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...wanted," but the pole vault almost proved a disaster. "I just about had a heart attack when I missed the opening height on my first two attempts," said Toomey. He pulled himself together to vault 13 ft. 91 in., tying his personal record. A 206-ft. i-in. javelin throw kept him in first place, a bare 61 points ahead of West Germany's Bendlin, who had moved into second with a monumental heave...
...junior javelin-champion-turned-quarcerback tossed perfect spiralling strikes, and the sophomore sensation, who broke the freshman scoring record for last year, caught six of them, two for touchdowns. Champi ran one across himself before relinquishing the quarterbacking duties to Dave Smith in the second half of the game...
There was one other score. Second team passer Frank Champi, a junior from Everett, moved his unit down the field easily in his first confrontation with the first defensive unit. A javelin thrower who held the University record for a month last spring, Champi can heave the football. In the touchdown drive, he hit junior bantamweight John Ballantyne with a bullet. Ballantyne made a fine leaping catch for 30 yards to the defense 10. A few plays later, Champi connected with Newcomer Skip Vaccarello for a six yard...
Nowadays, A.M.C. is doing some fire breathing itself-and the strategy so far has been a savior. Introduced at a time when the deficit-ridden company could barely afford tool-up costs, the hot Javelin will easily sell out its 56,000-car production run this year. Widely raced (it is currently second in nationwide stock-car standings, after General Motors' Camaro and ahead of Ford's Mustang), the Javelin has drawn younger crowds into A.M.C. showrooms. Next year, the company will race the new $3,245 AMX, a 150-m.p.h. souped-up Javelin that competes with...
...company made a net profit of about $4,000,000 in the third fiscal quarter compared with a loss of $17.9 million last year, had a 16.6% sales increase over 1967's Jan. 1-June 20 period. A.M.C.'s volume has been helped by the sporty Javelin, with sales...