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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
6
Bluefield Orioles manager Billy Hunter blasted Appalachian League umpires as incompetent and overpaid, calling them a disgrace to baseball. He said most are locals with little officiating experience and predicted Bluefield would win the pennant.
In Atlanta Federal Court insurance salesman George P. Burnett testified that he overheard a telephone call in which Wally Butts allegedly relayed Georgia football plays to Bear Bryant. The testimony supports a magazine's claim cited in Curtis Publishing Co. suit over the 1982 Georgia Alabama game.
Mercer county board president Owen Griffith defends Bluefield High School athletics and criticizes a local newspaper column. The exchange involves coach hiring, benevolence claims, and threats of stumping the team with delays. Alabama and Georgia season openers are noted with Avon favored 35 0.
Four oldtime baseball legends were inducted in Cooperstown in a ceremony watched by 2,500 people and 11 fellow Hall of Famers. Sam Rice and Elmer Flick accepted plaques. Eppa Rixey and John Clarkson were represented by family. The four increase total membership to 94.
Keith Sieck, a 6 3 right hander, throws a four hitter and belts a homer to lead Middlesboro past Bluefield 4 1 at Bowen Field. Jedelsky and McKirahan spark early offense for the visitors while Bluefield loads the bases but fails to break through. Harlan visits Bluefield tonight.
Twenty two golfers qualified for the Bluefield Boosters Club hole in one contest finals. Qualification rounds run Thursday through Saturday with the finals September 1 at the Cumberland Road driving range. Qualifiers include Bill Byers Mrs Bill Byers Bud Davis Kenneth Franklin Ed Burnette Joe Hampton Dudley Cruise Jack Myles Carl Thomas Reverend Frank Rowley Leslie Fowlkes Jim Pritchett Ian Burton Mike Ciaburri Don Stallings Allison Marra Alex Ledgerwood Ellis Byers Larry Smith Bill Lavender Chuck Bradbury and W G Boone.
Sam Etcheverry, veteran quarterback, is released by the St. Louis Cardinals at his request. If unpicked by another NFL team in 48 hours, he becomes a free agent. He starred with Montreal for nine seasons and played for St. Louis in 1951 and 1962.
An organizational meeting to discuss plans for a midget football league in Bluefield Virginia will be held tonight at 6:30 at Graham Elementary School.
The Interior Department announced improved nesting conditions for waterfowl after ground and aerial surveys by the Fish and Wildlife Service. West Virginia officials anticipate more waterfowl for hunters, depending on rainfall in the northern prairies and Arctic breeding grounds.
Rookie fullback Roy Walker of Purdue again vanished from the Baltimore Colts training camp in Westminster Maryland without notice. He had previously left on July 25 and rejoined on July 30 providing no explanation for his sudden departure.
The St. Louis Cardinals purchased veteran pitcher Sam Jones from Atlanta in the International League. Jones, a former Cardinal, posted a 9-4 record and a 2.45 ERA with the Braves. To clear space, the Cardinals optioned pitcher Bob Humphreys to Atlanta after Humphreys lost his only decision with St. Louis this season.
West Liberty West Virginia AP reports the Pittsburgh Steelers placed four rookies on waivers after Coach Buddy Parker watched film of the team’s first intra squad game. The players named were end John Kuprak of Pitt, Don Coffey of Memphis State College, Bob Dickerson of Bethune-Cookman College, and center Harold Gray of Los Angeles State College.
Carl Warwick's two out ninth inning single drives in the winning run as the Houston Colt rally past San Francisco 6-5. Willie Mays homered to spark a Giants comeback, tying the game in the eighth before Hal Woodeshick earned the win.
Yesterday Middlesboro lost to Bluefield while Salem defeated Kingsport and Wytheville and Harlan match was postponed due to rain. Today future fixtures list Harlan at Bluefield Salem at Middlesboro Wytheville at Kingsport.
The fast moving two year old colt Delirium won the $35 400 Sanford Stakes at Saratoga Race Track. Jockey Braulio Baeza rode Delirium to a time of 1 05 63 for five and a half furlongs. Traffic finished second and Golden Louis took third.
In RENSSELAER Indiana the Chicago Bears lose veteran linebacker Tom Bettis for about seven weeks due to an unspecified injury. The report notes Bettis is a veteran NFL player contributing to the Bears defense.
U S track and field team defeats Great Britain 120 to 91 at White City Stadium. John Pennel of Miami breaks the world pole vault record with 16 feet 10½ inches on his third attempt, highlighting a dominant European tour effort that also saw the Americans win 13 of 20 events and sweep other meets. The British women set a relay world best in 440 yards, while the U S men win six of ten on the final card.
Craig Breedlove, a former Los Angeles hot rodder, then 26, set a world land speed record of 407.45 mph at Bonneville Salt Flats in a jet powered car named Spirit of America. He ran 388.47 mph on the measured mile and 428.37 mph on the return for a record average, surpassing John Cobb’s 1947 mark and prompting talk of an asterisk alongside the achievement.
Standings feature Ford 16-5 and Williams 4-3 in New York at Washington with Osteen 5-8 and Daniels 3-7. Cleveland Latman 6-6 visits Baltimore Roberts 10-9. Chicago Herbert 10-6 at Kansas City Segui 6-4. Boston Wilson 9-11 at Detroit Lary 1-5. Minnesota Stange 3-3 at Los Angeles Chance 10-11. St Louis Simmons 10-5 at New York Cisco 7-9. Milwaukee Sadowski 1-4 or Cloninger 7-7 at Pittsburgh Cardwell 7-12. Los Angeles Drysdale 13-12 or Miller 7-7 at Chicago Jackson 12-9. San Francisco Buffalo 3-0 at Houston Brown 4-6. Cincinnati O Toole 14-9 and Jay 4-15 at Philadelphia Bennett 3-1 and Duren 4-2 twi night.
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