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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1937
Page
8
The Washington Senators acquired Rick and Wes Ferrell and Mel Almada in exchange for Ben Chapman and Buck Newsom. Ferrell brings a top pitcher and catcher upgrade, while Newsom and Chapman depart shaping the Nats in a busy MLB day alongside White Sox, Yankees, Giants, Cubs, and Dodgers results.
Ernest Sutter of Tulane, rated fifth, defeated Walter Senior of San Francisco in three sets 7-5 5-7 7-5 to reach the southern amateur semifinal and await top seed Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles.
Eddie Brietz reports a rapid-fire roundup of sports chatter from New York on June 11. Notes include Ebony Boy losing to Miss Pittypat, DiMaggio and Jack Wilson photo chatter, Pedro Montanez injuries risky for short purses, and plans for the all star game lineup. Mentions boxing figures Braddock and Louis, plus Chicago bookmaking mood and Tony Manero caddie contest at Oakland Hills.
The text shows box score fragments for a series between Mobile and Pensacola with teams McClendon Schwartz Oberg Barret Patton Jackson Thernes Adamski Simon Osborne Mealey Montgomery Sharpe Hernandez Graf Horton. The scattered scores suggest a doubleheader style matchup with runs and outs unnamed.
Herbert Roton of Montgomery, Auburn's longtime tackle, signs a pro football contract with the Philadelphia Eagles for the upcoming season.
Billy Jurges and Augie Galan sparked the Chicago Cubs to a 9–3 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in Brooklyn. Jurges had four singles and three RBIs while Galan added two singles, a homer, and three RBIs as Chicago piled up 16 hits and moved within a half game of the idle Giants. Bill Lee earned his sixth victory, cruising after an early Dodgers rally.
Baton Rouge June 10 J W Bateman LSU extension director says Louisiana farmers will receive about 6 5 million dollars for participation in the federal soil conservation program. Approval has been given 60 940 applications from 121 850 farmers for payments totaling 6 192 094 27 with more approvals expected.
Yesterday results show Monroe 6 Helena 9 El Dorado 0 Greenwood 3 Pine Bluff 6 Vicksburg 4 Greenville 1 Clarksdale 2 Today’s games list Monroe at Helena Pine Bluff at Vicksburg El Dorado at Greenwood Greenville at Clarksdale Chicago 9 Brooklyn 4 Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia 5 Cincinnati 6 Boston 5 St Louis at New York rain St Louis at Boston Warneke versus MacFayden Cincinnati at New York Derringer versus Schumacher or Smith scheduled games only
Baseball results list multiple games with city pairings including Philadelphia winning 3 to 4 over Detroit and New York dominating Chicago 10 to 3. Additional scores cover Washington 3 Saint Louis 6 Boston at Cleveland and other regional matchups.
New York defeats Chicago 10 to 3 before 20 000 at Comiskey Park. Vernon Kennedy and Sugar Cain held the Sox to seven hits while the Yanks struck for timely blows to end Chicago’s ten game win streak and reclaim the American League lead.
Oklahoma City 10 Beaumont 4 Tulsa 2 San Antonio 4 Dallas 4 Galveston 1 Fort Worth 19 Houston 4 Dallas meets Galveston Fort Worth plays Houston Oklahoma City vs Beaumont Tulsa vs San Antonio EAST TEXAS LEAGUE Texarkana 6 Palestine 5 Tyler 7 Kilgore 2 SOUTHEASTERN LEAGUE Montgomery 2 Pensacola 4 Meridian 2 Mobile 3 Jackson 7 Selma 1
American Association results Columbus 7 Minneapolis 8 and Indianapolis 11 Milwaukee 4. International League Toronto 5 Buffalo 7. Syracuse at Rochester night and Newark at Baltimore night.
Abe Coleman of Los Angeles pinned Jack Donovan of Boston in 29 minutes 12 seconds in New York. Everett Marshall of Colorado pinned Cliff Thiede of California in 19 minutes 28 seconds in Toronto. Eddie Newman of New York defeated Chief Chenchki of Indiana in 8 minutes 38 seconds in St Louis.
The Cooperative Bireley softball team leading the City league will play the Clarks Sunday at 3 PM. The Y's park hosts the game sponsored by the Y's Men's club to raise funds toward paying off debt from the new softball park construction.
Sam Snead opened with 69 at Oakland Hills as two New York amateurs Strafaci and Holt shot 70s to claim early second place. The round featured eagles and near aces from Stupple Dudley Cruickshank Strafaci and others amid a tense chase at the U S Open.
Helena Seaporters rally from behind to beat the Monroe Twins 9 to 6 at Helena Ark in the opener of a three game cellar series. Pinch hitter L B Jones delivered a bases loaded homer in the eighth after Horton and Burrows held the Twins down earlier. Raymond and Jones aided Helena with timely hits as pitchers homered for seven Seaporter runs. Manager Hock noted unusual hitting by both teams and forecast Friday’s game with Jack Van Orsdal starting for Monroe and L B Jones for Helena.
Little Rock Travelers beat the Memphis Chicks 10 3 at home behind five first inning runs off Benton. Bob Porter held Memphis scoreless after the first, as Little Rock pulled four games ahead in the standings.
Nashville pitcher Frank Werk limited Knox ville to five hits as the Vols beat the Smokies 5 to 1 in the opening game of the home series. Nashville scored three in the first inning and added two more in the fifth while E Chapman pitched all nine for Knoxville. Total hits stacked 13 for Nashville with EK Chapman and Bandy on the mound for Knoxville and Werk and Leggett for Nashville.
Nashville pitcher Sharkey Eiland, a veteran southpaw, retires for the season due to a persistent sore arm from spring training. He will return home to Macon Mississippi.
In Twilight league play St Matthew's Ushers defeated Southern Bell 14 to 7 to take a two game lead as Bakers fell 4 to 3 to Methodists. Fontana homered for St Matthew's and Harpold held Bakers to seven hits. Baptists crushed Monroe Utilities 14 to 2 with nine city errors aiding the Baptists. Cudahy Packers beat Missouri Pacific 4 to 2 as Roberts homered for the winners.
AP stats show American League leaders with Gehrig batting 380 and Greenberg leading in runs and RBIs. Other highlights include Walker and Greenberg atop hits, Vosmik and Bell in doubles, Kubel and Averill sharing triples, and Greenberg leading in home runs. Pitching leaders include Hudlin and Pearson. National League leaders include Medwick batting 413 and Medwick and Vaughan on hits and runs, with Bartell and Medwick high in home runs and pitching led by Bryant and Hubbell.
Lou Gehrig leads the American League batting race with a .381 pace after a four-for outing that keeps him ahead of Hank Greenberg and Beau Bell who went hitless. Arky Vaughan raises his NL average to .381 to share second with Buck Jordan as Medwick, Vaughan, Jordan reach .381 in the top six.
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