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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
4
The schedule lists matchups between teams Pumpers Bailey Elkins Economy and Fronomy from June 7 to June 24. Each date features a distinct pairing including key clashes like Economy versus Bailey and Elkins versus Pumpers.
Chicago White Sox rally from behind to beat the New York Yankees 4 to 3 in New York. Pitched duel between Sput Chandler and Johnny Rigney ends with Babe Dahlgren miscue and late Sox hits by Mike Kreevich and Taft Wright delivering the winning runs in the ninth.
The Philadelphia Athletics beat Detroit 7-4 with Dick Siebert's double steal and an outfield fly in the eighth. Cleveland edged Washington 4-3 as Frank Pylak and Lem Boudreau contributed. Ray Mack hit a late homer. Pittsburgh beat Boston 7-6 to climb from last. Chicago Cubs toppled Philadelphia 11-5 with Nicholson two homers. Dodgers stretched win streak to five, 9-1 over St Louis as Walker homered and Mize Crowe also hit scoring shots.
Public notice from A. L. Skeen Water Superintendent warns water users to pay their water bill on or before the tenth of the month to avoid any penalty.
Right hander Joe Demoran limited Fort Worth to five hits as Dallas won 5 to 2. The Rebels tallied three runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way at Ballas Texas.
The East Texas League shrinks to six teams after Palestine and Jacksonville quit following Wednesday games. Longview leads the Texas League circuit but games involving the two clubs will not affect standings. A revised schedule and reassigned umpires are set for the remainder of the season. Tyler absorbs Palestine’s working agreement with the St Louis Browns. Jacksonville’s efforts to transfer to Lufkin failed. The column veers into wildlife yarns from Southern Sportsmen.
A compilation notes a Texas angler finding a two foot water snake in a 12 pound catfish and lists animals and foods skunks eat. It mentions bass and crappie catches, giant carp to 42 pounds, and regional claims about the largest poisonous snakes and bird beaks. Also includes a North Carolina peak height, and a 1940 Jetmore Kansas Republication notice inviting hunters to O Connell Ranch with rules and signatories Billy O Connell and Sam Fulton.
Fconomy Auto Store scored five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 15 to 3 exhibition win over Clines Cleaners Thursday night. Economy committed five errors while Clines had seven. Jeter limited Clines to one hit, a Richardson single in the third. Griffith and McCurdy each had two hits for Fconomy.
St Louis June 7 managers Bill McKechnie of the Reds and Joe Cronin of the Red Sox were named to lead all star teams chosen from their leagues for the All Star game at Sportsmans Park. The announcement came from the national commission of major league baseball.
The fragmentary OCR yields limited readable facts about a team and advisor named in the text. No clear event, location, or outcome is identifiable from the provided snippet.
The Magnolias defeated Denison 17-16 in a close Thursday girls basketball contest. Bonham Mag led with a strong finish amid a free hitting effort, while Denison battled hard to the final buzzer.
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