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...Braves' forte is the outfield, with Hank Aaron, Rico Carty, Felipe Alou, and Mack Jones. Bragan spots Tony Cloniger, Denny Lemaster, Ken Johnson, and Hank Fischer as his starters and looks to an array of youngsters to supply the rest. The Braves must have good years from veterans Eddie Mathews and Frank Bolling, plus a return to form by Denis Menke...
...Dodgers squared off in baseball's bitterest rivalry. Twice in two innings, batters practically fell across the plate in attempts to tick the catcher's mitt with their bats and get to first base on interference. The Dodgers' Maury Wills succeeded; the Giants' Matty Alou failed. Pitchers from both clubs traded beanballs. Marichal low-bridged Wills and Ron Fairly. So Koufax took dead aim at Willie Mays. High with the pitch, Koufax hit the backstop instead, growled: "That was a lousy pitch. I meant it to come a lot closer...
...despite collapses by Jack Sanford, and Willie McCovey. The Giants have Willie Mays, who led the league in home runs with 47; Orlando Cepeda, who hit .200 again; Juan Marichal, the league's best righthander; and three second-year men who had excellent rookie seasons--Jim Ray Hart, Jesus Alou, and second buseman Hal Lanier...
...seven Negro and Latin American players in a single game's lineup. Negroes and Latin Americans have displaced several established players on the Giants-Negro Jim Ray Hart for Jim Davenport at third base, Puerto Rican Jose Pagán for Ed Bressoud at shortstop, Dominican Jesus Alou for Harvey Kuenn in rightfield...
...real struggle for the pennant will involve the defending Giants' and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Giants' over-whelming offense was intelligently manipulated last year as A1 Dark worked Willie McCovey and Matty Alou into the outfield behind Felipe Alou, Harvy Kuenn, and Willie Mays. But Dark may have a tough job keeping things from clogging when Carl Boles, a talented rookie, challenges for a post...