Word: championship
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Russia's in the international finals at Stockholm. In a bruising, hard-fought contest, the Czechoslovaks won 4 to 3; it was their second straight victory over the Soviets, and moved them into a tie with Russia and Sweden for first place. Because of the tie, the championship was decided by the total goals scored, and the title went to Russia. The technicality bothered few Czechoslovaks as they watched their team stand at attention while the measured strains of the Czechoslovak national anthem rang through the Stockholm stadium...
...Johnson Jets of nearby Langley Green, who "killed" Smith in the first round by slamming his tolley off the pitch. But Len's son Alan saved Toucan face by knuckling ten straight hits to lead the Terribles to a 25-20 victory and their 13th consecutive championship. The battle done, Terribles and challengers alike repaired to the Inn, presumably to quaff nut-brown ale and pinch lusty tavern wenches till the cock did crow...
Penn and Princeton had tied for the Ivy League crown in the regular season. While the Quakers earned the NCAA championship, Princeton plummeted to nineteenth place in the NCAA standings...
...team whose members place highest in the tournament will become the national champion. Columbia won the team championship last year but NYU, CCNY, Army, Navy, and the Ivy League schools always offer strong competition...
...Inasmuch as neither the Ivy League not the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) had a rule to cover the situation." Samborski said, "we decided to be guided by the rules covering NCAA championship competition. Under those rulers, according to Walter Byer, Executive Director of the NCAA, McCann's place is merely vacated and no points are warded for the position he occupied," he said...