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Stowell said that the javelin still remains the weakest of the field events, but that Bill Pade and Adrian Tew should be able to hold their own with any opponents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Talented Thinclads Hope for Undefeated Season | 3/27/1973 | See Source »

...catch I've ever seen." Clemente also possessed the strongest throwing arm of any outfielder: from 420 ft. away, he once fired a perfect strike to the plate to nip the runner trying to score from third. The accuracy he ascribed to his training as a high school javelin thrower, the strength to his mother. "My mother had the same kind of arm," he once explained. "She could throw a ball from second base to home with something on it. I got my arm from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Requiem for Roberto | 1/15/1973 | See Source »

Comparisons with Jesus Christ are tiresome, but consider--Frank Champi. A poor boy from Everett, Frank was maligned by many. "Sure," they'd say, "Frank's good with a javelin, but so was Tarzan; and you wouldn't want Tarzan calling signals for Harvard." But Frank stuck to it, buoyed by a simple faith that there was a power higher than Nathan Pusey and the Crimson sports page combined. And so on that fateful day, Frank suited up as usual in Dillon Field House, dutifully applying Dr. Wood's Miracle Splinter Resister to the rear of his uniform. And Frank...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Soaking Up the Bennies | 11/25/1972 | See Source »

...Olympic stadium makes the expense seem worthwhile. It is a convenient, comfortable oval that accommodates 80,000 (including 33,000 standees) within "human dimensions"; promoters boast that the maximum distance between spectator and competitor is only 212 yards. A javelin throw away is the swimming stadium, which is built with 80% of its structure underground lest it appear too imposing. A kind of super sunken bath, it has five pools on two levels, and amenities like a glass-enclosed express elevator to the high-diving platform. Over a nearby ridge is the cycle stadium, a space-age affair that looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Playground (or Fun | 9/4/1972 | See Source »

...opportunity to make hay," McCurdy said. The hammer is fight, with Yale having the potential to take a dangerous 1-2, and the discus appears similarly undecided. The shot is wide open while Bill Pade and Adrian I. are a good bet for a Crimson 1-2 in the javelin...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Harvard Faces Yale Sunday In 76th Track Meet Rivalry | 5/19/1972 | See Source »

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