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DIED. Vic Tanny, 73, body builder who founded a nationwide chain of 100 or more gymnasiums and fitness centers that started in the mid-1930s and were the first to shed the grubby, back-street gym image in favor of carpets, chrome, cleanliness, swimming pools and a "pay as you perspire" plan that attracted working- class men and women; of a heart attack; in Tampa...
...final best-of-seven play-off -- entitled "What is so rare as a basketball game in June?" -- opened last week with a thunderous 148-114 Celtics victory in their malodorous North Station gym, where the air is as close as the players, and signs on the beer stands caution: SOBRIETY IS NO ACCIDENT. Neither is the Celtics' practical possession of this sport. Boston aside, no team has repeated an N.B.A. championship in over 30 seasons. Even the Celtics have not done it since 1969, the year that Lakers Center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left UCLA. Now Jabbar leads the league...
...rule is that people who leave the party are not allowed back in. Many of the parties are planned around a feverish array of activities, all designed to keep the mind off booze. At Cherry Creek High School outside Denver, the postprom bash this year featured volleyball in the gym, water games in the pool, disco dancing, a magic show, ten video games and a makeshift casino. Free hot dogs, nachos and soft drinks were served, and as the party broke up at 6 a.m., there were doughnuts and juice...
...Also last Sunday, someone broke into a locker at Dillon Field House and stole a blue gym bag with an estimated value of $30. Police have no suspects...
...unidentified burglar broke into a locker at Hemenway Gym between 12:45 p.m. and 1:20 p.m. last Sunday, taking $47 in cash and a $200 Pulsar Quartz watch Police said the burglar apparently used force. There are no suspects in the case...