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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1933
Page
3
The New York Yankees drop three of five on their western swing and briefly fall from first. Cleveland beats them 6 1 in the opener while the Yanks rebound with an 8 4 win in game two as rivals gain. Giants and Reds shine in NL with 1 0 and 5 0 wins.
In New York at Madison Square Garden Kid Chocolate of Cuba defends his featherweight title in a 15 round bout with British champion Sea man Watson. Freddie Miller fights Eddie Trujillo in a 10 round overweight bout in Hollywood. The winner could challenge Tony Canzoneri for the lightweight title.
Earl Averill of the Indians collected eight hits in a double header against the Yankees with Sam Leslie and Hal Schumacher contributing for the Giants in a two game set. Pepper Martin of the Cardinals slugged a homer a double and two singles with three RBIs against Brooklyn. Babe Herman of the Cubs homered twice and drove in five in a two game win over Boston.
Riverside clinched a 16 to 9 victory over Municipal in the second inter club golf match of the season at Riverside links. Forty eight players competed as Ellis and Harper won the feature four ball 3 to 0, while other Riverside pairings claimed wins including Wallace Washburn 1-0 and Godfrey Taylor 3-0.
Fort Worth Texas May 8. Manager Walter Holke of the Cats seeks a right handed pitcher after suspending Charley Biggs and fining Joe Norris for breaking training rules. Off the books reports say Biggs and Norris caroused, crashed an automobile, and wandered into a hotel lobby seeking Hollie for a reception committee.
Tulsa racer Frank Vincent improved after a severe leg injury in the Freeport regatta. In the sixth race his boat struck an object, capsized, cutting his leg by the propeller as about 30,000 spectators watched Coast Guardsmen rescue him off the cutter Saranac. Doctors decided not to amputate the leg.
New Orleans Pelicans win both games of a Sunday doubleheader against the Chattanooga Lookouts in Atlanta. First game 5-3, second game 7-6 in eight innings. Other scores: Birmingham over Nashville 4-1. Knoxville 2-1 night game. Memphis 9-5 at first, Atlanta 4-3 in nightcap.
National League batting Hartnett Cubs .384 and Traynor Pirates .380 lead. Runs Hartnett 17 and Her man Cubs with Lindstrom Pirates 14. RBIs Hartnett Cubs 20 Klein Phillies 16. Hits Hartnett 28 Traynor 27. Doubles Klein 10 Her man 8. Home runs Hartnett and Berger 5. Pitching Fitzsimmons Giants 4 0 Meine Pirates and Carleton Cardinals 3 0. American League batting West Browns .381 Chapman Yankees .377. Runs Gehrig Yankees 23 Bishop Athletics 19. RBIs Foxx Athletics 21 Gehrig 20. Hits West Browns 32 Porter Indians 29. Doubles Averill Indians 9 Stone Tigers 8. Triples Combs Yankees 4 Lazzari Yankees and Manush Senators 3. Home runs Gehrig Yankees 2 Ruth and Lazzzeri Yankees 5.
Tick On, a Kentucky Derby favorite last year, trains again after a breakdown. Sold from Max Hirsch to Col. E R Bradley, he works with Idle Hour Farm trainer H C Moody using sulky pulls to build strength. Ching Johnson recalls a Rangers game where a head injury left him dazed but he still scored the winning goal.
Alan Gould reports that Broker's Tip and Head Play, fresh from a dramatic Derby finish, head to the Preakness at Pimlico with rivals from Churchill Downs. Head Play’s costly sale to Mrs. Silas Mason underlines the race’s fevered stakes as Col. Bradley’s stable pursues a record fourth Derby win.
Yesterday’s results show Bastrop over Monroe 7-3 and Oak Grove 6 to 3 while Cincinnati and New York split a 0-1 game. St Louis leads 12-2 with Brooklyn 5-4 and Chicago 11-5 atop Boston 2-2. Today’s games include Pittsburgh at Boston and Chicago at Brooklyn with several intercity matchups.
Texas teams listed with scores for a schedule showing Beaumont at Fort Worth San Antonio at Dallas and other city pairings Galveston at Houston Oklahoma City at Tulsa plus team tallies for San Antonio Beaumont Tulsa Dallas Houston Fort Worth and Galveston game results.
The report lists college scores and upcoming matchups with Atlanta 5 4 Memphis 9 3 and Chattanooga 3 6 New Orleans 5 7. Knoxville 2 2 Little Rock 1 4 Nashville 1 Birmingham 4. Future games include Atlanta at Chattanooga Knoxville at Nashville and Little Rock at New Orleans Memphis at Birmingham.
The listing shows multiple baseball style results with teams Tyler versus Longview 9 to 8 and Jackson 12 over Shreveport 18. Waco beats Henderson 7 to 3 while El Dorado trails Baton Rouge 1-2 and 4-0 respectively. Columbus edges Kansas City 12-11 and Toledo dominates Milwaukee 9-3 with 2-2 rainout notes for Indianapolis-Minneapolis and Louisville-St. Paul.
Houston Buffaloes defeated Galveston 5 to 2 to extend their pennant lead to two games over the Buccaneers. Ed Greer earned his sixth win, limiting Galveston to seven singles. San Antonio Missions lost a doubleheader to Beaumont 7 to 3 and 4, dropping to third. Dallas Steers fell to sixth after a 16 to 10 defeat by Tulsa Oilers. Fort Worth beat Oklahoma City 10 to 9 behind George Washington’s tenth inning double.
Newark 7-7 Rochester 6-2 Baltimore 3-0 Montreal 7-4 Albany 1-0 Buffalo 12-3. The brief sports notices list city by city results and records from the latest games.
Roy Jones of Longview Washington, an one armed fisherman, landed a 45 pound Chinook salmon. Polo players and amateur hunters staged a 25 jump cross country race near Monterey California for the unemployed benefit.
New York May 8 Gabby Street manager of the St Louis Cardinals traded Paul Derringer Allyn Stout and Earl Adams to the Reds for Leo Durocher and pitchers John Ogden Frank Henry. Ogden Henry likely to farm. Durocher regarded as one of the finest fielders in the game, though a weak hitter.
Henry McLemore reports Ellsworth Vines is elected president of the Pacific Coast Ping Pong Association. Other items include Lillian Jenkinson seeking a jockey license, a Perry Iowa high school relay upset, Johnny Baker invited to Pacific Coast team for a world’s fair game, and notes on Jacques Fournier, Ben Chapman, Gene Sarazen, Frank Thomas, Wes Ferrell, Norman Bias, and a cottontail rabbit racing 100 yards.
The LSU track team, labeled the south’s strongest ever, eyes the national intercollegiate meet in Chicago. Stars Glenn Hardin and Jack Torrance headline a balanced squad with world marks in hurdles and shot put and top times in the 14.2 second high hurdle, 48 second quarter, and 52 feet 8 1 4 inches shot.
United Press reports Dixie league games Monday featured tight results. El Dorado split a Baton Rouge twin bill 4 1 loss and 2 0 win. Tyler edged Longview 9 8 at home while Shreveport narrowly beat Jackson 13 12. Waco defeated Henderson 7 3 away. Repetitions Monday end the series.
A Savannah advertisement touts Tetterine a colored ointment that stops itching from ringworm athlete's foot eczema and tetter within two minutes. It claims parasite destroying properties and a cooling antiseptic effect and notes the price 60 cents a box from Shoptrine Co Dept A Savannah Ga.
The United States swept Mexico in Mexico City 5-0 to reach the North American zone second round. Wilmer Allison and Clifford Sutter won decisive singles, with Sutter dropping a five set duel to Ricardo Tapia, and Lott and Van Ryn sealing the doubles victory. Cuba or Canada await in Hot Springs, Virginia.
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