Word: championship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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National Football League Championship (Sun. 2 p.m., ABC). The Chicago Cardinals v. the Philadelphia Eagles...
...usual, Wilson had made his partisanship clear: "I don't care who wins, as long as it's the Bears." The temperature was a chilly 35°, but Conzelman's boys were hot. By beating the Bears, they won the National League western division championship, and silenced-at least for the moment-radio's voice of doom. Score: Cardinals 30, Bears...
...second straight year, the Cleveland Browns beat the New York Yankees for the All-America Conference pro football championship. One of the big men for Cleveland: rubber-armed Quarterback Otto Graham, who completed 14 of 24 passes. Sometimes his receivers had to work hard to make the catch. The score: Cleveland 14, New York...
...National Individual Match Game Championship. Unlike the mammoth A.B.C. tourney (in which 18,000 entrants compete), this was for the nation's 168 best bowlers. Only the strongest survived the 100-game grind. Halfway through, thumbs and middle fingers began to swell. In the "bowlers' paddock" in the armory's basement, liniment was rubbed-on sore left legs and left hips. When the 16 finalists dug in for the final 32 games, Wilman pushed into the lead by a fraction of a point. The crowd roared when the pins went down. A local...
...against Andy: it was just that he was fun to badger. Twice, trying to knock down a lone pin, he committed the amazing error of guttering the ball, like any Thursday-night office league dub. The crowd jeered. Not until Wilman's last ball was bowled was the championship decided. Joe needed a strike to win, and left the tenpin standing...