Sentence examples for divisional world from inspiring English sources

He then became the first boxer in history to win a divisional world championship five times, a feat he accomplished by defeating Carmen Basilio in 1958 to regain the middleweight championship.

The son of a Cossack general, Krasnov rose to divisional commander during World War I and was appointed head of a cavalry corps in August 1917 under the Provisional Government.

An intelligence officer for the Imperial Russian Army during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 05) and a military attaché in Beijing (1907 11), Kornilov became a divisional commander during World War I. Captured by the Austrians at Przemysl (March 1915), he escaped in 1916 and was placed in command of an army corps.

SPORTING SCENE about the past baseball season, the two divisional playoffs and the World Series.

Big Buck's is odds-on to become the first horse to win the divisional championship, the Ladbrokes World Hurdle, three years running.

The New Yorker, November 11 , 1974P. 156 SPORTING SCENE about the past baseball season, the two divisional playoffs and the World Series.

In 1972 baseball had its first general strike, lasting 13 days and causing the cancellation of 86 regular-season games and delaying the divisional play-offs and World Series by 10 days.

In particular, since 1921 the New York Yankees have towered over baseball: through the 2010 season the Yankees captured 40 American League pennants, and from 1996 through 2000 they had a 46 15 postseason (divisional play-offs and World Series) record, more postseason wins than all their competitors combined.

For us to earn the respect, we have to go out and win a divisional championship and win a World Series".

Major General Sir Thompson Capper KCMG CB DSO (20 October 1863 – 27 September 1915) was a highly decorated and senior British Army officer who served with distinction in the Second Boer War and was a divisional commander during the First World War.

Besides distinguishing himself at the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth and at the Army War College in Washington, D.C., Simpson served with the 33rd Division in France during World War I, becoming divisional chief of staff.