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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1928
Page
5
A chaotic OCR reads like a sports column tease about Gulfport Tarpons and an indoor crowd. It mentions Wall Street references and a plan to reach a 300 target with fast selling gear. No clear game details or outcomes are present.
After today’s double bill Eddie Palmer will enjoy a day before taking on the Gulf arpons. For three games, beginning Thursday Next Sunday the Wilers and Metros will meet the second double header of the week. Monroe is fifth in the division with Alexandria close behind. Jackson replaced Monroe as the fourth team in the first division after Senators won three straight over Vicksburg Hill Billies. Palmermen off days saw them slip before Alexandria Reds. Hurlers Palmer may use include Brown and Clark with Clark the staff ace. Brown recently joined from Knoxville. Bankey has been displaced as top hitter by Fred Polvogt Driller catcher. Polvogt raised his average and drives in many runs. Irby has regained his batting eye and hits hard lately.
Lamkin shot a net 73 to top qualifying at the President's Cup event at Riverside Country Club. Oliver Thomas and Yke Morrison tied for second with net 75 as a record field of fifty entered and fifty qualifiers were set for match play. Rain delayed rounds, and pairings will be drawn today with first matches Sunday afternoon under Jack Keefe's direction. Tom Standifer won the long driving contest with 549 yards. Lefty Touchstone qualified at net 81 and John Rogers had the longest drive at 279 yards.
Rain halted several Cotton States League A1 games while Southern League scores show Memphis 7 Mobile 2 and Atlanta 12 Nashville 9. National League had Boston 5 Cincinnati 3 with other games postponed. American League Philadelphia 6 Chicago and Washington at St Louis. many contests postponed due to rain.
Atlanta Crackers erase a nine run deficit in the seventh inning with a string of home runs led by Nick Cullop Zoeller Brock and a late Cracker surge to beat the Nashville Vols 12 to 9. Memphis defeated Mobile 7 to 3 as Barrett posted three hits in four trips.
The piece highlights Jimmy Foxx and Melvin Ott as rising young sluggers, predicting major league prominence. It notes Ott’s youth with the Giants, Foxx’s bench role with the Athletics, and mentions aging stalwarts and fellow stars like Cochran, Perkins, Hornsby, and Sisler, plus a note on Clarence Mitchell’s release.
Annapolis notes Olympic boxing prospects for Amsterdam as Hyman Miller of Los Angeles and Steve Holaiko of Buffalo emerge as top U S flyweight and lightweight contenders. Webb praises their defensive plus aggressive styles and sharp punching as room for Olympic success.
Walter Hagen clashed with England in a long running feud of snorts and putter jibes. The American ace mocked England’s golfers, sparking controversy while winning the British Open in 1924 after a dramatic match with Archie Compston, and again claimed the title with characteristic bravado.
St Paul reports Jack Malone will train Mickey Walker tonight in a final workout before Walker defends the middleweight title against Ace Hudkins in Chicago on June 21. The ten round no decision bout hinges on a knockout or foul for Malone to seize the crown.
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