Word: contest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Minnesota anglers held what they called the World's Original Ice Fishing Contest. At a given signal, 2,196 fishermen rushed out on frozen White Bear Lake near St. Paul, chopped holes in 28-inch ice and dropped in their bait. While 8,000 spectators watched (see cut), they fished for two hours. The winner, John Einum, got an outboard motor for catching a 5¼-lb. walleyed pike...
There's a Cat in the Tuba, which won the $750 citywide song contest, had just what it takes to make a carnaval hit: a catchy tune (reminiscent of the Maine Stein Song) and a daffy lyric. Because the government was out to make carnaval bigger & better after some wartime flops, De Barro and Ribeiro wrote Cat in lilting, one-step marcha time-quicker even than the sprightly samba beat...
Captain Adam Foster's contest with Princeton's "Babe" Pearson was the clutch match, since it was the last to finish. Behind 2 to 1, Foster "never played better squash," according to Coach Jack Barnaby, to capture the final two games...
Yesterday's New England Championship meet was an unofficial contest for the Crimson. Coach Jaakko Mikkola entered his field event men in the weight throwing, pole vaulting, and broad jumping in Briggs Cage during the afternoon, but not in the night running events at the Cambridge Armory...
Springfield's reputation got a glant shot in the arm Tuesday night as a result of the basketball game; but there has been little day-dreaming around the pool about this particular contest anyway. The Gymnasts took M.I.T. and Tufts over the hoops easily, and dropped decisions only to Yale (a comparatively close 31-44 meet on opening day) and a tough Williams team. The chief threat here seems to be a backstroker named Whittin, who has turned in some pretty fine times this year...