity to represent America in the 1940 Olympic Games at Finland...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Hockey Team Will Face Off With Saint Nicks of New York Saturday at Boston Arena | 2/9/1939 | See Source »

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