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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
5
Incoherent OCR fragment references armor forces and positions across a contested front. Mentions divisions and generals, supply issues, and possible counterattacks with scattered proper nouns and locations.
The opening day of the seven day golf circus saw 250 amateurs from 16 states and Hawaii compete in an 18 hole first division. A 24 year old Birmingham worker led with 67 while 24 low amateur contenders progress to the 72 hole event alongside a pro field vying for a $13 000 top prize.
Eastside led by Eddie Magnani George ih and George Luffey powered an 18 hit attack to a 14 to 5 win over the Methodists in game one of the Recreation Senior Softball championship series. Shadow Brown limited the Deacons to nine hits as C J Fen whe pitched the full game. The Meth leaders stand two games ahead. a win in tomorrow’s second game at Barkdull Faulk secures the league crown.
Associated Press notes mark a year since Sam Byrd captured the National Open in Chicago with a 277 score. Frankie Parker McNeill and Wayne Sabin Gard Mulloy reached the semi finals in a national tennis doubles meet. Lou Ambers, 12, reclaimed the lightweight crown by defeating Henry Armstrong, who fouled out five times.
Results include New York 4 Chicago 3, Pittsburgh 9 7 in two games, Brooklyn 7 6. Boston at St Louis rain. Today’s schedule lists New York at Chicago Wyse 10 11 vs 4 11, Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Davis 8 9 vs Sewell 13 10, Philadelphia at Cincinnati 2 night Bar rett 7 13 and Lee 8 6 vs Gumbert 10 7 and Monstanty 5 3, Tobin 13 13 and Javery 5 15 vs Lanier 16 5 and Brecheen 12 2.
In an international league schedule Syracuse defeats Baltimore 3 to 2 while Rochester earns a 9 to 7 win over Buffalo. Toronto at Montreal remains on the slate with no result yet.
In Nashville, the Nashville Vols battered Chattanooga Lookouts with 16 hits to win 10-3 Monday night. Bush, Aloma and Comiskey led the effort as Nashville rebounded behind solid hitting and timely runs.
Mickey Rocco hit a deciding homer in the 13th inning as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Boston Red Sox 7-6. Ken Keltner, Jim Bagby, and Jim Seerey homered earlier for Cleveland, while Ed Klieman earned the win with a 2 1 3 inning stint and final strikeout.
Naomi Riordan, 1944 Rose Queen, sees Hall of Fame exhibit at the Helms Athletic Foundation in Los Angeles. Also notes a late 1940s baseball game where Frank Hayes hit a bases loaded single in the tenth to lift Philadelphia Athletics over the Chicago White Sox 3 to 2, with attendance listed at 9,420.
Pittsburgh widened its second place margin over idle Cincinnati to three games by beating Brooklyn 7-6 in ten innings after completing a suspended game from July 9 with a 9-7 final. Fritz Ostermueller pitched one inning of the holdover and left after Brooklyn led 5-0. Ernie Lombardi powered the Giants to a 4-3 victory over the Cubs with two homers and a single.
The Allstate Tiremen, Red Shield champions, meet an all-star team from Hunt and Whitaker Ren Shield and the Commandos in a double header at Casino Park. Tony Anzalone organizes the stars while Chuck Kroll manages Allstate. First game starts at 2:30 with proceeds going to the local Red Shield club.
The report lists the top MLB leaders by league across batting and pitching. Key names include Stan Musial of St. Louis leading batting and hits with 161, 94 runs and 42 doubles. Other leaders include Nicholson of Chicago with 27 home runs, Barrett of Pittsburgh with 18 triples and 22 stolen bases, Wilks of St. Louis with 121 wins and .923 ERA, Doerr of Boston with a .325 average and 90 RBIs, Stirnweis of New York with 148 hits and 38 stolen bases, and Stephens of St. Louis contributing 15 home runs.
Robert J. Gilks aged 78 died at his home near Brunswick Georgia Sunday night. He managed Shreveport in the Southern Association in 1903 04 and 06 and Montgomery in 1914 and long served as a Yankees Southern section scout. Johnny Nee succeeded him as Yankee scout in 1923. George Pipgra was among the notable players Gilks signed.
Lefty Burnett pitched five hits and struck out 17 for the Olla White Sox and then hit an eleventh inning homer to beat the Good Pine Wildcats 3 2 in Olla Louisiana Burnett also batted in the late winner Shannon pitched for Good Pine allowing ten hits and seven Ks two were out in the eleventh with two strikes on Arnett before the game winning blast.
E. S. Shep Girault advanced to the McGuire Park Club final by defeating Charles Brogan to seek a return to the championship. He faces Wesley Shafto, former Monroe City champion, in the final next week after arranging travel for the trek to the McGuire layout. Frank Demaree took the consolation after T. John forfeited due to a bruised leg.
The bulletin lists top performers across leagues with players from the Browns Red Sox and Pirates leading in key categories. Notable names include Stephens, Doerr, Johnson, and McCormick among others, with varied point and stat tallies reflected.
Mickey Rocco led Cleveland to a 7-6 win over Boston with a 13th inning homer as his first hit in seven at bats. Hershel Martin fueled New York with a triple, homer and two runs in a 5-1 win over Detroit. Ernie Lombardi drove in all Giants runs in a 4-3 victory over Chicago with two homers and a single.
Holy Cross Comiskeys of New Orleans and Albemarle North Carolina split a double bill in the Southeastern sectional American Legion Junior Baseball Tournament finals. New Orleans won 5-2 in the afternoon, Albemarle took the nightcap 4-3, forcing a decisive third game on Tuesday.
In a Middle East league report by Larry Leonard, a quartermaster unit protest over umpiring led to a field walkout and a replay. Bob Knight of Fort Worth, a 365 hitter, emerged as a standout prospect despite the turmoil. The piece links army and Navy all-star play, a desert sun field, and notes Moose Swaney’s possible shift to poetry alongside battlefield heroics of Lt. Alex Santilli in the 1942 Sugar Bowl context.
In Baltimore and cities nationwide, boxers faced off with several draws and decided bouts. Vic Dellicurti and Johnny Walker drew in fights in New York and Philadelphia, while Coley Welch and Berle Lanier both drew at Portland and Philadelphia. Deacon Logan and Sammy Daniels won on points in St. Louis and Newark, with Card over Reddick in West Springfield and Hunt over James in Chicago. Arm strong defeated Joyce in San Francisco, and Vera Cruz bested Lewis in Los Angeles while Schott edged Grant in New York.
Selman Field Cyclones hold first practice with 100 veterans and new players. Head Coach Clyde Funderburk oversees a light workout with assistants Dub Mattis Ed Schumacher and Red Whitman. He notes good condition but cites a tough eight game schedule and sets daily workouts until the September 23 opener vs Arkansas A and M.
Galveston Army Air Field plans eight football games for next fall with four more possibles. Coach Jim Thomas lists Southwestern University and Rice Institute as first opponents. games include Southwestern September 16 and Rice September 23 in Houston. The squad, built from 50 candidates, will trim to 35 before opening game, with former college and pro players leading the lineup.
The Ouachita National Bank in Monroe files a sheriff sale under a writ of seizure from Ouachita’s Fourth Judicial Court. On September 16 1944 the sheriff will sell at the Western Front Door of Monroe Court House a tract in Square 26 D A Breard Jr Home Addition, starting at North Second and Glenmar, 140 feet by 140 feet, to satisfy costs. The sale is cash and without appraisement. MILTON COVERDALE Sheriff Monroe La.
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