Word: champs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...caught in a hay mower, Frank Berigan jumped over a fence to help him, cut himself on one knee, hit himself in the eye with the other; sister Pat ran out of the house, slipped, sprained her wrist; Mrs. Berigan, startled as she was canning, sprained her finger; and Champ, another Berigan dog, jumped over the barn door and broke his foot...
Charley-Horse Champ. Everyone agreed that Kramer would win the tournament. Joe Hunt disagreed. Kramer was not sure. In the finals he even served erratically. Down two sets to one, he folded like an accordion. He was too good to lose a love set, but he did. It was Hunt's title at 6-3, 6-8, 10-8, 6-0. The new National Champion celebrated by collapsing. He had been rubbing off a Charley horse for most of the final set. Sick-stomached Kramer rushed over, gave Hunt's leg an extra rub-then gave up beside...
...Ladies Only. The women's final brought together two red-gold coiffured stylists, sturdy Louise Brough (rhymes with rock) and the trim 1942 champ with the trigger backhand, Pauline Betz. Miss Betz had a tough three-set tussle to renew her title...
Jack Lynch, Navy V-12 unit, was drowned champ of the summer session tennis' players Tuesday when he beat Robert Hunker of the Navy Supply Corps School in straight sets, 6-0, 6-4, 6-1. After losing the first set in his first match, Lynch went on to win 11 straight sets and take the tournament. Lynch won nine of the sets by scores better than 6-2, taking the other...
Beefy Senator Bennett Champ Clark, isolationist from Missouri who voted against the extension of Selective Service four months before Pearl Harbor, paid a token installment on a political grudge against a top-flight soldier last week. He got the Senate to postpone its confirmation of Lieut. General Ben Lear's rank...