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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1955
Page
6
The Orioles rally in the seventh to pull even with the Bengals at one all. Monroe homered in the frame and Coan delivered a key single, keeping the game tight into the eighth as Seattle and Coan chase late runs.
The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Chicago Cubs 3 to 2 as Lopata delivered a decisive hit in the seventh inning. Stanier homerun sparked by two outs in the ninth but Chicago fell short as the Cubs could not overcome the late rally.
West Monroe Juniors beat Monroe Legion 6 to 5 after a ninth inning rally. Huckabay hit a key long double and scored on a late RBI, while Wayne Hendricks started for West Monroe and Zeke Crawford earned the win. Multiple hits came from Kaline and Crowe as the game swung with late exchanges and a decisive final frame.
Jonesville reports Odis Jackson named head basketball coach at Block High School replacing H. H. Stovall. Jackson, ex Louisiana Tech and Louisiana College star, will assist Ronald Dry in football and serve as athletic director. Dry plans practice in August for freshmen and sophomores with open dates September 25 and October 21.
Monroe Bowling Center and Southern Furniture split two points at Monroe. Higgins tops with 165 high game and 468 high series, Knipping 222 and 506. Team No 7 ties for second with 193 and 450, while Paul Pettit stars for Howard Brothers with 240 high game and 471 series. Keystone Paint shades Team No 4 with 182 and 438. Parkway Spaghetti Garden gains two points over Team No 9% after one win.
The Kansas City A's beat the Washington Nats by 42 points. Arnold Porta recorded his first win with assists from Parge and Diggy aschieved, while Pas and Naagty contributed.
Tiger Jones defeats Ernie Durando by a sixth round technical knockout at Madison Square Garden. The bout featured cuts around Durando’s left eye and a dominant attack from Jones as the referee halted the fight in the sixth round at the State Athletic Center.
Unreadable OCR fragment mentioning a quarterback and references to places and names. Lacks coherent details, dates, or clear actions.
The Chenier Lake fishing report notes improved bluegill and bass bites but sparse speckled perch catches. Water clarity varies by area with cleaner water aiding early bass and bream. Catfish show limited action near structure while worm baits tempt channel catfish.
Concordia area anglers near Monterey report good fishing conditions with mighty wood fishing improving as weekly prospects rise barring unusual weather. Some perch have slackened while bass lures in shallow water show activity and a local angler brought in a large catch Thursday highlighting ongoing strong fishing.
An unclear OCR fragment recounts a fisherman near a river who reported a strange event. The piece mentions state agencies and fisheries commissions seeking information and calling for new procedures, though many words are garbled.
Curious garbled text appears from an old page with scattered phrases and names. The fragment reads like jumbled lines about people, places, and possible headlines but yields no clear event or coherent details.
EEPHLA reports on June 17 as Philadelphia Eagles reveal John Magee a forward and Tom Woodiea rookie halfback from the University of South Carolina.
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