The sun shines bright on the county stadium in Milwaukee in the heart of America's dairy land.

But there's a danger of a Yankee storm brewing and the Braves down two to one of the Yankees are getting back near the wall.

They used to say of the Braves when they represent...

Today it's nine years later, and the saying goes, it's Spahn and Burdette, and we'll beat the Yankees yet.

Fans have come in early, and there's a kind of an air of expectancy as Warren Spahn, the great left-hander, for Milwaukee, who has been the great left-hander for a good many years, starts to warm up, starts to loosen

that left arm upon which the hopes of the Braves will be resting this afternoon. Spahn has won

20 or more games for eight seasons to tie Lefty Grove and Eddie Plank as the only Major League

Southpaws to accomplish this feat. The only modern pitches to win 20 games more often are Si Young, who won 16, 10 before the turn

of the century, Christy Matthewson, 13, Walter Johnson, 12, and Grover, Cleveland, Alexander.

Warren's 41 shoutouts is also an all-time senior circuit record for left-handers.

He won 11 and lost three from August the 6th for the season's end,

nine in a row from August 6th to September the 7th. And Warren Spahn pitched in three games

during the 1948 Braves Indians World Series. He started the second game against Bob Lemon,

was the losing pitcher in a 4-1 game. He worked four in a third innings. Spahn was the

winning pitcher in the fifth game after replacing starter Nelson Potter in the fourth inning. He worked five in a third innings. Spahn was the winning pitcher in the fifth game after

replacing starter Nelson Potter in the fourth inning. He worked five and two third innings,

allowed one hit. And the next day, he worked the last two innings of the game in relief for

starter Bill Voiselle. He allowed three hits, one run, walk none, struck out four. Warren posted

a very impressive record in the regular season in the National

League in 1957, winning 21 games losing 11, and his earned run average bespeaks most

eloquently of his ability. 2.69. In the World Series of 1957, the topic of which

we are about to unfold.

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