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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1942
Page
3
Claude Passeau pitched a four-hitter to key the Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies for his 11th victory. Walter (Lucky Bucky) Walters spun ten innings of six-hit ball to beat the New York Giants 4-3 for the Reds, with Bert Haas delivering a deciding homer in extra innings.
Detroit report notes Captain Robert Tyre Jones of the Army Air Force cannot participate July 18 and 19 in the Ryder Cup matches. Jones, stationed at Mitchell Field, was to play on Walter Hagen's team. Last year his challengers beat the cup team 7 to 5 with Jones defeating Henry Picard in singles.
Hank Borowy a former Fordham athlete won five starts for the New York Yankees while Joe Medwick extended a hitting streak for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The duo helped their teams lead the National League standings and boost batting averages.
Yesterday the standings list Boston 6-3 St. Louis 1-2 Cincinnati 4 New York Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1 Only games scheduled for today include Cincinnati at Brooklyn Starr 0 2 and Davis 8 2 St Louis at Boston Cooper 9 3 Javery 5 7 Chicago at Philadelphia Fleming 2 1 Hughes 2 9 Cleveland 9 Philadelphia 4 Chicago 6 Washington 9 New York 6 St Louis 4 Boston 1 Detroit 0 New York at St Louis Chandler 1 2 Gatehouse 5 6 Boston at Detroit Hughson 6 2 White 5 5 Philadelphia at Cleveland Wolff 7 6 Smith 5 5 Washington at Chicago Hudson 4 7 Ross 1 2 Little Rock 11 Birmingham 4 New Orleans 7 Memphis 4 Nashville 5 Atlanta 1 Little Rock at Birmingham Memphis at New Orleans Atlanta at Nashville Chattanooga at Knoxville
Stanford University’s four-man squad led by top seed Ted Schroeder won three singles and two doubles matches at the National Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament in New Orleans. Schroeder defeated Bob Oolman of Washington 8-6 -1 and teamed with Larry Dee to beat Olen Parks and Jim Ford of Notre Dame 7-9 6-0 6-0. Dee, seed No. 6, beat Ralph Hart of Grinnell 6-1 8-6. Neale and Wade/Neale doubles advances followed with Neale defeating Seymour Greenberg of Northwestern 0-6 8-6 6-3. Other results included Harris Everett of North Carolina, Karl Bartlett of Tulane, and Elston Wyatt and Jack Rodgers earning victories.
Scores from San Antonio 3 Dallas 1 Oklahoma City 4 Shreveport 2 Houston 8 Fort Worth 6 with Beaumont at Tulsa postponed. Schedule shows games at Ames Oklahoma City Fort Worth Tulsa Dallas Houston Shreveport and San Antonio at Beaumont amid erratic listing and partial team names.
The Volunteers defeat the Knights of Pythias 8 3 in game one and lose 11 10 in a slugfest. Mishaw collected five hits in five at bats, Elledge homered for the Vols in game one, Clowers hit a homer for K of P in game two. Durham, Elledge, Cox and Bees provided pitching in the two games. Volunteers seek more Twilight League games. call Sonny Durham at 6218 to arrange.
Snapshot of baseball history notes the Yankees defeating the St Louis Browns 7 5 to seize the American League lead from the Indians who lost to the Red Sox. Also mentions Washington rowing team’s regatta win and past sports milestones including Joe Scott’s decathlon title and Henry Picard’s golf victory.
The New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Browns 6 to 4 for their second straight win, despite St. Louis outhitting 15 to 12. Joe DiMaggio drove in two runs with two singles, and Charley Keller along with Henrich contributed key hits. Breuer earned the win, Niggeling took the loss, and Brown’s Don Gutteridge was ejected after arguing a steal call.
The schedule lists multiple twilit league pairings including Seven-Up versus Guerriero Insurance with Lida' Benton, Knights of Pythias against Hunt and Whitaker at Neville, United Gas facing Francis Beauty at Gas Sera Park, Louisiana Power and Light against Thom McAn at NTC, and All States versus Phi Kappa at West Monres.
Boston Braves sweep a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals, winning 2-1 and 3-1 to halt a slump and boost morale amid Cardinals pennant hopes. Tobin allowed 11 hits in the first game, while Wane reached 1,000 career passes in the opener.
Key leaders across American and National Leagues include Williams Boston with 117 home runs and 69 RBIs, Doerr Boston with 51 RBIs, and Mize New York with 80 hits. Spence Washington ties for triples, while Reiser Brooklyn tops NL batting at .359. Pitchers Borony and French post 6 0 records. Wyatt 7 1.
New York June 23. Police protection for veteran jockey Longden was deemed unnecessary after threats against Johnny were judged as crank calls. Officials at Aqueduct had monitored him following losses on Friday and two subsequent threats by telephone.
Al Milnar pitched a shutout innings for the Indians against the Athletics and homered. Johnny Humphries and Tom Turner led White Sox wins with Humphries tossing a shutout and Turner hitting a bases loaded homer. Joe DiMaggio drove in two as the Yankees beat the Browns. Jon Tobin and Willard Donovan contributed for the Braves in a double victory over the Cardinals. Bucky Walters earned his ninth win for the Reds aided by Bert Haas whose tenth inning homer decided the game. Claude Passeau won his 11th for the Cubs by limiting the Phillies to four hits. Charley Wagner pitched a 1-0 shutout for the Red Sox over the Tigers.
Philadelphia reports Lew Novikoff, once labeled The Mad Russian, broke slump with a homer and a single in five trips as the Chicago Cubs beat the Phillies. He lifted his average to .276 and discussed pressure, confidence, and renewed scoring form after a rough start.
Johnny Mize’s attempt at the hidden ball trick backfired as Eddie Joost of Cincinnati fielded the ball from Mize’s glove at first base and threw to the pitcher. The incident occurred as New York Giants played in New York on June 24.
The national intercollegiate golf tournament reduced its field from 64 to 14 after two rounds in South Bend. Earl Stewart LSU and Ray Brown Stanford advance, with several near misses and long matches including a 22nd-hole marathon before Dendhue Georgetown and De La Torre Northwestern push toward the semifinals.
San Antonio opens with a 6 to 0 win over Dallas as Petersen, Manet, Humphrey and Hayworth lead. Fort Worth, Shreveport and Oklahoma City post varied tallies with pitchers Kleine, Creeas, Kerr, Horton, Clark and Beddingfield contributing, while Voiselle and Dovte support from the mound.
Henry Armstrong of Oakland outpointed Sheik Rangel of Fresno in a ten round fight. Arm strong won by decision and improved to a 145.1-2 career record while Rangel slips to 147.1-2.
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