Word: clinching
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Clinch Big Three Title...
...Springfield College, 2-0. Princeton by its victory over the Elis has a clear claim to Big Three honors, and may also carry off the Intercollegiate League championship. The Tigers a week ago defeated the Crimson eleven 4-1, and if they can outscore Pennsylvania and Haverford, they will clinch the League title...
...playoff is scheduled for 11 o'clock this morning. It will consist of 18 holes, with an additional 18 in the afternoon if Jones and McFarlane still clinch on the ninetieth green...
...schoolboys an 8 to 4 win over the Second team at Andover yesterday. Up to that time Captain Amsden's men had been enjoying a 4 to 1 lead, but five runs went across in the one inning, and the home team added another couple in the ninth to clinch the issue...
Vincent ("Pepper") Martin, nimble lightweight, pursued an opponent around a ring in Manhattan last week, swinging his fists like mauls. At every swing, the opponent eluded, the empty air mocked the flailing fists. Desperate, Martin fell into a clinch, bent, as if whispering, to his opponent's ear. From this organ instantly spurted a scarlet jet of blood. "He bit me," yelled the astonished victim. Forthwith, the referee stopped the bout, awarded the decision to the bitten individual, one Joseph Celmars...