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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I the stars and stripes if cards rap braves in Battle of Granddad met Ial. Hit t run St. Petersburg. Fla. A Stan Musial 41, won another round Here Friday in i 16-year Battle with Warren Spahn who la be 41 next  drove in two runs with two hit off Spahn As the St. Louts cardinals Defeated the Milwaukee braves 8-6. Neither the 3,000-Hlt St. Louis Star nor the 300-game Milwaukee Winner was the outstanding per former however As Curt flood of Fth cards knocked in four runs with a single double and Homeland Larry Jackson pitched six Strong innings for the red  Rookie outfielder Mack Jones continued his Henvy hitting with two singles and his fifth Spring Homer that boosted his Grapefruit league batting average to .458. Hank Aaron also homered for the braves. Alex Grammas Veteran Utility in Al elder who will be the St. Louis shortstop if rookies Julio Gotay and Jerry Buchek fail made his first appearance at Short and delivered three consecutive  s Captain and All Star Catcher Dei Crandall went behind the Platt for the first time since he suffered an inflamed Tendon in his shoulder last april 20 and handled himself Well although he was witless in four times up. Tampa. Fla. Up the Cincinnati red collected 10 hit including Homer by prank Robin Hon and Gordon Coleman to beat the new York mete 0-3, Friday be Hind the nine hit pitching of Jim o Toole and Bill  sex reds Gus Bell Hoble Iju Edrith. Fth Erni Jones kilo Cha con and Frank Thoma were in the met opening lineup. The red bunched five hit including the homers by Robinson and Coleman to More four Runoff met starter Jones in the Sec Ond inning. Their final Marker came in the eighth on an infield it by Ken Walters and a line double to left by Rookie Tommy Harper. O Toole working the first six inning yielded seven hits walked three. And fanned five. Southpaw Henry twirled the Lair three in Ninon holding the met to one ran and two hit. The Victory gave the red Grapefruit league record of West Palm Beach Fla. Map the Chicago White sox nailed Norm bom for eight runs in the first two innings Friday and Defeated the Kansas City athletics untrue reports irk Yankee slugger More interviews,9 Maris pouts icily api Roger Maris. Thes Home run King says he More interview because stories him have put him in a bad City Star reported  City athletics played wednesday in it. I uderda1e. Uff the str Bank Ball writer him William had the right idea. Air Way and let the writers go Are going to write what they you  has been misunderstood 4iis frankness and quoted the manhole runs last year this Way going to give out any More inter views. I went out of my Way last year to give interviews to everybody. Sometimes i spent As much As an hour and a half in the dressing room after a game talking to writers. And what happened they wrote a lot of stuff about me that was t True. Now every time i come out of the dugout the fans a on me. You should have hard them the Day we played our first exhibition game Here in it. Lauderdale. After a banquet. Maris said he was criticized again in the press they had a Story in the Miami paper say ing i would t sign autographs and that the few i did sign i signed with is. That just in t True. I signed for everybody who asked me. After rending stuff like hat it s no wonder the people boo  m going to be Friendly and pleasant with everybody this year but i m just no going to give out interviews. Why should i waste All that time when they Are going to write about me the Way they did last year they gave everybody the idea i m a red neck Hall player and once the people get that impression you can t change it no Matte what you say. Sure there Are a lot of Good writers a these Guys treated me fairly but if 20 writers come in to interview me i can t give out a Story to the five Good Guys with out giving u to the others. You should have seen some of the letters i got during the Winter. People got All Over me for things i did t say or  tabs reluctant Roger As being int facsimile of splendid splinter o8tar  la Inderdale.  Houk during the i he was a sometime j for the new York Van a regarded by Many As dead kindling realized that Roger Maris May learn. Now directs the Ynn Lions with a suave easy i Ila Lity despite the Lump \ in hug jaw. His is a which he wears wit hand becoming aplomb. Mooere were times head the Day before he be Ger when i sat in a i Tor Long periods of time a me around to talk happen to Maris the etude Man of 1961. All of a sudden he another Ted Williams. There arc two ways of looking at such a self represent at  of All despite those 61 Home runs last season anybody in base Ball will give you 10 to 1 that Roger is Only a fairly faint fac simile of the splendid splinter. Williams wok a hitter and Youcan put that word in capital let ters. Marls is a team Hitler leaves More than somewhat 10 be desired. Secondly there re � number of people who would t give you two used ten bags for Williams and like Tycobb who Roundup a very lonesome Man in retirement Williams in t Ever go ing to be elected the most popu Lar Man of the year in a nation wide poll. Hell pay from now on for the rocks he threw at people who wanted to be Friendly. So it is somewhat shocking when you heur Marls the one As City will abandon at w. Palm Beach Palm Beach. Fla. Washington scored five rum in so wild eighth toning Friday to beat Minnesota 5-2, and extend the twin toning Streak to Sevea game. The twin adored one in the fourth and added another in the eighth on Harmon Kihei Rewl Homer. Willie Taf by opened the sen. Tors eighth with a doable and Washington galloped on from thei to score five time on three hit three walks an error a panned Ball and a wild pitch. Killebrew had two single to addition to i Home run. Miami a Baltimore rallied or five eighth inning tallies on i clutch singles by Earl robinson1 and roof cat John Boog Powell and a pair of errors by shortstop Maury wills to defeat the Losangeles dodgers Here Friday 9-\. The orioles collected it hits off Sandy Koufax and Ron Perranoski including n pair of triples by Jacki Brandt in route to their initial Grapefruit league Triumph in five starts. Shortstop Jerry Adair had thre sing Ieti off the dodger Lethander and Mart Breeding stroked a two Bagger. Los Angeles was restricted to seven hits while taking its Thor defeat compared with five victories. Tommy Davis belted a two run triple and John Roseboro a double to Pace the dodger attack against Billy Hoeft Joe Truxhall Foyt to Helm and Rookie Dave Vineyard. Scottsdale Ariz. A Bobby Shantz and Bob Bruce to american league castoffs  Boston red sox to six singles As Houston s new National league Colts breezed to a 9-1 Victory Fri Day. The Colts hammered u Hita which included Home runs by Bob Aspromonte and Jim Pendic toss while registering their third a Tus league Victory against four. Losses. Boston is 4-3. Diz blasts owners for taking Over baseball St Ott Simle. Ariz. Up , Dean who does the Bast Haji game of the week on television once again bus bitten the inn  
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