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r-----TO MOVE F Al\'IILY HERE IN '6 6 - - - . . . THE CON St ITUTION Atlanta Wins Hank s By HAL HAYES The Henry Louis Aaron Family, six strong, will make Atlanta its 1966 home when the baseball Braves of Milwaukee become a memory and the National League and true Southern hospitality become acquainted. "If I don't move my family down here , I migh t as well join the Army or something," the stylish right fielder, more commonly known as Hank, said. " I wouldn't get to be with them then either. Sure we 'll move. "We visited in many or' the residential sections of the city this morning, and both my wife an~ I were awfully impressed," he said. "We saw some truly lovely houses down here ." Earlier , Wisconsin newspapers reportedly quoted Aaron as saying· he would not move his famil y to Atlanta in 1966. He flatly denied this. " I said it would be hard to leave Milwaukee, where all of our close friends are," he said , " but I never said I wouldn't move here. That's just one of the many stories some writers have twisted." Aaron was but a few hours away from hoarding a fligh~ back to Wisconsin. The mission to which he and teammate Eddie Mathews had dedicated their weekend was done.. They had come, as special guests of the 100 Per Cent Wrong Club, to attend a gigantic banquet and receive the coveted "Two Friends" award. " If I were to come on to Atlanta and leave my famil y lo Milwaukee during the season ," Continued on Page 11, Column 1 p 0 r t s Page 10 Mon., Feb. I , 1965





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