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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1940
Page
7
Helena beat the Monroe White Sox 10-6 in a late rally to win the second game of a doubleheader. The slugging Helena offense struck in the ninth inning to secure the victory.
Baseball roundup notes Cincinnati’s pitching duel advantage and BUB FELLER with 104 strikeouts leading the league. Barney McCosky surges in batting, Finney slides, and Detroit leads team batting while Boston and Philadelphia players top in home runs and RBIs.
Monroe and Helena meet in a twin bill today at Helena. The first game is set to begin at 2 p.m. Kelton Maxfield and Floyd Speer are expected to start for the White Sox.
Seaporters rally with three runs in the first and two in the third but Helena edges ahead as Dick Weller works the full game. Burt, Pruitt, and Zarilla pace a 14 hit attack with three triples and three doubles while Bowles and Hinton labor for the Sox amid five walks and three errors.
Standings from yesterday show Helena 10 over Monroe 6 El Dorado 6 over Clarksdale 3 Pine Bluff 3 over Greenville 0 Hot Springs 4 over Greenwood 2 Today's games include Monroe at Helena El Dorado at Clarksdale Greenville at Pine Bluff Greenwood at Hot Springs Baseball matchups feature Cincinnati 3 New York 1 Pittsburgh 7 Brooklyn 2 Chicago 10 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 9 Boston 2 with multiple scheduled games and rain notes Chicago at Philadelphia postponed. other pairings include Detroit 3 New York 2 and Washington 11 St Louis 10.
The schedule lists multiple matchups with scores: Atlanta 5 Birmingham 1, Chattanooga 5 New Orleans 4, Memphis 14 Knoxville 7, Nashville 6 Little Rock 3, Oklahoma City 15 Fort Worth 7, Tulsa 8 Dallas 8, Houston 6 Shreveport 3. Pairings include Oklahoma City at Houston, Tulsa at Beaumont, Dallas at Shreveport, Fort Worth at San Antonio.
League leaders in batting home runs runs batted in and more are listed for the American and National Leagues. Names like Foxx Red Sox Greenberg Tigers Danning Giants and Mize Cardinals appear with statistics for hits runs and RBIs, reflecting early season performance.
In a mixed Texas League recap, San Antonio versus Beaumont shows a 3 to 4 result amid scattered innings and errors. Dallas battles tied ends with late losses while Oklahoma City and Fort Worth post uneven scores, with pitchers and lineups listed in fragmented fashion.
Milk man Jim Turner outdueled Bill Lohrman in a 3 1 Cincinnati victory. Lombardi hit the decisive eighth inning homer to lift the Reds and drop the Giants to third in the NL pennant race. Moore's baserunning blunted a late Giants rally as New York failed to score.
Brooklyn falls 7 to 2 as Joe Medwick bats with bases loaded in the eighth but grounds out. Elbie Fletcher hits two homers and Vince DiMaggio adds one for the Pirates, who snap a slide after the beaning incident involving Medwick.
Nashville left fielder Arnold Moser is close to reaching 100 safeties in the 1940 season with 95 plus two more in a night game. Emil Mailho and Hubert Shelly trailed with 91, Wee Willie Duke had 90, while Cris Hockett led batting average at .401. Tennessee’s Dutch Meyer drove in 64, Henry Johnson led pitchers with eight wins, and Nashville topped team stats in batting and fielding.
San Francisco June 2. Herb Pennock, Boston Red Sox chief scout, questions whether the New York Yankees are disintegrating as their power falters. He notes aging stars, uncertain leadership, and a cache of young replacements in the minors, while predicting Joe DiMaggio will rebound to restore the club’s hitting.
Baton Rouge reports five Louisiana State University golfers, including Henry Castillo the 1949 LSU amateur champion and captain, will compete in the national intercollegiate championships at Manchester, Vermont. Teammates Bert McDowell, Lee Ramser, Earl Stewart, Morey, and George Sharpe join Castillo as LSU bids for the title. Castillo aims to win, claiming peak form as he travels by auto to Vermont.
Chatham Redbirds defeated Ruston Vols 4 to 0 as D. Garner limited Ruston to five hits and went 3 for 4. Shelby collected two Ruston hits. Game played in Ruston on Wednesday.
LSU tennis stars Billy Amateedter and Bernard Jacoby begin a busy stretch from June 27 with four Eastern tournaments starting in New Jersey. Amateedter, a top national junior champion, leads the team as they head to Perth Amboy and other events this summer while coach Diel oversees the preparation amid a season end.
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