West Monroe Youth Leagues Plan Drive for Concession Stand
A meeting of 12 team managers and group captains from West Monroe youth leagues is set for Sunday evening at Westside Cafeteria to launch a fundraising campaign. Homer Gates of the Eagles states the drive funds a new concession stand at Confederate Park, with mothers chosen by each team to serve as captains along with their managers to receive sale instructions.
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Local softball league results and candy fundraiser plan
Multiple league games noted with winners and losers across City A League Industrial League and Junior League. Reports include Battery pairings Carter Spatafora and Holmes Tarver IBM players. a candy sale incentive offers team members votes for a sweetheart and trips to the Astrodome for top sellers plus league queen titles. Gates and J M Pinkston to preside at Sunday meeting.
West Monroe Softball League Scores Report
West Monroe Woodlawn defeated Universal Packing in the Adult League with Myatt and Crawford as the winning battery and Pisia and Harper as the losers. Southern Tool beat State Farm-1 as Salter and Harris won the battery while Bates and Halle lost. Bailey had two hits for the winners and May homered for the losers. In the Boys League Twin City Electric topped the Worms. Monroe Sand and Gravel beat Lady Rebels in the Girls League with Smith and Martin winning and Blazer and Lewis losing. May Bunn Sandifer and Ham had hits for the winners. Louise Louis and Lewell Louis led the losers with two hits each.
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Myatt
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Southern Tool
State Farm - 1
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Harris
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Halle
Bailey
May
Twin City Electric
Worms
Monroe Sand
Gravel
Lady Rebels
Smith
Martin
Blazer
Lewis
Bunn
Sandifer
Ham
Louise Louis
Lewell Louis
West Monroe Trucks edge Foremost in Dixie Youth action
West Monroe Trucks beat Foremost 6 to 3. Milstead Crawford and Beavers led West Monroe with key hits while Estess Mann and Dowdy contributed for the losers. McLemore, Beavers, Clowers, and Griffin starred in other West League results with multiple hits and runs.
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Milstead
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Estess
Mann
Dowdy
W. Monroe
Crawford
Poindexter
Browder
McLemore
Burger Chet
Clowers
Beavers
Griffin
Summerfield
Tim Griffin
Tom Griffin
Joel Childress
Colberts
Ouachita
Southside
Lev
M. McGrew
Tigers Star Jim Northrup Out With Mumps
Detroit center fielder Jim Northrup, leading the league, has contracted mumps and returned to Detroit to recuperate. Riches Stanley will replace him in the lineup as the Tigers, who played the California Angels in Anaheim Friday night, regroup.
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Jim Northrup
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Simsboro Wins Makeup Game Over Downsville 7-4
Simsboro defeated Downsville 7-4 in a makeup game in the North Louisiana Central League despite seven errors. Bobby Boyette Dan Futrell and Joey Bales had two hits each for Simsboro while Stacey Savage was 2 for 3 and Larry Savage went 2 for 4 for Downsville. Charles Dring earned the win with Larry Antley taking the loss.
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Dan Futrell
Joey Bales
Stacey Savage
Larry Savage
Charles Dring
Larry Antley
Southern Equipment routs Standard Lumber in Dixie League clash
Valentine hits two home runs for Southern Equipment in a 6-5 win over Standard Lumber. Dickens also homered for Standard Southern Equipment. In the second game Shell Oli defeats Central Bank 10-1 behind Dyer's homer with Towns and McCarty credited.
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McCarty
Vaughn
Brown
Local Little League Scores Roundup Across Four Leagues
Northside Minor League saw Van Trow beat Texaco 12 to 2 with Wagnon homering and Platt going 2 for 3 for Texaco. North Monroe Lions edged Rodrigue Farr 2 to 1 as Bartlett and Ellet doubled. Southside Minor League featured Channiers 14 to 1 over Monroe Lions Club with Johnson and Stiles producing for each side. In the Southside, Montgomery Ward defeated Twin City Printing 7 to 5. Point City Printing lost 5 to 31 in a 3 run game. Eastside Minor League matched Steel Motors 9 to 7 after a 9 to 7 result for Piggly Wiggly. Eastgate Merchant beat Louisiana Machinery 10 to 9 in Eastside Little. Eastgate Merchant then won 10 to 9 in a separate scoreline with Walker aiding the win.
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Dixie Boys Action: Paper Workers Defeat Saunders
Dixie Boys in West Monroe saw the Paper Workers win Friday as Jordan hit three for three and Booth two for three. Saunders was doubled by McCormick. Blazier and Coon pitched for the winners. Ouachita Federal beat V F W 7 3 with Pace and Douglas tallying for the losers.
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T. L. James Tops Bossier in Legion Game
T. L. James Contractors blanked Bossier 4 0 in an American Legion matchup. Crawford struck out 10 without a walk for the win, Walker took the loss. Dean Dick went 2 for 3 with a triple. Gary Blackstock had two doubles in four at bats. T. L. James faces Industrial Sheet Metals next Tuesday at Ruston.
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American Legion
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T. L. James
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Dixie Seniors Triumph Over Peoples Home in Monroe League
Dixie Seniors defeated Peoples Home 113 in a Friday Monroe Dixie Senior league game. Winning battery Schira and Taylor, with players Colvin Pecce, Mond, Farmer, Hawthorne, Piepenae, Hill Lumber Biland Clayton and Gibson contributing.
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Taylor
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