Word: championship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first time since basketball was introduced in Cambridge, a Crimson team looms as by far the strongest contender for the New England N. C. A. A., championship--and with it an entry into the national playoffs at Madison Square Garden next month. The clincher came as Floyd Stahl's crack quintet extended its victory string with smashing and surprising victories over Boston University and the Quonset Naval Air Station in two decisive contests last week...
...River Plate Stadium last week, the soccer championship of the Americas was at stake. From the stands 85,643 spectators watched the match: Argentina v. Brazil. A bottle hurtled among the Brazilian players. A free-for-all started. On the playing field time was called for an hour and 20 minutes. When the Brazilians demanded protection, police responded by enthusiastically beating two Brazilian forwards, Jair and Chico. Worst casualty: the Argentine captain, a compound fracture of the leg when kicked by Jair. Score: Argentina 2, Brazil o, international amity, a black...
...Mouledous grand slam was no surprise to the experts. Dick, a confident but not cocky youngster, began to look good last summer when he ripped through boys' tournaments in straight sets, won the National Outdoor Boys' Singles championship without trouble. Besides a powerful forehand, he has an exceptional change of pace, a tantalizing drop shot. A big fellow for his age, Dick Mouledous (whose father runs a butcher shop) is over 6 ft., weighs...
...other college teams, only two-Navy (7-0), and West Virginia (12-0)-had also avoided taking at least one tumble. Of these, only West Virginia seemed to be in Notre Dame's class. But there was a handful of once-beaten court giants itching to stake a championship claim. The top two: Oklahoma A. & M. (once beaten, by De Paul), Iowa (once beaten, by Indiana...
Tokyo's 41st Division basketball team upset the dope by whipping Okinawa's Flyers (Long Island University's 1942 wizard team almost intact), then flattened Hawaii for the championship...