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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1937
Page
8
New York Giants and St Louis Cardinals square off at the Polo Grounds in a high profile pitchers duel headlined by Carl Hubbell versus Jerome Dean. The scene recalls Dean’s past fines and riots, Hubbell’s lingering skid, and yesterday’s other baseball notes across the league including the White Sox nine-game surge and Pirates win over the Phils.
In Holly Ridge Louisiana on Sunday the Holly Ridge Yellow Jackets defeated Crew Lake 6 to 5 after ten innings. Pitchers F. Clay and Sinn held Crew Lake to five hits while L. Stokes led Holly Ridge with eight safeties. M. Strong and Lee also contributed. Gavens and Stokes led the visitors with hits. Next Sunday Holly Ridge faces Dunn in a double header at Dunn.
The advance guard of golf title seekers warmed up for the 41st United States Open at Oakland Hills Detroit area with wind and rough conditions. Analysts expect 290 likely a ceiling for 72 holes and note Manero and Snead as leading contenders with Picard Cooper Guldahl Nelson also rated highly.
Elden Auker of the Tigers pitched a one hit ball and retired the last 12 in order to defeat the Athletics 6-0. Fabian Gaffke of the Red Sox doubled twice and singled with three RBIs as Boston routed Indiana 19-8. Russ Robers of the Pirates delivered six hits and seven strikeouts to end Pittsburghs five game skid with an 8-1 win over Philadelphia. Rip Radcliff and Mike Kreevich of the White Sox combined for a double and two singles and a triple with a 5-4 win over the Yankees. Lee Grissom and Baxter Jordan of the Reds shut out the Bees 4-0 with Grissom holding Bees to four hits and six K. Jordan contributed a single and a double.
Yesterday results include Monroe 3 Greenville 4 Vicksburg 1 Greenwood 4 El Dorado 1 Helena 5 Clarksdale 0 Pine Bluff 9 Today games list Monroe at Greenville Vicksburg at Greenwood El Dorado at Helena Clarksdale at Pine Bluff Swart at Ruston Crossett at Bastrop Hodges Brown two runs Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 4 Boston 0 St Louis at New York and Chicago at Brooklyn with rain Weiland vs J Dean Castleman Hub Chicago Lee vs Hamlin Swift vs Passeau Davis and Schott vs Turner and Lanning on deck in varied matchups.
Dallas defeated Beaumont 6 to 3 and Fort Worth beat San Antonio 3 to 2. Oklahoma City posted a 7 point result with Houston Tulsa set for Galveston. Dallas visits Beaumont and Fort Worth hosts San Antonio.
Tyler 0, Texarkana 4. Marshall 1, Jacksonville 4. Henderson 9, Longview 12. Palestine 4, Kilgore 5. Montgomery 2, Selma and Mobile 4. Pensacola 2.
The schedule lists results for Philadelphia 0 Detroit 6 New York 4 Chicago 5 Boston 19 Cleveland 8 and Washington St Louis with Iain. It notes matchups New York at Chicago Chandler vs Kennedy Philadelphia Detroit Caster vs Bridges Boston at Cleveland Ostermueller vs Hudlin or Andrews Washington at St Louis DeShong vs Knott and regional games Birmingham 3 Little Rock 4 Knoxville 2 Chattanooga 4 Nashville 5 Atlanta 18 New Orleans 4 Memphis 7 with New Orleans at Memphis Knoxville at Chattanooga and Nashville at Atlanta. No other games scheduled.
Jeanerette and Lake Charles were tied 8 to 8 when called at end of 12th due to darkness. Lafayette defeated Abbeville 15 to 5 while New Iberia led Alexandria 7. Rayne played Opelousas in rain. In the American Association Louisville faced Minneapolis in cold weather, Indianapolis played St Paul in cold, Toledo met Kansas City in rain, and Columbus beat Milwaukee 19 to 10.
Syracuse tied Jersey City after rain delays in Buffalo Toronto and Newark games. Buffalo and Newark reported rain interruptions. Baltimore beat Rochester 6 to 0 while Montreal defeated Rochester 3 to 2 with rain affecting play.
The immense Glenborg facility in Glasgow leads production of smpireless fuel gas and oil output. Daily figures show 100 tons of fuel 15 000 gallons of crude oil and 15 900 000 cubic feet of gas.
Greenville Bucks edged Monroe Twins 4 to 3 in a Tuesday afternoon game. Kirby Farrell's pinch hit double in the ninth scored the winning run after two are out, as Lee Nichols and Lyter combined on the mound for Greenville. Farrell had the lone extra base hit for Monroe, while Hock and Bagrosky led Greenville hitters.
Clayton Ramblers defeated Jonesville Lions 3 to 2 on the Clayton diamond. Bob Fife hit a ninth inning homer over the right field fence to seal the win for manager Tommy Boyd. Lefty Smith pitched eight innings, Calhoun allowed 12 hits as the teams traded two eighth inning runs.
Black-haired Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles advanced to the third round at the Southern Amateur on the Belle Meade courts, defeating Earl Reynolds and Dick Covington. Defending champion Ernie Sutter of Tulane and other favorites moved through, with no upsets in the first two days.
National League batting leaders list Medwick of the Cardinals at .411 and Vaughan of the Pirates at .382. The remainder of the article text is unchanged.
Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers leads with 48 runs and 56 RBI while Walker and Bell post high hits totals. Teammates Vosmik and Kubel top doubles and triples, with Greenberg also hitting 15 home runs. Hudlin and Pearson pace pitching standings.
A June 9 column notes New York teams and boxing news with jabs at the Yankees skid six defeats in eight starts. It mentions Joe McCarthy, Ed Barrow, and Ruppert’s management, golf talk from Leo Diegel, potential Open changes, Ambers and Armstrng talks, boxing offers, and a Giants marriage tease with Tuffy Leemans.
Danno O Mahoney from Ireland defeated Rube Wright from Texas in two straight falls in Bangor. In Indianapolis Juan Humberto from Mexico City beat Cerve Roche of Decatur in two of three falls. Weights unavailable.
Chicago defeated New York 5-4 as Lefty Thornton Lee earned his third win of the season over the Yankees. DiMaggio hit his ninth homer and Gehrig drove in all Yankee runs. The White Sox extended their winning streak to ten, moving into a first place tie with the Indians and World Champion Yankees leading Cleveland by one game.
Alice Marble moves toward the Beckenham final as Hal Surface and Charles Harris reach the third round in the men's division. Marble drops the first set to Sylvia Henrotin but wins 3-6 6-1 6-1. Dorothy Round defeats Dorothy Andrus 6-3 6-3. Harris beats Robert Tinkler 6-2 6-0. Surface edges Nigel Sharpe 2-6 6-3 6-4.
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