Word: championship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Paris last week Pauline was not even sure that she wanted to turn professional. Said she: "If it doesn't make good sense, I'll go back to selling real estate." At 27, Pauline had won all the tournaments she wanted (including four national championships), but she had never beaten Sarah (herself a two-time national singles winner) for the championship. And it seemed certain last week that neither would ever play in another amateur tournament...
Each team in the league will meet every other participating college in home and home contests, with a 12-debate Conference schedule thus resulting for each member. This schedule will begin each fall and close in April, with a championship trophy being presented to the league-leading team...
...ultimate aim of all their strivings is to take home the Goldthwaite Cup emblem of Big Three 150-pound crew championship. They will row for it at Derby, Conn. The course will be the regulation Henley distance, a mile and five sixteenths, precisely the length of the longest straight stretch on the English Thames where the original Henley is held...
...playoff. To do it, Durocher used no less than four first basemen, four second basemen, eight third basemen, nine outfielders, four catchers, and an endless parade of pitchers. It was a remarkable performance, but by Durocher's own standards he was no hero in Flatbush; he lost the championship...
...Hurley, Jr. '44 of Leverett House and Boston, Mass., will captain the Varsity lacrosse team in its quest for the New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse League championship and the Briggs trophy that goes with it. He was elected by balloting yesterday afternoon...