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Last year, after they won the Little League World Series (TIME, Sept. 2,1957), the Monterrey boys went home to Mexico national heroes. Received at the National Palace in Mexico City by President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, the sloe-eyed little ballplayers were promised scholarships, better jobs for their hard-working fathers and a spanking new Little League stadium by enthusiastic Monterrey (pop. 499,000) citizens. It didn't quite work out that way. There were a few scholarships, but the ballpark is still in the talking stage, and the "better jobs" did not materialize. Coach...
...series topped off a giant elimination contest involving most of the 4,800 Little Leagues now spreads over much of the world. Monterrey earned its return ticket to Williamsport by whipping teams from Mexico City, Puerto Rico and Venezuela in the Latin American eliminations. Mostly poor kids, many of the Monterrey players worked as bootblacks to supplement the income of their fathers, who work in mills and factories for wages as low as $1.50 a day. But they were fine ballplayers, especially Héctor Epitacio Torres, 12, the skinny (85 Ibs.) star pitcher. Nicknamed Malita (evil little woman) because...
...time they got to Williamsport, Pa. last week, the barnstorming little ballplayers from Monterrey, Mexico were just about worn out. They had beaten their way across country for a month, had played and won eleven games from Texas to Kentucky. Now they faced the Little League World Series, and they were scheduled to start against some sturdy youngsters from Bridgeport, Conn, at 2:30 p.m. Coach César Faz studied his skinny, undersized squad (averaging 4 ft. 11 in., 92 lbs.), saw all the signs of fatigue and made a reasonable request. "That's when my boys usually...
...Back in Monterrey loudspeakers in the public squares reported a running account of the game. For the rest of the year, Angel and his teammates will go back to shining shoes on the streets after school, working in the local foundry for 50? a day. Until two years ago, they played baseball barefoot. But now they are the town's pride. Fire engines screamed through the streets to celebrate the victory, and all over Monterrey men burst into song. The kids began their celebration with a sightseeing trip to New York. Mexico's President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines...
This is only one of five similar direct-reduction processes that are getting the close attention of steelmen. Though none is yet in sizable commercial use, the Madaras process is working successfully in a 50-ton-a-day steel mill making plates and light-gauge sheets in Monterrey, Mexico. Madaras and Murchison are presently negotiating with eight groups, five in the U.S. and three abroad, to set up 500-ton-a-day plants costing $3.5 million and expandable to 2,000 tons by an additional $3.5 million investment. They expect to announce one or more sign-ups in June...