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Attentive throngs of Witnesses turned out faithfully for lecture after lecture in mammoth Municipal Stadium. From a platform in the infield, speakers hurled Biblical fireballs into the packed stands. The joyous climax of the Glad Assembly came on Universal Peace Day. There Watch Tower President Nathan H. Knorr, successor to the late, mellifluous "Judge" J. F. Rutherford, denounced most human institutions, especially the United Nations. Cried he: "Display outright fearlessness of this world conspiracy. . . . God's vengeance is speedily coming against all conspirators...
...loose with a Jan Valtin horror story of Mexican beisbol. Mickey recalled the first time he saw Mexico City's Nuevo Laredo Park. At first he wondered why it looked so familiar; then he realized he had seen it before in nightmares, bumpy infield, wobbly stands and all. "If some of those Mexican henchmen didn't think you were hustling to their satisfaction," said Mickey, "they'd sidle up to you and stick a gun in your ribs. . . . It just scared the hell out of me." To hear Mickey tell his yarn, Mexican beisbol was fearsome...
Sporting a hole around second base big enough to drive through in a Mack truck, the Funsters lost a three run lead in the final innings as their opponents capitalized on infield hits and wild throws. Manager, Bob Curley, ended the contest in the last of the seventh, when his bounding ball over second went for a single to score the tie-breaking run from third...
...stuff as Dunster tallied six times in the first four frames. Marty Greeley replaced him in the fifth and went on to receive credit for the win. Landon Clay went all the way for the Funsters and pitched well, allowing few earned runs and becoming the victim of numerous infield hits and misplays by his teammates...
...Crichton, of the losers, who stroked a double and a long triple, while turning in a fine job in the field at first base. Paul Kelley led the Commuters at the plate with three infield safties, while Curley shared RBI honors with Art Bauman and Dick Steuer of Dunster, each with two apiece. Innings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 r h e Dunster 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 7 6 4 Dudley...