Word: championship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...being flat on his back with "this ammonia," growled: "Why can't Mary [his wife] put the salt in the soup instead of punching me full of holes like a free ticket to a fight." ¶ Seattle's Al Hostak, 22-year-old pugilist: the middleweight championship of the world; by knocking out Champion Freddie Steele of Tacoma, in less than two minutes; before 35,000 astonished spectators; at Seattle. It was the 16th knockout in a row for young Hostak, who has lost only one of his 59 professional fights. ¶The minor-league Albany Senators...
...Star boats are 22 ft. long, cost around $1,500, are descended from a seafaring line of Sharpies used for gathering oysters on Long Island Sound a hundred years ago. Winner last week was Stanley Ogilvy's Jay, a boat that is likely to compete in the International championship, No. 1 event for Star boats the world over, to be held off San Diego in September...
...long, cost around $40,000, are popular in the Scandinavian countries and the British Isles. There are only a dozen Twelves in the U. S. Winner last week was Alfred Loomis' Northern Light which, although tied on total points with Frederick Bedford's Nyala, was awarded the championship because it had won two first places during the week to Nyala...
...Sharpe Kilmer's Nedayr: the $35,000 Arlington. Classic (for three-year-old thoroughbreds); defeating among others the co-favorites, Stagehand and Menow; at Chicago's Arlington Park. By his victory, Nedayr, a 14-to-1 shot, became the latest claimant to the evanescent three-year-old championship...
...hope harassed young Snead might have imbibed with his lunch soon evaporated in the afternoon round. On the 24th green he won his first hole. On the 27th, he was 7 down. On the 29th, White Plains licked White Sulphur. Paul Runyan had won his second P. G. A. championship with a score of 8 and 7, the most decisive margin since the tournament was inaugurated...