Word: championships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the psychopathic ward of California's Stockton State Hospital in the first place. For eleven years the "Michigan Wildcat" had held his own in the savage battles of the pre-World War I prize ring. He had slugged and butted and cuffed his way to the lightweight championship of the world, and he had his brains unhinged in the process. A small-town scrapper from Cadillac, Mich., Ad Wolgast took the title from Battling Nelson in 1910. Their 40-round brawl at Point Richmond, just across the bay from San Francisco, was one of the bloodiest...
...decision. Long a competent boxer, Bobo likes to think that he has the heft and punch to rate a crack at Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano (187 Ibs.), may well have proved his point. ¶Less than a month after they whipped the Montreal Canadiens for the National Hockey League championship, Detroit's Red Wings took on Les Canadiens again for the Stanley Cup. Without their suspended star, "Rocket" Richard (TIME, March 28), Les Canadiens managed to push the series to the seven-game limit, but the red-hot Red Wings skated off with the cup and the world championship...
...Elis, showing excellent early season sprint strength, and, as usual, getting a championship performance from Stew Thomson, captured seven events, including both freshmen relays. The Crimson, led by Captain Bob Rittenburg's three winning legs, won four relays, while B.U. took three field events...
...Crimson rugby team took another step towards capturing the Intercollegiate Cup-Eastern Championship double on Saturday, as it edged Dartmouth, 6 to 5, for its sixth victory. The side need now only take one of its two remaining league games with Princeton and Yale to ensure the sweep...
Last year, the varsity finished seventh in the EIBL with a 3-5 record, but this year's squad will probably be a contender for the championship...