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Newspaper

Monroe News Star

Location

Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1946

Page

8

Red Sox Blank Mackmen 5-0 in Boston Victory

Tex Hughson won his 12th game as Boston blanked the Philadelphia Athletics 5-0. He allowed five singles, notching his fourth shutout, while Ted Williams sat out part of the game. Bobby Doerr homered for the Red Sox and Doerr drove in two runs as Boston jumped ahead and coasted to the win.

Boston Tex Hughson Boston Red Sox Philadelphia Athletics Hughson Ted Williams Pesky Williams Detroit Bobby Doerr Ted Ersven IxVale Secevecovesessserse Tl Griffith Pssecesser Fowler Handley Grimes Rosar di Maggio Wagner Fiughson Philadelphia . Co Doerr Moses Pellagrini Gutteridge York Philadelphia

Griffith 1 in 1. Hit by pitcher: by Griffith

Griffith pitched a complete game with one strikeout and one hit by pitch. The loss went to Fowler Umpires Hubbard Passarella Weather. The game duration was 1 35 and attendance reached 17 152 paid.

Griffith Wagner Fowler Hubbard Passarella Weater

Meske and Blassie win double main event mat battles

Ed Meske, a tough Californian, defeated Ellis Bashara in a three fall bout with a freak knockout in the final fall. Fred Blassie toppled Jerry Vallina after a disqualification and a grapvine submission in straight falls. Rex Mobley defends the light heavyweight title against Jack Curtis in the upcoming Saturday show.

Ed Meske Fred Blassie Gus Kallie Meske Ellis Bashara Oklahoma Sponer Blassie Jerry Vallina East St. Louis Bashara Ring Post Bill Barney Vallina Kallio Rex Mobley Jack Curtis the Phantom Emir Badu

Bears claim Texas Junior Legion title behind Womack two hitter

In Austin on August 7 Frankie Womack pitched a two hit game guiding the Houston San Jacinto Bears to a 12 to 2 victory over Fort Worth Polytechnic. The win secured the state American Legion Junior baseball championship for San Jacinto.

Texas Austin Tex Frankie Womack Houston San Jacinto Bears Fort Worth Polytechnic American Legion

Baseball schedule and results from recent games

Today's games include Columbia at Olla Bastrop at Winnsboro Good Pine at Clarks. Yesterday's results Boston defeated Philadelphia 3 to 2 in 12 innings. New York beat Brooklyn 5 to 2. Chicago shutout Cincinnati 3-0. Night games feature St. Louis at Pittsburgh and Brooklyn at New York with Lombardi facing Trinkle and Brecheen facing Ostermueller. Spahn and Johnson duel Judd and Hughes in Boston Philadelphia.

Columbia Olla Bastrop Winnsboro Good Pine Clarks Boston Philadelphia New York Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Pittsburgh Iain Lombardi Trinkle Brecheen Ostermueller Spahn Johnson Judd Hughes Broklyn

Baseball Scores From A Patchy Rain Day

Detroit beat St. Louis 3 to 1 and Chicago defeated Cleveland 11 to 1. Boston led Philadelphia 5 to 0 while New York faced Washington as rain interrupted play.

Parece Eerenetee Boston New York Detroit Va’ Aoe Washington Cleveland Tees St. Louis Vense Chicago Ccccueees Aeians Philadelphia St. Louis Cleveland

Detroit at St Louis night matchup with pitching options

Detroit faces St Louis with Trout or Kramer or Potter as starters while Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York divisions show several pitching matchups and lineups. Gumbert opposes Newson in the Washington night game.

Detroit St. Louis Trout Kramer Potter Cleveland Chicago Reynolds Embree Rigney Philadelphia Boston Savage Marchildon Ferriss Dobson New York Washington Gumbert Newson

Odds and Scores From City Rivalry Night Matches

Results show Atlanta defeating Mobile 4-0 and New Orleans beating Birmingham 13-7 while Memphis tops Chattanooga 4-1 and Nashville edges Little Rock 7-5. Dallas beats Oklahoma City 8-6 as Fort Worth down Tulsa 2-1 and San Antonio over Shreveport 5-4 with Houston blanking Beaumont 0-0.

Southern Association Atlanta Seas Serenees Chattanooga Eeee Memphis Er Ee Nashville Ae Eenee Avenes New Orleans Waren Nees Mobile Atlanta Birmingham Memphis Chattanooga Little Rock Nashville Dallas Oklahoma City Fort Worth Tulsa San Antonio Shreveport Beaumont Houston Dallas Beware Endeeeaen Beaumont Peeareeerens Shreveport v Ssesveeee Houston Vaaene

Regional Baseball Scores and Weekday Matchups

Anniston 3-5, Vicksburg 2-3. Gadsden 8-2, Jackson 5-3. Meridian 3-2, Montgomery 0-4. Selma at Pensacola and other intraleague games listed. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION results include Milwaukee 9, Columbus 5, Louisville 5, Kansas City 2, St. Paul 3, Indianapolis 0, Toledo 3, Minneapolise 1, Alexandria 40 min. Flight pricing shown: Baton Rouge 85 min. $8.90, New Orleans 2 hrs. $12.50 Plus Tax. Flight schedule details and daily service noted.

Anniston Vicksburg Gadsden Jackson Meridian Montgomery Selma Pensacola Iain American Association Milwaukee Columbus Louisville Kansas City St. Paul Indianapolis Toledo Minneapolise Pensacola Eugeeee Sevee Anniston Erseeeeeey Vicksburg Seeeeaees St Ol Montgomery Seereees Eubenee Selma Heeneeeressene CYR Gadsden Seveceteeesess Meridian Eencenonee

Boston and Philadelphia Edge in Low-Scoring Tilt

Boston 3 Philadelphia 1 in a nine inning game. Rowell drove in a run on a double play and Holmes Culler and Herman contributed to the infield trades. Stanceu earned the win while Mauney took the loss as Sain fanned eight batters for Boston. Attendance 11,311.

Secessence Stancey Newsome Schans Boston C.eesesesee Philadelphia Rowell Gilbert McComick Herman Farnandez Wyrostsk Hughes Culler Holmes Sanders Sain Stance Mauney Hita Stanceu Sianceu Raffensberger Schanz Wila Stancen Pinelli Ballanfante Henline Barlick CUBS Reds Cincinnta Claude Passeau Chicago Cubs Cincinnati Reds Chicago PO Lowery Ostrowski Ae Johnson Ae Walthus Caverretta Waene Pafko Mueller Sabewee West Orbitt Blackwell zAdams Hetki P c Cincinnati Johnson Livingston Zientara Haas Patko Passeau Aviva Zientara Corbitt Libke Mueller Blakeouts Blackwell Jorda Reardon Pires Gaeta Braves Boston Braves Philadelphia Phillies Phils ABA Gillenwater Saeeaveene Hopp Streendaeee Rene Teens Litwhiler O'Dea Penne Eanders Ween Od Fernandez Bain Eearon Peeeees O'Neil Pee Seminick Wyrostek Verban xHughes Casecevos &Changz Cues Enone Exedinges

Unclear game score report with scattered names

OCR fragment lists teams and players across multiple games including Anniston Vicksburg and Montgomery Meridian matches with partial scores and player pairs such as Hill Gatreaux Sakas Siert Trotter West Pride and Errante Garlias Sloat Calderone.

Anniston Vicksburg Hill Gatreaux Sakas Siert Trotter West Horn Pride

Clarks White Sox Set for Doubleheader With LaSalle Oilers

Clarks White Sox, leaders in the North Louisiana League first half and a close second in the second half, host LaSalle Oilers of Good Pine in a Wednesday doubleheader. Game times at 2 p.m. with Tom Martin debuting on the mound in the first game and pitching duties split between BE Hinton or Bob Covington in the second. Covington and Dalton Boyd combined for eight hits in an earlier 8–2 win over Columbia.

Clarks Clarks White Sox LaSalle Oilers Good Pine E. M. Steely Sox Tom Martin W. B. Stewart Columbia Mercer and Pickens McKenny Covington, Boyd and Ferguson

Recreation Softball Doubleheader Scores Set

Exchange Club faces Sears Roebuck at 5 45 p m and Graves and Taylor play Ouachita Bakery Barkdull Faulk in the Recreation softball schedule listing two games with times and opposing teams.

Sears, Roebuck, Neville Graves and Taylor Ouachita Bakery Barkdull Faulk Oil O Sears, Roebuck Exchange Club Eee Graves and Taylor

Veterans of Foreign Wars upset Unique Cleaners in Recreation Midget League

VFW defeated Unique Cleaners 10 to 7 as Ledbetter homered for W F W and Lee Fuller and Page led the losers. Loper ran up 26 runs in six innings to beat Hunt and Whitaker 29 to 0, with Loper Seiler and Jackson Pope and a game called at darkness. Frenchies Cafe moved within a game of the leaders by claiming a forfeit from Twin City Roofing.

Recreation Cleaners West Monroe Super Machine Works Hunt Whitaker Ledbetter Lee Fuller Page Tucker Johnson

Sports Mirror: Historic racing and tennis highlights from past years

Today A Year Ago Tilan Hanover won the Hambletonian at Gosh en's Good Time Track in straight heats. Three Years Ago Bob Falkenburg defeated Jim Brink 6 4 7 5 6 4 in National junior tennis finals. Five Years Ago St. Louis Cardinals beat Cincinnati Reds 3 2 in 11 innings to regain NL lead. Ten Years Ago Archie Williams won the Berlin Olympics 400 meters in 46.5 seconds.

Associated Press Tilan Hanover Berlin A. G. K. Brown Britain

Ambiguous Sports Scorecard and Alaska Seal Value Note

The fragment lists multiple city teams and players with irregular scores, then notes the Bering Sea seal herd is valued at 100 million dollars. No clear event or outcome is provided. the text appears as a garbled scoreboard plus a separate valuation figure for the seal herd.

Bering Sea

Hambletonian entry pairs MP Berl Rowe with Van Riddell

Sid Feder notes Berl Rowe of Canada becomes first MP to drive in a professional race as he steers Van Riddell in the Hambletonian and recalls the mystery of 1938 champion McLin Hanover, sold to Mussolini then lost track of since the war.

Sid Feder Hugh Fullerton Goshen N. Y van Riddell Harry Riddell Rowe Hambletonian McLin Benny McLin Hanover Mussolini Italy

Beerman of Milwaukee Sells Harvester for 50 Grand

A Milwaukee entrant Beerman sold the trotting horse Harvester for about 50 000 dollars around 1910. The piece notes the era's prize values and references the famed Arion at 125 000 dollars, attributed to J Malcolm Forbes of Boston, in the 1890s.

Beerman Milwaukee Harvester J. Malcolm Forbes Boston

Head Man Dolemite Tops Trotting Mischief in Era

The piece hails Head Man Dolemite as the best daddy in trotting with top picks Chestertown Victory Song and Westfield Girl calling him Pop. It notes his mid 1920s feat beating older horses in a stake and that his stud book for 1947 is already full, signaling high demand ahead of breeding season.

Dolemite Chestertown Victory Song Westfield Girl

Softball Standings Tighten as Playoff Spots Set

Peacock's leads with 17 while Hunt and Whitaker are blanked 0. Cook and Preddy lead 14 to Amvets 4. Fontana Plumbing 9 forfeited versus Southern Belt. Final regular games decide semi final seeding as top seed faces No 4 and runner ups meet No 3. Hitting remains even as standings firm up.

Peacock Hunt and Whitaker Cook Preddy Amvets Fontana Plumbing Southern Belt Peacock's Ouachita Plumbing Cook and Preddy

Peacock's Triumph Over Hunt Whitaker In Big Baseball Tilt

Peacock's defeated Hunt and Whitaker 17 to 4 as Butler led with four hits and Gimler added three. Wovnds Ladart Sugar Downing Ussery Husted contributed two each for Peacock's while Cohen Coonrad and others shared pitching duties. Cook Preddy pounded Amvets 14 to 4 with 13 hits and Bill Dyer Pete Elliott homered for Cook and Preddy. Fontana Plumbing claimed a forfeit from Southern Bell.

Peacock's Hunt Whitaker Butler Gimler Ladart Wovnds Sugar Downing Ussery Husted Cohen and Coonrad Peacocks Cook Preddy Amvets Earl Alpha Bill Dyer Pete Elliott Fontana Plumbing Southern Bell

University appoints Ed Walker as assistant football coach

Athletic Director T. P. Heard announced the appointment of Ed Walker former head mentor at the University of Mississippi as assistant football coach. Heard also named the pointed assistant athletic director of the university. The piece notes Britain's largest possession after India is West Africa with 20 million inhabitants.

T. P. Heard Heard Ed Walker University of Mississippi Great Britain India West Africa

Evangeline League Scoreboard Summary

Thibodaux New Iberia Hammond Natchez Baton Rouge Alexandria games show varied inning scores with multiple pitchers named. Final tallies reflect several decisive bouts including a 10 run difference in one game and late inning scoring by Cook Aucoin Reeves and Smith.

Baton Rouge Alexandria Cook Aucoin Reeves and Smith

Rabenhorst New Ride to T P Heard at L S A

Baton Rouge Aug 7 Harry A Rabenhorst former four sport star at Wake Forest and a member of LSU coaching staff for 20 years Tuesday was ap-

Rabenhorst T. P Baton Rouge Harry A. Rabenhorst Foursport Wake Forest Louisiana State

Exclusive distributorship offer in Monroe counties

A man with sales ability seeks own business with a car and $2000 to invest. An exclusive distributorship is available in Monroe and surrounding counties offering potential annual income over $5000. Call Mr Barnes Thompson at the Hotel Frances for an appointment to discuss.

Monroe Barnes Thompson Hotel Frances

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