Lorenzen Aims for 100000 Season in Mountaineer 300
Lorenzen the Golden Boy of the Grand National circuit, eight years into NASCAR, eyes a $100000 season. He boosted earnings to $92170 after winning the Western North Carolina 500 at Asheville and skips Winston-Salem to test Ona track ahead of Mountaineer 300. The field includes Rex White and Junior Johnson with strong potential. Petty and Weatherly seek big payouts in a 300 lap race on the new four mile track near Charleston and Huntington.
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Huntington
United States Auto Club
Charlotte
Phillies Top Pirates 3-0 Behind Chris Short Shutout
Philadelphia ace Chris Short pitched a complete game allowing eight hits as the Phillies defeated the Pirates 3-0 in Pittsburgh. Short moved to 9-5 on the season, facing trouble but escaping threats including a rare second-inning menace, and the Phillies extended their winning streak to five games.
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Lgibbon
Cardinals blank Giants as 18-hit attack backs Simmons win
St Louis pitcher Curt Simmons survived a rocky start as the Cardinals collected 18 hits to rout San Francisco 13 to 0. The defeat widens the Giants' gap behind Los Angeles to four games while shrinking their margin over the Cardinals to one.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Ti Bollnip
Flaher Ae Ling
Mons
Bnary We Ra Buna
Apgar Sees Bowling Changes Amid Stock Car Boom
Hardiman on Sports relays Bob Apgar’s views from Charleston on bowling price trends and lane construction, urging full time instructors and inclusive lanes. The column notes near 7,000 tickets sold for the Mountaineer 300 stock car race at Ona and strong interest from Charleston, with Miss Karen Lee Childers tied to the Miss America event and ongoing NASCAR discussions.
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West Virginia
Karen Lee. Childers
Charleston
Dodgers Rally Past Mets in Narrow Eight Inning Win
Los Angeles overcame multiple deficits, rallying with key plays including a single by Willie Davis and a series of hits and errors to beat the Mets 7 to 6 in New York. Podres, Perranoski, and Sherry handled the pitching as Roseboro contributed behind the plate. Kaneht homered for the Mets.
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Maury Wills
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Sy Ove
Goo
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Rowe
L. Sherry
Perranoski
Miller
Roseboro
Craig
Bearnorth
N. Sherry
Coleman
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New Strike Zone Speeds Up Baseball Tilts Across Leagues
An AP report notes the expanded strike zone in 1963 has shortened most National League games by about ten minutes and reduced bases on balls, with American League games showing similar trends. Strikeouts rose modestly in the NL and more in the AL. Fewer pitching changes were reported in both leagues.
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Walla Land
Ledigiles
Ford Frick
39th Street News Advertises Out Of Town Papers
A fragment from a newspaper page shows an ad for large selections of magazines and out of town papers at 39th Street News 205 7th Street, with nightly hours until 10 PM and a drinks counter. It mentions Charles Narold YaLet and a coffee option.
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Charles
Narold Yealet
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