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...Hurry. Willie Howard Mays Jr., a cinnamon-tinted young man from Fairfield, Ala., on the edge of Birmingham, has fielded, batted and laughed the long-lackluster New York Giants into a state of combative enterprise. A husky (180 lbs., 5 ft. 11 in), smooth-muscled athlete with a broad, guileless face, he plays baseball with a boy's glee, a pro's sureness and a champion's flair. On the ball diamond, he is in a hurry; he never walks when there is room to run, even if only from bench to field or field to shower...
...Fairfield Industrial High School, Willie picked up the nickname "Buckduck," and specialized in a course in cleaning and pressing. There was no baseball team, but Willie at 14 was already good enough to play with steel-mill clubs and independent semipros. When Willie was 16, Kitty Cat called up his old friend, Lorenzo ("Piper") Davis, manager of the Black Barons, and got the boy a tryout. Three games later, young Buckduck Mays was the Barons' regular centerfielder...
Jail Bait. In Fairfield, Iowa, Mrs. Effie Fisher, offered the choice of a $50 fine or 15 days in jail for shooting a squirrel in her back yard, packed her suitcase, told reporters: "I hear they have rats in the jail. I wonder if they'll let me take my rifle with...
...first-day speakers at last week's World Congress on Fertility and Sterility, which met in Manhattan, told the 1,300 assembled delegates that they ought to be worried about the amount of fertility in the world already. He was Conservationist Fairfield (Our Plundered Planet) Osborn, who argued that the world's baby supply is sadly outstripping the food supply. Most of the delegates were in no great mood to worry. They were interested only in the problem of childless couples who want children...
Charles E. Beveridge, Camden, Mc.; Edward D. Churchill, Jr., Belmont, Mass.; Lindsay E. Fischer, Colorado Springs, Col.; Elisha F. Lee, Woodstock, Vt.; William E. Lingelbach, 3rd, Philadelphia, Pa.; John B. Tyler, Fairfield, Conn.; John H. Vohr, New Hampton...