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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
18
A promotional snippet offers Don Carter’s pocket pamphlet guide Position Stance And Approach. It claims smoother slides improve balance and timing and suggests sending a stamped return envelope to National Newspaper Syndicate in Chicago for loc personalized material.
Los Angeles Rams appoint Harland Svare, 32, as head coach after he led the team for six games following Bob Waterfield's mid season resignation. Svare, a former Rams and Giants linebacker and Washington State lineman, inherits a squad plagued by injuries with five losses and one tie.
Carroll Rosenbloom fired Weeb Ewbank and named 33 year old Don Shula as head coach for the Baltimore Colts for the 1963 64 seasons on a two year contract. Ewbank may stay in a different role. Shula previously served as defensive backfield coach for Detroit and played for the Colts.
In St Louis, the Hawks acquired forward Bill Bridges and center Gene Tormohlen from the Kansas City Steers of the ABL. Coach Harry Gallatin plans to suit them for Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers topped a 1962 sports editors poll as the year’s best pro athlete. He edged Arnold Palmer by one percentage point after a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 voting system.
Cotton Clark, star Alabama halfback who scored 15 touchdowns last season, has been signed by the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League. The deal was announced Tuesday.
IL clubs will absorb extra transport costs from Little Rock and Indianapolis joining the loop. IL President Tommy Richardson announced a 152 game schedule and a two five club north south division. The season opens April 17 and ends Sept 2 with multi round playoffs and a planned Junior World Series with the Pacific Coast League. Indianapolis and Little Rock were admitted. Richmond sold to Romeo Champagne of Manchester New Hampshire.
Ashburn, a 2590 major league hits member, retires to join a three man Phillies broadcast team. The 35 year old veteran, long known as a stellar hitter, spent 15 NL seasons with a .308 career average and played 135 games for the Mets last season with seven homers. He will be the color man providing inside view of Phillies games.
The item notes bowling balls offered by Rains at 30 cents and new AMF balls priced at 16.95 dollars, reflecting a sale or catalog listing for equipment. The emphasis is on the low bowling ball price and the AMF ball price from the catalog.
Cincinnati remains undefeated at 29 straight wins and leads the AP top 10 for the sixth straight week with all 44 first place votes. Loyola Chicago stays second as Arizona State climbs to third, with Ohio State Illinois and others following. Georgia Tech makes a big jump by beating Kentucky in overtime and cracks the top ten.
Wilt Chamberlain leads in scoring and rebounding but trails his 1961-62 pace as San Francisco slides toward third in the Western Division. He has 1,901 points and 1,007 rebounds through Sunday, behind 1,993 and 1,053 last season. Elgin Baylor is second in scoring and Bill Russell tops rebounds, with Oscar Robertson excelling in field goal percentage and assists. Syracuse’s Carl Costello leads free throw percentage at .870.
New York Titans owner-president Harry Wismer said the club would be sold before the AFL annual meetings in San Diego. He noted talks with several groups while Commissioner Joe Foss also spoke with potential buyers as the league grapples with the Titans financial crisis. Wismer cited about $1.5 million spent in three years as the cash drain forced the change.
Chicago Cubs announce the signing of outfielders Lou Brock and Bob Will to reach ten players under contract for 1963. Brock hit .263 in 123 games as a rookie last season, while Will batted .239 in 87 games.
Pro-amateur preliminary shapes a three day event for 96 professional bowlers in Denver with $23500 in prizes. The winner gains $5000, runner up $2500, top 24 paid. Noted contenders include Carter Allison Smith Bluth Hennessey Golembiewski Welu Weber Ellis. Over 200 Denver amateurs join for $750 in prizes as pros open at Celebrity Sports Center with 12 games, then another 12 to cut to 16, then Saturday to four finalists.
Boston Celtics owner Walter Brown urges strengthening weak sister teams before expansion. He notes strong overall year but calls for reinforcing New York Chicago and Detroit franchises, suggesting a draft of protected players to aid poorer teams.
In Osaka, Calvin Ginger Brown of Idaho was stopped in the third round by Masao Gondon, suffering his second loss in as many bouts. Gondon's combos and a rough third round led Brown to be saved by his corner after an eight count and a final towel stoppage.
First Methodist edged Meadowbrook 41 to 38 in a double overtime junior high game after a 32 all tie at the end of regulation. Meadowbrook led 32 32 in the fourth, both teams scoring six in the first overtime. Other junior games saw South Meridian beat East Side 31-22 and senior B play feature Whetstone over Colonial EUB 5 to 37 with Madison Avenue defeating Noble Street 48-31.
Belleville remained No 1 for a second week in the Illinois high school basketball ratings by the UPI coaches board. Centralia stayed No 2 and McLeansboro No 3 with Bloom rising to No 6 and Lockport jumping to No 7. Rockford Auburn fell to 11th. Carver moved to 13th and several others listed.
Hi Y triumphs in intramural YMCA play with a 53-49 win over Link-O-Matic and a 46-41 victory for Eagles. H Hovermale scores 15 and Leffen 14 in the first game, while Parker nets 14 in the second.
In Tucson, AP reports Pueblo High School head football coach Lou Farber recuperates from a leg injury in a hospital room. His roommate is Ralph Vega, a Pueblo former lineman recovering from brain tumor surgery.
Valparaiso Crusaders bench two star players Chuck Kriston and Jon Robisch after X rays show bone chips. Kriston the nation's leading free throw shooter with 42 straight, Robisch with a small fracture in his right hand. Both injuries traced to a December holiday tournament in Washington, affecting a 4-6 season.
McKechnie Jr. buys the Atlanta Crackers of the International League and plans to keep the team in Atlanta. The Bradenton, Florida resident, with 22 years in baseball, purchased the club from Bill MacDonald and awaits final league approval. He states pride in the tie to the St. Louis Cardinals as parent club.
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