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...this week's Sport section, Pitcher Warren Spahn, a man of superb control, tries to describe how he throws to the outer edge of the plate, and says, "I couldn't throw one down the pipe if I tried.'' The enlivening speech of natural conversationalists, the alphabetical shorthand of bureaucrats, the foreign words that sometimes say it better, the new names and phrases that describe the latest art fad or music craze, all find their way into our pages. A sampler from this week's issue...
...second inning at Milwaukee's County Stadium, and the old man on the mound stared coldly at the old man in the batter's box-the Braves' Warren Spahn, 42, baseball's dean of pitchers, against the St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial, 42, who had just added Babe Ruth's extra-base hit record to the 54 other marks he holds or shares. Spahn wound up and threw. Crack! Thunk! Oof! A screaming line drive hit Spahn squarely in the belly. He staggered and fell. Somehow he picked up the ball and threw Musial...
...then, the Mets finally won one-practically the same way. Trailing the Braves, 4-3, they scored two runs in the ninth. MAZEL TOV! shrieked the New York Mirror, and all the city cheered. Flushed with victory, they won yet another, beating-of all people-Milwaukee's Warren Spahn, winningest pitcher (329 victories) in the major leagues...
Barton took the shot, a drive from the pivot position, and the score was tied 53-53. Scully, however, hit two more fouls and Harvard led again. Then came the key play. Steve Spahn of Dartmouth missed a short jump, Scully wrestled the ball free, dribbled down court, and whipped in a jump shot from the foul line. Gene Augustine's two free throws offset Coker's jump in the waning seconds...
...other key factor in the victory was the Crimson's tenacious defense. Playing a two-three sone with Scully, Augustine, and AI Bornheimer alternating out front, the Crimson consistently pilfered Dartmouth passes and bottled up Spahn, who led the league in scoring last season. When he was able to get off one of his notorious 30 foot bombs Spahn was usually under duress. In addition to waving hands the Dartmouth shooters were also subjected to the constant chirping of Augustine as he covered his area of the sone...