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...sizable Mexican-American population, apparently merely shrugged and said: "John, it's up to you." So John decided to quit. In Texas, where party politics is only slightly more refined than saloon fighting, his decision not to seek re-election was an invitation to a bare-knuckled brawl...
...swift ratification of his contract, amid fears that Ford's 20,000 skilled workers, who generally complain of getting short shrift compared with their counterparts in the building trades, might revolt. One truculent group shouting "No! No! No!" gathered at a demonstration that ended in a fist-swinging brawl with union officials. In the end, however, the vote ran overwhelmingly-9 to 1 in the case of production workers, nearly 3 to 1 among the skilled men-to stop the costly 49-day strike...
Across the street is the Pennant Grille. When the Sox clinched the pennant two Sundays ago, the Grille broke loose in a wild brawl that brought half a dozen mounted police men galloping to the scene. Now the Grille is almost empty--the television off, the jukebox playing a tinny polka. Huge autographed photos of former Red Sox stars line the walls Ted Williams, Pumpsie Green, Johnny Pesky, Dom DiMaggio-but the men at the bar are discussing boxing. "You know goddamn well we're going to be up there again next year," a drunk in a back booth shouts...
Then the Tigers scored twice and a brawl broke out in the Pennant Grille across from Fenway Park. Two patrol wagons arrived as the crowd retreated to restaurants and store fronts to await the final inning. Then Tiger Dick McAuliffe grounded into a game-ending double play and pandemonium...
There was no such frenzied activity in the Aussie camp. As a matter of fact, there was positive gloom-after flu knocked out half the crew and two of the healthy ones got into a brawl in a Thames Street rock 'n' roll joint. Figuring that a change of scenery might do wonders for their morale, Skipper Sturrock herded up all his ambulatory Aussies and dragged them off to Montreal to see Expo. The news from home at least was good. All of Australia is pulling for an upset and praying for one-including a tribe of aborigines...