Farmerville Downs Columbia in District Junior Baseball
Farmerville American Legion Junior baseball team opened its Fifth District defense with a 10 to 3 win over the Columbia Juniors in Farmerville. Farmerville led early and stayed ahead, setting up a Friday matchup with Ruston and a Saturday game with Bastrop. Box scores show Columbia struggles on offense against Farmerville pitching, while Farmerville pitchers yielded few runs.
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Farmerville
Speyan
Farmerville American [Legion
Columbia
Monroe
Ruston
Bastrop
Met Rouge
Aulda
Cood
Ruges
McThwant
Poole
Tarver
Cook
Ruggs
Estes
Southern Bell Climbs to Second in Industrial League
Southern Bell Telephone moved into second place in the Industrial League standings by routing Employees of Louisiana Power and Light 24 to 4. Cecil Domingues went four for four to pace the offense, with Howze and Foreman handling the catching duties as Edney and Ferrington formed the LP and L battery. Thermatomic's forfeit against United Gas erased a previous loss in City League due to an ineligible player.
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Southern Bell Telephone
Louisiana Power and Light
Thermatomic
United Gas
Cecil Domingues
Southern Bell
Howze
Foreman
L. Battery
Edney
Ferrington
Warsaw All-Stars slug Waverly outfit 23 to 5
Crowville Louisiana June 2 Warsaw All-Stars rout Waverly 23 to 5 in a high scoring game Ashley led a 17 hit Warsaw attack with a triple a double and a single in four trips Dunham and Lightsey each had three hits Mixon pitched nine innings scattering four Waverly singles Scores by innings show Warsaw breaking open early and finishing strong with a 23 to 5 final.
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Crowville
Warsaw All-Stars
Notre Dame Football TV Plan Sparks Reactions
Five Notre Dame games will be shown on network TV next fall stirring concerns about finances and fan access. The column notes Ted Williams four behind Babe Ruth's 1927 pace, and muses on home run chances for Williams and DiMaggio given their parks.
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New York
Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Ted Williams
Babe Ruth
Williams
Ruth
Ted
Joe DiMaggio
Wilkinson to Lead College All Stars in Soldier Field
Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma Sugar Bowl champion coach, to helm the College All Stars facing the Philadelphia Eagles in the Aug. 12 game at Soldier Field. He succeeds Notre Dame’s Frank Leahy, joins a 60-man squad likely including Oklahoma standouts from 1948. Wilkinson loyalty to single wing and T-formation noted. 21-game record 17-1-1 at Oklahoma.
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Chicago
Bud Wilkinson
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Wilkinson
Philadelphia Eagles
Soldier Field
Frank Leahy
Notre Dame
Sooners
Collegians
Green Bay Packers
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
Missouri
Don Faurot
Iowa
Recreation League Girls League Team Standings
Recreation League standings show Pet Lovers Lane Pharmacy and Southern Bell tied at 1 win and 1 loss with 500 points recorded for the season. No other details are clear from the fragment.
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Lovers’ Lane Pharmacy
Southern Bell
Lovers' Lane Softball Beats Southern Bell 13–6
Lovers' Lane 13 routed Southern Bell 6 in a Girls' Softball League game sparked by George Crowell and Windham. George homered, Crowell and Windham each had two hits. Batteries went to Kenny and Inzina for Lovers' Lane and Zeagler and Henson for Southern Bell.
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Lovers’ Lane Pharmacy
Southern Bell
George
Crowell and Windham
Crowell
Windham
Kenny and
Inzina
Lovers’ Lane
Zeagler and Henson
Mississippi State Tops Kentucky 7-5 to Take Series Edge
Mississippi State defeated Kentucky 7-5 in a Southeastern Conference baseball playoff game to lead the series 3-1. Alex Grammas drove in multiple runs with a homer and key hits, while Kentucky’s Roy Ford pitched seven innings for the Wildcats. Five Kentucky errors aided the Maroons as Jam Cummins’ misthrow in the fourth opened the scoring.
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Lexington
Mississippi State
Kentucky
Maroons
Phil Brandon
Champs
Roy Ford
Wildcats
Alex Grammas
Jimmy Bragan
Pete Grammas
Jam Cummins
Ed Self
Joe Adams
Favrot Lectures Of T At Ole Miss Coaching School
The second annual University of Mississippi coaching school opened in Miss. with about 225 mentors from nine states attending. Don Favrot, Missouri athletic head and football coach, lectured on the split T offense and demonstrated center blocking and ball handling with Ole Miss players. Adolph Rupp of Kentucky spoke on individual fundamentals and building the basketball offense.
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University, Miss
University of Mississippi
Don Favrot
University of Missouri
Adolph Rupp
University of Kentucky
Favrot
Missouri
Ole Miss
Rupp
Frank Cramer
Big Eight League Tonight's Ruston Reds at Bernice Derby
The Big Eight League schedules Ruston Reds visiting Bernice for a night game and Sterlington traveling to Simshoro. Local fans expect a tight contest as teams seek league points.
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Ruston Reds
Bernice
Night Sterlington
Simshoro
Four Big Eight League games spotlight pitching duels and rally wins
In Ruston area action Bernice and Dubach split a tight 3-1 duel with Hen ry Albritton holding Lomb Hanna to two safeties. Simsboro snapped a five game skid with a 6-2 win over Marion as Pete Cole and Carroll Shelby drove in runs. Sterlington Solvents beat Ruston 6-4 behind ten hits and five Ruston errors while Pete Adkins faltered in a 6-3 Rebel victory over Hodge with Curt Sherrill’s four hits. A make-up Friday game saw Tinker Hood toss a two-hit shutout for Ruston over Simsboro 5-0 as Ferrington homered for Ros ton.
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Ruston
Bernice
Sterlington
Ruston Rebels
Dubach
Henry Albritton
Lloyd Hanna
Albritton
Doug Colvin
Willett
Ruston Nine
Miller Booth
Pete” Adkins
Beard
Dennis
Halstead
Ferrington
Roston
Coach Johnny Vaught Joins Gardner School Delegation
A report notes Gardner Kansas hosted a delegation including Coach Johnny Vaught of Ole Miss. States represented at the school were Mississippi Alabama Arkansas Tennessee Louisiana Indiana New York Iowa and Missouri.
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Gardner
Kas
Johnny Vaught
Ole Miss
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Indiana
New York
Iowa
Missouri
Winnsboro Trips Tallulah In Error-Filled Win
Winnsboro defeated Tallulah 10 to 4 at Winnsboro, with nine errors by the Red Sox and 13 hits led by Johnny Balance who had a home run and two singles. Bill Godwin also homered for Winnsboro. Boswell collected three hits for Tallulah. In Urania, La Salle Producers beat Monroe Sports 8 to 7 as Littlefield allowed seven hits and LaSalle bats totaled ten.
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Winnsboro
Tallulah
Red Sox
Johnny Balance
Bill Godwin
Boswell
Sports Urania
LaSalle Producers
Monroe Sports
Littlefield
LaSalles
John Fluitt
Monroe Bunker
Lead clings as Marshall tops NL batting race
New York's Willard Marshall remains the pace setter in the National League batting race at .368, two points ahead of Ralph Kiner who sits at .366. Eddie Kazak is third at .364, with Red Schoendienst .353 and Jackie Robinson rising as the week’s hottest challenger. Robinson, tied for fifth at .352 with Ted Kluszewski, swats 15 hits in 33 at bats as the league scrambles for the crown. Robinson also leads with 39 RBIs and shares 8 stolen bases.
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New York
Willard Marshall
Marshall
Pittsburgh
Ralph Kiner
Kiner
Eddie Kazak
St. Louis
Red Schoendienst
Jackie
Whitey Lockman
Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers
Johnny Mize
Nashville hits two homers to beat Memphis Chicks 8 2
Tookie Gilbert and Swat Sawatski homered as Nashville topped Memphis 8 to 2. Wade and Sawatski, Mulcahy, Schultz, Brunswick and Rolandoson contributed in the scoring. The score by innings shows Nashville 131 000 102 8 while Memphis mustered 000 100 001 2.
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Memphis
Tookie Gilbert
Swat
Sawatski
Nashville
Memphis Chicks
Wade
Mulcahy
Schultz
Brunswick
Rolandson
Lookouts Dismiss Managers In Ninth Inning Fight
Chattanooga defeated Little Rock 5 to 4 as manager George Myatt and pitchers Bobo Newsom and Ramon Garcia were banished after a balk call on Woody Johnson sparked an argument. Newsom started and got the win, leaving in the sixth while in street clothes.
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Lookouts Shade
Little Rock
George Myatt
Lookouts
Chattanooga
Myatt
Bobo Newsom
Ramon Garcia
Woody Johnson
Garcia
Johnson
Newsom
Lorenzo
Early
Nedelco
Doolittle
Shreveport Acquires Buffalo First Sacker
Shreveport Sports buy Buffalo International League first baseman Jack Hussey to replace injured Les Burge. President Bonneau Peters also announces pitcher Gerald Red Fahr will be sent to the Alexandria Aces on a 24 hour recall basis.
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Shreveport
Shreveport Sports
Jack Hussey
Buffalo
Bonneau Peters
Hussey
Les Burge
Peters
Gerald “Red” Fahr
Alexandria Aces
City League Standings and Matchups Highlight Local Teams
City League standings feature Seroco against Spatafora's Pharmacy and Missouri Pacific facing Progressive Men versus Spatafora's Grocery. Rec. Field hosts games while Red Sox meet Hunt and Whitaker, with Barkdull Faulk.
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Seroco
Spatafora's Pharmacy
Missouri Pacific
Progressive Men
Spatafora's
Rec.” Field
Red Sox
Hunt and Whitaker
Barkdull Faulk
Nichols Motors Eee Teeee
Seroco Apphanes
Spatafora’s Pharmacy
Monroe Red Sox
Spatafora’s Grocery
Girl Scout Council Forms Troop 13 In Ouachita Parish
The Ouachita Parish Girl Scout Council announced a new intermediate troop 13 led by Mrs Jules Watts. Officers elected include Anita Mae Rickerson president Shirley Wilson vice president Paula Cook secretary treasurer and Barbara Hale reporter. Other members are Nena Gould Carolyn Brauley Tommy Ann Bivins and Norma Hendricks.
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Ouachita Parish
Terminix Softball Team Dominates Memorial Methodists 14–0
The Terminix softball team of the Midget League won its eighth exhibition contest in ten starts last night by blasting Memorial Methodists 14 to 0, extending its strong showing this season.
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Terminix
Memorial Methodists
Farmer and Wife Shot to Death in Mississippi Farm Home
In Meadville Mississippi a 67 year old farmer shot his wife as she prepared breakfast then killed himself with a shotgun. Victims E R Seale and Lillie Bowlin Seale 48 died on the Seale farm ten miles south of Meadville. Coroner's jury called it murder and suicide. The couple's five children aged 5 to 17 were awakened by the gun blasts. Funeral services set for Mrs Seale in Mt Zion and for her husband in Mt Olive.
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Meadville
Miss
W. R. Scott
Franklin County
E. R. Seale
Lillie Bowlin
Seale
F. H. Round
Scott
Brookhaven
Mt. Zion
Odd Fellows to Meet at Ouachita Lodge Hall
Independent Order of Odd Fellows Ouachita Lodge No 2 will hold its regular meeting in the W O W hall on June 3. A large initiatory degree class is planned and officers for the next term will be elected. All members should attend. Other lodge matters will be brought before the body.
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Ouachita Lodge No. 2
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W. O. W. Hall
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