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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fuller, who is 22 years old, was runner-up for the Eastern Intercollegiate heavyweight wrestling championship at New Haven last weekend. Light for a heavyweight, the 190-pound Junior lost to only two opponents during the season, Bob Pickett of Syracuse and Columbia's Hank O'Shaugnessy, who repeated his victory at New Haven to win the Eastern championship...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hauptfuhrer, Fuller Named '48 Captains | 3/19/1947 | See Source »

...decisive Big Nine basketball game of 1947 was played last week. Its surroundings made it look more like two crossroads high schools battling for a county championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Box-Office Blues | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

Although there is nothing resembling a league championship at stake tonight, elements of revenge, personal bids for scoring honors, and all of the tradition that surrounds any kind of Harvard-Yale engagement should suffice to holy any spectator's interest...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Crimson Five Faces Yale in Final Contest | 3/15/1947 | See Source »

Lowell House pins its hopes for the basketball championship on the Dunster quintet tonight, as the Funsters take the floor against league-leading Leverett in an attempt to avenge their previous defeat at the hands of the Bunnies. To remain in the running, Lowell must check Winthrop in the evening's opener and then sit and hope...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House Wrestling, Basketball Reach Season Climax in Today's Matches | 3/13/1947 | See Source »

...Lions, who clinched the league championship last week, will be playing their final game of the season, and Coach Forrest Ridings is expected to open all the scoring valves in his effort to reverse the Varsity's upset of his charges two weeks...

Author: By Irvin M. Horowitz, | Title: Yale Debacle Spurs Quintet In Columbia Game Tonight | 3/12/1947 | See Source »

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