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...youngster in Nitro, W. Va. (whose 5,000 residents call it "Powdertown" from its origin as a World War I gunpowder producer), Burdette was a late starter in baseball. The local high school had no team, so Lew-or "Froggy" as the kids nicknamed him after his voice began to change-filled in his days holding a cue at the Idle Hour Pool Room or heaving rocks through windows. "One night," recalled an old chum in Nitro last week, "a gang of us were knocking out windows in the Nazarene Church. Lew was half a block behind us, standing...
...Milwaukee Braves emerged victors in the 1957 World Series yesterday by defeating the New York Yankees 5 to 0 under the shutout pitching of Lew Burdette...
...Lew Burdette is, according to one exuberant announcer, "Mr. Wisconsin;" and a few radio reports after the game bothered to mention the name of the losing Yankee pitcher, Don Larsen...
Warren Spahn's illness probably will force Manager Fred Haney to call on Lew Burdette, already a two-time winner, to pitch for the Braves. The fidgety right-hander who shut out the Yankees 1-0 Monday at Milwaukee will be working with only two days rest...
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 7--Fidgety Lew Burdette blanked the New York Yankees, 1-0, with seven hits today for his second World Series victory, as the Milwaukee Braves took a 3-2 edge at the end of five games...