Published November 23, 2009, 12:00 AM

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Quick kicks help win 1959 league titles

HERON LAKE — Dwight Eisenhower was the U.S. President, Ford Motor Company was ending its one-year venture with the ill-fated Edsel, Cubs shortstop Ernie Banks (National League) and White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox (American League) had just given Chicago a pair of Major League Most Valuable Players, television quiz show celebrity Charles Van Doren was being investigated for his cheating exploits on “Twenty One,” and Bobby Darin’s classic “Mack The Knife” was the nation’s top song, while “Mr. Blue” by the Fleetwoods was climbing the charts.

By: Les Knutson, Worthington Daily Globe