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...Bradenton this spring, and the old sparkplug, shortstop Johnny Logan has been relegated to second string behind Roy McMillan. Frank Bolling and Billy Martin will solve the perennial second base problem between them, but the resultant absence of Bill Bruton (traded for Bolling), and the disability of Wes Covington have decimated an outfield that once was the best in the game...
...majesty of Louisiana law was District Judge Robert D. Jones, presiding over his court from a dais beneath the folded-up basketball backboard of the Covington (pop. 5,000), La. junior high school gymnasium. Around him, jamming available folding chairs and pressed back against the peeling green walls of the gym, were arrayed more than a thousand sweltering Louisianians-many of them leathery farmers in shirtsleeves, who had arrived before dawn (and had been sustained through the humid hours by soft drinks sold by the ladies of the P.T.A. for the benefit of the junior high encyclopedia fund). At precisely...
...National League Milwaukee nosed out the Philadelphia Phillies 4 to 3 in ten innings before 42,081 fans. The Braves picked up their third straight triumph on consecutive singles by Hank Aaron, Wes Covington, and Johnny O'Brien. Den McMahon was the winning pitcher. Chicago ruined San Francisco's opener 5 to 2, as Ernie Banks blasted two home runs...
...rest of the team is considerably more imposing. Joe Adcock and Eddie Matthews at first and third are among the best in their trade even if Adcock will have trouble hitting .309 again this year. Hank Aaron, Bill Bruton, and Wes Covington make up one of the best outfields around, provided the latter two stay healthy. Otherwise, the Braves will have to go with Andy Pafko, who is getting a little old for this sort of thing...
Milwaukee kept pecking away whenever they saw anybody raise his arm and let loose a baseball. Kucks, who finally got them out in the first, yielded a run in the second on Matthew's double, his first series hit, and Covington's single...