Dodgers Edge Giants 4-3 as Umpire Rules on Call
Davis argues with catcher in bottom frame while umpire sustains call. Dodgers take a 4-3 victory over the Giants in a tense contest with a disputed play at the plate.
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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1963
Page
21
Davis argues with catcher in bottom frame while umpire sustains call. Dodgers take a 4-3 victory over the Giants in a tense contest with a disputed play at the plate.
Adolph Plummer shattered Glenn Davis’s 440 world record with a 44.9 in the Western Athletic Conference meet in Tempe. ASU’s Williams finished second at 45.6 as Plummer broke the mark to win, amid a 7,120 crowd. Carr equaled the 220 world record with 20.5.
Don Collett of Coronado Calif edged Tommy Williams of Hill AFB by one stroke in the Provo Open, finishing at 141 with Williams at 142. Jerry Belt of Las Vegas tied for first day lead and settled third at 143, earning $600 while Collett took $1,200.
Cuban fighter Florentino Fernandez handed Jose Torres his first pro defeat by stopping the New York middleweight at 2:07 of the fifth round before about 15 000 at Hi Blthorn Stadium. Torres was knocked down twice and unable to continue after Fernandez relentlessly pounded him.
Champion Harold Johnson rests while challenger Willie Pastrano trains hard at Fandels Gym in Las Vegas ahead of their light heavyweight title bout at the Convention Center. Pastrano sharp in early rounds against Joe Clark and Alex Administración. Johnson's camp confident of victory. Tickets for the nationally televised fight sell briskly with prices 20 10 5 at multiple downtown outlets.
In a best of three falls main event at T-Bird Arena behind the Thunderbird Hotel, masked Destroyer meets Mr Moto with the challenger proposing to strip the mask if defeated. Enrique Torres faces Don Leo Jonathan in a two of three falls bout, while Ernie Ladd vs Ernesto Durante and Johnny Walker vs Sandor Szabo headline two one fall matches.
North Carolina State captain Jon Speaks was killed instantly when the car carrying three Wolfpack athletes hit a bridge abutment two miles west of Leggett in Edgecombe County. Teammate Ron Gossell was critically injured with a brain concussion and fellow player Don Hamilton escaped with lesser injuries.
In a two game set the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers split the twinbill. Scoring details are incomplete but late lineup moves included substitutions and baserunning changes.
Baltimore Orioles beat Cleveland 10-6 and 6-1 to extend their league‑leading run to eight games. Relief pitcher Wes Stock earned both victories, improving to five wins without a defeat as John Powell delivered a ninth‑inning run and Jackie Brandt added a triple in the nightcap.
Washington Senators end an eight game losing streak by defeating the New York Yankees 7-6 in the second game of a doubleheader. Rookie Jim Duckworth earned his first major league win after holding the Yankees to two runs on six hits in six innings. The opener went to the Yankees 7-1 as Mickey Mantle and Elston Howard homered and Bobby Richardson misplayed a key ball in the seventh.
Wilhelm Von Homburg 22 from Berlin challenges Tommy Merrill in a six round semi-final on the Harold Johnson Willie Pastrano card. He holds a 12 1 1 record after a nine round Hollywood win following earlier losses. He fought Bobby Sand last Monday, being floored twice before stopping Sand in the ninth.
Scores from major league games across cities led by Philadelphia and Chicago with varied innings. Key results include New York at St. Louis 3 2 in second, Baltimore 6 Cincinnati 1, Detroit 3 Boston 6, New York 7 Washington 1, and Los Angeles 6 Kansas City 3 with multiple night contests listed.
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