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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1963
Page
6
Julius Boros wins the National Open in a 18 hole playoff over Arnold Palmer and Jack Cupit at The Country Club. Boros earns 16000 dollars and moves to second on the career money list while Palmer leads with 63545 and Nicklaus 58690.
San Francisco won 4-3 over St. Louis as Juan Marichal improved to 12-3 with relief from Billy Pierce. Harvey Kuenn started the Giants’ four-run first. Julian Javier, Duke Carmel and Willie Mays contributed key plays. Tim McCarver and Duke Carmel had singles for the Cardinals with Javier homering later.
Minnesota built a 5-0 lead against Milt Pappas then withstood Baltimore’s surge to win 6-4 in St. Paul Minne sota’s Bill Dailey earned his eighth save striking out 13 straight relief outs through four appearances Dailey blanked the Orioles in the final innings while Baltimore’s Bob Johnson and Jackie Brandt provided offense with Brandt’s eighth homer and Johnson driving in runs in a late stretch Orioles outhit Minnesota 12-10 with Versalles Powers and Allison producing early runs for the Twins.
George M. Trautman, 73, longtime president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, died Monday in Columbus Ohio. He served as an administrator for 30 years after a one day playing stint, with services scheduled for Wednesday at St. Albans Episcopal Church in Bexley.
Greater Bluefield Jaycees Aquatics Committee will meet Wednesday at 6 30 p m at East River Pool to finalize plans for summer meets. The first event is this Saturday at Harmony Acres at 6 30 p m with open diving, followed by five area meets and AAU qualifiers at Bluefield and Princeton pools. Swimmers from East River Harmony Acres Princeton Tazewell Hunt ington Charleston Marietta Ohio Kingsport Johnson City Waynesboro and other areas will compete, with Concord College housing participants. The summer schedule lists dives ages group and ballet events and AAU open diving synchronised swimming and relay meets through August 3.
Dailey credited with eight saves after four shutouts saved a 9-4 win over Chicago and a 5-2 win over Baltimore. He also closed out a 3-1 win versus the Orioles and a 6-4 victory. Twins coach Gordon Maltzberger calls him the ideal reliever with calm temperament and slider grounder potential.
Standings show New York 615 Chicago 29 592 Minnesota 536 Cleveland 52 5% Baltimore 514 Los Angeles 500 Kansas City 471 Detroit 403 Washington 301 x-Played night results include Chicago 5 New York 2 Kansas City 6 Detroit 3 Boston 7 Cleveland 5 Minnesota 6 Baltimore 4. Tuesday matches list Baltimore at Los Angeles Washington at Kansas City Detroit at Minnesota New York at Chicago Cleveland at Boston. Appalachian League scores Bluefield 8 Kingsport 3 Middlesboro 9 Harlan 3 Salem at Wytheville night, Bluefield at Kingsport.
Camilo Carreon stroked a three run double in the fourth to lift the Chicago White Sox 5-2 past the first place New York Yankees. The victory moves Chicago within one game of the AL leaders as Dave Nicholson and Pete Ward sparked a compact rally. Ward homered in the second to tie the score, and Roger Maris opened the game with his 15th homer.
Kansas City clinched a come from behind 6-3 win over Detroit as Bob Del Greco hit a two run homer in the third and Jerry Lumpe added a two run triple in the fourth. The Tigers led 3-0 before KC took control with Lumpe and Harrelson key late.
Los Angeles Dodgers held Cincinnati to two hits after five innings and built a five run jump before hanging on for a 5-4 win. Don Drysdale started strong before the Reds surged in the eighth. Joey Jay took the loss, suffering his 11th defeat.
Gary Geiger hit a two-out two-strike homer in the bottom of the ninth to give Boston a 7-5 win over Cleveland. Roman Mejias drew a walk ahead of the blast as the Red Sox continued their late rally. Willie Kirkland and Chuck Schilling also homered for Boston while Jack Lamabe earned the win.
The Bluefield Orioles opened their 1963 Appalachian League season tonight in Kingsport Tennessee under manager Billy Hunter, then visit Kingsport again Tuesday before a Wednesday home opener at Bowen Field. The lineup features Louis Rogers John Burrows John Matias Bill McAdams and others with pitching not yet fixed as Hunter plans a gradual debut for his young staff.
In Philadelphia at Convention Hall Joey Giardello won a unanimous decision over Sugar Ray Robinson in a ten round bout. Giardello weighed 160.2 pounds while Robinson weighed 158.5 pounds. Robinson had fought for about 23 years, eight more than Giardello.
MGM Philadelphia Mahaffey 3 5 faces Pittsburgh Francis 3 2. Los Angeles Koufax 11 3 travels to Cincinnati O Toole 13 3. Houston Drott 2 5 or Nottebart 5 4 at Milwaukee Cloninger 2 4. San Francisco Pierce 1 4 visits St Louis Sadecki 4 4.
Denny Lemaster pitched four hit ball to blank the Houston Colts 3-0. Lee Maye and Eddie Mathews hit homers for Milwaukee, closing Houston’s ninth straight defeat while the Braves move to .500 with the win.
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