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...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...
Beating the Yankees would give Spahn, 36, a special pleasure. For beating the New Yorkers would be beating Casey Stengel-the same Casey Stengel who was managing the Boston Braves 15 years ago and was scornfully unimpressed by Spahn's talents. Now the veteran pitcher has a great deal more to show his former manager. He still has his old speedball when he needs it, but he backs it up with a variety of curves and a brand-new screwball that he calls a sinker. More important, he is still improving the impressive control that made him the first...
...YORK, Oct. 2--Whitey Ford, chunky New York Yankee left-hander, whipped Milwaukee's Warren Spahn in today's World Series opener 3-1 while 69,476 basked in the warm sunshine of a perfect fall afternoon...
...Beating Spahn, Milwaukee's 21-game winning ace, was an important step for the Yankees. Most observers figured 36-year-old Spahn has to win two games to end the Bombers' reign...
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...