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Synopsis: President John F. Kennedy Throws Out First Baseball, World Series Baseball: Dodgers vs. Yankees, Golfer Jack Nicklaus Wins Masters, U.S. Open Has New Champion, New Record Set In 200-meter Freestyle, A Milestone In Pole Vault, Decathlon Hails New Champion, Kentucky Derby Horse Racing, Race Horse 'Kelso' Named Horse Of The Year, Stanley Cup Finals Means Action Packed Hockey, College Basketball... (read more)
United States President John F. Kennedy Throws Out First Baseball Baseball enjoyed a gala season from Opening Day when President John F. Kennedy threw out the first baseball.
United States World Series Baseball: Dodgers vs. Yankees 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 might Yankee bats to toothpicks.
United States Golfer Jack Nicklaus Wins Masters Golfer Jack Nicklaus wins the Masters Crown to fulfill the promise he made the previous year in winning the Open Crown.
United States U.S. Open Has New Champion The U.S. Open was won by Julius Boros who first won the crown 11 years earlier.
United States New Record Set In 200-meter Freestyle Don Schollander, 17, made a big splash in the swimming world by setting a record in the 200-meter freestyle.
United States A Milestone In Pole Vault John Pennel became the first man to breat 17 feet in the pole vault.
United States Decathlon Hails New Champion C.K. Yang smashed the ten-event Decathlon record by scoring an unbelievable 9,121 points.
United States Kentucky Derby Horse Racing Race horse 'Chateaugay' wins the Kentucky Derby by outrunning the favorites and then continues his winning ways by copping The Belmont.
United States Race Horse 'Kelso' Named Horse Of The Year The mighty 'Kelso' is named Horse Of The Year for the 4th time.
United States Stanley Cup Finals Means Action Packed Hockey The Toronto Maple Leafs defeat the Detroit Red Wings to take Hockey's Stanley Cup once more.
United States College Basketball Layola and the University Of Cincinnati battle into overtime before Layola comes up with the winning basket.