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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1963
Page
8
Pacelli High School football coach Bill Morton expects a bright 1963 season as 14 lettermen return. With a tough schedule featuring top prep teams from Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa the Shamrocks head into the campaign with confidence at the Athletic Field beginning Monday.
Shamrock coach Marton unveils a strong nucleus of lettermen and a planned shift to fundamentals as he reforms a 2 6 1 record into a more competitive season. Key losses include Miaschka Hennessy Dankert Lickteig, while backfield stars Crandall and LeDuc return to lead the attack. The schedule features tough tests at New Prague Blake Lourdes Regis and Garrigan with November moves.
Mankato faces early football scheduling issues with St. Cloud Tech for Sept. 6 as a plumbers strike delays St. Cloud High School completion. Officials hope to start classes Sept. 10, while Tech begins drills and seeks league approval to play the opener just before class starts.
Wally Butts, former Georgia coach, ended testimony denying game rigging charges in a $10 million libel suit sparked by a Saturday Evening Post article. Closing arguments opened as trial neared its end after testimonies from university officials about alleged inside information.
Naperville beat Clintondale 9-4 and Duluth defeated Painesville 6-1 to reach the northern United States regional Little League final. Duluth scored three runs in the first inning aided by a walk and two errors. Mandy Green hit a three run homer for Duluth in the fifth. The Saturday final at 2 30 p m decides who advances to Williamsport for the World Series.
Pittsburgh, Pa. Football coach John Michelosen of Pitt named Joe Pullekine as an assistant on Thursday.
Glidden Hanover emerged as a major rival to Speedy Scot for the 135000 Hambletonian at DuQuoin after winning the Review Futurity at Springfield Illinois in 1959. The Houston owned colt finished two to one in the two heat event besting Cheer Honey who took heat one in 2 02 5. Speedy Scot won Yonkers Futurity after a start broken stride but clocked 203 35 for the Yonkers half mile track.
The Moose won 10-0 over Brown Derby at Northwest Park to finish 23-1 and claim the season championship. Lefty’s Bar beat Idle Hour 9-4 to take second at 16-8. Playoffs begin Monday with Moose vs VFW and Lefty’s Bar vs Idle Hour Inn, then a best of three to decide the City League rep for the State tournament.
The Philadelphia Eagles acquired Dave Lloyd a 248 pound center line backer and Dick Mills an offensive guard from the Detroit Lions for a future draft choice.
Darlene Anderson of Minneapolis won the Minnesota State Women's medal play title with a 240 total at Minikahda Club. She led by nine over runner-up Mrs. G D MacGibbon and by twelve over Mrs. Rollie Altmeyer, as the course par was 77.
Standard-T and L clinched the playoff title by beating Ombs Rusco 8 to 3 at Northwest Park. Ivars Standard earned 15 runs and sealed the victory in the second inning with a four run burst aided by singles from Bereoutka and Apold and triples from Nitshacek and Justice. Ombs Rusco had 11 hits including a Ken Ormbs homer and a Peterson single accounting for three first inning runs.
Minnesota manager Sam Mele credits extra rest between starts for pitcher Lee Stange who allowed nine hits in a 13-3 win over Baltimore. Jimmie Hall hit his 20th homer and five runs driven in, tying a Senators left handed record. Don Mincher and Bob Allison also homered. The win pulls Minnesota within a half game of Chicago.
Davenport, battling weak legs, shines with three hits and a bunt that sparks a key fifth inning rally. Willie Mays adds a deciding two run single as the Giants beat Cincinnati 6 3 to stay within three games of the Dodgers.
In a day of diverse scores the Dodgers beat the Cubs 7 to 6 as Koufax and Perranoski shine. The Phillies rally past the Cubs 11 to 4 on a late scoring surge led by MecLish to win 11 4. Cardwell earns a 10 12 record after a four run inning swing.
Mickey Mantle and Tony Kubek sit due to foot trouble and Roger Maris has a sore hand. Johnny Blanchard belts two homers including a grand slam and drives in six as the Yankees rout the Red Sox 10 2 in Boston. Hee Lopez and Phil Linz add two doubles and two singles as the subs total eight hits and eight RBIs.
Yan Blanchard, an outfielder for the Yankees, powered a 10-2 win at Fenway Park with a grand slam and two-run homer. The veteran, often a part timer, has six career hits at Fenway, but four of them are homers in key moments. He thrives in Boston despite a .230 average and shares left field with Hector Lopez.
The Ellis Tigers, regular league champions, beat the Yankees 6-5 at UCT Park to advance to the finals. Barry Waller hit a fourth inning homer and two RBIs by Best, Waller, and Coddington helped the Tigers pull away. Roger Myhre limited the Yankees to four hits as Kurt Best earned the save. The Twins meet the Red Devils tonight to determine the other finalist. the best of three title series begins Monday.
Minnesota champion St Paul routed Rapid City 13-5 in the Region 6 American Legion baseball opener in Salina Kansas. The double elimination tourney drew Rapid City facing Omaha and St Paul meeting the other first round winner. Enid Oklahoma beat Russell Kansas 2-0 and advances to face Bismarck North Dakota who had a first round bye.
Wes Ellis shot 66 to lead the Insurance City Open at Wethersfield Country Club. Julius Boros and Jack Nicklaus struggled, each at 74, while Bill Casper 67 and Jerry Pittman 68 followed closely with 10 players at 69.
Mel Peterson, a Wheaton College standout, signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Bullets of the NBA.
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