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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
11
A pitchers duel saw Melton giving up the Pirates first run in the seventh while Dick Coffman worked the ninth frame. The Pirates total seven hits off the combined effort, with four of those hits contributing to the first two successive no hit games.
Monroe Hardware crushed S. E. I. No. 4 22 to 5 as White Apgar and Gimler led with five hits and two homers. Spatafora's Pharmacy edged Eureka Grocery 6 to 4 in extra innings with four ninth inning runs. Calvary Baptists beat Presbyterians 5 to 3 in solid defense. Tidwell and Sons shut out Printers 13 to 0 behind Dub Stewart Colbert and Roy Ricks. Sunshine Cleaners toppled Sav-Mor 17 to 9 with Nazio Sciara and Singeton homering and Downey winning pitcher.
Monroe White Sox beat Greenwood 8 to 3 in the opener. Brannon debuted at third for Monroe with two hits and two RBIs, while Patton homered for Greenwood. Verner and Montalbano joined Greenwood’s latest acquisitions in a game featuring several new players and a 2:00 time.
Yanks rally for 10 runs to defeat the White Sox by six in a high scoring game. Dean earned the win, Poffenberger charged with the defeat, with Quinn Rue McGowan handling the umpires duties as noted. Time 2 19. Attendance 5409.
The Cubs rallied for six runs in the final inning to defeat the Bears 12 to 11, while the Bats defeated the Stars 11 to 7 in recreation league action.
In Philadelphia on June 16, the St. Louis Cardinals broke a 6-6 tie with a three-run ninth inning off relief pitchers Syl Johnson and Al Smith to defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-7. Roy Henshaw left after the eighth, and Slaughter, Martin, and Mize provided key hits as the Cards rallied. St. Louis 9 Philadelphia 7.
The Western Open at St Louis sees Ralph Guldahl share the lead with Ray Mangrum at halfway, after a 73 to stand atop 144 as Sam Snead and Paul Bunyan chase at 145. Jimmy Hines and Bob Hamilton trail by one, with Toney Penna and Leland Gibson further back, as the field tightens ahead of the final 36 holes.
Brother Peter, principal of Catholic High School and head of the Southern Amateur Athletic Union, says he will be transferred at month end due to church canon restricting superiors to six years. He also serves as deputy boxing commissioner, LSUHSAA executive committee member, and vice president of the Louisiana Sports Association. He previously coached St. Stanislaus in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi for 24 years.
Gene Vinson of Meridian and Stanton Patterson of Natchez advanced to the quarter-finals of the 23rd annual Mississippi amateur golf tournament at Biloxi Country Club. Vinson, who posted 68 in the first round, defeated W E Ware of Greenwood 7 and 6 to move on.
Crossett Ark June 16 Special Business Manager W L Mason announced Crossett Millers will meet Dr E T Williams Greenbrier team here at Millersfield Thursday and Friday nights.
The Little Rock Travelers beat the New Orleans Pels 3 to 2 in the first game of a three game series. Nagel hit a solo homer in the eighth for the winning run, while Scalzi and Shilling also homered for New Orleans. Nick pitched eight innings, leaving with a lead that Sayles and Brazle preserved.
In Birmingham on Wednesday night, Jack Glynn hit a decisive three-base hit as Baron centerfielder. Glynn's ninth inning triple drove in the winning run for Birmingham, tipping a 4 to 5 victory over the Memphis Chicks.
Nashville ace Bill Crouch stretched his win streak to ten with a 5 4 triumph over Joe Engel's Chattanooga Lookouts. He exited in the seventh after five hitless innings, as Nashville surged ahead late while lookouts struggled on offense. Birkofer Blaemire Lanahan Bazner Lane noted in the game box.
Washington announces that outfielder Mel Almada is traded to the St. Louis Browns for outfielder Sammy West. Both left handed hitters, West 34 and a former Washington player, hits .320 to Almada’s .224. No cash changes hands as the team hopes to bolster outfield hitting.
Helen Hicks Harb, new husband Whitney Harb of Little Rock, falls to Beatrice Barrett of Minneapolis in a tense second round of the Women's Western Open at Denver Broadmoor. Barrett wins on the 464‑yard second extra hole after both miss chances. Patty Berg totals 75 to reach medalist status. Babe Didrikson also mentioned as a notable presence in the field.
Three knuckle artists reached the semi finals of the Southern Marbles tournament in Gulfport Mississippi and will play Thursday to decide the south's representative for the National tournament July 1 at Wildwood New Jersey. Bernie Arnette High Point NC Sherman Eleuterius Biloxi MS Kirk Stewart Gulfport MS marked firsts in their brackets with Eleuterius overcoming a Bill Godwin Birmingham AL lead to win by two games, Arnette taking 13 of 15 games to win by one from Oscar Edwards Fort Myers FL, and Stewart beating George Ward Houston TX.
A special meeting of all Recreation league baseball officials including team captains managers and umpires will be held Friday at 1 30 at the recreation center. Also noted is a study stating polar regions are largely immune to earthquakes with only 10 earthquakes north of the Arctic circle in 25 years.
From Beaumont Texas, a locally respected player posted her worst golf round since turning pro yet outlasted Betty Botterill of Salt Lake City to win 3 and 1.
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