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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
6
Dodgers, riding Maury Wills hot streak, face the third place Giants in a two game set after a five game win streak and a Chicago Cubs win. Wills two straight four hit games and a bases loaded double boosted his average to .290 as LA seeks another coast showdown.
In The Majors National League standings list Los Angeles St. Louis San Francisco Chicago Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee Philadelphia Houston New York with wins and losses. Sunday's results show New York 8 4 at St. Louis 7 10 and Philadelphia 8 1 at Cincinnati 7 3 in 1st game 10 innings. Saturday's results include Houston 2 San Francisco 1 and Los Angeles 9 Chicago 5. Today's games feature Cincinnati at New York and St. Louis at Pittsburgh among others.
LOS ANGELES AP Two cities San Francisco and Los Angeles clash as 100000 fans attend games costing 240000 over the next two nights to watch the Giants face the Dodgers in a pivotal series. The Giants seek form after a 7th straight loss at Houston while the Dodgers return home after a trudging 11-8 win over Chicago. Marichal to start for SF against Miller in a matchup where Miller has yet to beat the Giants.
Erie AP reports promoter Don Elbaum will stage two bouts this month in Western Pennsylvania. Next Friday Dick Wiperman fights in Buffalo New York and Lloyd Wash region will start an eight round bout in New Castle.
Pittsburgh Pirates stay at .500 with a 4-0 win by Bob Friend in the first game but drop the nightcap 5-3 as errors cushion Milwaukee’s Milwaukee Braves. Ted Savage Donn Clendenon and Roberto Clemente provide the batting power while Clemente doubles in two late runs. Warren Spahn and relievers falter in eighth as Pittsburgh’s late rally falls short.
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Two golf events at the Indiana Country Club over the weekend saw Dan Reiber win on Saturday with a 54 in best 15 of 18 holes and a half handicap. Sunday winners included Albert Novak and Marsh Sable with 32s. Bill Spadafora placed second with 133. Jim Mekely posted 35 and others contributed scores. Pairings for the club championship will be released soon.
The Plumville versus Indiana GICL game moves from the Fairgrounds to Plumville due to scheduling conflicts. Indiana Recreation Department official Jack Kurta will announce new sites and any future date changes as conflicts arise.
The Indiana Doal Run game in the GICL was called off yesterday by the Barons due to cancellation.
Umpire assignments for the Greater Indiana and Minor County Leagues are issued by Bob Wagner. Umpires will note Austrian home games at the opponent’s field and scheduling conflicts will be posted on the Gazette Sports Page as resolved.
Aultman opened the Minor Indiana County League season with a 12-6 victory over West Lebanon in West Lebanon. Hal Hetrick earned the win for Aultman, while Max Craig took the loss. The decisive first inning saw seven runs as Dick Getty and Don Rellick helped spark the rally. McCracken contributed a triple and two RBIs, while West Lebanon scored across several innings but could not overcome the early deficit. Herm Blakly led West Lebanon with three hits in a losing effort.
Dale Johnston and Bob Wearing led Blanket Hill speedway near Kittanning last night with strong showings. Johnston won three of four in modified division and set a track record of 16.3 in trials before a restart left him sixth in the feature. Wearing dominated the hard top feature with 17 wins in 23 starts amid a 48-car turnout.
The nation's eight top college baseball teams begin a double elimination series to decide the college world series champion. Seventh ranked Arizona meets eighth ranked Penn State in the opening game at noon EST. Bob Fenton of Penn State takes the mound against Arizona as weather postponements affect Sunday schedules.
Ernie Banks slugged three homers driving in four as the Chicago Cubs were edged 11 to 8 by the National League leading Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Fulton Run Dodgers will hold practice tonight at 6 p.m. at the Fulton Run diamond. All players are urged to attend this practice session.
Thirty of 132 ECAC colleges may allow freshmen to play varsity sports starting September 1963. Waivers apply to those with 500 or fewer undergraduates or 750 or fewer with a full seven-sport program. Institutions named include Elizabethtown Haverford Juniata Lebanon Valley Lincoln Albright Moravian Muhlenberg and others.
Girls invited to softball practice tomorrow morning June 11 at McCreary's Field to join the Bermuda Batters Softball League.
Betty Miller and UCT won a makeup doubleheader at Herman Harris Field in Indiana Little League action. UCT hammered 20 hits for a 20 5 win over the Moose in the first game as Larry and Bobby Stossel sparked the victory. Larry pitched three scoreless innings with a two run homer. Gale Stossel collected four hits and three runs. Jimmy Spiagg gave a 5 for night and Dave Dickie drove in two runs with a late single to seal Betty Miller’s 7 6 win over Ruffner’s.
Julius Boros dominated the Flint Open at Warwick Hills with a 274 to set a new tournament record by eight strokes. He led from Friday, posted four sub par rounds, earned 9000 prize money, and heads to New York for the metropolitan sectional qualifiers for the Open at Brookline. Don Finsterwald finished second at 279, with George Bayer third at 289.
Harrisburg AP reports two state football coaches were named staff assistants for the Big 34 all star game set for August 3 at Hershey Stadium. Steve Padsen of Hanover High will assist directing the Grays, while Bill Abraham of Hempfield Area was chosen as Blues assistant. two more selections pending.
In the International Minor League action Syracuse defeated Arkansas 6 to 3 while Atlanta beat Toronto 6 to 2. Columbus edged Toronto 5 to 1, Indianapolis won 4 to 3 against Jacksonville, Rochester traveled to a 5 to 5 tie with Buffalo, and Richmond won 4 to 3 against Toronto. Atlanta lost to Columbus 2 to 4, Indianapolis won 3 to 0 in a 15 inning marathon.
Dick Radatz nicknamed The Monster dominated Baltimore with six scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts as Boston outlasted the Orioles 3-2 in 14 innings. Chuck Schilling and Russ Nixon provided the tying and winning runs in the ninth and 14th. In other action, Chicago White Sox beat Kansas City 4-3 while New York Yankees split a doubleheader, and several NL games featured high scoring, including the Giants and Cubs securing wins. The era saw several players amid a hectic day of baseball across leagues.
A compact listing of daily matchups across baseball softball and league play. Teams include Aultman East Indiana Fair View Ind Lumber Betty Miller Waxler Marion Center Coal Run West Lebanon Elderton Luciusboro Ernest Commercial Hotel Parnell Cowher Blairsville Red Barn Season-all Ben Franklin Kiwanis Moose McCreary Ruffner Arcadia Commodore Hastings Gipsy ACT Fair View McGill Josephine First Half Playoffs Greenwich Indiana Little
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