Baseball Returns as Four New Managers Lead Openers
Four fresh managers and about 48 new players lift the curtain on the majors with a new strike zone. Washington and Cincinnati start early with 24 hour jumps, while 47,000 fans are expected in the opener. Key rosters shift as trades sprinkle rosters across both leagues, including Aparacio and Rose among headliners.
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NEW York
Washington
Cincinnati
Baltimore Orioles
Senators
Pittsburgh Pirates
Reds
Crosley Field
Kennedy
D.C. Stadium
Don Rudolph
Steve Eede
Orioles
Yankees and A's set for 1963 season opener in flashy uniforms
Ralph Terry to start for the Yankees against the Kansas City Athletics in a 1:30 p.m. opener. Ed Lopat will start Diego Segui for KC. Charley Finley unveils green and gold uniforms with a spectacle including balloons, fireworks and prizes for about 33,000 fans.
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Kansas City
New York Yankees
Ralph Terry
Kansas City Athletics
Ed Lopat
A's
Diego Segui
Charley Finley
Keglers Roll Games of 232 in Jayhawk Mixed League
Sunday action in the Jayhawk Mixed League at Garden Row featured top games from Ken Allen and Bruce Westwood. Alex Horning led men with a 556 series, Nola Blackwood headed women with 185 game, Es tle Reed topped women with 496 series, and Reed and Stinemetz posted best team game 757 and series 2,047 as Smith Land Co. defeated Culbreath Plumbing 1,963 to 1,886.
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Garden Rowl
Ken Allen
Outbreath Plumbing
Bruce Westwood
Reed and Stinemetz
Alex Horning
Smith Sand Co
Nola Blackwood
Oswalt Industries
Estlle Reed
Reed and
Stinemetz
Reed
Smith Land Co
Culbreath Plumbing
Stinemelz
C. R. Anthony's
Day King
Annual Syracuse Relays Scheduled for Thursday
The eleventh annual Syracuse Relays in Southwest Kansas promises a premier track meet drawing high school athletes from Kansas Colorado and Oklahoma. A new junior college division debuts with records set in Class A and B events, featuring strong marks in sprints relays jumps and throws across both states.
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Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation
Pueblo
Nancy Vasquez
Governor Orders Ring Death Probe in Pa. Ring Death
Governor orders a formal inquiry by the Pennsylvania Athletic Commission into the ring death of 19 year old Francisco Velasquez after a middleweight amateur bout in Carbondale. autopsy cites massive intracranial hemorrhage from multiple brain contusions. Velasquez, Puerto Rico native stationed at Tobyhanna Depot, died 15 minutes after the fight.
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Pennsylvania Athletic Commission
Francisco Velasquez
Carbondale
State Senate
Velasquez
Luquillo
Puerto Rico
Tobyhanna
Gympie
Australia
Paul E. Kubasko
Lackawanna County
Kubasko
Earl Johnson
St. Michael's High School
Hoban Heights
Velasso
Norman Smith
Smith
West Cagers Defeat East in Shrine Classic
West All-Stars beat the East 82 to 79 in Kansas City led by All-America Jerry Harkness of Loyola as a substitute. He scored 14 points and set up others, with Tony Dervenik and Nolen Ellison contributing 14 points apiece for the winning side.
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Jerry Harkness
Chicago
Loyola
Harkness
Tom Thacker
Cincinnati
Nate Thurmond
Bowling Green
Jimmy Rayl
Indiana
Tony Dervenik
Arizona State
Art Heyman
Duke
Nolen Ellison
Kansas
Gary Marriott
Kansas State
Iowa State
Mary Straw
Masters shows limits of records as stars end near miss
Augusta, April 7 AP The 27th Masters crowns Nicklaus with 286, one stroke ahead of Tony Lema who bogeyed the eighth hole of round one. Sam Snead, aiming for a record fourth title, tied for third at 288 after back to back birdies on 14 and 15 but faltered on the final holes. Gary Player started four under through 15 but dropped a missed putt on 16, while Arnold Palmer waited for another year.
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Jack Nicklaus
Columbus
Ohio
Tony Lema
Lema
Ivy
Nicklaus
Sam Snead
Julius Boros
Sam
Snead
Nicklats
Gary Player
Palmer
Arnold Palmer
Dick Towers Resigns to Coach Hutchinson Junior College
Dick Towers resigns as football and track coach at Manhattan Alzh School to take the football job at Hutchinson Junior College. In five years, his Manhattan teams went 28-16-1, with the 1961 squad undefeated in nine and state champions, plus Central Kansas League titles in 1959 and 1961. A former Kansas State halfback and track star, he came to Manhattan from Leavenworth.
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Kan
Dick Towers
Manhattan Alzh School
Hutchinson Junior College
Towers
Leavenworth
Nicklaus Dominates Masters to Claim First Green Jacket
Jack Nicklaus, 23, wins the Masters at Augusta by one stroke over Tony Lema, two over Julius Boros and Sam Snead, becoming the youngest Masters champion. Palmer misses rally as Nicklaus ascends in golf’s Big Three era, earning $20,000 and leading PGA money list with $36,715.
Baseball Exhibition Saturday Results
Saturday results list several exhibition games with scores across teams including Chicago A and Cincinnati 6 1 Milwaukee 3 New York A 1 New York N 7 Baltimore St Louis 4 Philadelphia 1 Washington 9 Pittsburgh 7 Los Angeles A 4 Los Angeles N 3 Chicago N 8 Boston 5 Kansas City 3-5 Houston 1-3 San Francisco vs Cleveland at Sacramento canceled rain Detroit vs Minnesota at Charlotte canceled rain
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Royals Square Celtics Series
Cincinnati rallied to a 109-99 victory over Boston to even the Eastern Division final at three games apiece. Oscar Robertson scored 36 points as Cincinnati seized momentum in the third quarter to set up a deciding seventh game in Boston. The winner advances to face Los Angeles or St Louis in the NBA finals.
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Cincinnati Royals
National Basketball Association
Boston Celtics
Boston
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Robertson
Royals
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