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D600-4
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- 1935-08 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Tommy Vitos, left, shakes hands with druggist William Rast, right, admitting defeat after betting that he and fellow adventurer Graham Ring could survive for 30 days in the Olympic Mountain region dressed only in shorts and tennis shoes and armed with knives, fishing line and an automatic lighter. The would be Tarzans existed for eight days on berries and fish before returning to civilization cold and hungry. The original wager was $200 against 100 days of moving bricks. Vitos shows relief when Rast reduced the 100 days to moving 15 tons of brick. (TDL 8/18/1935, pg. 3; TDL 8/16/1935)
Vitos, Tom; Wagers; Rast, William;