Seniors Get Final Practice For Bayou DeSiard Senior Open
Senior golfers from seven states prepare for the Bayou DeSiard Senior Golf Tournament opening Friday after Thursday's qualifying. Winners will emerge from a seven state field with 132 of 160 entrants registered. The event at the country club features a Friday first round with semi finals Saturday and a Sunday shotgun final. Bob DeMoss and Glen Walker serve as officials with Frank Davis as chairman.
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El Dorado Club Invades Ruston
El Dorado Club from Arkansas visits Ruston to face James Contractors in a junior American Legion baseball game. The Ruston team, already beating Natchitoches and Homer this season, will play Minden tomorrow night and then Natchitoches again Friday at home.
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Fields Accepts Astros Terms From Florida Start
Gary Fields, Northeast State’s versatile player from West Monroe, signed with the Houston Astros. He is to report tomorrow to Coca, Florida, for Class A Florida State League work, then to be assigned as catcher to Bradenton in the Florida Rookie League Scout Connie Ryan. Fields, a rare catcher for Northeast, played third base, second base and outfield, and was named to the Gulf States Conference all star infield. Terms of the contract were not announced.
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Cooper Prescott Fight Postponed by Rain
British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper will pursue a title defense against Johnny Prescott, now rescheduled for Thursday after Tuesday’s rain postponement. The Birmingham bout will feature the two heavyweights in a renewed showdown.
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Cobb and Anderson Lead Traps Skeet at Pine Hills
Cobb and Anderson High Shooters at Traps Skeet at Pine Hills Gun Club featured a 100 target registered trapshoot and a skeet challenge on Cheniere Lake. Cobb won the overall trophy for combined 16 yard targets and handicap. Anderson took Class A skeet with Dickenhorst second. other winners included Rector Talton and Rosedale.
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West Monroe Dixie Youth earns 21 in big second inning
Bancroft plated 14 runs in the second to rout Central Bank 21-2 in Interleague play Tuesday. Roger Lindsay and James Townsend had three hits each for Bancroft while Chris Seignier homered for Central Bank. Also, West Monroe Trucking edged Green Brother's Dairy 4-3 as Sonny Brown and David Thompson doubled up the winners.
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Alou Leads Braves With 2 Homers In Big 12-7 Win
Felipe Alou drove in six runs with two homers and a single as the Milwaukee Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 12-7, lifting them to 11-3 in 14 games. Alou, batting .302, sparked a 21-hit attack with three other Braves piling up multi-hit nights. Cloninger earned the win to improve to 9-4 as Philly’s Art Mahaffey took the loss.
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Cubs Toper Ernie Banks Sets Extra Base Record in Loss
A scoreless stretch gave way as the Cubs defeated Houston. Ernie Banks collected a triple and a single, with his triple extending a club record to 751 extra base hits for his career, surpassing Hall of Famer Cap Anson. It marked Houston’s eighth straight defeat.
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Yonkers Twin Doubles Wager Totals 16.18 Million
During Yonkers Nay nights a total of 16,177,570 was wagered on twin doubles.
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