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Closest race for a line in baseball's record book was the tight fight for the National League batting title-and it went right down to the wire. Coming up to the plate on the last day of the season, the league-leading Giants' Willie Mays and Don...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Place in the Book | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

At midseason Willie Mays and his home-run bat were the hottest pair in the National League. Swinging with the delight of a schoolboy and the skill of an old pro, the loose, limber centerfielder of the New York Giants had clouted 30 homers to threaten Babe Ruth's...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The New Willie | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

This week Willie and the Giants looked over their shoulder and saw a stranger scrambling for second place: the Milwaukee Braves. Two months ago the Braves had been out of sight, 15 games back. Then, winning three out of every four games, they leapfrogged over the aging Dodgers and drew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The New Willie | 9/20/1954 | See Source »

Frank Forbes says: "I was worried to death about the kind of people [Mays] might get mixed up with. He'd have to live in Harlem, and believe me, that can be a bad place . . ." Why does the pride of New York have to live in Harlem? We who...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 16, 1954 | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

Louis (103) Home Runs: Mays, New York (36)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sport, Aug. 16, 1954 | 8/16/1954 | See Source »

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