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Newspaper

Monroe Morning World

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1954

Page

10

Pine Bluff baseball woes spark league debate in Cotton States

Judge Emmett Harty eyes alternatives as Pine Bluff declines strain clubs and debt rises in Monroe and Hot Springs parks. El Dorado and Meridian attract fans while EK Dorado star Frank Walenga erupts with a .422 average. Balloting for All-Star selections begins June 11 with Arch Ward guiding the national tallies.

Pine Bluff Emmett Harty Judge Harty Baltimore Orioles St. Louis Browns Bluff Monroe Hot Springs Meridian Greenville el Dorado Cleveland Arch Ward Chicago Tribune Monroe Morning World

Six-Man Tag Wrestle At Rallios Tuesday Night

Six wrestlers meet in a feature tag match at Gus Kallio's Arena Tuesday night with three popular heroes on one side and three villains on the other. Indian Chief Apache Jackie Fargo and Bill Barney head the heroes while The Alaska Wolf Man Danny Dusek and Paddy Mack join the villains, plus a third member. The card follows last week's two-man main event won by Chief and Fargo over Dusek and Wolf.

Gus Kallio Chief Apache Jackie Fargo Bill Barney Alaska Wolf Man Danny Dusek Paddy Mack Chief Fargo Dusek Wolf Barney Mack

Bermuda player Helena Brewer wins Ulster ladies title

Mrs Helena Brewer of Bermuda defeated Kay Hubbell of Boston Massachusetts 6-4 6-4 in the Ulster Lawn Tennis women s singles championship final held in Belfast on June 5.

Belfast Northern Ireland Helena Brewer Bermuda Kay Hubbell Boston Mass

Maroney Shuts Down Pine Bluff In 7 2 Victory

Johnny Maroney hurled six hit baseball and got solid support as the Twin Cities Sports beat Pine Bluff Judges 7 to 2 to climb out of the Cotton States League cellar. Paul Flores drove in three in a key third inning, Buddy Martin added runs later, and only two walks deprived Maroney of a shutout.

Twin Cities Johnny Maroney Pine Bluff Ed Head Maroney Paul Flores Buddy Martin Flores Martin

Meridan Millers Open Four Game Series at Legion Memorial Stadium

The Meridan Millers arrive in Monroe to begin a four game series with the Twin Cities Sports at Legion Memorial Stadium. The first game starts this afternoon at 3 o clock with a double header on Monday night followed by a single game Tuesday as Sports wrap their home stand.

Meridan Millers Monroe Twin Cities Legion Memorial Stadium

Werman, Pine Bluff hurler, takes tough loss on long night

Werman pitched deep into the game as the Sports offense rallied with timely hits. Frank Markinovich and Herman Herzog highlighted sharp fielding plays and solid defense while Doug Kassay and Cliff Mansfield sparked the Judges in the first inning. The Sports outscored the Judges after three runs in the third and two more in the fourth and sixth, then Herzog’s lumber and Maroney’s infield hit helped seal the late-innings drama.

Frank Markinovich Herman Herzog Werman Roberto Gonzales Herzog Gonzales Maroney Doug Kassay Cliff Mansfield

Twin Cities and Pine Bluff results and tonight's games

Yesterday's results include Twin Cities 7 Pine Bluff 2 El Dorado 6 Meridian 5 and Greenville 16 Hot Springs 15. Today's games feature Meridian at Twin Cities Hot Springs at El Dorado Pine Bluff at Greenville. Also Philadelphia 9 St Louis 4 and Brooklyn 8 Chicago 5-3 in a doubleheader mix with other MLB scores listed.

Twin Cities Pine Bluff el Dorado Meridian Greenville Hot Springs Philadelphia St. Louis Brooklyn Chicago New York Cincinnati Milwaukee Pittsburgh Hearn Jansen Liddle Baczewski Fowler Theis Law Wilson Buhl Miller Simmons Greason Newcombe Milner

Baseball matchups and minor league scores listed

Team pairings include Baltimore at New York Coleman and Larsen facing Grim and Reynolds with Cleveland at Philadelphia Feller and Houtteman opposing Portocarrero and Fricano. Chicago at Washington features Johnson Harshman against Stobbs Marrero, Detroit at Boston Branca facing Nixon. Minor scores show Nashville 9 Atlanta and various city pairings with Birmingham Chattanooga Mobile Little Rock New Orleans Memphis.

Chicago Washington Baltimore New York Cleveland Philadelphia Detroit Boston Wenn Detroit Beeeee Oe Boston Ee Coleman Larsen Grim Reynolds Feller B Houtteman Portocarrero Fricano D. Johnson Harshman Stobbs Marrero Branca Nixon

Baseball scoring spread at Texas city games

Oklahoma City defeated Beaumont 9 to 6 in a Texas matchup while San Antonio beat Fort Worth 6 to 4. Tulsa topped Shreveport 3 to 2 as Houston prevailed over Dallas 10 to 9 in ten innings. Dallas faces Houston and Tulsa faces Shreveport while Oklahoma City and Beaumont meet, and Fort Worth plays San Antonio.

Oklahoma City Beaumont San Antonio Fort Worth Tulsa Shreveport Houston Dallas

Livingston Out As Sky Sox Manager

Colorado Springs general manager Bill McPhail says Mickey Livingston has been relieved as Sky Sox manager and will be replaced by Eddie Stewart of the Chicago White Sox.

Colorado Springs Colo Bill McPhail Mickey Livingston Sky Sox Eddie Stewart Chicago White Sox

High school football scores roll in from area games

New Iberia 15 Baton Rouge 12 Crowley 5 Texas City 4 Alexandria 5 Lafayette 2 Port Arthur 7 Lake Charles 3 Alexandria at Lafayette Batton Rouge at New Iberia Port Arthur at Lake Charles Texas City at Crowley snap results from Friday action in Louisiana with several close contests.

Pine Bluff Abrhoa Werman Twin Cities Tomicki Rbi-Mansfield Marinkovich Flores Martin Oden Maroney Gonzales S-Herzog Sb-Oden Kassay Norden Evangeline League New Iberia Serene L-Pine Bluff Port Arthur Baton Rouge Crowley Texas City Alexandria Lafayette Lake Charles Batton Rouge

Phillies Top Cards 9 4 as Raschi Loses First NL Decision

The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4, handing Vic Raschi his first NL loss. Stan Musial hit his 18th homer in the eighth with one on, tying Hank Sauer for the league lead. In Chicago, the Brooklyn Dodgers swept a doubleheader from the Cubs 8-5 and 8-3 behind strong pitching by Russ Meyer and Johnny Podres, boosting their streak to eight wins.

ST. Louis Philadelphia Phillies Vic Raschi St. Louis Cardinals Stan Musial Hank Sauer Chicago Brooklyn Dodgers Russ Meyer Johnny Podres Chicago Cubs Meyer Podres Sauer

Homer Oilers top Bastrop 7 6 in Big Eight clash

Braxton Nail collected three hits in four plate appearances to spark Homer Oilers past winless Bastrop Barons 7 6 in Homer Louisiana. Harry Davis drew four walks and singled in five trips as the official scorer notes the game. Score by innings shows Bastrop 002 004 000 and Homer 600 420 10x.

Homer Braxton Nail Homer Oilers Bastrop Barons Harry Davis Bastrop Thompson Watts Lindsay Brodnax Defour Lee Nail

Farmerville Tops Minden In Ninth Inning Rally

Farmerville erased a late deficit to beat the Minden Red Birds 5 to 4 in a Big Eight League game. Wayne Causey and Ira Simpson had two hits apiece for Farmerville, while Dan Brown logged a triple and two singles for Minden.

Farmerville Minden Red Birds Birds Wayne Causey Ira Simpson Dan Brown Minden Farmerville 012 000 002—5 8 O Proud Bales Cantrell Williams and Simpson

Southern Dissociation First Game and Scores Across Matches

In Birmingham and other venues teams faced off with varied results. Birmingham beat Chattanooga in a first game 73 to 72 while the second game finished Birmingham 150 Chattanooga 41. Mobile defeated Little Rock 6 to 1 and New Orleans edged Memphis 1 to 2. Atlanta beat Nashville 71 to 130 in another matchup with key scorers noted for each side.

Mangham Legion Wins 11-9 Over Ruston Juniors

Mangham Louisiana Mangham American Legion Juniors defeated Ruston Juniors 11 to 9 in a postponed game. winning pitcher J W Mercer and batter Miller went two for two with a two run homer four RBIs and four runs. Nelson took the loss Cobb also went two for two for the losers. Mangham earlier beat Rayville 4-2 and will travel to Delhi then host Monroe Wednesday night.

Mangham Mangham American Legion Ruston J. W. Mercer Miller Nelson Cobb Rayville Delhi Monroe

Texas League Basketball Scores Fragment Summary

Fragmented OCR shows multiple game lines with team abbreviations and partial scores for Shreveport San Antonio Oklahoma City Dallas Houston and Beaumont. Players mentioned include McNeilance Brucker Jacobs J Martin Mickens Sta ples Duren Hopkins Taylor Cardley Olsen Tompkinson Hoff meister Fanning Baich Reeder Ateley Patrick Stathos Schmidt Rand.

Oklahoma City Beaumont Taylor Cardley Olsen Tompkinson Terabilda Hoffmeister Fanning Dallas Houston Any Baich Reeder Ateley Patrick Stathos Schmidt Rand

Purdue runner posts third fastest two mile in history

Gene Matthews of Purdue won the two mile at the 29th Central Collegiate Conference track championships in Milwaukee, finishing in 8 minutes 58.8 seconds to set the third fastest collegiate time in American history tonight.

Gene Matthews Purdue

North Louisiana Buddy League Opens Ninth Season Tomorrow

The North Louisiana Buddy League for boys 16 and under starts its ninth season tomorrow with teams from Jonesboro Hodge Dubach Ruston Arcadia Bernice Farmerville and Fairbanks Sterlington. Two games weekly run through July 26 followed by a Shaughnessy playoff and an all star game on July 2 hosted by Fairbanks Sterlington.

Ruston North Louisiana Joneshboro-Hodge Dubach Arcadia Bernice Farmerville Fairbanks-Sterlington Eddie’’ McLane Shaughnessy Fairbanks - Sterlington Jonesboro - Hodge Fairbanks Jonesboro-Hodge

White Sox Walk Off In Extras To Edge Senators 5 3

In a 10th inning burst the White Sox push two runs to defeat the Senators 5 to 3. Fain Kell Vernon Groth FitzGerald and Carrasquel drive key RBIs while Vernon Groth homer helps set the late rally. Trucks earns the win while Schmitz takes the loss.

White Sox Nin Senators Akar Fain Johnson Terwilliger Chicaro Washington Yort Hoderlein Vernon Rbi-Fain Kell Vernon Groth FitzGerald L-Schmitz U-Mckini Lear Range Chicago White Sox Senators Virgil Trucks Don Johnson CaicaGco Abrho Carrascuel Fox Minose Iw Ee Vnesene aMarataneu Cavaretta Kel Batts C Rivera Rt Ef Gr

Bengals Divide Double Header With Red Hose

Boston and Detroit split a day night doubleheader as the Tigers blanked the Red Sox 6-0 in the day game behind George Zaverink three hits and a shutout, while Boston captured the night game 5-4 with a home run burst.

Bengals Red Boston Detroit Tigers George Zaverink Red Sox

Minor League Morning World Ledger: Brick Falls to Portman’s 18 2

In the loop inaugural Monroe Brick slumped 18 to 2 to Skippy Portman’s Morning World Minor Leaguers. Fred Had dad went 2 for 2 with a triple, Dave Hart 2 for 2, Gene Hart a triple. Brown Arren took two hits for Monroe Brick. In the other game Family Shoe Store beat M G M 12 to 3. Dunn led Family Shoe with 4 for 5. Edward batted 2 for 4 for M G M.

Skippy Portman Monroe Fred Haddad Dave Hart Gene Hart Brown Arren Monroe Brick Battery Family Shoe Fallin Dunn Lee Thomas Melton Edward

Local League Schedule With Evening Basketball Pairings

The City League lists Monday games United Gas versus Foremost at 8 p.m. and News-Star against 3-Way at Sherrouse. Thursday features 3-Way versus United Gas and Foremost facing News-Star at Sherrouse with 8 p.m. matches.

United Gas Foremost Barkdull News-Star Sherrouse Sp.m. Foremost W. L. Pet. News-Star Ee

Monroe Juniors Host Rayville Nine Tomorrow

The Monroe American Legion Juniors entertain Rayville at Northeast State College diamond tomorrow at 3 30 p m. Coach Woody Boyles says starting pitcher will be Jim Altick for the Bucs.

Monroe American Legion Rayville Northeast State College Woody Boyles Bucs Jim Altick

Determine Scores Victory In Sprint At Wood Oval

In Inglewood California on June 5 Kentucky Derby champion Determine won the Debonair Stakes at Hollywood Park a seven furlong sprint before 46 500 fans, finishing nearly two lengths ahead of Lucky Martin with Roly third. The Pie King debuted in America and finished fourth. Determine carried 126 pounds and earned 15 100 from a 27 400 purse, boosting his year record to eight wins in 10 starts and career earnings to 301 335.

Inglewood Calif Churchill Downs Hollywood Park Ray York Andrew Crevelin California Lucky Martin Roly Pie King Determine

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