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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1963
Page
3
An ad offers a pocket pamphlet guide by Don Carter on position stance and approach to improve slide balance and timing. The offer includes a stamped return envelope and costs $26, addressed to National Newspaper Syndicate in Chicago.
Baltimore owner Carroll Rosenbloom fired Weeb Ewbank as head coach and named Don Shula, 33, former Ewbank pupil with Detroit Lions, to a two year contract for 1963-64. Ewbank offered a different role. Rosenbloom cited belief changes would help win without reflecting on Ewbank’s nine years. Shula’s plans and Ewbank’s future role remain unsettled.
A guide on using streamer flies to imitate minnows in drift fishing. Pull 6 to 12 inches of line to start, release it as the fly drifts, and recast. Wet flies can be fished similarly. Do not yank at the end of a drift. let the streamer work the current and experiment with different retrieves.
Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers was named the top professional athlete of 1962 in a sports editors poll. He edged Arnold Palmer, with golf stars and other sports figures also ranking in the top ten. The article also covers college basketball rankings, league alignment talks, and transportation cost effects tied to new team admissions.
First Methodist defeated its intramural rival in two overtimes as Hi-Y and Eagles posted wins in Georgia action. The matches featured close scores and notable performances from First Methodist, Link-O-Matic, and other local teams as coaches tracked standings in Illinois high school play.
The St Louis Hawks acquired forward Bill Bridges and center Sene Termohlen from the defunct Kansas City Steers. Coach Harry Gallatin said he’ll try to use them in the next game. Bridges, 23, expressed happiness at reaching St Louis and pledged to do his best. Termohlen, a former Tennessee athlete, was also introduced at a luncheon and slated to suit up for Tuesday night’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
Ashburn, a 2590 hit major leaguer, retires to join Phillies broadcasting next season as color man. He spent 15 NL seasons with a .368 lifetime average and will turn 36 in March. Wismer notes Titans sale likely this weekend amid AFL moves. Cubs sign Brock and Will to 1963 contracts.
McKechnie Jr. buys the Atlanta Braves affiliate of the International League and will keep the team in Atlanta. The purchase from Bil MacDonald was not disclosed publicly, with final league approval still needed. He expresses high hopes for the club and notes association with the St. Louis Cardinals as parent club.
Brown of Idaho loses by technical knockout in the third round to Masao Gondon in a scheduled 10 round fight. Gondon knocks Brown down twice, delivering rights and body blows, Brown barely survives the third round before his seconds halt the bout. Gondon weighed 16 pounds to Brown's 14.
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