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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1940
Page
8
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In the first game Morton Cooper faltered as errors opened the door for Boston Bees. Heintzelman fanned two in the ninth to end the game. Pittsburgh provided offense with hits by Vaughan and Van Robays, but St Louis fell short 3 to 1. Attendance was 7,000 as darkness halted the second game after three scoreless innings.
Dallas edged Beaumont 1 to 0 in a 10 inning game. Oklahoma City defeated San Antonio 7 to 2 behind Adkins and Huffman. Fort Worth beat Houston 5 to 4. Shreveport won 12 to 10 in extra innings over an unnamed foe.
The Lida Benton Bees defeated the Georgia Tucker Midgets 8 to 6 on Tuesday morning with Finkbeiner homering for the Bees. Bees-Wayne and Cribbs pitched. The Lida Benton Midgets won 7 to 5 over the Sherrouse team as Laziza hit a triple and Finkbeiner Deal and Boone doubled. Midgets Finkbeiner Cribbs and Sherrouse F Joseph and A Joseph Laffey. A Pueblo judge fined a fortune teller $10 for anti fortune telling ordinance violations after claiming a man would have an auto crash in three days if he ruled a case differently.
Lake Charles resident Mr. Wilson Rabin reports long endured indigestion improved after using Gly-Cas. He says raw eggs and mush ruined meals, but regular elimination of intestinal impurities and better energy followed, freeing him from back pain and cane use. Sold by Phoenix Drug Co. and local pharmacists.
Monroe Pirates beat West Monroe Green Parrots 8 to 3 on Saturday and 4 to 0 on Sunday. Ed Riddle held the Parrots to five hits Saturday. Lenard allowed seven singles Sunday. In Mangham, Clark Lumberjacks defeated Mangham 5 to 1 as Parham and Sellers led a 11 hit attack.
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