By 10 p.m. the ballplayers' parents were a little uneasy; their kids had not yet come home from the game. For a pair of twelve-year-old Little Leaguers, this was violating curfew with a vengeance. When a phone call to league headquarters brought word that the Allentown (Pa.) Jets were not even scheduled to play that evening, the parents began to worry for fair. Then the truants arrived in a taxi. The parents demanded an immediate explanation. In a town that takes its Little Leagues seriously (the Mountainville League that the Jets belong to has a total of 270 players and the...
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