Show "XXT- - "- vx -y - 1 8A Ogden Standard-Examin- 4 4 ' 4 ' i Thursday May 24 1984 er Bad slide gets man $92500 - ' yv Men’s Pant Knight Ridder Newspapers MOUNT HOLLY NJ — A jury awarded $92500 Tuesday to a man who broke his ankle when he slid into second base playing softball and argued that the base should not have been used in an amateur game David Smith 23 a Army soldier stationed at Fort Dix NJ maintained in testimony that the injury would hamper his pursuit of a career as a warrant officer in the Army He was injured in June 1982 during a softball game Dix Smith sought from Bolco Aththe California manufacturer of the base more than $16000 to reimburse the Army Lary Zucker the attorney for Bolco said the company was reviewing a possible appeal “We Nash Skateboards 6-Pa- yer Badminton Set Croquet Set 2995 Save 500 And More! 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