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...Spahn Leads Dartmouth...

Author: By Steven V. Roberts, | Title: Crimson Five Plays Indians Tonight, Hopes to Avenge Previous 61-55 Loss | 1/17/1962 | See Source »

...PITCHING. Younger pitchers nursed sore arms and cursed the "rabbit ball," but New York's Whitey Ford, 33, and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn, 40, kept on winning ball games. Spahn's fast ball had lost its zip, and his legs were rubbery from 22 years on the mound, but he parlayed a new slider and an old pro's cunning into the best all-round record of any major-league pitcher. Spahn led the National League in complete games (21), earned-run average (3.01) and consecutive, victories (10), tied Cincinnati's Joey Jay for most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Summer Arithmetic | 12/29/1961 | See Source »

...Carter is the Warren Spahn of bowling: he is a cautious, accurate pitcher, not an overpowering speedballer. As he shuffles lazily toward the alley, his right arm bent grotesquely at the elbow, the bowling ball cradled in his hands, he looks like a rookie waiter balancing a tray of martinis. Gently, he places the ball on the polished wood alley and watches as it meanders slowly toward the pins. The 60-ft. trip seems to take an eternity. But, more often than not, all the pins fall down

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Mr. Bowling | 12/8/1961 | See Source »

...Cash (.361) took the American League batting championship. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente (.351) won the National League crown. Top American League pitcher was New York's Whitey Ford (25-4); big winners in the National League were Cincinnati's Joey Jay and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn, with 21 victories each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Oct. 13, 1961 | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

...With a magnificent two-hitter. Milwaukee's Warren Spahn, 40, beat Chicago, 8-0, became the fourth pitcher in major-league history to win 20 games in each of twelve seasons. The others: Walter Johnson, Cy Young, Christy Mathewson. Spahn now has 308 victories, needs only 17 more to become the winningest lefthander of all time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard: Oct. 6, 1961 | 10/6/1961 | See Source »

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