Sports Highlights of 1963 (Universal Newsreel, Dec 1963)

Description

The original release sheet reads: SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS OF 1963 Nineteen sixty-three was a golden year in sports and here are many of the highlights. Baseball enjoyed a gala season from opening day when President Kennedy threw out the first ball. In the World Series, Sandy Koufax starred as he fanned 15 batters in the first game. The Dodgers won in 4 straight games and it was Koufax again, in the last game who reduced the mighty yankee bats to toothpicks. In golf, Jack Nicklaus won the masters crown to fulfill the promise he had made the previous year in winning the open crown. The U.S. Open was won by Julius Boros who first won the crown 11 years earlier. Don Schollander, 17, made a big splash in the swimming world by setting a record in the 200 meter freestyle. John Pennel became the first man to break 17 feet in the pole vault. C.K. Yang smashed the ten-event decathalon record by scoring an ubelievable 9,121 points. "CHATEAUGAY" won the Kentucky Derby by outrunning the favorites and then continued his winning ways by copping the Belmont. Mighty "KELSO" was named "Horse of the Year" for the 4th time. The Toronto Maple Leafts defeated the Detroit Red Wings to take hockey's Stanley Cup once more. Loyola and the University of Cincinnati battled into overtime before Loyola came up with the winning basket. Every sport scored high in 1963.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library