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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1936
Page
6
Baseball briefs review a jolting day as the Bees beat the Cubs 5 1 and climb in NL standings. Dodgers, Giants, Reds, and Yankees win to tighten races while Detroit, Philadelphia, and Cleveland edges shape AL. Pitchers Ray Benge and Tex Carleton key early feats.
Alexandria beat New Theria 7 to 3 as Pavlovic homered with one on. Jeanerette torched Lake Charles 8 to 6 with four Luther Wright four hit pitching for Rayne in a 5 to 4 win over Abbeville. Abbeville fell to Lake Charles 6 to 4. Jeanerette 8 Lake Charles 6 details show Gilmore Bradshaw Criss Adams Yates. New Iberia lost to Alexandria 4 to 7 as Gradzicki Wysock Pittman Parsons.
Billy McGehee a Fortier high school tennis star from New Orleans is favored to win the junior division of the Mississippi open as play reaches the semi finals. He faces Woodrow Bonner of Jackson with Bert Lawrence Columbia and Willis Pope Columbus also in semifinals. McGehee beat Ed Tellings Danville IL 6-1 6-1. Bonner beat Harold Alexander Union 6-1 6-4. Lawrence beat Carl Gentsch Columbus 6-4 17-5. Pepe beat Gill Shelton Ruleville 6-2 7-5. A California archery club is practicing the art from moving horses.
Marvin Westenberg and Ellis Bashara clash for the South’s heavyweight title at Roosevelt Stadium in a no time limit match with special rules. Two referees will oversee, including Butch Martin, with Bashara seeking a fair decision after a disputed prior result. Prelim boxing bouts accompany the wrestling main event.
Sports notes from New York and across the country cover Braddock versus Schmeling talks at Madison Square Garden, legal lines forming over contracts, and fan reactions. Jolt of boxing chatter, DiMaggio bunt sign defiance, and college tennis glory surface amid broader sports mix.
Aili Baba defeated Ivan Rasputin two falls to none in Detroit. Gus Sonnenberg beat Hank Barber in Cambridge Mass thirty three minutes. Hercules Tragos defeated Abe Stein in Montreal two falls to none.
Harrison says he will take a sock at any man his size if the promoter sets one in the ring. Bruscato answers by matching the North Carolina battler with Red Davis. The opening preliminary starts at 8 30. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 25 cents for children, with the promoters paying the government tax.
Milo Mattinson, a young Monroe golfer, defeated Kenneth Holt 7 and 6 to win the city and parish championship at Municipal golf club. The 30 hole final saw Mattinson lead after a 71 morning round and Holt rally in the afternoon to finish even through nine holes before Mattinson sealed the win.
Dutch Schopp pitched five hit ball as Palestine beat Tyler 6 to 0 in the opener. Second game to be played tonight at Palestine as the Trojans face the Panhandlers in East Texas league action.
Jimmy Collins hit his second homer of the game and ninth of the season in the eighth inning to break a 6 6 tie and lift the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8 6 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in the series opener. Haines earned the victory. Passeau took the loss as Dizzy Dean closed out the eighth. Sulik homered for Philadelphia.
The New York Giants hammered 18 hits to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11 to 5 led by Hal Schumacher who earned his eighth win. Travis Jackson belted two homers driving in four runs along with steady support from the Giants offense.
The twilight league slate features Baptists versus Firemen with Barkdull Faulk and Missouri Pacific. Bakers face Masons. Methodists meet St Matthews at Plum. Southern Bell challenges Monroe Furniture with Lida Benton noted among participants.
Washington State University crews swept the Intercollegiate championship regatta in Poughkeepsie New York led by a come from behind victory in the four mile varsity race over California and five eastern rivals. The Huskies also won the two mile freshman and the three mile junior varsity, marking the first river sweep in all eight oared events since 1912.
Gulfport Mississippi June 23 Lexter Stewart Monroe's southern marbles representative in the Southern Marbles championship slumped in his second series of games and finished twelve contests with ten wins and fourteen losses. Vernon Boyd Baton Rouge surged to the league lead with seventeen victories after winning ten of twelve games this morning. Gulfport eleven thirteen and Monroe Mobile tied for third place as the final twelve games approach Wednesday morning.
Birmingham thwarts Chattanooga 7-6 in the finale as an eighth inning rally breaks a 6-5 deadlock. Riggs Stephenson's club scores the decisive runs after misplays and a passed ball, as darkness ends the game with Birmingham ahead.
William Westerfield of New Orleans opened defense of his Wisconsin State Open title with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Eugene Packi of Chicago in Milwaukee.
The New York Yankees beat the Chicago White Sox 9 to 6 after six runs in the seventh inning. Johnny Whitehead allowed the early lead before Red Rolfe and a string of singles sparked a decisive rally.
In Cleveland on June 23 George Puccinelli hit an eighth inning double driving in Lou Finney to lift the Philadelphia Athletics to a 4 3 victory over their opponents.
Readable fragments show court actions relating to orders and records on file in 1934. The notes reference county officials and civil matters with limited detail available for reconstruction.
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