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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
6
The Y M C A organizes three twilight leagues with eighteen teams and 270 players. Schedules for next week list games across Industrial Independent and Commercial leagues at City League fields in Sherman, Custer Street, and Overland Park with metal spikes banned. Officials urge immediate field construction and fund raising support.
A potential record crowd is expected Sunday at 2:30 p.m. in Overland Park as the Pocatello Indians clash with the Blackfoot Black Sox for the Yellowstone league top spot. Black Sox stand 3-0. Indians are 2-1. Bannocks visit Rigby. Shelley rests. Manager Ross Phillips may start Bill Black for Pocatello.
The piece notes Casey Stengel under pressure after the Van Mungo incident as two players quit early in the season. It suggests Dodgers may change pilots before season end, with references to McKee, Gilleaudeau, and Babe Ruth talks. Buddy Hassett eyes politics while Petey Sarron’s featherweight title is disputed by the state commission.
Five-man trap team to represent Pocatello Elks at state convention trophy shoot chosen at a Sunday elimination at the Pocatello trap club grounds. Elks and visitors to compete in practice events. Sunday June 21 registered P I T A event open to all. Prizes: high guns go to Elks. other events open to entrants with added money optional.
Wranglers defeat Cowboys 14-13 in a fast softball season opener. Richard Maynard leads the Wranglers with four hits and four runs scored, supported by Leland Decker and Oliver Stratton with multiple hits. Cowboys’ John Mark and Jim Atkin stay in the game until the final out as John Parson seeks to recruit three more teams.
In Blackfoot on June 11 Taylor Bungalow Grocery crushed Bohemian Gardens 22 to 0. Taylor Bungalow collected 21 hits while Bohemian Gardens managed three. Burbank pitched and Johnson caught for Bohemian Gardens. Keith Fowler pitched for the winners with Frank Fowler batting cleanup.
The Yankees rely on pitching depth in a tight pennant race as Jimmy DeShong, with Washington, fires a 2-0 shutout over Chicago. New York also beat Detroit 10-9 in 10 innings with Lou Gehrig belting his 12th homer. Other results include Red Sox over Browns 7-5 and Cubs 6-4 past Bees.
Joe Louis sharpens right uppercut as trainer Jack Blackburn states Louis now fights with a killer instinct. The Brown Bomber uses a strong training regime, with sparring partners and planned bouts at McCammon Opera House and surrounding towns, including Carl Sutton and Vaughn Hall in the next card sequence.
Marcus Parry holder of the intermountain AAU welterweight title at 135 pounds with 15 knockouts five decisions and five draws faces Forrest Burt of Pocatello at 138 pounds in the six round main event of a card scheduled to be held.
The article traces plow development from wooden designs in 1631 to widespread iron plows in late 1800s America. It notes farmers once believed cast iron plows poisoned soil and encouraged weeds, delaying adoption of metal implements.
Danny O’Mahoney of Ireland defeated Chief Little Wolf of Colorado in two straight falls in Toronto. Jack Washburn of Los Angeles beat John Katan of Winnipeg in Montreal, one fall each, with Katan unable to continue.
Advise on Schmeling versus Louis as boxing hype swirls around the fifth Rialto on 49th Street in Manhattan. Analysts debate Louis counter punching, Schmeling left hand, and whether either can beat the Bomber who dominates as the sport’s top draw.
AP reports key performances from yesterday: Red Rolfe doubled in the tying and winning runs for the Yankees, Jimmy DeShong hurled a two hit shutout for the Senators, Stan Hack homered to break a deadlock for the Cubs, Ernie Sulik homered for the Phillies, Bob Johnson hit two homers and a double for the Athletics, and Rick Ferrell drove in four with a homer and double for the Red Sox.
Bud Hallberg former Blackfoot high student and son of Mr and Mrs Oscar Hallberg has been awarded a contract as a hurler with a northern Idaho baseball team. Hallberg starred for the University of Idaho Vandals this year and will be missed from the Blackfoot Black Sox lineup this summer.
Vince Di Maggio reflects on promising the Seals to bring his brother Joe as a shortstop. He notes Joe impressed early but says the brother’s big league reciprocation could help both, with Joe now in the Yankees as a sensational rookie this year.
The Pocatello Indians prepare for a Yellowstone league game against Blackfoot with Farris Nelson in right field. Nelson, 26, 185 pounds, has Utah semi pro experience and Snake River league play last year, and is praised for hitting and fielding like a pro.
Oakland and Seattle ball players fought a topsy turvy battle for Coast league pennant today while.
President Victor announces the pennant will be decided by the regular schedule ending Sept. 13 after Seattle's 3-1 win knocks Oaks from top. Wilbur Tuttle had proposed the four team play. Walter Stewart of the Missions beats Los Angeles. St. Louis farm hands help Portland to a 9-3 win. George Myatt steals, drives in a run in San Diego 5-4 over San Francisco Seals.
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