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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1936
Page
5
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Chicago, led by Charley Grimm, sees a 15 game winning run end with a 6-4 nightcap loss to Brooklyn after a 7-2 opener win. Cards drop Giants as Cubs stay a half game back. Pirates and Reds also in play. Yankees slip to Detroit as Detroit climbs into fourth. Boston Bees beat Reds. Indians pound Senators. Athletics beat White Sox 11-5 after Jimmy Dykes re signs.
Lexter Stewart, Monroe's southern marbles champion, led the coast league after the first series with eight wins and four losses, edging Gulfport's titleholder who stood seven and five. The tourney opens with parade fanfare and continues three days, league champions advancing to semi finals.
Beaumont Exporters beat the Dallas Steers 6-4 to seize the series two games to one in a heat faded contest. Dallas committed four errors and Gilbert Gill and Fullerton left early while Houston Tulsa battled with Tulsa taking both games, and Oklahoma City edged Galveston 6-5 and 4-3. Fort Worth swept San Antonio 4-12 behind 18 hits led by Sheely English Brittain and Moser.
Yesterday’s results show New York defeated St Louis 6 to 4 and Chicago beat Brooklyn 7 to 2. Cincinnati fell 3 to 2 to Boston with Pittsburgh 7 Philadelphia 6. Matchups listed include Cincinnati at Brooklyn and Chicago at Boston and Pittsburgh at New York and St Louis at Philadelphia.
Boston 3 3 St. Louis 0 6. Philadelphia 11 Chicago 5. Washington 3 Cleveland 8. New York 7 Detroit 8. Games: New York at Chicago clear. Washington at St. Louis cloudy. Boston at Detroit clear. Philadelphia at Cleveland clear.
The report lists teams and records: Atlanta two wins seven losses, Little Rock four wins five losses, Knoxville nine wins one loss, Memphis two wins two losses, Chattanooga five, Birmingham four, Nashville one win one loss, and New Orleans three wins zero losses.
Jackson 6 7 Greenville 10 6 Pine Bluff 7 4 Clarksdale 8 2 Helena 0 3 El Dorado 2 4 Greenwood 3 5 Cleveland 5 7.
Sports scores and tonight’s matchups include Beaumont at Fort Worth and Houston at Oklahoma City with two night games. Also listed are Galveston at Tulsa and San Antonio at Dallas for tonight’s schedule.
Gladewater defeated Palestine 6 to 2 Kilgore won 12 to 5 over Jacksonville Longview led 9 to 7 against Tyler Marshall beat Henderson 14 to 11 in regional play scores indicate a busy night for area teams.
Indianapolis 0 11 Columbus 10 10 Minneapolis 3 St. Paul 4 Milwaukee 5 Kansas City 0 Toledo 8 4 Louisville 7 8.
Local league results show Lafayette 5 Lake Charles 4. Alexandria 12 Rayne 10. New Iberia 10 Jeanerette 5. Abbeville 7 New Iberia 5. Opelousas 17 Jeanerette 7. Scores reflect a busy sports night across multiple towns and teams.
Crack shots from five states compete in the opening round of the Arkansas Trapshoot Association championship match at Fort Smith. W. P. Smead of Camden leads after 93 of 190, while Al Weldin of Shreveport and Joe Davison of Oklahoma City post 98. Clyde Bell tops Arkansas pros with 88 of 100 as J R Hinkle ranks third with 95 and Mrs Sanderfer socres 79.
Des Moines reports six record breaking performances at the National AAU meet fueling American swimmers. About 35 leading men proceed to New Haven to train under Yale coach Robert Kiphuth for the July 10 trials in Providence. The team prepares with their first extended organized drill ahead of the Olympics.
Wally Berger homered with a runner aboard to spark a Bees win over the Reds. Chubby Dean had two hits in one inning as pinch hitter in an 11 5 victory over the White Sox. Arky Vaughan slugged two homers for the Pirates in a 7 6 win over the Phillies. Marvy Owen drove in two runs with a double as the Tyers were defeated.
Forty seven yachts with nine foreign entries prepared to start the Cruising Club of America’s biennial Bermuda race at noon. Edlu owned by R J Schaeffer and Vampire owned by Vadim S Makaroff return, Stormy Weather skippered by Philip Le Boutellier also competes. foreign entries hail from Germany Norway Holland and the Free City of Danzig. The event begins in Newport instead of New London to avoid tides and winds, with Argo guarding the harbor as crowds cheer the fleet.
Sisich Guldahl posts a record 33 31 64 in final round to win the Western Open at 72 holes with a 274 total, three strokes ahead of Ray Mangrum. Also notes NCAA track records, Owens 10.2 1M, USC crown, and other athletic results across cities.
Jack Munger, 22, a Dallas area economics student at Southern Methodist University, won the New Southern Golf title by defeating Fred Die Haas 3 and 2 in the 36 hole final. The underdog overcame jeers to claim the silver cup, finishing with calm steadiness after a birdie putt on the third hole gave him an early two up lead. Haas, medalist with a 139 in qualifying, had led the comeback efforts but fell short at the finish.
Eddy Brietz reviews the Louis Schmeling rematch with colorful behind the scenes notes. promoters, writers, and police are described as the bout’s chaotic backdrop as Louis loses the fight while Schmeling earns praise for his performance.
Harvard defeats Army 8 to 7 to claim the inter collegiate outdoor polo title in New York. Bones, owned by John Hay Whitney, narrowly leads Sagestable's Pullman and Memory Book in the Dwyer Stakes close finish.
The Southern Association top and bottom were fixed while the middle races tightens with Little Rock splitting with Atlanta 4-2 and 5-7. Chattanooga beat Birmingham 5-4 as New Orleans moved ahead of fifth place Nashville with 3-1 and 0-2 games. Lookouts stay sixth as Memphis and Knoxville hold seventh and eighth. Travelers and Chicks split.
Crowds pack Poughkeepsie for the Inter-Collegiate Rowing Association regatta as 18 eight-oared crews from five eastern and two western schools compete in four mile races. Cornell leads the east with California aiming for a fourth straight title and Olympic berth. Navy, Columbia, Syracuse, and Washington also field strong crews in varsity and junior events.
The column recalls Yale defeating Harvard by four lengths a year ago. It notes Southern California winning the Ni C A A track meet with Jesse Owens winning four events contributing most of Ohio State's points. It also mentions golf and tennis results from past years, including Dunlap versus Somerville and Cochet versus Sharpe.
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