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...Wait Till Next Year." From then on, Willie was on fire. Up against Boston's Speedballer Warren Spahn for the first time in the Polo Grounds, he teed off on a three-and-one pitch and lofted it over the leftfield roof for a homer. His batting average started to climb. In the field he could do no wrong, did much that was phenomenal. He had an unconscious knack for doing the spectacular, an uncanny instinct for anticipating batters and baserunners. Once, when he dove out from under his cap (Mays frequently loses his cap) to catch a sinking...
Milwaukee (Spahn) 7, Chicago...
Milwaukee (Spahn) 7, St. Louis...
...exhibition play, the Boston Red Sox yesterday took advantage of six walks in two innings by Cardinal pitcher Tom Poholsky to gain a 3-2 victory. Other exhibition scores yesterday were: New York (A) (Byrd) 8, Brooklyn (Palica) 2; Milwaukee (Spahn) 10, Philadelphia (Konstanty) 0; New York (N) (Gomez) 9, Cleveland (Garcia...
...Galiffa. 26, onetime West Point quarterback and 1949 All-America, gave up his Army career after three years (eight months in Korea with the 3rd Division) to join the New York Giants, professional football team. ¶Statisticians wound up the baseball season with some final calculations. Milwaukee Lefthander Warren Spahn (23-7) led all major-league pitchers in effectiveness with an earned run average of 2.10 for every nine innings pitched. Runner-up: Yankee Lefthander Ed Lopat (16-4), with a 2.43 mark. Slugging leaders (determined by dividing total bases on hits by times at bat): Brooklyn Outfielder Duke Snider...