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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
8
Philadelphia defeats the Yankees in two games to surge into the thick of the pennant chase. Max Bishop and Jimmie Foxx delivered late-inning wins as the Athletics cut the gap behind New York to four games, with Washington also rising in the standings.
Memphis golfer Chasteen Harris, a veteran leader of Southern golf, is chosen to head the Dixie veterans team for the 1932 Southern Amateur at Birmingham Alabama starting June 14. Harris, 30s, has shown renewed form after late wins and faces Emmett Spicer in a strong veteran bid against rising kid stars.
Oak Grove Lions halted Bastrop streak with a 6 to 1 victory. Two-base hits by Montgomery Swain and Smith, home run by Ruddick, stolen bases by Montgomery, double play Rudick to Francis to Jones. Ulmer pitched 6 2/3 innings, Mattison 2 1/3, Richbourg one. Time 2:00. Umpire not listed.
Yesterday's results include Monroe 6 Pine Bluff 5 and Port Arthur 15 El Dorado 8. Today Pine Bluff at Monroe, Jackson at Baton Rouge, El Dorado at Port Arthur. Also notes on American and Southern Association standings and Texas League matchups.
Baltimore beat Reading 14 to 13 while Montreal fell to Rochester 3 to 2 and Newark lost 6 to 3 at Jersey City. Toronto defeated Buffalo 14 to 8 in another league tally.
Beaumont’s 15 game winning streak ended as the Galveston Buccaneers shut them out 5 to 0. Dallas Steers lost 3 to 2 to Longview, despite strong pitching by Fuhr. Tyler defeated Fort Worth 7 to 3 behind Ward’s ninth inning RBI, and San Antonio beat Houston 7 to 1 ending a ten game skid. Jack Mealey debuted for San Antonio with a double driving in the first run.
Dizzy Dean, pitching for his job, held the league leading Cuddy to five hits and beat them 1 to 0. Chuck Klein and Don Hurst drove in runs with eighth inning doubles to beat the Giants. Jimmie Foxx and Max Bishop hit homers for the Athletics in two wins over the Yankees. Lloyd Brown outpitched Bob Weiland as the Senators won 2 to 1 in the ninth.
Two former national intercollegiate tennis champions enter the national clay courts tournament in Memphis starting Monday. Clifford Sutter of New Orleans and Berkeley Bell of New York join the field. Sutter is the 1929 1930 southern intercollegiate champion and Tulane national winner in 1930, while Bell was champion the previous year. Local hope Ed Lejeck of Chicago and Tulane teammates Charlie Hume and Frankie Parker also compete.
Louisiana Training Institute was beaten yesterday by the Sterlington Engineers by a score of 12 to 8. Turner hit two home runs and Guier added a three base hit as Sterlington built a 6 to 0 lead before LT I battled back with 6 runs. King worked the mound for Sterlington, striking out four while issuing three walks.
At Coney Island Al Boon launches a hybrid act mixing wrestling and a beauty contest. The elimination format narrows contenders to a final winner titled Miss Coney Island Stadium, amid plans for movie contracts and potential shifts in sports and theater promotion patterns.
United States Davis Cup team to face Brazil without star H Ellsworth Vines Jr. as he sails Saturday for Wimbledon. John Hope Doeg steps in for two singles matches while Frank Shields handles the other two and Wilmer Allison with John Van Ryn pair for doubles in the June 9 to 11 tie.
The Gassers scored nine runs in the first three innings to defeat Jake's Ice Plant nine by 9 to 1. Wright delivered a two base hit while Wooten and Thompson earned strikeouts.
Winnsboro swamps Tallulah by 16 to 9 in Tallulah La. Pitchers Jones Lombardo Gore and Ward split mound duties with Lombardo charged with the loss. Halloran Jones Duhon Corcoran Weems and Tatum led with multiple hits and bases on balls were plentiful as the Indians fell behind early.
Kid Chocolate of Cuba outpointed Lew Feldman in New York. Billy Jones stopped Dave Maier in Milwaukee after Maier quit citing stomach pain. Warren Levy outpointed Dennis O'Brien in Dallas. Tiger Jack Payne scored a technical knockout over Denny Lenhart in San Francisco. Hans Birkie defeated Chet Shandel in San Francisco. Eddie Fox beat Billy Hughes in San Francisco. Speedy Clayton and Johnny Christmas wrestled to a tie in Oakland. Jimmy Duffey defeated Ralph Chong in Oakland.
A field of eight top players reached the quarter finals of the Southern Golf Association tournament at Hot Springs Country Club. Notables include Mississippi champion Mrs. Ben Fitzhugh and Texas champion Mrs. Dan Chandler advancing in brisk wind after a thunder shower.
Bastrop travels to Tallulah today for a 4 p.m. game as part of the Big Six schedule. The Indians sign catcher Fred Polvogt, a former Cotton States and Southeastern league player, to bolster their roster. Manager Weaver, sidelined by a leg injury, shifts to bench duties, with only three class men allowed per club. Buck Halloran Anse Crawford and Weaver had been the active class lineup.
List of leaders across leagues shows P Waner Pirates atop batting with .393 and Klein Phillies with 54 runs. Foxx Athletics leads batting in another list with .415, and Betts Braves 5 0 in pitching. The summary compiles top figures for runs batted in hits doubles triples and home runs across teams like Reds Phillies Pirates Athletics Yankees Browns Indians White Sox Tigers and Cardinals.
The Twins beat the Pine Bluff Judges 6 to 5 in the season opener at Forsythe Park under flood lights. Ben Erwin and Carroll Danforth pitched well for the Twins as Chee Chee Perez delivered a clutch ninth inning play.
Blue team beat White Sox 7-1 as Gomez pitched well while Johnson of the Tigers contributed. Yankees rolled past the Browns 8-1 with strong hitting. Senators defeated 6-1 behind Brown illustrating a day of decisive results.
The Phoenix Utility team defeated Southern Bell 13 to 2 with McNeill stealing three bases and Danna contributing two base hits. Pitcher Danns earned the win over Couch as umpire Hines presided.
Baton Rouge beat Jackson 6 3 to extend its lead in the Cotton States league as Pine Bluff fell out of pace. Long hit a homer and a triple driving in two as Jackson started strong before Muelder held them. Port Arthur crushed Dorado 15 8 with three pitchers on the mound and a seven run second inning. Harper Nelson and Loewer each homered for El Dorado, while Nelson batted in eight for the Texans.
In New York on June 2 Kid Chocolate the Cuban lightweight known as Bon Bon defeated Lew Feldman of Brooklyn in 15 rounds. Chocolate weighed 132 3 4 pounds to Feldman 130 1 2 as promoter Canzoneri eyes a future defense before summer.
Nashville's Volunteers and Birmingham's Barons are tied for third in the Southern Association after a tight week. The Vols won yesterday's single league game with a late rally and the winning run in the tenth. Bob Hasty pitched well until the ninth when two hits and an error let Nashville score two runs.
Bearcats routed Columbia 32 to 2 in a recreation league game. Highlights include a Fontana three-base hit and Bowles home run. Pitching notes show T Flait, Knox, Blackman, and Culpepper each worked multiple innings with various hits and runs allowed. Losing pitcher was T Phatt.
New York report shows Fritz Kieg of Germany and Geosge Munich among listed competitors with scores 34 2 and 35 15. Other entries include Grubmeier 200 New Jersey and Middlekauff 225 Florida, with matches labeled as drew or 20 00.
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