Word: heavyweights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Melbourne's Festival Hall was briefly the scene of a Prohibition-era drama. A squad of heavyweight "personal friends" of Singer Frank Sinatra, 58, shoved aside photographers and reporters waiting to greet Ol' Blue Eyes as he arrived for the first of five scheduled concerts Down Under. As one pal explained: "Frank doesn't like pictures, see. Somebody's going to get hurt." Then several newsmen were hurt by Frankie's boys. Onstage, Sinatra broke off his concert to ventilate his fury at the press...
...race marked the first time that Porcellian had ever entered a boat at Henley, and its triumph came as somewhat of a surprise to many observers. However, the crew was composed of four top-notch Harvard heavyweight and lightweight oarsmen. Bowman George Host was a member of this year's junior varsity lightweight crew and had rowed at seven for the varsity lights the two previous years; number two, sophomore Ollie Scholle, was on this year's undisputed collegiate national champion Harvard heavyweight crew; number three, sophomore Dave Porter, rowed seven for the Eastern Sprints champion junior varsity lightweight crew...
...captains are: Dan Williams of Milton, baseball; Blair Brooks of Weston, heavyweight crew; Todd Howard of Clarence, N.Y., lightweight crew; Steve McConnell of Winchester and Tom Yellin of Memphis, Tenn., golf; Jim Quinn and Leroy Thompson of Baltimore, Md., lacrosse; John Ingard of Lincoln, tennis; and Blayne Heckel of Wauwatosa, Wis., and Steve Niemi of Pullman, Wash., track and field...
There is something worse than a golf or football widow-and that is a boxer's wife. Honing the will to win, some trainers like to keep their stars sexually frustrated. Last week as a presumably fighting-mad Heavyweight Jerry Quarry, 29, weighed in at Madison Square Garden for his bout with former World Champion Joe Frazier, his wife Charlie weighed in with comments on their married life for NBC's Today show. "We have a two-week curfew," explained the blonde former Miss Indiana. "Gil Clancy, Jerry's manager, is in the room right next...
...heavyweight crews will also be rowing this month. Saturday, the varsity and J.V. heavies will travel to Wisconsin for a head-to-head competition with the University of Wisconsin, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of crew at Wisconsin...