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Word: championship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...eyes. Best individual shot among the Treasury's men was an affable, red-faced Scotsman, Lee E. Echols, inspector at the New York Customs Bureau. Last week he let smugglers know how dangerous life can be by shooting 299 out of a possible 300 to defend his individual championship. He also shot a 296 and two perfect 300s, led his five-man Bureau of Customs team to win the Morgenthau Trophy for the third year. Most of the shooting was done with .38-calibre revolvers with 4-in. barrels, slow and quick fire at 15 and 25 yards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Dead-Eye Henry | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

...dawn last week, Golfer Ferebee teed up on Olympia's tough No. 4 course (which has plagued many a famed professional during championship tournaments), scampered down the dewy fairway, accompanied by three spectators, a scorer, a doctor and three caddies-two to spot the balls and one to tote his bag, which contained 14 clubs, two extra pairs of shoes, orange juice, beer and candy bars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stroke a Minute | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

...Detroit Tigers paid Connie Mack $100,000 for Mickey Cochrane, baseball's best catcher. In 1935, after he had led the Tigers to two successive American League pennants and the first world championship in its history, Catcher-Manager Mickey Cochrane became the hero of Detroit. In 1936, Manager Cochrane had a nervous breakdown, was away from the bench for six weeks. Last summer a pitched ball fractured his skull, ended his playing career. Last week, Mickey Cochrane, 35, reputedly the highest-salaried ($45,000 a year) manager in the game, was fired...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cochrane Out | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

Furthermore, Pittsburgh's other Pirates, professional footballers, announced that they were headed for the championship of the National Football League this fall. Reason: Owner Art Rooney, whose hunches on horse races have brought him a fortune, had at long last succeeded in signing Colorado's Byron ("Whizzer") White, highest scorer (122 points) and most publicized player of last year's crop of college footballers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pirates | 8/15/1938 | See Source »

...Championship Fight (Wed. 10 p.m., NBC-Blue). Lightweight Champion Lou Ambers defends his title against Welter and Featherweight Champion Henry Armstrong at Manhattan's Polo Grounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: Aug. 8, 1938 | 8/8/1938 | See Source »

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