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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1933
Page
10
Boston climbs from cellar to seventh place as they beat the New York Yankees four games in a row. Marty McManus and Roy Johnson belts key homers and their improved morale fuels the win despite two Yanks long balls.
The NCAA and National Inter scholastic championships open at Soldier Field with college and high school stars. Trials and finals run Friday through Saturday under floodlights. Contenders include Southern California Stanford Indiana and Arkansas City junior highs. Ralph Metcalfe of Marquette is a key dash hopeful.
Washington baseball team of the New York league routed Indianapolis in an exhibition game. Washington scored five runs in the second inning and coasted to a 7 to 1 victory. The game was played for the benefit of fans and featured strong hitting by Washington hitters.
Tallulah and Monroe split a two game set with Tallulah winning 14 to 2 in game one before Monroe edged Tallulah 6 to 5 in game two. Pitcher Pate homered in game one and was relieved in the second. Manager Crawford handled the bullpen in the second contest. Box score provided.
Oak Grove defeats Bastrop Kraftmen 12 to 4 to extend its league lead. Fryer Womeck Kirkland Ethridge and Poindexter starred with four-base hits while Richbourg pitched and Polvogt caught for Oak Grove. Kyly started for Bastrop, left in third as Fiser allowed three homers before Lee finished.
Rochester beat Jersey City 9 to 7 while Montreal defeated Albany 5 to 2. Buffalo topped Baltimore 13 to 6 and Toronto won against Newark 4 to 2.
In Jackson Mississippi on June 16 a seven run fifth inning capped by a Hi Perren triple carried the home club to an 8 to 2 win over the Shreveport Sports. Jackson had eight hits to eight runs while Shreveport produced three runs on seven safeties. Jackson took two of the three game series.
In Baton Rouge on Thursday afternoon the Baton Rouge Senators defeated the El Dorado Lions 14 to 5 behind solid hitting by Russell Lyons and Malcolm Gaffney. El Dorado produced 19 hits but lost the opener of the two game series.
Henderson Texas pummeled Longview 14 to 1 as Burnett McGloffin Bowman Cox Dobbs and Moore Jarvis homered and the Oilers sealed the series with a late triple play in the final inning. Longview managed a single run in the sixth and two in the seventh.
New York Giants pull Frank O'Doul and Wat Clark from Brooklyn in exchange for Sam Leslie as trading closes. Terry gains two important players boosting the club's chances to lead the National League, with Clark providing needed pitching depth.
The Philadelphia Phillies sent third baseman Arthur Pinkney Whitney and outfielder Ha Lee to the Boston Braves in exchange for Fritz Knothe Wesley Schulmerich and cash rumored to exceed 75000 dollars. Gerald Nugent announced the deal as players join their new clubs. Schulmerich and Knothe are Pacific Coast league graduates slated to fill new roles.
Jackson Mississippi June 16 A Mississippi man and a Louisianan figured in a major baseball deal. Wat Clark moves from Brooklyn to the Giants and hails from Bastrop Louisiana after attending Mississippi College in Clinton where he played with Goat Hale Tom Gulley and Big Jim Edwards. Sam Leslie heads to the Dodgers from Moss Point Mississippi and previously played with Memphis.
Olympic javelin star Matti Jarvinen improved his world record in Helsinki on Thursday with a throw of 249 feet 8 1 8 inches, surpassing his previous best of 242 feet 10 1 8 inches.
CHICAGO June 16 Bud Tinning promoted from relief to starter against Pittsburgh held them to four hits as the Cubs shut out the Pirates 5 to 0. Frank Demaree yomped a two run homer in the fourth and Babe Herman belted his fifth of the season in the fifth as Chicago won its second straight shutout. The game featured a protest by Pittsburgh manager Griffith Gibson after Hal Smith was fooled by the hidden ball trick in the fifth.
Memphis 4 Atlanta 6 Birmingham 6 Chattanooga 5 New Orleans 10 Nashville 9 Little Rock at Knoxville Memphis at Atlanta New Orleans at Nashville Birmingham at Chattanooga
A sequence of scores shows Houston 9 over Oklahoma City 2. Beaumont 7 over Dallas 6. Galveston 5 over Tulsa 9. San Antonio 2 over Fort Worth 3. Houston hosts Tulsa and Beaumont visits Fort Worth while Galveston travels to Oklahoma City and San Antonio plays Dallas.
El Dorado defeated Baton Rouge 14 to 5 while Tyler beat Waco 8 to 1. Longview topped Henderson 14 to 1 and Shreveport trounced Jackson 8 to 3.
In the American Association results Columbus defeated Kansas City 3 to 1 while Minneapolis beat Louisville 9 to 5, reflecting a day of balanced offense and pitching.
Birmingham shoots to a 6 to 5 win over Chattanooga in the series opener at Chattanooga. The visitors collect fifteen hits off three pitchers led by Touchstone who allowed one bad inning in the fourth. Maples, Berres, Pettitt, Thomas, Linke appear for Birmingham while Chattanooga fields Touchstone and Berres.
University of Texas players Charles Stewart and Alvah Learned defeated Cyril Yancey and John Stewart 6-0 6-8 8-6 in the Monroe doubles at Forsythe Park yesterday. Lemle and Kaplan, seeded No. 1, clash with Elizabeth Kennedy and Stanley Wyatt in a featured doubles match as Kennedy is the meet’s lone woman entrant.
The Railways of the Irish Free State win back old friends as townsfolk visit stations nightly to hear city news and market updates. Rail workers serve as messengers between towns, unlike buses which pass through without engaging with local affairs.
Harvard and Yale renew their rivalry on the Thames in New London Connecticut. The Crimson and the Blue clash in a race long marked by history and tradition dating back to 1852 with 70 prior meetings and a pause during the Civil War.
Harvard crew aims at the four mile Thames course from Bartletts Cove to the rail bridge amid a season of strong Yale times. Yale, slightly favored though Harvard claims a ten pound per man spread, seeks victory as the stake boats prepare to launch at dusk. The 1929 yacht flotilla shrank and the Central of Vermont line will not run an observation train Friday.
The National Guard beat West Monroe 12 to 11 in ten innings to tie for the league lead. Godwin tied the game with a sixth‑inning home run as Hines, forced to issue bases on balls in the tenth, gave up the decisive run.
Spencer was blanked 5 0 as Louisias Training Institute defeated them. Bester limited Spencer to five hits while Pelicans bats produced nine off Nolan with Haddad and Lawrence each collecting a double. Pelicans set two Sunday games against Clarks to seek third place. no admission charged.
Miss Lucille Robinson defeated defending champion Mrs. Charles Newbold 2 and 1 in a Trans Miss golf quarter final in Des Moines Iowa on June 16. She advanced to the semi finals alongside Phyllis Buchanan Lillian Zech and D W Snyder from Kansas City and Chicago respectively.
New Orleans opened a five game series in Nashville with a 10 to 9 win over the Vols. Tiny Chaplin took the loss for Nashville as a six run fourth inning rally by New Orleans proved decisive. Johnson Galehouse Autry Chaplin and McAdams were listed as players.
Boston defeats the world champion New York Yankees 8 to 5 to climb from the American League cellar. A decisive seventh inning sealed the win as Tony Lazzeri and Ben Chapman homered and Henry Chapman Johnson surrendered two long balls. Lou Gehrig was on base for a tying shot in the first half of the seventh.
Knoxville announces the release of Lamar Newsport, a rookie right hand pitcher who had been obtained recently in Little Rock. Edgar Allen, secretary, disclosed the move on Thursday.
The Atlanta Crackers defeated the Memphis Chicks 6 to 4 in a high scoring game at Atlanta. Memphis led 4 0 after two innings but went scoreless thereafter as Atlanta rallied. final line shows Memphis 470 andAtlanta 690 with notable players May Armhurst O Nea Cuoto Larsen Meadows and Phillips mentioned.
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