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Onstage physical stresses can be as fierce as any endured on the football field or basketball court. Actor Mark Frawley, late of Broadway's Starlight Express, had to barrel-jump over five people in the show's opening number. "You're wearing two 4-lb. skates and a costume weighing 25 lbs.," he notes. "In order to clear the people, I had to get my speed up to 35 m.p.h. It was a knee killer." Musicians face peril as well. Pinched nerves and muscle cramps caused by repetitive hand motions are common. Violinists suffer everything from fiddler's neck rash...
...early rounds produced a stunning series of upsets-seven seeded stars fell in the first round alone-and also brought the sad spectacle of McEnroe disputing calls (and piling up more fines) in matches he had no chance of losing. In his semifinal match against Australia's Rod Frawley, he picked up another penalty point, screaming, "I always get robbed because of the umpires in this place." That proved too much for Lady Diana Spencer, who left the royal box halfway through the long and argument-marred match. The display cost him an additional $10,000 fine...
WIMBLEDON, England--John McEnroe was warned and penalized after angry clashes with the umpire today but defeated Australia's Rod Frawley 7-6, 6-4, 7-5 to advance to the Wimbledon final...
...umpire, Wing Commander George Grime, announced a penalty point for unsportsmanlike conduct. That gave Frawley the game for a 5-4 lead...
Robert D. Frawley...