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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1962
Page
17
Welterweight champion Emile Griffith aims to use a win over Denny Moyer in a nationally televised non-title event in Tacoma to earn a 160-pound title shot early next year. The bout is scheduled for next Saturday night.
The NY based 147 pounder seeks top competition as promoters eye a Griffith fight with the middleweight champion when the Fullmer Tiger Pender clash is resolved. Possible routes include Tiger meeting Pender for the undisputed crown or a rematch involving Fullmer. Griffith may defend his welter crown and target a middleweight shot next year. Griffiths team earned limited proceeds from a July defense and eye a $137,750 guarantee for the Fullmer Pender potential bout.
Speculation centers on a Griffith Moyer title bout while he still holds the welter crown with potential payoff near a hundred thousand dollars. Past clashes show Omile and Denny winning in NYC and Portland respectively. Tacoma local hype suggests a real rumdinger.
Top seed Chuck McKinley of St. Ann Mo edged South Africa’s Cuff Drysdale in three sets to advance at the Newport Castine lawn tennis tournament. McKinley defeated Drysdale 4-4 7 4 4 1 to reach a quarter final versus Bill Higgins. Other results include Fred Stalie beating Jim Cromwell 6 2 6 2 and Crawford Henry defeating Bill Lenoir in the qualifying rounds.
Boston tops Los Angeles 9 5 in the second game after Lou Clinton's two run homer in the ninth gave Boston a 1 0 win in the opener. Fli Grba struggled early, Chet Nichols held the Angels to five innings, and Steve Bilko homered in the eighth as Boston improved their season start.
Milwaukee Milwaukee Braves defeat Cincinnati Reds 5-4 as Aaron brothers Hank and Tommy drive the offense behind Tony Cloninger. Tommy homered to break a 3-3 tie in the sixth, Hank later scored the decisive run in the seventh. Both brothers scored in a second inning rally as Milwaukee snaps Cincinnati’s nine game win streak.
Detroit star Al Kaline collected five hits including two homers and a triple to drive in seven runs as the Tigers swept a doubleheader from Baltimore 13-10 and 5-4. The day featured notable exchanges on defense and late-inning substitutions as Detroit built the early total and held on for the nightcap.
A Bavarian Soccer Club of Milwaukee tour bus destroyed by fire while traveling from Mannheim to Berlin area near Ulm. The vehicle caught fire on an uphill stretch near Nühlhausen, halting the exhibition trip. No injuries reported.
The Lions, trailing 8-2 after five innings, surged to an 11-18 victory over Charleston Plaza in the opening game, with Bill Stirton earning the win after a sixth inning collapse by Plaza starter Chuck Eaholtz. Johnson and Stirton led Lions with three hits each as 21 runs scored in a high‑scoring playoff tilt at Municipal Park.
An unearned run in the 10th inning on a throwing error gave the Houston Colts a 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Don McMahon earned the win after relieving John Anthony in eight innings, while Ken Johnson absorbed the loss for St. Louis.
A Friday night bowling exhibition in Las Vegas pits Dust Springston's Graybeards, ages 62 to 73, against the 18 and under Young Bloods. Team stars include Jack Buster and Gary Gelunas, with averages from 170s to mid-180s, and public admission is free.
The Las Vegas Colts near a Western sectional baseball title after Sahara Hotel gave 250 dollars to help cover San Bernardino tournament costs. Tropicana Hotel also planned support via Harvey Diedrich. Treasurer Dick Jenkins urged other groups to contact him for help as the Colts prepare weekend series with San Bernardino and Upland. A preview game pits the Las Vegas Dodger Rockies against a Colt League All-Star team from Kingman, Ariz.
Willie Atterbury of the Los Angeles Track Club and Paul Drayton of Villanova University won events at an international meet in Kouvala Finland last night.
Irish Wayne Therio won by stoppage over Clyde Watson in Fresno. Owhe Terrones defeated Kid Rave on points in Los Angeles. A third bout featuring Premio Ti and others is listed with unclear results.
Pittsburgh pitcher Alvin McBean pitched his first complete game in a month and earned his 12th win as the Pirates downed the Los Angeles Dodgers 2 1. Johnny Podres took the loss giving up a homer and three runs on nine Dodger hits. Roberto Clemente and Don Clendenon produced the first run with back to back doubles in the first inning while Bill Virdon and Dick Groat added the other run on a third inning single and two base hit. The Pirates extended their league lead in double plays to 139 behind solid defense.
Sahara Nevada Corporation executive vice president Alex Shooley presents a $250 check to Las Vegas Colts business manager Dick Jenkins as initial funding for a trip to California sectional tournament in San Bernardino. Colts seek the National Amateur Baseball Congress title and will play two qualifying tournaments to reach it.
Tom Tresh hit a three run homer and drove in a total of three as the New York Yankees defeated the Minnesota Twins 5-2 in Minneapolis. The Yankees capitalized on Twins defensive miscues aiding four late runs including a sequence where Whitey Ford scored on a Maris single. Kubek and Boyer also scored on plays sparked by Rollins errors.
Yesterday's results across leagues include Philadelphia 1 New York 1 in 18 innings, San Francisco 9 Chicago 2, Pittsburgh 2 Los Angeles 1, Milwaukee 4 Cincinnati 4, and Houston 4 Detroit 13 Baltimore 10 in twilight. Today's schedule features Philadelphia at New York, San Francisco at Chicago, Los Angeles at Pittsburgh, Milwaukee at Cincinnati, St Louis at Houston, and Detroit at Baltimore with additional matchups listed.
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