Word: ferraris
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Henry's lack of character has been concealed by layers of that splendid raiment, money. But, alas, Henry has dipped into principal twice too often, and now all he has left is his red Ferrari and his gentleman's gentleman Harold (George Rose). There are but two effortless avenues to wealth. One is inheritance-and Henry has used that up. The other avenue is marriage-followed by inheritance...
Springfiled has excellent lower weights. Bill Metts at 118 and Ray Ferrari at 126 were New England freshman champions last year, and at 134, Tom Pollard is a two-time New England titleholder. Steve Gaydoch (135) is also an area champion...
...sure, Ermacora was not entirely altruistic. He readily admitted losing $1,300,000 on the horses. He even invested in a flashy $11,000 Ferrari 330 G.T., explaining that it "was just a condemned man's last cigarette. I knew I'd soon be arrested and would take the subways the rest of my life...
...lawyer, Jacques Isorni: "He saw himself as an avenger against a capitalist society that exploited people. [While] his acts were serious, his.motives were loftier." Retorting that swindling is swindling. Judge Max Trouiller saw to it that Ermacora would not ride the subways for a while, much less drive his Ferrari. He sentenced Ermacora to seven years in prison...
...first man ever to win the Grand Prix world championship posthumously; when his Lotus-Ford crashed at 185 m.p.h. at Monza, Italy, while preparing for a Grand Prix race next day. A professional racer since he was 19, Rindt worked through all the classes from Fiat saloons to Ferrari sports cars, in which he captured (with Masten Gregory) the classic 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965. Last year he took over as top driver for Lotus and roared off to victory this season in the Monaco, Dutch, French, British and German Grand Prix. That gave him an almost unbeatable...