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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1963
Page
10
Major league and minor league box scores and standings across teams. Highlights include Los Angeles over Chicago 4 1 St Louis 4 New York 3 and Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 4 with key batting and pitching leaders across divisions.
Various major league baseball game lines and pitching notes from multiple matchups. Includes Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Washington, and Detroit results with run totals, pitchers, home runs, and key players. Also mentions Bob Gaida of Bloomfield Hills shooting a 69 in the USGA Open first round.
Adequate strength in Beaube and Starr, but some youngster is going to have to grow in a hurry beyond them to provide sufficient depth at this vital position.
Crowville Louisiana announces Mike Brabham as successor to Clyde Thompson at Crowville High. Brabham, Mississippi College graduate and former Hollindale High School head coach, is married with three daughters and has served as line coach at Vidalia Louisiana and Grenada Mississippi.
Wilhem blamed for erratic pitches as Chicago falls 4-3 to Kansas City in a ninth inning rally. Yankees win 1-0 on a one hitter, Stan Williams dominating Washington. Orioles, Tigers, Twins, and Dodgers win in a busy baseball night.
Lake Charles won the Louisiana state championship by defeating Franklin 6-4. Danny McGee cleared the bases with a two-run double in the sixth inning after Lake Charles led 4-0. Franklin drew seven walks in the bottom of the sixth to score its four runs. Lake Charles advances to the four-state divisional tournament in Gulfport Mississippi with Gulfport Malvern Ark and Alabama as opponents.
Vanderbilt fans rally to a fresh start as Jack Green, West Point trained coach, reshapes the Commodores after two winless seasons. He tightens staff, rebuilds alumni support, and installs Steve Shaw at quarterback while cultivating a 65-man squad for a 10 game schedule facing Alabama Florida Ole Miss and others. If three wins materialize it would match the program’s output over the prior three seasons.
Georgia coach Johnny Griffith testified in a $10 million libel suit trial that he thought someone fed information on Georgia football to Alabama before the 1962 game. He identified two formations cited in notes and said the information could help an opponent, noting that only two formations were discussed.
New York AP report says John Pennel, fresh from Europe, expects to clear 17 feet in the pole vault within two to three weeks. Pennel, a Miami resident at Northeast Louisiana State College, has raised the world record six times this year, most recently 16 feet 10.5 inches in London. He noted possible Southwest exhibitions with two strong vaulters to ensure real competition and reminded world marks require actual meets. The U S team, arriving at Idlewild via BOAC, beat Russia Poland West Germany and Britain in four meets, while the American women lost all four.
Mangham High Dragons hire Don Easterling ex assistant at Holly Ridge to assist head coach Keith Munyan. Principal Charles E Thompson states Easterling joins staff. Easterling, married to Sue Fortenberry of Rayville, served two years in the Army and taught physical education at West Point. Physical examinations for Mangham prospective grifters set for 1 pm next Tuesday at the school.
Dixie Senior World series hosts Monroe and West Monroe meet in a pre-tourney tuneup at Legion Memorial Stadium. Monroe won game one Tuesday night 14 with Joe Canal driving in the winning run on a double. Canal had both Monroe hits off James Barrett while Johnny Elmendorf earned the win with six hits allowed.
Henry Ota of Torrance California is named captain of Dartmouth College's 1964 baseball team. The second baseman also pitched and played outfield in high school.
Swartz scored in every inning and posted ten runs in the third frame to rout Ouachita National Bank 21 to 0 in six innings. Lefty Lynne Causey earned the win with a one-hitter as his teammates delivered 21 hits in the American Legion Amateur League game played Tuesday night.
Tri-Parish All-Stars beat Franklinton 11 to 1 to move to a second straight Dixie Senior state tourney win in Bossier City Louisiana. De Ridder edged Northeast All-Stars 10 to 9 and Vernon Parish topped Plaquemine 9 to 8 in Tuesday play.
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