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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1937
Page
6
Ruffing earns his sixth win and second straight shutout as the Ruppert Rifles blank the Indians 3-0. Cubs' Clay Bryant saves games for Chicago, while Hubbell struggles for the Giants as Pittsburgh beats New York. Tigers outlast the Senators in 15 innings to move up, Red Sox top White Sox, and Cardinals blast three Phil pitchers for 13-4 win.
Marshall defeats Texarkana 6 to 5 in a ninth inning rally with three runs and no outs. Debut of Jimmy Irymple as Tigers manager pro tem. Peters doubled with bases loaded in the ninth for the winning run as Marshall capitalized on Liners errors.
Eddie Brietz reports on Joe Louis workouts and Braddock preparations for a potential title bout with Schmeling amid Derby chatter. Mentions Case Ace as a Derby favorite, Dizzy Dean trade talk, Izzy Klein praise, and Cubs speculation alongside Marquette football notes.
Cley Bryant of the Cubs earned his fifth win with a five inning one hit relief to beat the Bees 5 4 and push Chicago to first. DiMaggio and Ruffing powered the Yankees with a four hit shutout of the Indians. Mize sparked the Cardinals 13 4 victory over the Phillies with three extra base hits. Suhr paced the Pirates 17 5 rout of the Giants with two hits including a homer. Reds beat the Dodgers 4 3 in the ninth. Knickerbocker starred for the Browns in an Athletics loss 5 1. Poffenberger held the Senators to three hits as Detroit won 3 8 in 15 innings. Grove allowed one unearned run in the Red Sox 5 1 defeat of the White Sox. An ozone film protects life from the sun’s ultraviolet rays.
Monroe defeats El Dorado 5 to 1 to sweep the series behind Jack Van Orsdal who held the Lions to six hits and fanned seven. Key two run hits in the second and third innings powered the Twins while Tony Masucci homered for El Dorado’s lone run. Monroe heads to Pine Bluff for three with the Judges before a home stand at Casino Park.
In Chicago at River Forest, three of 15 seeded stars were eliminated. Billy Kiley of Kansas City lost to Bill Talbert of Cincinnati 6 0 6 4. Harris Coggehall of Des Moines fell to Elwood Cooke 6 2 6 3. Norman Bickel of Oak Park dropped 6 4 2 6 7 5. Robby Riggs advanced with a 6 9 6 3 victory over Walter Galland.
Grand Beach Michigan June 16 Experts in boxing wobble as they guess the Braddock Louis title winner. Braddock shows mixed form in workouts while Louis contemplates retirement after the title defense in Chicago.
In Holly Ridge Louisiana on June 16 the Holly Ridge and Dunn teams split a doubleheader. Holly Ridge won game one 3 to 0 while Dunn took game two 6 to 5. Local pitcher Travis dominated game one with one hit allowed and 13 strikeouts.
Readable lines show Pensacola scoring 7 at Meridian 25 to 7 with Graf Horton McCreight Schwartz and Cafego listed. Teammates Thernes Adamski Meade Barrett Patton appear in the fragmentary lineup.
Yesterday results show Monroe 5 El Dorado 1 Clarksdale 7 Vicksburg 3 Helena at Greenwood postponed due to wet grounds Greenville 0 Pine Bluff 19. Today Monroe at Pine Bluff Greenville at El Dorado Clarksdale at Greenwood Helena at Vicksburg plus Crossett Swartz Hodge Boston New York 5 Pittsburgh 7 Boston 4 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 St Louis 13 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 4. Baseball matchups include MacFayden vs Lee and Passeau vs Warneke with other noted pitchers.
Scores show Cleveland 0 New York 3 Chicago 1 Boston 5 Detroit 9 Washington 15 innings St Louis 5 Philadelphia 1. Pairings include Cleveland at New York Gatehouse versus Gomez Detroit at Washington Wade against Ferrell Chicago at Boston Whitehead against Newsom St Louis at Philadelphia Knott versus Kelley.
The day’s results feature Chattanooga 1 New Orleans 5, Atlanta 7 Birmingham 10, Little Rock 14 Knoxville 1, and Memphis 5 Nashville 3, highlighting notable wins and lopsided losses across regional games.
The schedule lists results from Dallas Houston Fort Worth Galveston Oklahoma City San Antonio Tulsa and Beaumont with final scores. Oklahoma City vs Dallas Tulsa vs Fort Worth Galveston vs San Antonio Beaumont vs Houston all set for night games.
Lake Charles a .1 Jeanerette seven New Iberia six Alexandria seven Abbeville one Lafayette nine Rayne one Opelousas three.
In the East Texas League Palestine beat Jacksonville 4 to 5 while Longview at Tyler was rained out. Texarkana won 5 to 6 against Marshall. In the Southeast League Pensacola defeated Meridian 7 to 2 with Selma 4 Mobile 1. Jackson at Montgomery postponed due to rain.
Toronto 7 Newark 13 Montreal 6 Syracuse 4 Rochester 13 Baltimore 5. Standings show high scoring games across multiple matchups with Rochester and Baltimore posting strong wins. Toronto faced tough division action as Newark and Montreal also recorded results.
Pittsburgh beats New York 7 to 5 as Carl Hubbell fails to finish and Red Lucas earns his fourth win. Gus Suhr hits a first inning homer for the Giants with Ott adding a tenth homer later, while Mel Ott drives in a run with a late homer.
Boston reports the trade of Wally Berger star outfielder to the New York Giants for pitcher Frank Gabler and an undisclosed cash sum. The move reshapes both rosters as of June 16.
The Methodists climbed to second by routing the Baptists 10 to 0 as Harpold held the Baptists to one hit. Swayze allowed 16 Methodist hits but the Baptists’ pitcher mimicked a strong outing aside from the third inning. St Matthew’s Ushers beat the Packers 9 to 4 behind Garner Inzina batteries.
Red Budge leads U S players into the third round at Queens as Budge Hal Surface Charles Harris Bryan Grant Waye Sabin and Gene Mako win singles matches. Sabin defeats Parker in an all American contest while Mako dominates the Prince of Kutch. Surface and Harris take the doubles. Winthrop and Andrus advance in women's singles.
Charley Red Ruffing pitched his second straight shutout, holding Cleveland to four hits as New York beat the Indians 3-0 to extend their lead in the AL. The Yankees struck in the sixth and seventh, with DiMaggio driving in a run on a triple and Gehrig scoring on a fielder’s choice.
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