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Word: championships (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...California looked in September like a contender for the Pacific Coast championship; it seemed a cinch for a bid to the Rose Bowl. With the superb passing of All-America Candidate Paul Larson, last season's leading ground gainer, how could they lose? Then Oklahoma's Max Boydston, a big end who runs like a fullback, taught them how in their first game. After that, Ohio State, Oregon and U.S.C. drove the lesson home. Larson alone was not enough. Last week California lost another to U.C.L.A., 27-6. ¶ Illinois was an odds-on favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mid-Season | 11/8/1954 | See Source »

...powerful Big Red, which finished its dual meet season with only one less, that to perennially strong Syracuse, placed three men in the first seven, a rare feat in a championship meet. Don Farley was fourth, and Paul Loberg was seventh...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Cornell Wins Heptagonals; Crimson Takes Fifth Place | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

...varsity sailing team will defend its Fowle Trophy championship today and tomorrow when it competes in the 13th annual NEISA Team racing Championship at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. M.I.T., winner of last weekend's Schell Trophy event, is among the seven other colleges entered...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sailing Team to Defend Title In Tournament This Weekend | 11/6/1954 | See Source »

Cornell with one of the strongest cross-country teams in club league history, is a strong favorite today to capture its second straight Heptagonal Championship when the ten-team field starts on New York's Van Cortiandt Park course. Harvard, Army, and Nary should follow behind the Big Red in that order...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Cornell Harriers Favored To Win Heptagonal Crown | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

...stands and excellent chance of finishing second, but lacks the speed to overtake the Ithacans. However, it Al Wills, who did not compete last season, or don French, who finished third in the Heps, can beat out Rosenblum and Trayford, the Crimson may surprise and win its first Heptagonal championship since it tied Cornell for first place...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Cornell Harriers Favored To Win Heptagonal Crown | 11/5/1954 | See Source »

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