Word: contendere
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Until mid-July, there was not even a serious contender for Armed's title. Then a patched-up cripple, Lucky Draw, scooted around the Jamaica track in record time, carrying a fluffy 105 Ibs. Said the experts: "Wait until they put some weight on him." They did, and Lucky...
The third contender was another old hand: Detroit's curly-headed Southpaw Hal Newhouser. In his first five major-league seasons (1939-43), he had little control of his curve, less of his temper; he won 34 games, lost 52, threw away more than he likes to remember. Then...
The man who really made the pots boil was not acting like a candidate at all. He was Fiorello LaGuardia and he was fuming over a foaming glass of beer in Czechoslovakia (see FOREIGN NEWS). But last week dumpy Butch LaGuardia, who has been wont to characterize New York City...
Apparently resigned by poll time last week, Texas picked cool, careful State Railroad Commissioner Beauford Jester, 53, the top middle-of-the-road candidate, as its No 1 Democratic gubernatorial contender. Lawyer Jester had run a "friendship" campaign, refrained from shouting and stomping. The lesser evil for oil-and-cattle...
Now Sakamoto is pointing for the 1948 Olympics. Among the members of his postwar club, again a strong contender for the A.A.U. outdoor meet in San Diego next month, are: ex-Navy man Smith, who last week beat Johnny Weismuller's U.S. 100-meter long course record with a...