Word: lightweight
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Williams v. Beau Jack (Mon. 10:15 p.m., Mutual) for the lightweight championship; from Philadelphia's Shibe Park. The fight will be televised if the promoters are satisfied with the box office (TIME, June...
...never underrate opponents," the genial lightweight coach declares. Even though his varsity eight last year trimmed every other 150-pound boat in the world to rank as unofficial champion and match the Varsity heavies' title, Haines is making no predictions for the coming campaign. "We'll have some tough races this spring and how they'll come out nobody knows...
...Dave Coombs meets Yaleman Hastings, victor over the Princeton lightweight who edged Coombs a week ago, while at 128, Pat Bowditch faces Eli sophomore Leeds. The Eli captain, 136-pound Norm Hascall, with a spotty record behind him, is scheduled to meet. Buddy King who comes down for the tough meets...
They also lopped $800,000 from the estimated construction costs by persuading the City Council to permit the use of lightweight vermiculite instead of concrete to sheathe the steel girders against fire. This saved so much weight that they were able to use lighter girders, eliminated 1,200 tons of steel. Another big office-building job, Prudential Insurance Co. of America's $8,500,000 building, will be the lightest building (per square foot) in Los Angeles...
Beau Jack v. Terry Young (Fri. 10 p.m., NBC Television). Ten-round lightweight bout at Madison Square Garden...