Word: winner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...West, the University of California, last year's Pacific Coast Conference champion and Rose Bowl winner, having lost six of its 1937 team by graduation, looked as though it might have a tough struggle defending its title against Southern California, Oregon or Stanford...
Pulitzer Prize Winner...
...engage short-armed Democratic Governor Barzilla W. Clark of Idaho in a five-minute contest at picking potatoes-a prime product of both their States. Governor Clark pitched his spuds forward into his basket; Governor Barrows scrabbled backwards into a basket between his long, straddled legs (see cut). The winner: Maine's Barrows, 201 lbs. to 197 lbs. He apologized :"I probably had a four-pound rock in there." Idaho's Clark explained: "Your potatoes are smaller and more slippery than ours...
Whether there was an individual hero of the Cubs' sensational pennant victory (they won 21 of their last 25 games), no two fans could agree. Some thought it was 39-year-old Charlie Root, who pitched the pennant-clinching game against the Cardinals. Others hailed big Bill Lee, winner of 22 games this season, who pitched on four successive days last week; Dizzy Dean who, even with his sore arm, beat the Pirates in the first game of their crucial series just before the final series in St. Louis; Manager Gabby Hartnett who, knowing Dizzy Dean's love...
...Clara, apparently geared for another perfect season, gets a stern test against Texas A. and M. at San Francisco. The other four standouts should come through without difficulty. Pitt's panthers are favorites over Duquesne. Alabama should have easy going against North Carolina State. Minnesota looks like an easy winner over Purdue. And Notre Dame should march right through Georgia Tech...