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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1963
Page
10
In a day of shifting division chances the New York Giants beat the Reds 6-4 as Juan Marichal pitched a strong seven innings and Willie Mays delivered clutch defense and a homer. The Dodgers and Cubs won as St Louis fell further behind in the pennant chase.
Port Arthur swept both divisions of the Junior Olympics meet on Tuesday night, taking the midget boys title with 50 points and the Junior boys crown. Baytown finished second in the midget division with 18 points and fourth in the Junior division with eight. Eddy Kenny earned Baytown's only first, winning the Junior shot put amid a 40 feet 4 inch throw. Baytown also placed fifth in the 220 yard relay. Jerry Hance and George Whitaker led Baytown's midget squad, with Hance runner-up in softball throw and Whitaker placing in the 30 yard dash and standing broad jump. Ricky Endes and relay teammates Tate and Whitaker also scored. Next Baytown meet is July 11 at Delmar Stadium in Houston, a regional qualifier for the July 17-18 finals. The Tuesday event was postponed a week due to rain.
In Candlestick Park a 16th inning 1-0 victory over the Braves with Willie Mays delivering a game winning home run off Warren Spahn after 4 hours 10 minutes of scoreless baseball. Juan Marichal earned his 13th win pitching 227 pitches as Spahn threw 201. Mays and wind aided a rare pitching duel history likened to Hubbell's 1933 gem.
At Forest Hills the pro tennis wars ruin the national championships with rifts among Pancho Gonzalez Tony Trabert Jack Kramer and others. The scene in a smoky room mocks crowds and plans a Cleopatra movie using players as characters while promising lions and violence to recoup losses. Gonzalez voices doubt about gains from the movie gamble.
Tuesday results feature New York over Chicago 3 0 and Baltimore over Los Angeles 4 1 while Boston trounced Cleveland 6 1 and Minnesota beat Detroit 7 4. Today Chicago at New York St Louis at Los Angeles and Milwaukee at San Francisco highlight the National League. Pacific Coast and Texas leagues list several matchups with weather and postponements noted.
University of Washington gymnast Brian Sternberg, age 20, remained critically injured after a trampoline practice fall that dislocated a cervical vertebra and could affect his spinal cord. Doctors halted immediate surgery, Traction applied, and the athlete conscious throughout. He had set a pending world record with a 16 foot 8 inch vault earlier and planned to compete in the Soviet Union.
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