t simple assault. In another incident involving a man of the law, a former corrections officer assaulted a 16-year-old referee at a flag football game for six and seven year olds in Nebraska. The tape of the incident shows the 63 250 pound father poking the youth in the chest, when the 160 pound referee tried to defend himself by slapping away the fathers hand, the father punched him the face. As a result he was fined 585 dollars and sentenced to 30 days in jail. The violence isnt limited to fathers either. At a swim meet an irate mother slapped her daughter across the face after her daughter had shown up late for a heat and been disqualified. The mother never bothered to find out why she missed the heat, but as it turned out the daughter had been comforting a friend who had had a lousy race and was sobbing devastated in the locker room. Again the children are doing nothing wrong, or in this case the absolute right thing, and their parents are making them as a result.Though the aforementioned events are enough of a tragedy at least two worse events have occurred, one leaving a man crippled and the other leaving a man dead. In the first event John Hills, a Lemont little league coach, complained that the other coach, 16-year-old George Loy Jr., was making the calls before the umpires and influencing the game. As the game progressed George Loy Sr. began to tease and antagonize Hills, going so far as to promise to get him after the game. As the sixth inning ended, Hills bent over to pick up his scorebook, only to be driven to the ground with punches and kicks by Loy Sr.. Loy Jr. soon jumped in and was also joined by his uncle, Ted Loy. Together the three of them beat Hills unmercifully. Harry Keeler, a third base coach, helped Hills to his feet only to be assaulted himself. The Loys launched one last offensive in which Loy Sr. hit Hills in the face breaking his nose, and Loy Jr. smashed his left knee with an aluminum baseball bat. Hill...
