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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1939
Page
5
A schedule note lists games: June 27 Cabot vs Gulf. June 29 Atlantic vs RC Cola and a bet. June 30 Standard vs RC Cola, Indians vs Atlantic, and Standard vs Cabot, Indians vs Gulf.
RC Colas outhit Monahans Indians 7 to 6 in a longer game after tied 4-all at seven innings. Hank Doty held Red Men to 4 hits while Pace fanned 13 in a 7-6 RC Colas victory that forced two extra innings and featured late drama to finish before the hour.
In Tuesday night cap Cabot and Atlantic battled for 1 hour 17 minutes before a tied game at four runs apiece was called. Cabot led in hits 8 to 5 with Tedlie and Rogers each collecting two hits for Cabot while Nichols Childress and Levaney each had one hit for Atlantic.
Gulf piled up 24 runs in six innings as Atlantic pitcher woes continued. John Wight went 4 for 4 for Atlantic while Pinky Puckett hit a home run for Gulf and A J Burnett’s squad exploded with 10 runs in the third inning.
Indians reclaim form with a 10 to 3 victory over Standard's Refiners on Friday. Ralph Barnes homered and tripled in three trips, Kenneth Snyder added two bunts, and Doug Harkey briefly started before being relieved by OK Pace. Standard struggled with only Harding contributing two of four hits as Atlantic aided with five hits and four Indian errors.
In the replayed protest, Standard Refiners defeated RC Cola 9 to 3 after taking an early lead and scoring multiple runs in the third and sixth innings. Standard’s defense and timely double plays helped limit RC Cola to five hits and three runs, with two costly fielding bobbles by RC’s shortstop offset by double plays.
The Indians slumped in the second protested playoff, managing only one hit off Gibson as Atlantic won 9 to 2. Pinky Puckett starred with strong defense and a solo homer off Pace, while Lé Roy Hary provided the lone Indian hit.
The city of Monahans Texas scheduled an election for July 8 1929 on issuing thirty thousand dollars in waterworks bonds and thirty thousand dollars in sanitary sewer bonds. The proposition asks council authority to issue the bonds with ten year max maturity and four percent interest plus tax to fund extensions and improvements. In other news the Monahans Indians lost their first game to the Gulf Oilers as five misplays in the outfield and strong hitting led to an 11 run rally. Pace the Indian pitcher allowed 14 hits and three strikeouts in a season high effort as Gulf stacked up the runs in the first and seventh innings.
Notice of a June 21 1939 city election in Monahans Texas for Proposition No 2 to issue Sanitary Sewer System bonds. Election directors named with precinct voting rules posted at City Hall and two public places, with publication required in a general circulation newspaper.
North Texas State Teachers College at Denton began the first college course in Chemurgy in the United States and outlined a two day chemurgic conference for June 23 24. Victor H Schoffelmayer of the Dallas Morning News led talks predicting a new civilization where agriculture and industry unite to develop new outlets for crops using materials like cellulose protein starch resins gums and vegetable oils.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Noel left yesterday for Ft Worth and Tulsa They will stay with Mrs Noels parents in Tulsa and visit Mr Noels grandparents in Ft Worth The Noels expect to be gone about a week.
Mr and Mrs Fred Youree and daughter Maurine along with Mrs Yourees niece Christine McDuffey of Brownfield completed a two week motor tour through New Mexico and Colorado.
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