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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
14
Los Angeles pitcher Johnny Podres pitched through sweltering Houston heat in a 4-0 win as he kept his no hitter bid alive with oxygen aid. He left after a seventh inning double, while Larry Sherry finished the combined shutout.
Exhibition games shake up expectations as the College All-Stars topple Green Bay and AFL and NFL pre-season results hint at championship races. The Chargers beat Kansas City while Tobin Rote injures, John Hadl debuts, and rookies like Mickey Slaughter shine in Chicago and Denver wins.
Johnny Podres called his night the greatest game he ever pitched after losing 12 pounds while taking a no hitter into the ninth inning against the Houston Colts. The Dodgers won 4–0 on one hit as Podres yielded only a single in the ninth, with Maury Wills and Jim Wynn involved in key plays and Podres scoring on Wills' single.
At Cooperstown the 1900s era inductees include Sam Rice posthumously joined by Elmer Flick John Clarkson and Eppa Rixey. Ceremonies start at 9 am EST with a luncheon and an exhibition game between the Milwaukee Braves and Boston Red Sox at Doubleday Field.
In Amherst Nova Scotia Les Sprague the 140 pound Canadian junior welterweight champion stopped Jimmy Gillis 146 Halifax in six rounds.
Cincinnati star Tommy Harper backs a rapid Reds top four of Rose Pinson Robinson and Harper as the club runs away with two wins over Pittsburgh 5 2 and 4 1 to pull within a half game of the Cubs. Harper hit a two run homer and stole a base while Rose and Robinson drove in key runs. Nuxhall and Purkey worked well as Cincinnati eyes a two night double header in Philadelphia before returning home Aug 9.
In Winchester Indiana, Jim McCune of Toledo edged Johnny White of Warren Michigan by less than a foot to win the 30 lap sprint car feature at Winchester Speedway. McCune also won an eight lap heat and the five lap trophy dash, while New York’s Jose Stable outpointed Philadelphia’s Stanley Hayward in a separate event.
Major and minor league results show New York edging Baltimore in extra innings 11th, Chicago defeating Los Angeles 8 to 1, and Kansas City rolling past Minnesota 6 to 2. Other scores include Detroit 2 Cleveland 0 and Washington 7 Boston 5 as clubs chase standings. Michigan, Arkansas, and Indiana leagues post additional night results.
In a 4-0 victory, Dodgers pitcher Johnny Podres allows only one hit, a leadoff single by Johnny Temple in the ninth, before relief seals the shutout against Houston. Senators' Jim King homers twice and doubles, driving a 7-5 win over Boston.
Mickey Mantle returned from injury to hit a dramatic pinch homer for the Yankees in the seventh, lifting New York to an 11-10 win over Baltimore after trailing 10-9 in the second game. Yogi Berra drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th.
Kansas City Athletics extend manager Ed Lopat's contract through the 1965 season. Lopat took over last fall on a two year deal. General Manager Pat Friday asked for an additional year. Salary terms were not disclosed.
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