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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1937
Page
2
The Greenville Bucks defeated the Twins in both ends of a Sunday doubleheader, 4-3 and 5-4, as the Twins’ rallies were cut short. Umpire calls and a jinx plagued the Twins throughout the day.
The Helena Seaporters travel to Casino Park to take on the Twins in a three game series opener set for 8 15 p m. Manager Eddie Hock will start either Ralph Pate, acquired from Marshall, or Lee Poynter, from Texarkana in the Britton Horton trade, with Poynter debuting after Wolfsberger left the second game for a pinch hitter.
Mississippians win 4–3 in the opener and 5–4 in the nightcap as Van Orsdel struggles and umpiring protests erupt. The first game ends with a contentious seventh inning and multiple ejections as Greenville squares off with the Bucks and Twins.
Eddie Brietz surveys boxing rumors and sports chatter from Lindys to Madison Square Garden. Mentions Joe Louis plans, Henry Cotton in Open odds, gas on the Gas House gang, and coach chatter about McCarthy era teams. Includes minor notes on golf, tennis, and media personalities.
The Hubbell Dean pitching duel drew 38,719 at Sportsmen's Park with Carl Hubbell defeating Dizzy Dean 8-1. Ott homers helped the Giants gain a tie for second in the National League, while Cubs led after a Brooklyn doubleheader sweep.
In Chattanooga Bill Norvell captured the P Cham pionship by defeating defending champion Lew Ordmig two and one. Norvell led from the fourth hole and held the advantage to finish ahead of Ordmig, who captains the University of Virginia golf team.
Partial box score excerpts list players across teams including Brooklyn Chicago New York Ald St Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Boston. The garbled lines show inning totals hits errors and pitching lines with players like Mungo Phelps French Davis Hartnett Hubbell Mancuss Dear Harrell Ogrodowski Lopes Schott Davis and Jorgens among others.
Bright sun over Oakmont greeted 16 collegiate players as the 46 hole qualifying test began. Tulane’s Vincent D Antoni, holder of the Southeastern Conference title, starred early with an even par front nine of 37 after a bogey to start.
Eight U S players remain in the men’s field led by Don Budge Frank Parker and Bitsy Grant with six non Americans among the rest. In women’s draw Helen Hull Jacobs heads 16 survivors with notable names including Hilda Sperling Alice Marble Dorothy Andrus and Dorothy Round set for fourth round matches.
Tulsa edged Beaumont 3-2 to tie for second with Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, Tony York of Tulsa extended his consecutive hit streak to 12. Fred Marberry earned and pitched Dallas to a doubleheader win, while Oklahoma City hammered Beaumont 10-5 with Ash Hillin securing his tenth straight win.
Fragmented OCR shows multiple names such as Savage Ludwig Parker Silverstri and others with locations Opelousas Jeanerette Lake Charles Abbeville Alexandria New Iberia and score references like 4 and 9. The text appears as a collage of team pairings line scores and player names without a coherent single event.
Memphis wins both ends of a Sunday doubleheader vs Knoxville Smokies to move one game ahead of Little Rock, who fell twice to Nashville Vols. Ray Starr pitched both games for Nashville while Dale Alexander homered in the opener. Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Birmingham also posted wins as regional standings shift and other games wrap up across the circuit.
AP statistics show league leaders across both leagues. Gehrig and Greenberg lead in batting average and RBIs, Greenberg tops RBIs while Walker and Medwick lead in hits, Chapmen and Walker pace steals, and Lawson and Bryant are top pitchers with strong records.
Tulsa 5 San Antonio 4. Dallas 10 3, Galveston 9 0. Oklahoma City 10 Beaumont 5. Fort Worth 8 8, Houston 6 1. Kansas City 6 6 Indianapolis 3 3. Minneapolis 7 7 Columbus 6 1. St Paul 1 15. Toledo 2. Milwaukee 19 19 Louisville 6 6.
Syracuse 2 9 and Jersey City 1 1 show limited results while Newark 8 5 leads Baltimore 7 4 and Toronto 6 10 trails Montreal 1 7 with Buffalo Rochester postponed.
Lou Faquin of Memphis won the Mississippi singles title after a comeback over Billy McGehee of New Orleans. He then partnered with Buddy Ferri to take the men’s doubles from Ewing Hester and Charles Bonner. Women’s doubles went to Mary McQuiston and Marilyn McCrae, with Eleanor Stroud and Ewing Hester winning mixed doubles.
Bill Terry named a 23 man National League all star squad for the July 7 Washington game. Terry’s picks include six from the Giants and five from the Cubs with strong pitching from Dizzy Dean Carl Hubbell and Van Lingle Mungo. Johnny Mize Arky Vaughan and Joe Medwick are among the starters with Frank Demaree Paul Waner Mel Ott and Pepper Martin among the outfielders. The roster lists managers Frank Frisch and Charlie Dressen with honorary coach Jesse Haines.
In New Orleans at Heinemann baseball park Barney Ross defeated Jackie Burke in a five round knockout. The welterweight champion dominated with swift punches, dropping Burke in the fifth to seal the win before about 4,000 fans who paid around $5,000. Ross weighed 142 pounds to Burke’s 150.
A look back at past glories shows Ernest Sutter winning intercollegiate singles in 1930 and 1932, Vamarie’s 74 hour yacht record set for the London to Bermuda race, Henry Cotton’s nine stroke halfway golf lead at the British Open, and Wimbledon semi finalists Filsworth Vines Bunny Austin Jack Crawford and Jiro Satoh with Crawford ousting Fred Perry and Satoh beating Sidney Wood.
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