Word: seppala
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over Europe last week, javelin-throwers were trying Erauzquin's new technique. Results were phenomenal. Training with the Finnish Olympic team, 26-year-old Antti Seppala got off a 270-ft. toss. In France, 165-ft. javelin-throwers hit 230 ft. At week's end Norwegian Egil Danielsen repaired to a field (the local stadium was too small), whirled three times, and flung the javelin 304 ft. 1.68 in., nearly 30 ft. farther than the world's record of 274 ft. 5¾ in. claimed by Poland's Janusz Sidlo...
...dogs, black-backed and white underneath, are pure descendants of Leonard Seppala's Siberian Huskies of Nome fame. Shearer has 40 of them, sells about 20 a year, figures he breaks even after taking prize money into account ($3,000 so far this winter). Few drivers ever try to drive eleven dogs. Five can be handled, seven are barely manageable, nine are too many if they once get out of hand. At 45 (barely 5 ft. 10 in., 200 lbs.), Bill Shearer is no longer up to running beside the sled, helping the dogs uphill. He generally rides...