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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
11
Walter Cisco of Louisville Kentucky wins the 1941 Southern Amateur after a 37-35-72 for a 145 total at Birmingham Country Club. He tied Ralph Stevens on the 18th hole to clinch the lead by one stroke and becomes the tournament medalist amid a windy, tense finish.
Salina Kansas fans invoked luck before a game vs Fort Smith as manager Jack Fitzpatrick of Salina West broke a mirror at home plate and seven black cats were allegedly cleansed from the mound. Salina won seven to nothing in seven innings. A separate note mentions a Swedish beer hat cap collection raising over 200 thousand aluminum units.
Memphis Chicks defeated the Chattanooga Lookouts 9 to 7 in a midweek game in Chattanooga. Rikard belted a 3-run homer in the sixth as Memphis rallied after Ox Miller held them silent early, with Lookouts mounting a late counter in the final inning.
Wojtkiewicz Wojcie chowicz enrolls at the College of the Pacific hoping to play under Coach Amos Alonzo Stagg. He says he is the brother of Fordham All-America center Alex Wojciechowics and his friends call him Bow Wow.
Leiber belts two home runs powering an eight hit attack led by Olsen and Dalessandro as Brooklyn routs Chicago 7-3. Mets and Pirates tie 2-2 in 11 innings after halted broadcast with McOtt homering for the Giants.
Ott stole second on Hendley and Vaughan sacrificed as Rucker-to-Young turned a double play. New York ousted Pittsburgh 9 8 with Wittig, Melton, and Butcher combining for five balls in play. Wittig earned one strikeout. Melton struck out two.
The record names players and teams in the national leagues and American League with mentions of Keller Yankees Foxx Red Sox Nicholson Cubs York Tigers Slaughter Cardinals Giants and others in a fragmented recap. It references notable players and franchises without coherent narrative or dates.
The Louisiana Training Institute Pelicans rallied for eight runs in the fifth to defeat the Southside Trojans 9 to 3 in a Recreation league baseball game. Cook relieved Stockwell in the first, allowing one hit in the second and then shutting the Trojans down. Ricketts, Ridgeway and Bob Johnson each had two hits for the Pelicans, while Mason and Jim Moss added the Trojans’ only hits. An estimated 26,000 milk cows were on U.S. farms as of January 1.
Lovers Lane Pharmacy and Ladart's Spaghetti Garden won their Business men's bowling league series last night. The Pharmacists defeated Budweiser Eagles while Ladart's stopped Key Stones Decorators. Dorman led Ladart's with 486 and Sam Jones paced Lovers Lane with 486.
Louisiana Supreme Court on June 19 issued writs staying Judge J Arthur Charbonnet in New Orleans from hearing the embezzlement case of B W Cason and two others. The court requires records be sent for review and orders show cause by October 10 why the judgment should not be overruled or the case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
Frank Croucher opened the scoring with a double as the Indians built a 14-2 lead. Rowe Pat Mullin and Bruce Campbell followed with singles, capitalizing on a third base error by Jim Tabor to push ahead in a decisive rally.
Ben Downing Jr of Monroe Louisiana moved into the quarterfinals of the Western junior golf championship with a 2 up win over Dick Whiting of Detroit. He previously beat Robert Oaks of Oshkosh 4 and 2 in the first round and will face Phil Marcelina of Rockford in the quarterfinals. A separate item notes German scientists discovered a rust proofing method for steel by atomic diffusion on the surface.
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