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Righthander Dave Brigham will probably start for the Crimson according to coach Norman Shepard, although there's a chance that Sophomore southpaw Gerry Emmet will do the pitching. Four-game winner Brigham would be making his third start in seven days, but as Shepard says, "Dave has a strong right...

Author: By Kenneth Auchincloss, | Title: Varsity Nine to Meet B.U. Today In Greater Boston League Contest | 4/29/1958 | See Source »

...most action-filled fight of the evening in the House division was the 175-pound match between Eliot's Dan Morgan and Dudley's A.L. Barringer. Near the end of the second round, Barringer, a southpaw, knocked Morgan halfway across the ring with a ferocious right. In the next round, Morgan reciprocated by belting Barringer completely out of the ring, and continued, to gain the decision...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Commuters Win Boxing Title; Kirkland Takes Second Place | 3/8/1958 | See Source »

...Braves also received outfielder Ed Haas and gave up southpaw pitcher Taylor Phillips and catcher Sammy Taylor. No cash was involved...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Footballers Get All-America Notice | 12/6/1957 | See Source »

...bulk of the Braves' pitching staff are fireballers, and the Yankees eat such operators alive. There is one Brave, though, whose talent could make the difference. If the Braves were to upset the Yankees, they would need the best from their scrawny (6 ft., 175 Ibs.) but rugged southpaw, Warren Edward Spahn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Leaguers at Last | 10/7/1957 | See Source »

Even though he needed help in the seventh inning of a game with the Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Southpaw Warren Spahn got credit for a 9-3 victory, became the first major league pitcher to win 20 games this season. A veteran of 13 years with the Braves, Spahn moves into the record book alongside Cy Young, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson, Grover Alexander and Lefty Grove, all great pitchers who won 20 games or more for eight or more seasons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Now There Are Six | 9/30/1957 | See Source »

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