Word: championship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Americans have more than once shown our mettle. We must convince our leaders that we are not afraid to face facts and work and sacrifice if need be to preserve our nation and invigorate our championship of the free world before the Russians win the space race, the cold war and the allegiance of the uncommitted nations...
Unbeaten Mississippi was L.S.U.'s biggest hurdle, and the victory extended the team's streak to 19 games, all but cinched a Sugar Bowl invitation and a national championship. As always, L.S.U. played just well enough to win. As usual, the man who supplied the clutch play was Billy Abb Cannon, 22, one of the most remarkable athletes around...
...chances for an unopposed Ivy crown. News from Philadelphia, however, indicated later that Penn, playing on its own field with the services of captain John Jerbasi, had tied Yale, 4 to 4. Thus, unless fate intervenes, a Crimson victory in the Yale encounter will still give the varsity the championship by half a game...
Without the services of ace goalie Tom Bagnoli, the varsity soccer squad will meet a high-scoring Princeton eleven here this morning at 10:30 a.m. The Crimson must win to stay in contention for the Ivy League championship and this will prove to be a man-sized task...
Crimson headlines after the game proclaimed, "Harvard 15, Yale 5. Brickley's 5 Goals from Field Wins (sic) Football Championship. Stadium Looks on a Yale Defeat After Eight Years Waiting." The greatest drop-kicker the game has ever known, Charlie Brickley, scored all 15 Harvard points on field goals ranging up to 40 yards in length. Brickley earlier that season had tallied the field goal that edged Princeton...