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...trophy, a pitcher homelier than Warren Spahn, was captured by Commodore John Cox Stevens' schooner America for blitzing 15 British boats in a race around the Isle of Wight promoting London's Great Exhibition of 1851. The N.Y.Y.C. insisted that the first challengers sail in solitude against a fleet of defenders and, in the interest of good seaworthy construction, travel to the site on their own bottoms. From 1870 until 1930, the race was set in Lower New York Bay, around Sandy Hook, where local knowledge was crucial. Though the visitors' hardships have gradually, very gradually, lessened...
Taylor's claim does not stand or fall on how flattering the portrayal is. In the leading New York precedent, for example, former Baseball Pitcher Warren Spahn was able to stop publication of a biography that falsely credited him with having won a Bronze Star and bent facts to make Spahn larger than life. The test, ruled New York's highest court in 1967, was whether the book was knowingly or recklessly "infected with material and substantial falsification." As Taylor puts it: "My livelihood depends on-and don't laugh-my acting, the way I look...
...fence was only 250 ft., but never mind, nobody was counting up feet. They were counting up Appling's 75 years. As far as anyone could remember, he is the oldest player to hit a home run in even a quasi-major-league game. A surprised Warren Spahn, 61, the former Milwaukee Brave pitching ace who served up the gopher ball, confessed, "I didn't figure Appling could even hit that far." Said Appling, who these days coaches batting for the Atlanta Braves' minor league teams: "I guess these young fellows will listen...
...five points, what team did Warren Spahn beat to notch his 300th career victory? For another five, who was the losing pitcher in that game...
...Billy Williams and Stan Musial 40)Dave Kingman 41)Mickey Mantle, Pete Rose and Reggie Smith 42)Ron Cey, Steve Garvey, Reggie Smith and Dusty Baker of the Los Angeles Dodgers 43)Don Drysdale 44)Jerry Reuss 45)Warren Spahn 46)Mike Corkins 47)Frank Robinson 48)Jack Fisher 49)Willie Kirkland 50)Cliff Melton 51)Mace Brown...