Word: contendere
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
*Tom Sharkey, onetime heavyweight contender ; ferocious fighter, ex-sailor.
Sirs: Is it too late to point out a possible misleading statement under the caption, "Eloquent Hoosier," in TIME, May 17, under EDUCATION ? Professor Brigance may well be proud of the orator he has trained for victory this year, and of the splendid record made by Wabash in recent years...
From the point of view of the number of contenders entered the leading schools are Andover, Exeter, Cambridge Latin, Lowell High, Medford High, Milton, and Woourn. Andover, with an unusually strong aggregation of athletes, is favored to repeat its victory of the last three years. Exeter, always a dangerous contender...
Last Saturday, while the University team was proving its title as a dangerous contender in collegiate circles with a win over the strong Pennsylvania nine, the Crusaders defeated the formidable Fordham ball tossers for their seventh victory out of nine starts this season. The Worcester team continued to hit the...
Rawlins, who is favored to enter the semi-final round and who is also considered as the strongest contender for the title at the present time, took four straight games yesterday from W. P. Dixon '25, national champion, who has been practicing with the Crimson players for the past few...