Word: championship
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although there is no official competion scheduled until the inter-House championship races on May 18, some 13 House shells are on the river. The Dudley eight held four practice sessions during vacation. At this early date, it looks as if the Elephant and the Bunny will battle it out on the Charles for the House rowing crown. Both boats are coached by former Washington University oarsmen...
...Significance of last week's fight, which only 10,468 Chicagoans paid to see because any April fool could foretell its outcome; Schmeling had made Thomas dizzy (technical knockout) in eight rounds; Louis made him dizzier (bona fide knockout) in five; and Louis meets Schmeling for the championship in June...
...Chicago's Black Hawks, earning the chance to play Toronto's Maple Leafs for the Stanley Cup (mythical professional hockey championship of the world), by upsetting the New York Americans...
Little Felix Kaspar won the world's championship in 1937, succeeding his fellow Viennese Karl Schaefer, who had held the title seven years running. Something of a blade, Kaspar often wears trousers rather than tights, always wears a grin on his dimpled pink face. His greatest accomplishment, however, is jumping. He is only 5 ft. 5 in. tall, yet one of his Axel Paulsen jumps has been measured as over 4 ft. 6 in. high, 18 ft. 6 in. long. In last week's Carnival, for which his billings were changed (for diplomatic reasons) from "Champion of Austria...
However, Harvard's wonder, the armless Joe Sockit, demonstrated the remarkable feat of running up a championship record with his toes. It was reported that Hoyden's marvel, Purple O'Malley, was a ringer, and that she arrived for the Harvard game after playing in a professional contest...