Indians Name Joe Gordon Manager For Rest Of Season
Cleveland AP Joe Gordon former star second baseman for the Yankees and Indians flew in to manage the Indians for tonight's game with Baltimore and for 1959. General Manager Frank Lane fired Bobby Bragan citing a string of little things and platooning concerns. Gordon plans to keep coach staff while Bragan heads to Fort Worth with his insurance and real estate business. The Indians sit 31-36, 12 games behind the Yankees and three percent ahead of Baltimore.
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Boys League Organized in Catahoula Parish
A new Little Boys Baseball League was organized in Catahoula parish with officers elected. Teams from Sicily Island Harrisonburg Enterprise Sandy Lake Jonesville will field the program with about 150 boys aged 8 to 14 across six and four teams respectively. Games start today with Sandy Lake Braves at Sicily Island Tigers.
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Elmer I. Gibson
Byrd
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Sand Lake
Sandy Lake Braves
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West Monroe opens new football stadium with open house
West Monroe hosts an open house tonight at the new high school stadium with seating over 4000 and candle-power lighting. The event, co sponsored by the Quarterback Club led by William Stovall and the West Monroe Junior Chamber of Commerce led by Bill Downey, runs from 7 30 pm to showcase the facilities ahead of the September 5 game against Neville of Monroe. Stovall calls the stadium a credit to West Monroe and invites residents to attend.
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Jonesville Teams See Doubleheader Actions at Harrisonburg
The Jonesville Dodgers and Yankees clash with Harrisonburg Enterprise teams while Sandy Lake Indians meet Sicily Island Giants. Harrisonburg plays at 3 p.m. with Sicily Island games at 4 p.m. in a packed schedule.
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Minor League Mahr Poultry Tops Squire Shop For Tie In Standings
Minor League Mahr Poultry climbed from the cellar with a 6-2 win over Squire Shop to pull into a tie for second place behind no more than one hit per side. Battery Hixon Baker beat Clay Barnes. Fire Department edged Knights of Pythias 11-10 in the Minor A League cellar battle.
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News-Star
Spatafora Drugs
North Monroe Kiwanis
Spatafora
Kiwanis
People’s Homestead
North Monroe Lions
Monroe Glass
Baseball Results From Yesterday and Tonight’s Games
National box scores list yesterday results and tonight’s matchups in four major games. St Louis hosts Philadelphia with Brosnan facing Roberts, Chicago plays Pittsburgh, San Francisco visits Cincinnati, and Los Angeles travels to Milwaukee. American League scores include Boston at Cleveland, New York at Chicago, Baltimore at Detroit, and Kansas City beating Washington in 12 innings.
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Recreation Softball Showdowns and Weather-Delayed Schedule
In St Joseph's versus College Place at 6 30 and First Christian facing Monroe Baptist at 8 p m both at Missouri Pacific field. Edgewood meets West Monroe Methodist at 7 30 while pees plays West Monroe Baptist at LTt 7 30. Victory Baptist narrowly beat Temple Baptist 6 5 as other league games were postponed due to wet grounds with Collins Fowler and McGough two hits each and Boyett homering for Temple. Fowler and Kimball combined for the win over Thomas and Fletcher.
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Major League Box Scores A-Fanned for Burdette in 7th
Box score summary shows Los Angeles defeats Milwaukee 4-1 with Burdette fanned in the seventh. Key plays include Neal and Drysdale homers, Hodges with a sac fly, and strong pitching by Drysdale and Hodges. Labeled box totals list performances for Perez, Schoendienst, and Logan among others, with Dodgers and Brewers listed at 27-15 and 27-8 records respectively.
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Indians Hire Bragan as Manager and Gordon as Coach
Cleveland names Bobby Bragan as manager and hires Gordon, former Indian and Yankee second baseman, as coach. Wright leads Detroit in first round U S Open. Rodgers tops Beman into NCAA third round. Palmer shoots 66 to lead Long Island Open. Gibson reaches Wimbledon fourth round. Patterson Harris title bout approved for August 18 in Los Angeles.
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North All-Star squad named for Tulane Stadium game
Coach Racer Holstead selects the North football All-Star team for the August 1 game at Tulane Stadium New Orleans. The roster includes standout players from Sulphur Natchitoches Ferriday and Tallulah with positions from ends to fullbacks and weights listed. The North will face the South squad led by Istrouma coach Fuzzy Brown and Jim Waldrop aiding the selection.
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