Even after he had received oversight of the worldwide preaching activities of Jehovah’s Witnesses in January 1942, he sometimes played baseball with members of the Bethel family and students of the Gilead missionary school at the campus near South Lansing, New York.
Isegi pärast seda, kui ta sai Jehoova tunnistajate ülemaailmse kuulutustegevuse ülevaatajaks 1942. aasta jaanuaris, mängis ta vahel koos teiste Peeteli pere liikmete ja Gileadi misjonikooli õpilastega New Yorgis South Lansingi lähedal pesapalli.