West Monroe Rebels rally to edge Delhi Oilers in ninth
In a dramatic Sunday game at Cloyd's Park West Monroe trailed 7-6 entering the ninth before Coot Dumas doubled with two out to drive in two runs and seal an 8-7 win over Delhi. Nolan pitched 4 innings to earn the win. Creed took the loss as Delhi held a 10 7 edge after seven from Roberts and Nolan.
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Monroe Sports Folds Based On Local Backing Effort
After a month in the Northeast Louisiana League the Monroe team folded the club amid talks with the Chamber of Commerce and local backers. Shreveport withdrew support and the league, now seven clubs, awaits a plan to keep Monroe active.
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Point Red Sox and Eros win in Little Eight League
The Point Red Sox defeated Terrill's Store 2 to 1 while Eros beat Selman Field 16 to 9. Point trailed until the ninth, scoring on three singles by P. Carter, C. Hinton, and H. Antley with L. L. Hinton earning the two hit pitching. Carter led Point with three hits in five at bats.
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Boudreau Moves to Third as Boone Takes Shortstop
Cleveland Indians swap Lou Boudreau to third base and insert rookie Ray Boone at shortstop after an emergency coaches meeting called by president Bill Veeck to address a severe slump. Kenny Keltner is benched from third.
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Giants Send Rhawn Poat to Pirates for Higbe in Trade
New York Giants trade infielder Bobby Rhawn and pitcher Ray Poat to the Pittsburgh Pirates for pitcher Kirby Higbe in a straight deal with no cash involved. Higbe, 34, formerly of Brooklyn, shows 2 losses and no wins this season and was knocked out in a May 26 start. Rhawn started at second base earlier, batting .172 in 14 games. Poat, 31, has no decisions in 1949 after 213 innings pitched.
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Barons sweep doubleheader as Podgajny shines
Birmingham Barons blank Chattanooga 10-0 in game one and win 6-1 in the nightcap at Birmingham. Johnny Podgajny twirled two hitter in the first game while Willard Nix allowed three hits in the second. Leeper and Myatt combined for Chattanooga, with Early and Fleitas behind for Birmingham in the opener. Nixon and Stephenson were the note for Birmingham in the second.
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Crackers edge Nashville twice in seven innings
Atlanta Crackers beat the Nashville club 1-0 in the opener and 6-5 in the nightcap on Monday. Al Flair hit a fourth inning homer to put Atlanta ahead in the first game, while Flair and Lloyd Gearhart delivered a key ninth inning double and single to break a 5-5 tie in the second game.
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Delta League Summary and Standings
Delta League recap shows West Monroe Rebs at 4 2 and West Monroe Vols at 1 5 with limited legible figures. Other lines list odd codes and unreadable numbers, offering an unclear snapshot of teams and records.
Southeastern League baseball scoring notes from Vicksburg and allied teams
The clumsy OCR lists team lines for Southeastern League games across Vicksburg Meridian JaCeSON Pensacola and Arniston with multiple innings scores and player pairings. Merits note include Heuser Turner Jarmon Cardey Muerer King Palica McCreight Stare Chuka Pobiak Arniston Henry Lewis Johnson Thrasher Pensacola Secrees Deal McWhorter Bowers Wiles across scattered inning tallies.
Central High Tigers Win Extra Innings Classic
In Hattiesburg on Monday Central High Tigers of Jackson edged Hattiesburg High 3-1 in extra innings, taking the rubber game of a south Mississippi playoff series. The note recalls Walter Johnson pitching 56 straight shutout innings in 1913.
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