Word: clinched
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Cadets will clinch the title, if they win or tie. They now have four wins and one tie. But if Navy wins, Army will slip to third place while Cornell and the Middies tie for the crown...
...thing that may clinch the election for Dewey could be the few thousand anti-Dewey votes that are wasted on the American Labor Party nominee. The ALP, Vito Marcantonio's group, has been widely tagged with the Red label and is not expected to draw many votes, especially since the Korean War. However, in a really close election the marginal ballots could make the difference...
...freshman race was another close thing. Neither team placed enough men in the first five to clinch a victory, although the '54 harriers all showed exceptional promise for coming years...
...Howard's Irish-bred Noor, four-time conqueror of Citation and holder of three world records. Also at Belmont Park, Christopher Chenery's Hill Prince, under top weight in the 81st running of the Jerome Handicap, over a field that included King Ranch's Middleground, to clinch 1950'$ top three-year-old honors...
...Britain's Geoffrey Duke, 27, on his Norton. For the world title, Masetti held a slim lead, 22 points to 19, based on six previous races this summer (eight points for first, six for second, four for third, etc.). In the final at Monza, all Masetti needed to clinch the 1950 title was to finish no worse than second to Duke...