Locals Finish Series Win Over Tigers In Monroes Final
Monroe White Sox pounded the Marshall Tigers 12 to 5 in the series finale at Casino Park to seize a 2-1 edge. Ted Hoemann went four strong and Monroes offense built early leads with Philley Dooley Pruitt and Englehorn driving multiple runs. The win sets up an 8 p.m. automobile night with a fan sedan prize awarded after the game as Monroe hosts Greenville.
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Marshall Tigers
Monroe White Sox
Greenville Buckshots
Casino Park
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Tigers
Ted Hoemann
Jimmy Keith
Dale Englehorn
Dave Philley
Keith
Dooley
Englehorn
Guy Pruitt
Philley
Monroe
Pruitt
Pete Medak
Burnell Brooks
Raines
Potocar
Hoemann
Eagar
Otis Brannon
Benton
Jack Grantham
Bennett
Price
Marshall
Abrhpore
Ccseene
Sceenes
Ssesees
Yscseadeeve
SO Medak
Kchese Eas Ee Beaman
Cvesreee
Receers
Marshall Abrh Pore Bennett
Welias
Ae Grantham
Cooke Shoals
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Niemiller
Brooks
Plasteaves
Vandenberg
Pruitt Leads Team With Three Runs In Doubleheader
Pruitt, Medak, Potocar, Englehorn, Bennett, Price, Grantham, Hoemann star as team piles uphits and runs. Medak and Pruitt post two base hits. Medak and Grantham homer. Keith and Dooley steal, Hoemann sacrifice. Raines allows seven runs in three innings for loss. Brooks, Hoemann work five. Umpires St Charles and Dehaney. Time two hours. Texarkana edges Vicksburg 8 to 11. other scores listed from doubleheader.
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Medak
Potocar
Englehorn
Bennett
Price
Grantham
Hoemann
Keith
Dooley
Raines
Brooks
Viers
Shoals
Eagar
Monroe
Marshall
St. Charles and
Dehaney
Standings and results from a regional league schedule
Yesterday's results show Monroe 12 over Marshall 5 and Vicksburg with Texarkana at 2. Greenville and Helena struggle, while El Dorado nets a 2. Evening reports list several intercity games with Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati New York and St. Louis often pairing up. Multiple games postponed or shortened by rain and darkness. Southeastern League results include Pensacola over Gadsden and Mobile routing Anniston.
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Monroe
Marshall
Vicksburg
Texarkana
Hot Springs
Greenville
Helena
el Dorado
Totley
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cleveland
Washington
Detroit
Steer
Dodgers Cards Break Even In Stirring Tilts
Dodgers and Cardinals split a doubleheader with Brooklyn winning 3-2 in the nightcap on Whitlow Wyatt’s clutch ninth inning single after a 7-3 Cardinals win in game one. Ernie White pitched well for St Louis as Wyatt delivered the decisive hit.
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Dodgers
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbetsfield
Whitlow Wyatt
Brooklyn
Cardinals
St. Louis
Wyatt
Howard Pollett
Redbirds
Frangline League Scores Across New Iberia and Louisiana
In the Frangline League results New Iberia defeated Port Arthur 1 to 0 Lafayette posted a 9 to 0 win over an opponent Lake Charles tied Opelousas 7 to 2 Natchez lost 0 to 1 as games concluded across the region The standings show Opelousas 7 2.
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Frangeline League
New Iberia
Port Arthur
Lafayette
Lake Charles C. Opelousas
Natchez
Age Quickly in Japan Child Aging Rule Explained
In Japan a child is regarded as one year old at birth and becomes two on the next New Year. A baby born December 31 would be two years old the following day, illustrating the country’s traditional age counting system.
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Japan
Major Leagues Leading Hurlers Batters and Runs
A summary of 1940s major league leaders shows Williams Boston top batting with .404, DiMaggio New York 115 runs, and Keller New York 32 home runs. Key pitching: Gomez New York 12 4 and Ruffing New York 14 5. Additional batting leaders include Hack Chicago 91 runs and Litwhiler Philadelphia 152 hits. A side note mentions a long term study on blow flies at Ohio State.
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Boston
Travis
Washington
DiMaggio
New York
Keller
Judnich
St. Louis
Heath
Cleveland
Case
Kubel
Chicago
Gomez
Ruffing
Etten
Philadelphia
Hopp
Hack
Reiser
Brooklyn
Mize
Camilli
Litwhiler
Slaughter
Elliott
Pittsburgh
Newcomer Tiger Jack Moore to Meet Curtis in Ring Debut
Tiger Jack Moore from Little Egypt Ill makes his first south invasion facing Jack Curtis junior light heavyweight champion in a double main event at Monroe arena Promoter Gus Kallio has two fights on the card The Black Dragon a masked grappler will wrestle Billy Venable without his mask in the other match Time limits are one hour fifteen minutes and the first bout starts at 8 30 p m
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Tiger Jack Moore
Rowdy
Little Egypt
Monroe
West Monroe
Jack Curtis
Vicksburg
Black Dragon
Billy Venable
Monroe Arena
Battler
Ill
Gus Kallio
Tiger Jack
Curtis
Dragon
Kallio
Bad Boy
Jackson Parish Schools Delay Opening One Month
Due to traffic congestion during army maneuvers, Jackson parish schools shift opening from the first week in September to the first week in October. Superintendent W H McLaurin says nine months of school will still be completed and the start date will be no later than October 6.
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Jonesboro
Jackson Parish
W. H. McLaurin
McLaurin
Young stars win net title in 1940s era finals
In Brookline Massachusetts Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder defend their national doubles title with a 9-7 6-4 6-2 win over Gardnar Mulloy and Wayne Sabin. Sarah Palfrey Cooke extends her champion run to 36 titles by winning women's and mixed doubles with Margery Osborne, while Jacques Brugnon and Meade Woodson claim veterans doubles. Hazel Wightman and Edith Sigourney defend the women's laurels.
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Brookline
Mass
California
Jack Kramer
Ted Schroeder
George Lott
Lester Stoefen
Gardnar Mulloy
Coral Gables
Fla
Wayne Sabin
Portland
Ore
Sarah Palfrey Cooke
New York
Eleonora Sears
Mrs. M. Fremont-Smith
Boston
Tennis doubles champions and MLB standings recalled
Today marks one year since Jack Kramer and Ted Schroeder captured the national tennis doubles title defeating Gardner Mulloy and Henry Prusoff in straight sets. Three years back the Yankees beat Cleveland twice to widen their advantage to 12 games over Boston. Five years ago the Giants led the National League by defeating the Reds as St. Louis dropped a doubleheader to the Braves.
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Leo Durocher
Wyatt
Durocher
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Ernie White
Kirby Highe
Cincinnati Reds
New York Giants
St. Louis Browns
Washington Senators
al Benton
Detroit Tigers
Philadelphia Athletics
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Red Sockers
Associated Press
Jack Kramer
Ted Schroeder
Gardner Mulloy
Henry Prusoff
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Cleveland
Boston
Giants
Reds
St. Louis
Braves
We Was First Frederick the Great Quote War Trade
The remark attributes to Frederick the Great as the first German who defined war as a trade without scruples and approved despoiling neighbors to keep them helpless.
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Frederick the Great
Amateurs Begin Struggle for Golf Positions
In Omaha at the Field club 145 amateurs tee off the 36 hole qualifying for the national amateur golf tournament with 64 match play spots. Chick Evans backs Omaha native Johnny Goodman while Dick Chapman seeks another title potential.
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Charles
Chick) Evans
Johnny Goodman
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Johnny
Evans
Winged Foot
Dick Chapman
W. R. (Duff) McCullough
Philadelphia
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Goodman
Marvin
Bud) Ward
Spokane
Wesh
Ray Pillows
New York
Harry Todd
Texas
Billows
Evarts
Harold H
Holly) Mandly
Avon
Conn
New England
Mandly
Baseball Reactions and Itinerant News From Around The Leagues
Roundup reports pitching changes and management chatter as the Yankees benched regulars after a pennant, Detroit eyeing salary cuts, and Cleveland labeled Peck’s sad boys. Lou Novikoff recalled by Cubs, Bill Poland vs Eddie Blunt in Washington, Pete Layden likely to sign pro baseball after football, and Patty Berg plans Minnesota grid game travel.
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Fullerton, Jr
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New York
Yankees
Joe McCarthy
Larry
Lip MacPhail
Dixie Walker
Whit Wyatt
Brooks
Detroit
Tigers
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Jimmy Dykes
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al Schacht
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Rose Bowl
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Washington
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Texas
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Patty Berg
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Heinie Manush
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Engel plans to beat Crackers fail in Chattanooga game
Associated Press reports Joe Engel failed to back Buck Marrow’s bid with $100 a scoreless inning as the Chattanooga club lost 4 to 1 to the Atlanta Crackers. Marrow did not pitch the second game while Earl Mann of Atlanta posted defense bonds and hits. Engel arrived in an armored car with a shotgun and handed his details to his infield before the tilt. Big horn sheep face worse survival odds than other American big game species.
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Engel
Southern Association
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Ohn Burrows
Crip Polli
Earl Mann
Atlanta
Mann
Charley Glock
Lester Burge
Willard Marshall
Connie Ryan
Emile Lochbaum
John Gerlach
Charley Letchas
Letchas
Goofy Golf Pups Help Brookings High Hunt Balls
In Brookings South Dakota Michael Lynott the golfing principal trains his cocker spaniel to retrieve lost golf balls. In three hours the dog found 150 balls raising a playful note on whether a ball is truly lost once it stops rolling.
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Michael Lynott
Brookings
S. D.) High School
Jones Team Tops Ryder Cup Golfers in Detroit Charity Match
Bobby Jones, 39, from Georgia, defeated Henry Picard 2 and 1 to spark a rally for Walter Hagen’s Ryder Cup foes in a two day charity event at Detroit Golf Club. Jones trailed four down after nine holes but surged back to win on the 35th hole.
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Bobby Jones
Golfdam
Georgia
Henry Picard
Walter Hagen
Detroit Golf Club
Orice
Hagen
Jones
Terme
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