The young season usually belongs to the rookies, but last week's baseball heroes were three old pros:
WARREN SPAHN, at 40, knows as well as the batters that his once-adequate fast ball has lost its zip; and the power-packed Milwaukee Braves rarely hit well for him they have given him just nine runs in four games this year. Still Spahn wins, and he sets some sort of record every time he does.* Fortnight ago, the hawk-nosed lefthander pitched a no-hitter, his second since last September, against the San Francisco Giantsa team that has been held hitless only three times since 1900. "Ridiculous,"...
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