Red Birds Fall as Brooklyn Beats Pirates 17 10
In a rough game St Louis drops to second as Boston tops them 10 6 behind an 18 hit attack led by Seii who earned his first win in over a month with late relief from Poitier. Notable performances include Musial Crandall and Slaughter driving runs amid a high scoring contest.
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ST. Louis
Boston Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Johnny Seii
Nelson Poitier
Bicetes
Lessese
Lalissact
Hiekeksorns
T. Lewis
Yorva
Reeder
Brazle
Hearn
Brecheen
Brazie
Sain
Potter
Brechten
Heer
Warneke
Conlan
Phillies
Harry Brecheen
Cardinals
Ken Raffensberger
Reds
Stan Musial
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Richie Ashburn
Willard Marshall
Giants
Enos Slaughter
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn
Red Schoendienst
Suachita Valley League Today's Locals Matchups
Dooleyville faces Southside and Eureka plays Wilhite as Frairie Read meets Twin City on Tockeys' diamond. West Monroe and Monroe Rockets travel to Liberty for key league games.
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Dooleyville
Southside
Eureka
Wilhite
Frairie Read
Twin City
Tockeys
Diamond
West Monroe
Monroe Rockets
Liberty
Rockets Face Prairie Road In West Monroe Do or Die Bid
The Ouachita Valley League top game sees Liberty host the Monroe Rockets as the standings race tightens. Liberty can tie the leaders with a win, while the Rockets also schedule a makeup game with Prairie Road at Cloyd's Park in West Monroe as announced by manager Scruggs.
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Rockets
S. Prairie Road
Cloyd’s Park
West Monroe
Liberty
Monroe Rockets
Prairie Road
Scruggs
Monroe-West Monroe
Bat Boy
Vernon Sanders
Craig Whetstone
Bobby Bass
Lionel Crowell
Sam Campbell
Bob Carter
Kenneth Bates
Dick Campbell
Jase Johnson
Jaff
Marvin DuBas
Louise Suggs Wins Women's Western Open Title
Louise Suggs of Carrolton Georgia defeated Getty Jameson of San Antonio Texas 5-4 to capture the Women's Western Open in Oklahoma City on June 23. The victory marks Suggs first professional win and gives her a share of a record with Babe Didrikson Zaharias and Patty Berg as three time winners. A 2500‑strong gallery watched Suggs play steady golf with occasional long putts and finish the match on the 52nd hole.
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Oklahoma City
Louise Suggs
Carrolton
Getty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Little Georgia Star
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Patty Berg
Tallulah Downs Lake Providence 5 1 in baseball clash
Tallulah Planters beat Lake Providence 5 to 1 behind six hit pitching by Eckert. Boswell and Hinton led Tallulah with two hits each. Dumas relieved Hahn and allowed only one more hit. Lake Providence struggled with errors and walks throughout the game.
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Tallulah
Eckert
TaLlulah Planters
Lake Providence Clippers
Boswell
Billy Hinton
Planters
Dumas
Hahn
Lake Providence
Ray Fortenberry
Spiese
Fortenberry
R. Fortenberry
Park
Hains
Touais
Hughes
Magila
Cooper
Hinton
McLemore
W. Collins
Eoccecerrieveren
Tolais
Clifford Getz Paired Against Curtis and Gray
A wrestling exhibition headlined by Jack Curtis and Flash Clifford facing Al Getz and Carl Gray will headline promoter Gus Kallio’s show at Walnut street arena Tuesday night. Referee Allen Corbin leads a plan approved by Commissioner Dave Silverstein to boost order with Kallio outside the ring as support. the main event carries a two falls to win limit in 15 minutes?
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Jack Curtis
Flash
Clifford
al Getz
Carl Gray
Gus Kallio
Walnut Street Arena
Louisville
Kallio
Dave Silverstein
Allen Corbin
Curtis
Getz
Corbin
Hell
Pittsburgh
Jackson Parish Sportsmen Plan Meeting and Rodeo Rules
Jackson Parish Sportsmen Club invites members and families to a July 27 meeting at Quitman High School to discuss the proposed lake site two miles southwest of Quitman, with speakers and posted rules and prizes. The club's rodeo rules set dates July 1 to Sept 26 1919 for fish contests with monthly prizes and grand prizes including rods and reels.
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Hodue
Jackson Parish
Tomorrow's Games Spatafora's Grocery and Others
Tomorrow's lineup features Spatafora's Grocery facing the Progressives, Barkdull Faulk. Hunt and Whitaker meet the Red Sox, Missouri Pacific. Spatafora's Pharmacy plays Seroco with Sherrouse in action.
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Spatafora’s Grocery
Progressives
Barkdull Faulk
Hunt and Whitaker
Red Sox
Missouri Pacific
Spatafora’s Pharmacy
Seroco
Sherrouse
Spatafora's Pharmacy Fights Progres sives Sherrouse
Only game scheduled features Spatafora's Pharmacy clashing with the Progres sives from Sherrouse in a standalone matchup. No other contests listed.
Thursday's Games Matchups on Local League Card
The slate lists Ried Sox facing Spatafora's Grocery with Barkdull Faulk, Progressives meeting Nichols, Missouri acific, and Seroco taking on Hunt and Whitaker in a busy program.
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Ried Sox
Spatafora’s
Barkdull Faulk
Progressives
Nichols
Missouriacific
Seroco
Hunt and Whitaker
Sherrouse
Wednesday's Games Feature Bell and Pacific Matchups
Wednesday schedule shows Southern Bell against United Gas, Missouri Pacific facing Missouri Pacific, and Employees L. P. and L. meeting West Monroe in a trio of league contests.
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United Gas
Ween Southern Bell
Missouri Pacific
Southern Bell
Employees L. P. & L
West Monroe
Friday's Games and Baseball Records Highlight
Friday's slate includes Southern Bell vs Missouri Pacific at Rec Field and Employees L. P. & L. vs Therm Atomic at Barkdall Faulk. Babe Ruth struck out 1330 times in his major league career and hit 714 home runs, marking a record of enduring power.
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Southern Bell
Missouri Pacific
Rec
Field
Thermatomic
Barkdall Faulk
Babe Ruth
Recreation League Girls League Tonight Matchups
Red Shield faces Lovers Lane at 7 50 with two five inning games at Barkdull Faulk. Ouachita Tractor meets Independents at 7 pm, Barkdull Faulk. Hep Cats clash with MAA at 8 30, Barkdull Faulk. Independents play MAA at 7 pm, Hep Cats face Ouachita Tractor at 8 59.
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Red Shield
Lovers’ Lane
Barkdull Faulk
Ouachita Tractor
Independents
Hep Cats
Barkdull
Missouri Pacific
Monroe Auto Auction
Monroe Furniture Trials Set at 6 P.M. Field
Memorial Methodists and Pete's Con ozo play at 6 P.M. at Sherrouse. Spatafora's Grocery squares off with Westside at 6 P.M. on Missouri Pacific field Ree.
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Monroe Furniture
McVay Plumbing
Missouri Pacific
Memorial Methodists
Pete’s Conozo
Sherrouse
Spatafora's Grocery
Westside
Spatafora's Grocery faces Monroe Furniture in opener
A schedule lists games at 6 p.m. with Spatafora's Grocery taking on Monroe Furniture, Barkdall Faulk, Westside meeting the Methodists, and McVay opposing Faulk-Collier in the same evening lineup.
Southside and L. T. L clash in 6 pm games
Schedule lists Southside vs L T L at 6 pm and Red Shield against W O W at 6 pm. Terminix plays Slagle Johnson at 7 30 pm. Friday’s lineup includes W O W versus Terminix and Slagle Johnson versus Southside at 6 pm with L T S against Red Shield at 6 pm.
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Slagle-Johnson
Shee Wenwee
Terminix
Southside
Barkdull Faulk
Red Shield
Sherrouse
Triday
Oe Ky Es
Land in United States History Ties to Five Nations
A concise review notes that land now part of the United States originated from claims by Spain France England Holland and Sweden, reflecting a layered colonial heritage across early North American settlement and territorial transfer.
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United States
Spain
France
England
Holland
Sweden
All-Star Game Sides Narrowed In National League Pick
League pilot will decide final roster choices. National League manager Billy Southworth expected to select Vern Bickford from the Braves staff. Remaining senior circuit pitchers seen as Ralph Branca of the Dodgers and Robin Roberts.
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Gil Hodges
Dodgers
Jack Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Sid Gordon
Giants
Ralph Kiner
Pirates
Richie Ashburn
Phillies
Stan Musial
Cardinals
Andy Seminick
Vern Bickford
Braves
Ralph Branca
Harry Brecheen
Cardi
Robin Roberts
Ken Raffensberger
Billy Southworth
Gonzales Ousted From Wimbledon Upset by Geoff Brown
London June 25 Rich ard Pancho Gonzales, 21 year old U S singles titleholder, was eliminated at Wimbledon by Australian Geoff Brown in an upset on center court 2 6 6 3 6 2 6 1 in one hour 13 minutes as Attlee and about 17000 fans watched. Other seeds advanced to the quarter finals including Ted Schroeder Frank Parker and Bob Falkenburg.
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London
Richard
Pancho) Gonzales
U. S
Australia
Geoff Brown
Attlee
Los Angeles
Ted Schroeder
la Crescenta
Calif
Bob Falkenburg
Beverly Hills
Frank Parker
Indian Land Wins Ohio Mile Pace at Westbury
Indian Land won the $5,009 Ohio Mile pace at Westbury in 2:01 4/5 near the track record of 2:01 held by Direct Express. Driver Joe O'Brien sent Indian Land to the lead at the first turn, finishing a length ahead of Gratton McKlye with Jimmy Creed third. Payouts were $11.50, $5.50, and $3.30. Goose Bay faded after tangling sulkies with Mr. Morris Scot.
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Westbury
N. Y
Indian Land
Direct Express
Joe O'Brien
Gratton McKlye
Jimmy Creed
Goose Bay
Morris Scot
SKEET SHOOTERS PREPARE FOR BIG EXHIBITION AT PLUM
J B Thoman, range manager, reports a major skeet exhibition at Plum and Sixth streets starting at 1 PM. The Ouachita Skeet Club offers three awards in the teen age division and three in the adult division with prizes from local merchants. Previous winners Gene Low and Jim Cox are ineligible for today’s awards under monthly-claim rules.
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Plum
Sixth Streets
J. B. Thoman
Ouachita Skeet Club
Gene Low
Jim Cox
Bernheim Brothers
Miller-Guerriero Hardware
Hodges Market
A. & Day
Thoman
To P. Store
Sutherland’s Sports Shop
Haddad's Hardware and Sporting Goods
Gene's Sports Shop
Montreal talent Chuck Conners adds arts to base skills
Brooklyn Dodger farm hand turned Montreal first baseman Chuck Conners printed business cards listing recitation ghost writing and magic shows His Casey at the Bat recitation impressed the Brooklyn Knothole dinner audience and showcased a wider range of talents beyond baseball.
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Montreal
Chuck Conners
Brooklyn Dodger
Conners
Casey
Brooklyn
Almanac origins tied to ancient Arabian weather terms
The word Almanac stems from ancient Arabian language meaning the weather or climate. It notes how early scholars linked calendar knowledge with atmospheric patterns, shaping early meteorological record keeping.
Coaltown Upset in Equipoise Mile by Star Reward
Arlington Park saw Star Reward, 11 to 1 underdog, surge from fourth to beat Coaltown by three lengths in the 27,800 Equipoise Mile. Star Reward clocked 1:35 flat for the mile, paying 24.10 to win and 4.20 to place. Coaltown paid 2.40. ARCADIA Calif Ace Admiral wins Intowood Handicap at Hollywood Park in a blanket finish, time 1:42 4/5 for a mile 1 16th. Pretal and Amble finish second and third after photo finish. Ace Admiral pays 10.80 7.19 5.50.
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Chicago
Star
Arlington Park
Coaltown
Carrara Marble
Star Reward
Charles T. Fisher
Detroit Automobile
Arlington
Free America
Slace
B.ting
Arcadia
Calif
Ace Admiral
Hollywood Park
Santa Anita
Pretal
Amble i
Double Jay
Southwest Open Tennis Semis Eliminate Top Seed Fleitz
Johnny Fleitz seeded No. 2 and pre-tourney favorite falls in the Southwest Open semifinals in Little Rock. Teen Steve Potts of Memphis defeats Fleitz 6-3 8-6 6-2 to set final with either Harcourt Watters of New Orleans or Chick Harris of Texas. Potts had earlier beaten Julian Oates 6-1 6-0.
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Little Rock
Ark
Johnny Fleitz
Los Angeles
Fleitz
Steve Potts
Memphis
Tenn
Harcourt Watters
New Orleans
Chick Harris
University of Texas
Potts
Julian Oates
Waco
Tex
Waters-Harris
Harris
Bill Miller
Kansas City
Ken Crawford
Dallas
Waters
Alex Wella
West Monroe Midget Softball Standings Show Team Matchups
West Monroe standings list Cardinals versus Senators and Presbyterians against Brownville and Kiwanis with schedule blocks at 6 and 7 50 pm. Recap notes Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby are the sole major leaguers to bat over .400 three times in history.
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Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Kiwanis Ceromere
Presbyterians
Peeerizetees & Sot
Brownville
Cardinals
Disease Misunderstood Cure Promotes H. F. Liquid
An article explains a skin disease caused by a buried vegetable growth rather than germs. It urges a two step treatment that softens the outer skin then kills the growth, highlighting H. F. liquid as a fast acting nightly remedy for athlete’s foot and related irritation.
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H. F. Wall
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