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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1963
Page
9
The World Series opens at Yankee Stadium with Whitey Ford for the Yankees and Sandy Koufax for the Dodgers amid broad fan excitement. Other notes include a lighthearted football quip from North Carolina U and a city bowling tournament this weekend sponsored by the Mercury Athletic Club for sanctioned league bowlers.
Johnny Podres, praised for rising to the moment when money signs appear, defends his past performance while Dodgers manager Walter Alston sticks with him for the World Series game two against the New York Yankees. He recalls his 1955 shutout final and notes a focus on Thursday’s pivotal clash.
ST. LOUIS AP Wally Lemm coach of the St. Louis Cardinals uses locker room headlines to rile players for the Sunday game against Minnesota. He cites a headline Minnesota 35 St. Louis 0 from a preseason exhibition as motivation during practice.
In Cokato Minnesota 16 year old Jeffrey Peterson a Cokato High School football player died after a game injury last Friday He collapsed after a tackle and was taken to a hospital where doctors diagnosed a cerebral hemorrhage Peterson son of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Peterson head coach Ron Nelson confirmed the tragedy.
Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York 5 2 behind a first inning three run homer by John Roseboro and a 11 strikeout performance by Sandy Koufax. Koufax tied and then broke Series strikeout records with 15 in a game as the Dodgers held off a late Yankees rally led by Tom Tresh and Mickey Mantle.
World Series notes reflect Bob Miller, once with the Mets, now a valued Dodgers pitcher with a 10 8 record and 2.85 ERA. A Moose Skanter trade from Yankees to Dodgers swaps Stan Williams. Opening day set for April 14, 1964, as leagues approve schedules amid talk of Sandy Koufax and Whitey Ford facing off in the Fall classic.
Players and venues for the 1963 World Series between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers. Yankee Stadium seats 72,000. Dodger Stadium 56,000. Best-of-seven with games set for Oct 2–10 across both parks. start times 1 p.m. local. NBC radio and TV coverage. Yankees hold 20 wins and 7 losses. Dodgers 2 wins and 8 losses in World Series play.
San Francisco AP report notes coach Marv Levy is the lone California figure praising the new substitution rule. Other coaches including John Rohde Jol McKay and John Ralston criticize the change and urge a return to unlimited substitutions while officials move away from keeper-like duties.
Mickey Mantle, the Yankees star earning about 100000 a year, faces another operation on the left leg for loose cartilage. Dr. Sidney Gaynor, team physician, called the need “fairly definite” with an immediate post Series surgery possible, ensuring three months recovery before spring training. Mantle, who played 68 games this season after a June injury at Baltimore, acknowledged the likelihood of surgery.
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