Word: championship
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...small rubber ball to squeeze and carry with him at all times. At 15, Johnny was a wispy 5 ft. 2 in., 110 lbs., and needed all the muscle he could get. Two years later he was 10 in. taller-strong and proficient enough to win the U.S.G.A. Junior Championship. His goal, he said, was to play "as boldly as Arnold Palmer," his hero...
...Notre Dame who stepped into Knute Rockne's shoes but did not quite fill them; of congestive heart failure following a long illness; in Portland, Ore. Raised in the prophetically named town of Winner, S. Dak., Leahy attended Notre Dame where he played on the undefeated 1929 national championship team. After various coaching jobs-including six years at Fordham, where he taught future Green Bay Packers Coach Vince Lombardi-Leahy returned to Notre Dame in 1941 and led the Irish to their first undefeated season since Rockne's days. Known as "The Master" because of his stern...
...Radcliffe, having maintained a narrow advantage since its fast start, responded to the challenge in championship form. Stroke and captain Charlotte Crane immediately took the cadence up to fend off the Vesper challenge, and from that point, the 'Cliffe was never in danger again...
...Philadelphia Baker went with the same line-up that carried Radcliffe so successfully through the intercollegiate season. The championship line-up had Anne Robinson at bow, Ginny Smith at two, Connie Cervilla at three, Kathy Sullivan at four, Jenny Getsinger at five, Lillian Hunt at six, Alison Hill at seven, with Crane stroking. Nancy Hadley coxed...
Seeded first like the freshman, the second varsity powered its way to a most impressive triumph and defended the championship it earned the year before...