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Yale and Harvard have both relied on their field brigades to do most of the offensive damage this year, but the similarities between the Ivy rivals end there. Although the Bulldogs have a few bona fide field performers, only freshman javelin thrower Jim Newsom (193 ft. 3 in.) should be a threat against the high-powered Crimson line...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Thinclads to Battle Hapless Elis Today | 4/23/1974 | See Source »

Divorced. Harold Connolly, 42, and Olga Fikotova Connolly, 41, both teachers and veteran Olympic athletes; after 17 years of marriage, four children; in Santa Monica, Calif. The Connollys met as gold medalists (he as a U.S. ham-merthrower, she as a Czechoslovak discus thrower) at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and provided the cold war love story of the year when they married and settled in the U.S. despite the protests of Czechoslovak authorities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Apr. 22, 1974 | 4/22/1974 | See Source »

...defensive, you need a physically tough center and toughness at other positions. We can't be tough with DiGregorio at guard and McAdoo at center. Instead, we outrun and outshoot our opponents." When that is not working, Ramsay outyells them. He is the champion head rubber and tantrum thrower in the N.B.A., collecting. an average of one technical foul every other game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Braves' New World | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...equally strong contingent featuring Steve Niemi, Dan Jiggets, and Chris Queen, will make the change from the weight throw to the hammer and discuss. Adrian Tew, a returning all-Ivy javelin thrower, will have to capture a few first places to balance the lack of depth in that event...

Author: By James Cramer, | Title: Track: Trying for Another GBC Title | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

...Detroit to sow peace, love and truth. What he reaped was a pie in the face. In town to accept a testimonial resolution, Guru Maharaj Ji, the 15-year-old Indian religious leader, was struck with a shaving-cream pie hurled by a bearded ill-wisher. The pie thrower, who had concealed his missile beneath a box of flowers, said the guru was on an ego trip and "I wanted to show he was mortal." Unfortunately not quick enough to turn his cheek, the guru did give his attacker his forgiveness blessing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 20, 1973 | 8/20/1973 | See Source »

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