Word: championships
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...victory followed a 3 to 0 defeat at the hands of Princeton Thursday in which the varsity fifteen was unable to score after dominating the play throughout the game. Princeton went on to tie Dartmouth for the College Championship, 0 to 0, Saturday, with two overtime periods...
Boxing (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC). For the middleweight championship: Bobo Olson v. Kid Gavilan...
...many Americans play handball (rough guess: 1,000,000) because all the game really needs is a hard rubber ball and a back fence. Last week the pick of U.S. players, including back-fence alumni as well as veteran club players, met in Chicago for the U.S. Handball Association Championship...
Challenger Hershkowitz, who manages to play three days a week all year long between fire-fighting duties, reached the final round without the loss of a game. Defending Champion Brady, who builds himself up for championship events by taking on two opponents at a time, lost only one game on his way to the final. With some 400 handball fans crammed around the glass-enclosed court, the Brooklyn fireman and the San Francisco cop had it out. The winner (21-15, 21-18) and champion for the 15th time: Fireman Hershkowitz...
After a 40-minute warm-up scrimmage against Toronto, the Crimson fifteen plays its first official tournament contest Monday against Princeton for the college crown. If the varsity is victorious, it will face Dartmouth the following Saturday for the championship. Dartmouth has drawn...