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Monterrey’s trip to Little League World Series started in Valley
Monterrey’s trip to Little League World Series started in Valley
Monterrey’s trip to Little League World Series started in Valley

Monterrey’s trip to Little League World Series started in Valley

By Rene TorresSpecial to the AdvanceThe boys who played for the Monterrey Industrial Little League team in 1957 were so small, averaging 4-foot-11 and 80 pounds, that they could not wear the official Little League World Series uniform of the era.Most of them had never been very far from Monterrey, and until 1955 they had played barefooted. But they made up for their disadvantages with heart and determination. Monterrey won the district tournament in McAllen, defeating West Brownsville 6-1.After the tournament, though, their march was in jeopardy — the three-day pass issued to players and coaches by the U.S. consul ...

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