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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1941
Page
7
Brooklyn pitcher Whitey Wyatt dominated the St. Louis Cardinals with six-hits allowed as the Dodgers shutout 6 to 0. Billy Herman and Reiser sparked early offense, with Reiser hitting his 12th homer of the season in the fourth inning and the team taking a quick lead.
The Giants pound Paul Derringer for a five run spurt before the Reds rally with homers by Jim Gleeson and Ival Goodman. Meanwhile Bob Carpenter ships a five hitter for New York in a 7 3 win over Cincinnati. Pirates rally behind Ken Heintzelman beat the Braves 9 5 to stay sixth in the National League.
Scores include Brooklyn 6 St Louis 0 New York 7 Cincinnati 3 Pittsburgh 9 Boston 5 Philadelphia 7 Chicago 0. Tonight Chicago at Brooklyn Passeau vs Hamlin St Louis at Boston Gumbert vs Johnson Pittsburgh at New York Kight vs Butcher Cincinnati at Philadelphia Vander Meer vs Blanton Detroit 4 New York 2 St Louis 14 Washington 12 Philadelphia at Chicago rain Boston at Cleveland rain Philadelphia at Chicago night Knott or Beckman vs Lee New York at Detroit Donald vs Newhouser Boston at Cleveland Johnson vs Smith Washington at St Louis Ostermueller vs Anderson.
Scores show Memphis 3 Birmingham 2 while Chattanooga leads Knoxville 8 to none and Nashville defeats Atlanta 7 to 6. Other results include New Orleans 3 Little Rock 0 with Knoxville visiting Chattanooga and Memphis hosting Birmingham.
The standings feature top homer hitters from the American League and National League with names like York, Tigers, Keller, Yankees, Gordon, Nicholson, Ott and Moore highlighted for runs batted in. Also notes Alexandria's ancient founding by Alexander the Great as a naval base over two millennia ago.
Kansas City at Toledo and Milwaukee at Columbus delayed by rain. Indianapolis and St. Paul played a second game with St. Paul trailing 0. Louisville led Minneapolis 8 in a weather affected matchup.
In baseball scores Rochester beat Jersey City 5 to 2 while Syracuse defeated Montreal 4 to 2. Toronto won 7 to 1 against Newark in another matchup. Buffalo’s game at Baltimore was postponed by rain.
Lafayette edged Port Arthur 2 0 while Alexandria beat Opelousas 5 3 and New Iberia won 9 6 over Lake Charles. Natchez defeated Rayne 10 3. The text also recalls English monarchs crowned at Westminster Abbey since 1274.
Fort Worth June 4. Lawson Little, defending United States Open champion, expects to rely on accuracy and finesse as he faces rugged pro competition on the Colonial Club course. He cites the need to adapt to narrower targets and plans to use irons and spoons while praising Runyan and Nelson as threats. The USGA announced nine substitutions reducing the field to 171 with several withdrawals and replacements across amateur and professional ranks.
Today a year ago the Brooklyn Dodgers crushed the St Louis Cardinals 11 to 1 and closed within one game of first place. Three years ago Pasteurized outsider won the Belmont by a neck after beating the 2-5 favorite Dauber. Five years ago Clark and Mangrum shot 69 to top US Open golf qualifying as 14 broke par. The submarines are named after fish.
New York June 4. Longtime Yankee star Lou Gehrig endured months of painful injections and a failing body. Team president Ed Barrow mourned the tragedy, praising Gehrig for his courage and insistence that he would beat the disease. He died peacefully after a last hopeful moment with the club.
Washington Senators end a six game slide as the Yankees fall to St Louis in a late inning stretch. Leonard wins for the Browns with strong pitching while Cullenbine Early and Lewis power Washington bats. Archival box score notes details of hits, runs, and fielding across the game.
Chicago Bears center Chester Chesney a DePaul graduate and veteran reserve will enter the army for one year starting June 14. He is the first Bears player to be drafted for military service in the current championship era.
A meeting for all boys entering teams in the City Recreation League and others interested in playground baseball is scheduled for today at 2:30 PM at the recreation office. A patent has been granted for a flying automobile designed to airlift troops then land and deploy for combat.
Thom McAndrow and Wards combined for ten hits. Rhodes and Jones shared catching, Thom McAndrow caught for Wards. Hunt and Whitaker led Sports to a shutout as Roy Ricks homered in the third with one aboard. Batteries: Alpha Hart Roddy Sports Lampkin Harmon Ye.
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