Word: williamsport
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pittenger graduated from Penn State in 1947, and then worked as an all-round apprentice for the Williamsport Gazette and Bulletin, leaving two years later as city hall and courthouse reporter. In September, 1949, he took the job as education writer for the Hartford Times, and, after a year and a half, moved to the copy desk. Eight months later, "I made a success of myself and became a sports writer...
...Rearing back and firing like a major leaguer, 13-year-old Art Deras (5 ft. 8 in., 136 Ibs.) struck out 14 to lead his team from Hamtramck, Mich, to a 12-0 rout of Auburn, Calif., and the Little League world championship at Williamsport...
...boys passed the Little League age limit of twelve, and he had to recruit a whole new team. But love of baseball, and the prospect of a trip to los Estados Unidos if they were good enough, served to draw the makings of another fine team. Last week in Williamsport, Pa., Monterrey was back for a crack at another World Series...
...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...
...Williamsport the Monterrey kids had to make some adjustments. They brought their own hot peppers with them, but had to give up the usual diet of beans, goat meat and tortillas for American fare. They were amazed at the plentiful supply of milk, often drank more at one sitting than their families back home could afford in a whole week. Little League doctors found them in fine health. Not one had a cavity in his teeth. None of the youngsters could speak English, but they got along famously with U.S. boys...