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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1963
Page
7
A Scottsdale letter urges forming new teams for boys cut from rosters across leagues. It argues rosters limit play, suggests matching “unwanted” players against Babe Ruth and American Legion teams, and asks adults to donate gear and coach.
The Boys Club of Scottsdale starts a summer league for boys 14 and over at 7 p.m. with eight East valley high schools. A duplicate league runs by the Boys Club of Phoenix for west of 40th Street. Nearly 400 boys participate in two leagues. Doug Sarten directs.
Baseball results from today cover the Reds Mets and Dodgers games with wins by the Yankees and Giants as well as night games and Tuesday and Wednesday probable pitchers. Key homers by Harkness Mathews Cepeda and Bailey highlight the day with rain affecting some contests and postponements noted.
Tempe defeated Scottsdale 4-0 as Tempe pitchers held the locals scoreless. Don Walsh took the loss allowing eight hits and 4 errors aided the visitors while Jim Arbizu worked six innings with six hits and 3 walks. Walsh fanned 12 in defeat and Scottsdale grounded into two outs at third on Tempe throws.
AL star Kaline leads with 13 homers and 45 RBIs while batting .537 in pursuit of a triple crown as Detroit tops Boston 6-1. He joins Mantle Berra Adcock Colavito and Maris among active AL 200 homer men after hitting Nos. 200 and 201 in the win.
The Scottsdale Post Office downed the Jaycees 11 to 1 as all Post Office runs came in the first two innings. Hubie Thomas hit a triple and LeRoy McKinley cleared the bases with another triple. Bob Taylor earned the win, Jerry Mack took the loss, while the Jaycees recorded four hits.
Norlin led Kerr Sporting Goods to a 9 4 win over Hunt's Marine of Mesa. He allowed three hits and struck out six as Kerr gathered nine hits. Jim Purtis made a one handed one outfield catch to halt a likely extra base hit for Scottsdale.
Arizona and Florida State prepare for a second round game in Omaha with 7 p.m. kickoff. Arizona beat Penn State 8-1 in the opener while Florida State beat Western Michigan 5-2 after a nine inning rally. Sherwin Scott seeks win for Arizona against Bob Fenton in a pitcher duel with early power from Grant Hawgood and Bill Brown.
Orlando Cepeda delivered a tie breaking eighth inning homer and Ed Bailey added a two run shot in the ninth as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-3. Willie McCovey also homered and Willie Mays had three hits as Don Larsen earned his first win. The win tightens the Giants’ hold near the NL leaders with several other NL games following.
Paradise Valley Methodist beat Scottsdale Methodist 9 to 4 in six innings as Bob Myers earned the win and John Van Reusen hit a grand slam to cap a six run rally. Scottsdale Presbyterian routed Monte Vista Nazarene 31 to 11 behind Tom Woods pitching and multiple early runs.
Stratujar pitched a one hitter but lost 2 to 1 as Freddy Mathis triple and a steal of home in the sixth gave the Giants the lead in Scottsdale Little League. Stratujar fanned 13 with one walk and one hit allowed.
New York Giants defensive back Erich Barnes, a 1961 acquisition from the Chicago Bears, has signed his contract for the 1963 NFL season.
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