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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1937
Page
6
Junior High School Hoyas 115 pound Iren Oglesby led a 20-0 win over Oglesby in a spring football clash. Coaches White and Simos guided the team as Guthrie Ure and Ray White starred on defense and in the backfield. WPA recreation council sponsors noted for the event amid a list of local names.
Cleveland baseball writers overstate spring optimism about the Indians. Earl Whitehill may win 20 games, Bob Feller could reach that mark Sundays, and Mel Harder is reportedly past his prime. Trades and injuries cloud prospects, with questions at catcher and infield as Cleveland eyes a return to the second division after a weak 1940 season.
Washington rookie Jack Salveson tops the fouchkle ball scene, praised as the best since Urban Shocker by manager Bucky Hurkis of the Nationals, amid a season noted for his standout pitching.
Texas league clubs prepare for the 1936 season opener with eight camps fielding many new players. Only manager Alex Guston of Dallas returns from 1935. Johnny Watwood leads Houston, Al Vincent Beaumont, Hank Severeid Galveston, Zach Taylor San Antonio, Bruce Connaster Tulsa, and Jim Keesey Oklahoma City. Vincent at Beaumont faces the toughest task with a veteran return and a fresh minor league corps dubbed the pick of the farm system.
American observers note the lure of foreign champions influencing Derby nominations. Raoul Walsh campaigns Sunset Trail, a British entrant, while debates over registration rules complicate owners plans. French and English horses fetch high prices, with Seabiscuit and others cited as benchmarks in a wary U.S. market.
Reds manager Chuck Dressen feared rookie Lloyd Moore could injure himself during spring training night rampages. Dressen asked trainer Richard Ruhde to build a screen for Pullman car windows and assigned Lefty Grissom to watch Moore. Moore, 22, had two wins and five losses last season and previously attempted to crawl through a train window during a night episode.
The report covers games from Gastonia Knoxville Portsmouth Rome Asheville and Durham. Highlights include Buddy Lewis and the Griffmen vs McFayden, Lou Gehrig and Bill Dickey powering the Yankees past the Smokies, Dodgers beating Portsmouth, Hal Schumacher pitching nine full, Dizzy Dean strong for the Cardinals, and Red Sox defeating the Reds 6 to 1 amid Melo Almada's injury.
Moore awoke from a vivid football game dream and grabbed Grissom by the legs in a desperate attempt to lift him. Grissom said pitching is easier than riding a nightmare and that he must sleep with one eye open.
Knoxville Tenn move places Joe DiMaggio to New York for a physical to determine the cause of hisailing throwing arm. A Knoxville physician examined DiMaggio and reported tonsils infected but not chronic while he has felt arm pain for nine days. Yankee manager Joe McCarthy has used him mainly as a pinch hitter amid his absence from the lineup.
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