Word: weightfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been known to criticize a player in front of teammates or to make a scene on the sidelines, Allen can be tough when he wants to. He slapped a $500 fine on one Ram player who showed up five minutes late for practice; any player who exceeds his prescribed weight at the regular Thursday weigh-in is automatically fined $100 per pound...
...Every thoroughbred champion wor thy of the name ought to prove him self carrying weight," says Veteran Trainer Johnny Nerud. And by that measure there has never been a horse to equal Nerud's own Dr. Fager. At New York's Aqueduct race track last week, the four-year-old bay lugged...
...seven-furlong $57,000 Vosburgh Handicap, the highest weight ever as signed by the track's handicapper in a regular stakes race. All the other horses carried 12 to 34 Ibs. less, but the Doc still turned the race into a scene from National Velvet. He broke swiftly out of the starting gate under Jockey Braulio Baeza, opened up a three-length lead in the stretch, then turned it on and charged home a full six lengths ahead of the place horse, Kissin' George...
...total earnings of $1,002,642 rank him ninth among the alltime moneywinners. Says Nerud: "Any horse that looks him in the eye is beaten. He has won at distance, he has sprinted and he has car ried weight. He's the best...
...been at Fort Devens since October 7 when FBI agents and Federal marshals entered Marsh Chapel and arrested him in front of 500 student sympathizers. A member of the New England Resistance, which has been in touch with Kroll since his arrest, said he has lost a lot of weight but is still "in good spirits...