Giants Must Ride The Long Bomb Fired By Y A Tittle
Fairfield Conn AP As long as Y A Tittle stays healthy the New York Giants threaten to win a fourth straight Eastern Conference title in the NFL. Offseason trades shook the defense and backfield, with Sam Huff Dick Modzelewski and Phil King leaving. Rookie Gary Wood connected for three TD passes in a pre season game while Tittle recovers from knee issues.
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Alex Webster
Joe Morris
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King
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Sherman
Tittle
Bald Eagle
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Gifford
Morrison
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Thomas
Bobby Crespieno
Cleveland
Joe Walton
Webster
Japanese Pitcher Murakami Debuts With Giants at Shea
Masanori Murakami, 20, left handed, debuted for the San Francisco Giants at New York against the Mets, striking out Charley Smith on four pitches. He allowed one hit in a scoreless eighth inning, earning praise from Al Dark and Casey Stengel for control and poise.
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al Dark
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Jane Jarvis
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Casey Stengel
Big Knife cuts into pro grid rosters with veteran hits
AFL first championship stars Bill Groman and Hogan Wharton are released, along with NFL veteran Tom Wilson and Pervis Atkins as teams trim rosters toward next week’s final limits. Broncos, Oilers, Vikings, Rams and Jets announce cuts amid ongoing league-wide downsizing ahead of mid September kickoffs.
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Cards Ride Uecker Clutch Hit To Edge Braves
The Cardinals beat the Braves 5 4 in nine innings as Bob Uecker, a former Milwaukee catcher, singled home the winning run after a 4 4 tie. Uecker had just hit his first homer earlier, boosting St Louis toward the NL pennant chase.
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Ron Taylor
Ray Sadecki
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Carl Warwick
Bob Gibson
Hank Fischer
Orlando Pena
Bill Monbouquette
Driver Crushed by Tank Left Tread In Italy Crash
Pordenone Italy AP A motorist attempted to pass a Patton tank on a highway Tuesday but failed. The left tread crushed half the car and flattened it like a pizza yet the driver Antonio Gattel 34 escaped uninjured.
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League Leaders National and American League Batting Leaders
Baseball league leaders are listed by batting, fielding and pitching for both the National and American Leagues. Notable figures include Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays in batting and Sandy Koufax in pitching, with other top performers such as Harmon Killebrew and Al Oliver also highlighted.
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Cleemente
Pittsburgh
Mays
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Alien
Philadelphia
Santo
Chicago
Boyer
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Clemente
Aaron
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Maye
Williams
Pinson
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Call
Oliva
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Mantle
New York
Howser
Cleveland
Killebrew
Stuart
Boston
McDonald Falls Short In U S Amateur Qualifier
National Public Links champion Bill Mc Donald of Topeka failed to qualify for the U S Amateur Championship in Cleveland. He opened with 73 on the 6 885 yard course and followed with a 9 on the afternoon round for a 36 hole total of 153, three strokes behind the playoff score. Jim Colbert led qualifiers with 76 70 146, while Rod Horn, Bob Harvey Jr., and Grier Jones claimed the other spots. Jones won a sudden death playoff on the first extra hole with a 6 foot birdie.
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Bill McDonald
Topeka
U.S
Jim Colbert
Cleveland
Rod Horn
Bob Harvey Jr
Grier Jones
Wichita
Jones
Jerry Krause
Springfield
Krause
Busy Year For Marriage Licenses As War Babies Hustle To City
New York City s Marriage License Bureau, led by Herman Katz, expects 1964 to be one of its busiest years as World War II babies reach marrying age. In seven months the bureau issued 41,665 licenses, up 2,878 from 1963, with many issued to 18 year olds and 21 year old men. The office, with a small chapel, performs quick ceremonies averaging five minutes. Last year the city issued 69,628 licenses and projects near 80,000 by year end, while comparing state totals shows New York State issuing 130,511 licenses in 1963.
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New York
Herman Katz
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Katz
Robert F. Wagner
Bureau
Seventy Die as Boat Capsizes in Chenab River
Seventy people including fifteen children drowned when a passenger boat capsized in the Chenab River about 200 miles from Rawalpindi, per the Pakistan Times.
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Chenab
Pakistan Times
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