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Newspaper

Charleston Gazette

Location

Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1963

Page

5

McKinley Tops Drysdale to Open Wimbledon Play

McKinley, the 22 year old from St. Louis, defeated Drysdale in straight sets 6 3 6 3 8 6 on day one of the 77th Wimbledon Championships as rain and wind affected play. An American crowd cheered as the top court hosted 20 U S players in the men singles opening round.

Wimbledon England Chuck McKinley McKinley Cl Drysdale South Drysdale St. Louis Charles Parsarell Santurce Puerto Rico Franz Hainka Austria Bob Siska San Francisco Ion Tiriac Romania Arthur Ashe Richmond Carlos Fernandez Brazil Frank Froehling Coral Gambles Fla Donald Dew Bethesda Tom Edlergen Berkeley Calif A. C. Kendall Owen Davidson Australia Eugene Scott St. James Nicola Pietrangeli Ashe Ballied Carlos Fernandes

Controversy on ASA Rules Touches Softball and Charities

The piece argues ASA sanctions should bar teams from unsanctioned tournaments and urges district commissioner Jim Bossie to enforce rules to protect leagues. It notes charity tournaments and outside participation, praises the Charleston Church League event, and cites other sports results and a memorial for Chuck Roberts.

American Softball Assn ASA Jim Bossie Bossie Cams Boasie Church League Bessie

Eleanor Boosts Record in Week Baseball Wins

Eleanor pushes its season mark to 18-1 after scoring wins over Spring Hill and Poca in the Lower K Kanawha Valley League. Friday’s Nitro matchup against Rocky Fork is set with leaders Delebert Jiiden and Dean Allen each collecting two hits.

Eleanor Lin Lin Ville Spring Hill Poca Rocky Fork Nitro Field Griffith Webster Stanley Legg Eleanor — Delebert Jiiden Dean Allen

Elk Merchants and Westmoreland lead in Elk-Kanawha softball

In the Elk-Kanawha Softball League Elk Merchants and Westmoreland top the standings after two wins in the second half. Schedule resumes Monday with several key matchups including Elk Merchants vs Home Mortgage and Martin & Tabor vs Hecks. Fire leads and pitching notes mention Price with Elk Merchants and Young with Martin & Tabor. The article also notes upcoming all star selection duties and a Putnam County Little League all star game in Hurricane.

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Cleveland Signs iStrikeout Whiz in Bonus Deal

Pulaski New York AP Richard Robarge, a high school standout who fanned 144 batters in 54 innings, signed a bonus contract with the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday. Terms were not disclosed.

Pulaski N.Y Richard Robarge Cleveland Indians

Father-Son Tennis Event Moves to Friday Start

The West Virginia State Closed Father-Son Tennis Tournament starts Friday at Berry Hills Country Club, with matches on Saturday and possibly Sunday. Sanctioned by USLTA, participants must show a USLTA registration card. top seeds are John Santreck Jr. and John Santreck Sr. and Fred Kellmeyer with son Freddy.

West Virginia Joe Bader Berry Hills Country Club United States Lawn Tennis Assn USLTA John Santreck Jr John Fred N. Kellmeyer Freddy Elmer Dodson Ray Dodson Harry Casto Nate Casto Richard Theiber Les Theibert Ivor Boiarsky Mark Boiarsky Norman Parsons Marc Parsons Art Greenlee Ted Greenlee Paul Francke Rick Francke Lyle Wolverton Craig Wolverton Dotald Ashcraft David Ashraft Howard McTunkin Tom McJunkin Les

Beatty Runs Mile in 3 56 at Toronto Relays

American runner Beatty of Los Angeles clocked 3 minutes 56 seconds point five in the mile at the Toronto Relays, the fastest ever by an American but finished half a second behind Peter Snell of New Zealand, who held the world record, as Jim Grelle also posted his best career mark for the Los Angeles Track Club.

Toronto Barrel Chest Ameri Jed Jim Beatty Los Los Angeles

Clay Taken Six In Traffic Fix In Kentucky

Ed King former Mor ris Harvey College coach underwent a Tuesday operation at Roosevelt Hospital New York for an intestinal obstruction described as a complete success He will stay two weeks in the city hospital He is associated with United Fuel Gas Co in Charleston Kentucky Cassius Clay the heavyweight boxer faced traffic convictions from Florida boosting his point rating to 12 leading to a six month license suspension under Kentucky rules The piece notes his legal trouble and uses boxing metaphors to frame the situation

New York Morris Harvey Eddie King Roosevelt Hospital King New York City United Fuel Gas Co Charleston Frankfort Cassius Clay No Griver Louisville Department of Public Safety Florida Kentucky

Baseball Scores and Standings From Recent Games

National League results include Los Angeles defeating Cincinnati 4 1 and St Louis beating San Francisco 5 4. Chicago lost to New York 4 1 while Philadelphia topped Pittsburgh 5 4. Standings show Los Angeles leading with 2 4, Chicago at 4 2 2, and Milwaukee at 3 5 7 5.

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Koufax Tops O'Toole In Dodgers 4-1 Win

Sandy Koufax outpitched Jim O'Toole to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 4-1 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. Jim Gilliam delivered the go ahead double in the eighth after Maury Wills singled, driving in the decisive runs. Ron Fairly added a ninth inning homer for insurance as Koufax earned his 12th win of the season.

Cincinnati Sandy Koufax Jim O'Toole Los’Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Reds Jim Gilliam Dodgers Gilliam Maury Wills Tommy Davis Ron Koufax Wills Rose Forper Davis Pinson Robinson Howard Spencer Skowron Cardenas Pavletich Camillc Edwards Trace Dakasko Yoto Kovine O'Toles bWalters Ooce Los Angeles E.koufax PO ‘Ames Tracewski Jemnalt W. Davis Baa Pinson Hr—Fatrly San Ae Jax O'Toole Worthington U—Smith Secory Jackowski Pryor

Cards Regain First Place With Ninth Inning Eruption

St Louis Cardinals move back to NL lead by 6-5 win over the San Francisco Giants as Orlando Cepeda makes a late error allowing the tying and winning runs. Tim McCarver, Red Schoendienst and Cepeda feature in the decisive ninth inning miscue that shifts the standings with the Dodgers and Giants in close pursuit.

ST. Louis St. Louis Cardinals San Franciscorom Giants Orlando Cepeda Cards Los Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Dodgers Ase Tim McCarver Bob Bolin Red Schoendienst Bolin McCarver Julian Javier Cepeda Hoeft Larsen Balinis Bailey Sadecki Taylor W—Taylor L Balin San Francisco McCovey Louis Boyer

Eastern League Tuesday Results and Schedule Card

Charleston 5 6 Springfield Elmira 6 York 4 Binghamton 7 Reading 3 Springfield 6 Charleston Elmira 6 2 York 1 1 Binghamton 6 Reading 0 Charleston .39 28 .58 Elmira 35 SL .520 OK Springfield . 381 30 508 5 York . BO 32 484 GY Reading .80 35 402 % Binghamton . 28 37 431 10 Today's Schedule Charleston at Springfield Elmira at York Reading at Binghamton

Tuesiday Charleston Springfi Elmira York Binghamton Reading Springfield

Milwaukee Braves Roll Over Colts Behind Cloninger Four-Hitter

Milwaukee plate a 4-0 win over Houston as Tony Cloninger fires a four-hitter to halt Houston's 10 game slide. LeJohnson hits for Milwaukee and Maye adds a homer in the victory. Jackson dominates Mets with four hits as Cubs win 4-1 and improve against New York to 5-0 in two seasons.

Milwaukee Milwauke Braves Houston Tony Cloninger Jackson Mets NEW York Larry Chicago Cubs Duke Snider Snider

Demeter's homer lifts Phillies in 10th to beat Pirates

Demeter belted a leadoff home run in the 10th inning lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates Tuesday night at Mahaffey Park. Haddix started for Pittsburgh, Klippstein earned the win for Philadelphia, with Schofield hitting his 2nd homer for Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh Don Demeter Philadelphia Phillies Pittsburgh Pirates Philadelphia Mahaffey Aaldschun She Klippstein Bennett Dalrymple Francis Veale Sisk Gibbon McBean Haddix Burehess W.klippstein Lee Haddix Demeter Schofield

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