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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
6
June 1 report: Boss Roussel captures the English Derby at Epsom Downs, delivering $150,000 each to four U S ticket holders. Union finished second earning $75,000, while Pasch the favorite came in third returning $50,000 to seven U S holders.
Crossett Ark June 1 The Crossett Millers will host the Hodge Wa-Has at Millers Field in 4agers Valley league. Hinton likely to start on the mound with strong prior performance against Safety Firsts. Earl Duncan to catch as Herbert Steed assigns Pittard or Truman Mayes.
The seventh opening match saw the Swede defeat M. Rohls, son of Sweden, 7-5 7-5 6-1, as Karl Tosser, a Swedish ace, then defeated the fifth match to Ferenc in a tense bout.
Pine Bluff’s Judges edged the White Sox 6 1 and 7-1 in a two game set with errors shaping Tuesday night’s late rally. Monroe’s fielding miscues let Pine Bluff push across two runs in the ninth to secure a one run win and a sweep.
American golf results show Walter Hagen missing Open qualification in 36 holes at San Francisco with 78 and 73 for 151, six behind leader Joe Kirkwood. The field includes many stars and 1,223 entries, with 29 exempt from Tuesday tests and 341 spots at Cherry Hills. Memphis qualifiers O Neal White and Howard Estep posted 1435s at Memphis Country Club amid widespread national scores.
Knoxville Smokies defeat the Nashville Vols 9 to 5 and 1 to 0 in a doubleheader, winning the series three games to one. Whitey Campbell started the night-cap. 14 hits supported the first game win. In Birmingham, the Barons fall to the Pelicans 5 to 0, dropping to the Southern association cellar as New Orleans settles the four-game series even.
Raymond Salmon posted 72 72 to lead New Orleans qualifying for the United States Open at Denver. Johnny Camet shot 76 74 to claim the other two spots while Fred Haas Sr. faltered with 75 77. The New Orleans Country Club course par is 72.
Paul Dean is back with the St. Louis Cardinals after leaving Houston and heading to Dallas for a St. Louis conference with Branch Rickey. The optioned hurler struggled with the Buffs in Texas, posting one win and four losses, including two 2 to 1 defeats, and failing to regain form with slow curves.
Helen Wills Moody and Dorothy Bundy advanced to the third round at the St George's Hill tennis event in London. Moody defeated P Anderson of England 6-2 6-0, while Bundy beat P EB Marriott of England 6-3 6-1.
The Little Rock Travelers rallied in the eighth to defeat the Memphis Chicks 3-2 and sweep the four game series. Graham scored the go ahead run on Schalk’s hit to right as the two teams traded runs through six innings. Sayles Kerksieck Coble Doyle Casey Monzo info.
Atlanta and Chattanooga battled to a 4 to 4 tie in a game halted after the 14th inning due to the midnight closing rule. The Lookouts tied it in the sixth, then scoreless until the final frame as both teams finished with 15 hits apiece.
Southern Bell walloped the Bakers 9 to 5 to stay near the league lead with Adler and United Gas. United Gas edged City of Monroe 3 to 2 after a late scoring burst. Saul Adler's Garage crushed the Baptists 12 to 5 in a loose affair. The Methodists defeated St. Matthew's 4 to 2.
Newt Wilds will send the Tensas Tigers against the Lake Providence Hornets in St. Joseph Louisiana on Thursday. The clubs have split two games this season with the Hornets winning 2 1 and the Tigers replying with a 1 to win. Carey allowed only four hits in the Tigers victory. The Tigers will wear cream uniforms with a blue stripe and the word Tensas across.
Henry Armstrong overwhelmed Barney Ross at Madison Square Garden, winning the world welterweight title by unanimous decision after 15 hard rounds. Ross, badly battered, refused to quit and endured a brutal beating with Armstrong dominating the last eight rounds. Gate receipts were estimated around $120,000 from the 39,000 in attendance.
By Associated Press. Today a year ago Sam Snead and Dutch Harrison tied for the lead at the sectional pen for the United States open golf championship with 136s. Three California won the Intercollegiate A.A.A. track and field title for the seventh time with 11 points. Five years ago John McGraw was named manager of the National League all star team to play American stars.
New York dispatch covers boxing action and rumors as Armstrong, Ross, and Braddock stories mix with gossip about DiMaggio, Tunney, and Jacobs. It notes rising use of girl cheerleaders in college football, Reds hit by pitches, and a peak at boxing press work by Waxman and Wackner before the all star game in Cincinnati.
In Evangeline league action top clubs faltered Tuesday allowing fourth place Rayne Rice Birds to close to within a game and a half of the leaders. Abbeville Athletics fell 4 1 to Lafayette White Sox while Lake Charles dropped their fourth straight. Jeanerette beat Skippers 8 2 with Lefty Lopat pitching eight hits, Rayne beat Opelousas 4 3, and Alexandria defeated New Iberia 6 3.
Delhi Louisiana June 1 Special The Bayou Macon Fishing rodeo will not be held this season. B Skidmore chairman announced after a citizens meeting. Delhi citizens voted by a large majority to cancel the 1938 rodeo plans.
In San Francisco Dr Patrick OCallaghan defeated Cy Williams in 4 26. In San Diego Jumping doe Savoldi beat Chief Li Wolf on a foul in the third fall. In New York Dave Levin pinned Gino Martinelli after 18 10. In Portland Manuel Cortez defeated Mike Kilonis in two of three falls.
Lou Gehrig extended his consecutive game streak to 2 000 as the New York Yankees routed the Boston Red Sox 12 to 5. The lineup produced multiple extra base hits including Henrichs homer and Knickerbockers three hits, while Gehrig managed a single in an otherwise near-quiet day at the plate.
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