Monty Stratton Loses Leg But Not His Heart

Though it had been only five days since a freak accident cost Monty Stratton most of his right leg, nurses in a North Texas hospital had their hands full on Dec. 3, 1938, trying to keep him in bed.

Even though the lanky farmboy from Celeste had been blessed with a blazing fast ball, he never dreamed someone would pay him a man