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...Lewis decided that Lee's generalship would have ended the Civil War two years sooner, thus leading to an earlier assassination of Lincoln and Lee's election as President. Other Stroke of Fate teasers: Suppose Montcalm had defeated Wolfe at Quebec, Hamilton had killed Burr in their duel, Hitler had been killed in the Munich beer-hall Putsch? The program's solid grounding in historical fact (Nevins and Historian Stefan Lorant are regular advisers) and able dramatizations give it plausibility and high marks for entertainment...
Second Game. What started as a southpaw pitching duel between Brooklyn's Preacher Roe and the Yankee's Eddie Lopat blew up in a Yankee victory in the eighth, when Mickey Mantle slammed a two-run homer to break a 2-2 tie. The Dodgers outhit the Yanks nine hits to five, but then left ten men stranded on the bases. Score: Yankees, 4; Dodgers...
...Paris, so the story goes, an American was challenged by a Frenchman to a duel. As the challenged party, he had the choice of weapons. His choice-"double-barreled shotguns at 20 paces"-posed such a strong threat of mutual annihilation that the Frenchman called the whole thing...
Through the years, El Sapo's friends had predicted that some day he would go too far. In Mexico City, in 1946, he and Congressman José Torrero got into a pistol duel, with the usual result-El Sapo killed his adversary. An unsympathetic judge gave El Sapo 18 years in the Black Palace of Lecumberri, as the district pen is called. After a period of inactivity, he killed an annoying cell mate two years ago, did a stretch in solitary confinement...
...truck. Said Lyons in a "personal" to Commissioner Monaghan last week: "This ... is public notice to you to pick up his permits and the pistol he carries or else the City of New York shall be held accountable for any consequences." Lyons also challenged Winchell to a duel by intelligence test-"low I.Q. pays all." Then Lyons applied a needle to Winchell's most painfully vulnerable point. Said he triumphantly: "The true measure [of Winchell's good citizenship] is Winchell's admission . . . that he never, but never, has voted...