TIME
October 5, 1983 12:00 AM EDT
Swat
Cheering, screaming frantic fanatics flooded George Herman (“Babe”) Ruth with the wildest ovation ever accorded a baseball player. In the eighth inning of a New York game against Washington, Ruth hit a ball pitched by left-handed Thomas Zachary into the right field bleachers. The home run was Ruth’s 60th of the season.
Said Frederick G. Lieb, sage baseball writer: “It is doubtful if anyone in that crowd will ever live to see another baseball player hit his 60th home run in a 154-game season. Read More...
Steven Quale, best known for his work on “Into the Storm” and “Final Destination 5,” has been tapped to direct Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios’ “Black Box (Flight 298).” The upcoming supernatural thriller is based on an original screenplay from Stephen Susco, a horror writer whose many genre credits include “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Hell Fest. Read More...
TIME
December 6, 1971 12:00 AM EST
High school football rivalries in Texas sometimes have a quality of tribal warfare. This month two old and furious small-town enemies, Premont and Los Fresnos, were tangling at Premont. With less than two minutes remaining and Los Fresnos leading 14-12, a brawl erupted among the players on the field.
One of the first to join officials in restoring order was a Premont policeman. The cop waded into the fight and sprayed his chemical Mace into the faces of seven of Los Fresnos’ first-string players, who fell to the ground screaming and holding their eyes. Read More...