The Duke of Wellington supposedly said that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. If you agree with the duke that leaders are forged in the crucible of sports, Ted Dobias has a story to tell you.
Mr. Dobias, 90, who coached at New York Military Academy in Cornwall-on-Hudson for 50 years, remembers that in 1964 his baseball team was playing Cheshire Academy for the prep school championship. The score was 4-4 with runners on second and third. In a pressure-packed situation, the batter delivered a hit to right-center to win the game.