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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
4
Dodgers extend five game winning run with 11 8 win over the Cubs. Maury Wills key with 3 RBIs and a bases loaded double. Wills lifts batting average to .290 as Dodgers prepare for two game set with the Giants. The pennant chase tightens with St Louis Mets Phillies and Reds also winning.
The St Louis Cardinals and New York Mets split a Sunday doubleheader in New York with misplays shaping results. New York won 8 7 in game one and the Cardinals captured game two 10 4, as errors contributed four unearned runs for the Mets and costly miscues by St. Louis.
Mary Jane Moss of Mt. Vernon won the Girls junior division of the Illinois Youth Bowling Championships held last Saturday at Dandella's Recreation in Kankakee. She rolled 180 192 171 for 343 scratch with 69 pin handicap to total 12. winning pins. Moss earns a $250 scholarship plus a championship trophy from the Illinois State Bowling Proprietors Association.
Pan American’s No 3 player stubby Ken Lang from Edinburg Texas stunned the field to win the NAIA singles title. The 22 year old Richmond California senior defeated top seed Jerry Wortelboer 6 2, 1 in the semifinals and then beat Don W Krierhow of Corpus Christi University 26 62 63 for the championship.
Herrin Eagles defeated Mt. Vernon Coal Belters 6-2 in game one and 11-7 in game two at Herrin to run their record to 3-1 while Mt. Vernon fell to 1-5. Jim Shaffer earned the win in game one with ten strikeouts. Renny Hall and Jerry Caliper aided in relief as Mt. Vernon managed four hits in the nightcap.
Centralia WKW duo Harry Duncan and Ron Black combined for an eight to two win over Mt Vernon Jefferson Motors in an exhibition after Khoury League field dedication. Duncan earned the win with six strikeouts. Black fanned three. Beal Kraus and Black had two hits each as Centralia supported a six hit attack, while Mt Vernon with nine errors spoiled the shutout. First National and UCT also met in Juvenile Division with First National winning 14-5 behind Steven Chapman who pitched seven hits and 11 strikeouts.
Lou Gutierrez the Central American middleweight champion from Managua Nicaragua meets Mel Fulghamn of Wheeling West Virginia in a planned 10 round feature fight at a Boston area venue.
Former champions Don Frasvonvad Jack Fleck and Deane Beman vie for remaining berths as 36 holes of medal play start across six sites to trim a 150 man field for the US Open at The Country Club Brookline June 2022. Ninety nine spots remain from non exempt 2403 entrants. Nicklaus and 20 others receive exemptions.
Major league leaders across batting runs and hits with top players from all leagues listed. Includes average leaders and notable home run, RBI, and stolen base tallies for both American and National leagues, with standout pitchers noted for five-decision records and strikeout totals.
AP reports Rodger Ward led from the 67th mile to win the Rex Mays Classic 100 mile race in Milwaukee with a five second margin over Ed Die Sachs. Chuck Hulse placed third and A J Foyt fourth after a hood problem. Ward earned 7,963 dollars from a 31,207 purse.
Julius Boros dominated the Flint Open at Warwick Hills, posting a 274 to set a new tournament record by eight strokes and win $9,000. He led from day one, finished 14 under, with Don Finsterwald five back and Dow, Bayer, and Knudson also breaking the old mark.
Bruce McLaren of New Zealand finished second in the Belgian Grand Prix at Francorchamps driving a Cooper-Climax. The race was interrupted by rain as Jimmy Clark and Dan Gurney led early. Clark won in 2 hours 27 minutes 47.6 seconds at an average speed of 113.789 mph. McLaren’s finish moves him to second in the world driving championships standings.
In a dramatic 144 mile Belmont rematch at Aqueduct, Chateaugay outsprints Candy Spots to claim the Kentucky Derby winner’s crown on a tight stretch bid led by Braulio Baeza. The victory shifts Triple Crown ambitions and marks a pivotal moment for Belmont Park’s fall racing history.
Mt Vernon Tire Cardinals meet Security Bank Pirates in a key Tuesday game for first place. Both teams hold 3-0 records with solid pitching. Greg Webb has a 2-0 mark and a perfect first outing, Jerry Seibert sits at 1-0 after a 17 strikeout debut. Cards rely on base hits led by Sargent Thackery Arnett Cox Whisenhunt Webb while Pirates swing for power with Cooley Hawthorne Miller Hassakis and Seibert. Game starts 3 30 p m Tuesday and is viewed as a top matchup of the season.
LOS ANGELES AP You probably have to go back to Athens and Sparta to find two cities less in love with each other than San Francisco and Los Angeles. This is one way of explaining why 100,000 people will spend $230,000 the next couple of nights to watch the Giants play the Dodgers in a baseball series that will leave the two clubs no more than a few games apart with more than 100 games to go. On the strength of their recent record, one might marvel that the Giants could outdraw a lecture on etruscan ceramics. They suffered their seventh straight loss Sunday when they were beaten 3-0 at Houston. Since they left home last that the Giants have lost 11 of The Dodgers, who beat Chicago 11-8 Sunday, had to win their last five just to break even on their 1d-game trip. But they did come home in first place, one-half gone ahead of St. Louis and two games ahead of the Giants and Cubs. Right-hander Juan Marichal 8-3 will start for San Francisco tonight against right-hander Bob Miller 4-2, who has never beaten the Giants.
LOS ANGELES AP The world first light heavyweight champion John Jack Root has died at 83 from arteriosclerotic heart disease. There are no known survivors. Root won the 175 pound class by outpointing Kid McCoy in 10 rounds in Detroit on April 22 1903.
Dale LeMay is now associated with Myrle Jennings Barber Shop located at 1912 Perkins. The move adds a new partnership and expands the shop’s client offerings in the local barbering market.
Michael Lunt of England defeated John Blackwell 2 and 1 in the 1963 British Amateur final at St Andrews after ousting defending champ Dick Davies of Pasadena in the quarter-finals. The Walker Cup team faced a rout as Americans fell to the English in the late rounds.
Well established vocational and business school seeks a territory representative with protected exclusive territory and qualified direct mail leads. Must own a late model car and be bondable. Direct sales experience preferred but not required. Hospital and insurance benefits available.
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