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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1963
Page
4
Willie Mays belted three homers to lift the San Francisco Giants 64 over the St. Louis Cardinals. The win snapped a five game Cardinal streak as Mays renewed his power with two-run blasts in the first and late in the game.
ST LOUIS AP Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals ruptured a blood vessel behind his right knee Sunday. The team said swelling and inflammation would keep him out of Monday's exhibition in St Louis against the Detroit Tigers, with a possible return in Philadelphia on Wednesday if treated. Musial injured the knee in Saturday's game versus the Giants, felt a pop Sunday, and had one hit in four at bats, a single driving in a ninth inning run.
Champions crowned in five flights at Green Hills Country Club. Bob Robinett won the championship class by defeating Bill Harris in the final. In other flights Gene White beat Harold Myers in A, Jim Setzekorn beat Bob Watson in B, Tony DiPrimo beat Lynn Carruthers in C, and Bill Roach defeated R. C. Crosnoe in D.
Harold Johnson’s manager protested the result as a possible fix after Pat Olivieri’s fighter Willie Pastrano won the light heavyweight title by a split 15 round decision at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Judges differed on the outcome with AP rating Pastrano 70-69 and others reporting narrow margins. no rematch is yet agreed.
Fred Lorenzen, 24, of Elmhurst Illinois, wins the World 600 stock car race at Charlotte Motor Speedway at a record 132.117 mph after Junior Johnson blows a tire. Lorenzen runs out of fuel late yet coasts to victory, earning $27,780. The crowd of about 60,000 watches the dramatic finish in Charlotte North Carolina.
The Irish Setter with the extended title Flaming Beauty was named best in show by Judge Alva Rosenberg at the Egyptian Kennel Club event held at Jefferson County Fairgrounds Mt Vernon Memorial Day. Owner Jack Funk of Chicago showed the champion among entries from 25 states and Ontario Canada, with numerous breeds and awards noted across multiple classes.
Willie Mays hit three home runs to power the Giants past the St. Louis Cardinals 6 4 as San Francisco moved two games ahead in the NL race. Cepeda drove in a run, Mays added two more homers including a 400 foot shot, and Marichal pitched eight strong innings before Bolin closed it out. The win spoiled St Louis effort in a late rally and the clubs prepared for exhibitions and travel.
Bob Scherer of Decatur fired a one over par 73 to win the two day Central Illinois Golf Townament at Lincoln Greens in Springfield with a 143 total. Jimmie Jackson of St Louis, former Walker Cup star, finished two strokes back at 145. Tied for third at 144 were Dave Hazlett Springfield Dutch Mitchell Salem and Bob Denton Peoria.
A Mt. Vernon league softball game ended in a dispute between umpires and players last Friday night and was ruled a forfeit to Frostie by a 7-0 score. Frostie led Montgomery Ward 4-0 after 314 innings when action halted.
Sunday's results include New York defeating Pittsburgh in 10 innings and Philadelphia topping Chicago. Milwaukee and San Francisco split, while Cincinnati and Los Angeles won and lost. Saturday's results show St Louis and San Francisco, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Chicago and others with multiple scores. Today's games feature Los Angeles at Houston and several interleague and league matchups across cities.
AL action highlights Albie Pearson of the Angels homered and added two singles as Los Angeles swept Baltimore 8-2. Cleveland’s Jack Kralick and Sam McDowell blanked the Yankees in twin wins 5-0 and 7-2. Washington’s Chuck Hinton powered the Senators past Kansas City 6-4 in 10 innings. Rocky Colavito’s RBI single capped Detroit’s 7-6 win over Minnesota. White Sox rout Boston 10-0 behind Juan Pizarro’s four-hitter after Boston won opener 11-9 on Carl Yastrzemski’s homer. The results extend Yankees’ lead to five pct points over Baltimore. White Sox and Kansas City sit further back.
Centralia edged Mt Vernon 4-3 as Gerald Adams allowed two hits and scored the deciding run. Mt Vernon protested the game due to a single umpire in the first inning. Jim Cooksey and Grover Cleveland collected three hits each for Centralia, with Key runs in the first, fifth, and sixth innings.
Winners from last week's Homestead Ladies Day include Iva Smith low putts Pat Cherry best poker hand Ferris Keasteen low gross Necie McBrayer high gross Doris Williams most 8s Irma Yaeger most 9s. Flight times for Wednesday June 5 begin 9:00 with Hertenstein Campbell Hertenstein and end 10:50 with Cope McBrayer Weitzel and McKeever. Mt Vernon visits Herrin next Sunday for a doubleheader.
Minor league tryouts for Mt. Ver Optimist area seek to fill berths on the minor league squads. Boys not on major teams may attend at the Little League fields this week on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday starting at 1 p.m.
Allen Crowe of Springfield Illinois dies from head and chest injuries after his car crashes into a wall at New Bremen Speedway He passed away in Good Samaritan Hospital Dayton two hours later Crowe previously survived a 47th lap wall crash during the Memorial Day 500 race Indianapolis entry Roger McCluskey won Crowe leaves a widow and three children
The Cubs and White Sox split doubleheaders with the Sox gaining half a game on the Yankees and Orioles after a 10-0 win over the Red Sox in the nightcap paced by Juan Pizarro. Chicago earned a 3-2 win in the second game as Billy Williams sparked the Cubs with a key triple and Cal Koonce secured the win with Barney Schultz earning the save, his first.
Johnnie Richmonds eight bluegill weigh between 5 and 11 ounces and six exceed 8 ounces from a farm pond south of Mt Vernon. Donald Lee Wilmore records a 3 pound 8 ounce bass from a Pico Perch ball in a town farm pond.
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