Word: championships
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Barbara Ann Scott, Calgary, an overgrown (pop. 100,000) cow town at heart, had put on its best pearl-grey Stetson and its best Stampede air. Calgarians cheered her when she skated away with the Canadian Women's Figure Skating Championship, packed her four exhibitions at the Glencoe Skating Club Carnival. They gave her a civic luncheon attended by 400 fans and fitted her out with a complete cowgirl outfit...
...breast-stroked 220 yards in breath-taking time (16 seconds faster than the record). She seemed to be a cinch to win the A.A.U. crown later in the week. But at the last minute, someone raised the question of whether Netherlands Nell was eligible to compete in a U.S. championship. When embarrassed A.A.U. officials failed to uphold her eligibility at once, Nell withdrew, saved further red faces. Next day, Clara Lamore of Providence won the 220-yard breast stroke in 3:10.5 (more than 19 seconds behind Nell's practice-swim time). Who had questioned Nell's eligibility...
...Bulldog take an unexpected pounding. Princeton fought for every minute, and her little scrum-half, John Cotter from Chile, put in the best performance of any of the visiting college players. Although Yale rallied considerably in the second half, Princeton finally conquered by 6 to 4 to win the championship...
...Arbor, Mich., La Salle College's Joe Verdeur, 22, broke his own world's record in winning the N.C.A.A. 200-yard breaststroke championship and was voted "outstanding college swimmer of 1948." Team winner of the meet: Michigan...
HAMILTON, Bermuda, April 4--Harvard lost to the Bermuda Athletic Association this afternoon 11 to 0, while Princeton boat Yale 6 to 4 for the college championship. The matches closed out Bermuda's annual Rugby Week...