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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1932
Page
6
Monroe hosts the three game set at Forsythe park as Brannon's Jackson Senators visit the Twins. Lineup changes include McShane at leadoff and Shamburger at short with Bejin catching. In a separate game El Dorado defeats Jackson 22 to 15 after a three hour long pitching barrage.
Percy Brown coach of the Monroe American Legion junior baseball team announced the season opener with Ruston juniors Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Forsythe park. The squad reported for practice and a workout was planned for today. The lineup includes Johnson at catcher Portis at first base Strow at second Hundley at short Florsheim at third Ellis in left Hampton in center and either Ellis or Basco in right with Rester or Swayze pitching.
A historical note explains the Philosopher's Stone as a substance reputed to transform base metals into gold and silver. It highlights the longstanding alchemical quest for wealth and purification through elusive material power.
Ruston Town team opens a four game slate at Memorial Park facing Monroe Progressive Men. They host Ringgold Thursday, travel to Winnsboro Friday, and finish in Bernice Saturday. Coach Fox rotates players due to school, with Davis or Fox likely starting Tuesday.
Cranford tops Tallulah Indians hitters with a .349 average led by Edwin Jones at .338 and Mo Phillips at .326 while Buck Halloran hits .316. Other players include Simmons, A Jones, and Tucker with varying marks. Pitching figures list Cragineg, Roe, and Lomberdo with win totals and ERAs.
National League top performers include P Waner Pirates and Hurst Phillies with batting, Klein Phillies leading runs and hits, and Klein also high in home runs with 15. American leaders show Foxx Athletics in batting and RBI, Ruth Gehrig and Myer among leaders in multiple categories, with pitching notes for Gomez and Grove and Allen.
In Toronto France’s Spider Plad ner outpointed Willie Davies of Charleroi Pa with10 rounds. In Louisville Bill Roederer from Louisville knocked out Steve Kaplan of Cincinnati in the second round.
In Chicago June 14 Henry McLemore profiles Al Munro Elias, longtime official statistician for major and minor leagues. The piece recalls Elias answering baseball trivia from Connie Mack’s debut to Detroit’s 18-run inning and even a playful tally of grass blades at Cincinnati Park.
El Dorado defeated Jackson 22 to 15 in a three hour game as six pitchers combined for 20 walks. Col lenberger hit a triple for El Dorado, Brown doubled for Jackson, and Bouza drove in five runs. El Dorado later travels to Baton Rouge while Jackson goes to Monroe.
The Monroe Monarchs beat the Montgomery Grey Sox 7 to 2 in the final game of a four game series at Casino Park. Parnell pitched the last inning after working Saturday, limiting the visitors to six hits as Monroe collected eight off Pope and Bell. The Monarchs, coming off an off day for the Cotton States League Twins, head to face the Nashville Elite Giants in a Emancipation Celebration series likely their toughest yet.
Bob Grove of the Athletics held the Tigers to four hits with seven strikeouts for his 11th straight win. Carey Selph and Bob Fothergill drove in two runs each for the White Sox against the Red Sox. Bill Dickey of the Yankees hit two home runs and a single, driving in four runs against the Indians.
Contenders from Edwin McClure to Jesse Rainwater arrive in New Orleans for the state tournament at West End Country Club. The event runs Wednesday through Sunday with 18 hole qualifiers, match play, and a 36 hole final to decide the champion and consolation honors.
In Montreal Jim Bodine ing 230 beat Billy Bartush 225 two falls to one with 21 30 14 10 and 12 45. Pat McGill 220 threw Rex Smith 11 35 while Frank Hudson 205 drew with Stan Lee Pinta 30 00. Westenberg 220 drew twice with Dominguez 212 and Yvon Robert 216 in Montreal 15 06. In New York Ed Strangler Lewis 258 beat Sandor Szabo 205 46 38. Henri Deglane 220 won straight falls over George Zarynoff 205 23 35 and 0 35. Roland Kirchmeyer 228 threw Joe De Vito 210 20 57.
The Brown Paper mill team faces the Winnsboro nine of the Big Six in Brownville this afternoon at 4 15. The Brownies seek to even the series after a 5 to 4 loss at Winnsboro last week as Blondie Corson pitches for Brown.
Holiday in the Southern Association led to rainouts for Atlanta and Knoxville yesterday with no other games on the schedule.
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