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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1936
Page
7
A garbled OCR snippet shows scattered sports mentions and names such as Craw, Fuller, Travis, and Turkey. It references game actions, scores like 3-2, and players from unnamed teams, but the passage is incomplete and lacks clear events or outcomes.
Scotty Reston reports 46 year old MacDonald Smith of Carnoustie predicts an aging winner at Baltusrol amid hard undulating greens and strong wind. He notes steel shafts improve his play and lists fellow veterans and contenders among a crowded locker room. The piece also briefly cites Australian aboriginal population declines.
Mr. Sam Vallery of Monroe reports Gly-Cas restored his health after decades of stomach trouble. He cites relief from gas and bloating, improved digestion, renewed energy, and disappearance of nervousness and dizziness. Sold by Phoenix Drug Co. Monroe and local druggists at $1.00 per box, six for $5.00 with payment on delivery.
A 1936 Lawson Little column discusses whether weight should distribute evenly during the backswing. He argues the key is a stable head and vertical gravity line, warns against swaying, and notes backward wind‑up and hip strength drive distance. He says after impact weight shifts to the left foot and invites readers to send questions.
The Cincinnati Reds purchased left hander William Wild Bull Hallahan from the St Louis Cardinals to bolster a faltering pitching staff. Hallahan, with 93 wins and 68 losses in eight major league seasons, will be used as a starting pitcher rather than in relief. The deal was announced by Reds president Powell Crosley Jr. for an undisclosed cash amount.
In a wild ten inning game the Ros ton Volunteers defeated Ster lington 10 to 9 to halt Engi neers nine game winning streak. Grafton delivered a three run triple in the tenth after a Welch single and Riser double sparked a Rally. Davis and Grafton led the Vols with multi hit day as Sterlington rallied in the 10th but fell short.
Atlanta clings to lead but dips. Lookouts beat Nashville 5 4 in Chattanooga to trim the Crackers margin to four and a half games. Little Rock defeats New Orleans 8 4 to stay fourth. Ken Chase shines for the Lookouts while Lee Rogers loses pace for Little Rock.
Fort Worth Texas June 2 Lester Mike Brumbelow was named line coach of the T C U Horned Frogs by the board of trustees. He succeeds Raymond Wolf who resigned to take a post at North Carolina. Wolf also held athletic director and baseball coach duties, but the board acted only on the line coach vacancy.
Baron Gottfried Von Cramm defeated Fred Perry in five sets to give Germany a clean sweep of singles titles at the French championships in Paris. Mme Hilda Sperling also won the women's title for Germany, beating Mme Mathieu in straight sets. A closing note mentions irradiated yeast increasing cows milk vitamin D content.
Frankie Wallace of Cleveland knocked out Ervin Berlier of New Orleans in the seventh round as the two boxers weighed 1383 4 and 1351 2 respectively.
In Birmingham at Roberts field a dog named Jigger alerted workers by pointing at a big air plane. Investigators discovered the dog was signaling kittens stowed away in the plane's wheel pants, likely from Shreveport, Louisiana.
Fragmentary OCR lists counties Greenwood Greenville El Dorado and Pine Bluff with partial codes and paired names such as Kepler Whitney Ebensberger G O'Neil Ferrick Duay Hayes Powers and Nugent Chozen. No complete results or dates are readable.
In Pittsburgh Al Gainer outpointed Joe Knight 10 rounds. In Chicago Frankie Sagilio outpointed Toots Bernstein 10 rounds. In New York Salvey Savan fought to a points decision from an incomplete report.
Mrs Dan Chandler of Dallas won medalist honors in the Southern women’s golf tournament with a one under par 74 in challenging 35 mile per hour winds. Miss Betty Jameson of Austin shot 83 to place second, while Miss Edna Saenger of Shreveport highlighted the day with a 39 two under par front nine and an eagle on the fifth hole.
The New York Yankees defeated Army 6-2 in an exhibition at West Point as Lefty Gomez and Ted Kleinhans combined for a four hit game. The game was called after eight innings by agreement with Gomez, Kleinhans, and Glenn pitching for the Yankees.
In New York Abrus outpointed 145.3 4 to 0 in New York. Utica Bushy Graham stopped Orville Drouillard in Utica. Max Zona outpointed Big Boy Brackey in Buffalo. Joe Parks outpointed Clem Reed in Quincy.
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