Word: gash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Crain's eighth-place finish was no poor showing. The Crimson captain made a recovery from a vicious fall early in the race, when he suffered a bad gash in his knee...
...deal; his blood pressure was almost negligible." Some of his ribs were fractured, along with three vertebrae in his lower back. One kid ney was bruised, and a lung was punctured. He was in such bad shape that no time was wasted trying to stitch up a 6-in. gash in his right hand. He was given several transfusions, fluid and air were removed from his chest cavity to help his breathing, and he was put in an oxygen tent...
...both squads were mostly walking wounded. San Francisco's Gary Phillips was out for the duration with a back injury, Guy Rodgers was playing with a dislocated thumb, and Al Attles was limping around with a pulled thigh muscle. Boston's John Havlicek had a gash on one knee, and Tommy Hein-sohn sported a magnificent shiner...
...Peralta, in a light-heavyweight (175 Ibs.) championship bout at New Orleans. Stablemate of Heavyweight Champion Cassius Clay (both are trained by Miami's Angelo Dundee), Pastrano had been beaten decisively by the Argentine challenger in a nontitle bout last September. This time, Wily Willie opened a bloody gash over Peralta's left eye, mercilessly pounded away at the wound until the ring doctor stopped the fight. "This was the big apple," said Pastrano, who collected an estimated $60,000 for the victory-biggest purse of his 13-year career...
...thing is certain. Cassius Clay deserved better than 7-1 odds for this fight. The gash on Liston's face and the dislocated shoulder prove that Cassius is not the impotent puncher that his critics had labeled him. If Cassius showed that he can hand out some punishment, his weathering of Liston's third round attack also proved that he can take it. Clay has been maintaining for some time that he is the fastest heavyweight ever. Few would doubt...