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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1939
Page
2
In a feature on baseball’s centennial era, analysts note players pushed by the game’s demand for grit and lack of mercy. The piece fills a quirkier angle with references to underhanded antics and odd nicknames tucked under alphabetic headings from A to Y, highlighting the sport’s rough edge and enduring legends.
Monday results show Chicago 6 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 6 New York 5 Boston 4 Brooklyn 1. Tuesday matches include Birmingham at Little Rock Chattanooga at Knoxville Atlanta at Nashville New Orleans at Memphis. Later Tuesday games include Pittsburgh at Chicago Boston at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia Cincinnati at St Louis.
The record lists teams New York Detroit Cleveland Boston Philadelphia Washington Chicago St. Louis. Scores show New York 2 Philadelphia 1 Chicago 9 Cleveland 3 Washington 10 Boston 9 Detroit 4 St. Louis 2. Schedule includes Chicago at Cleveland Washington at Boston St. Louis at Detroit Philadelphia at New York.
The piece recalls player tipping habits and pay, noting Terry’s philosophy of generosity and thinking for the Giants, McGraw as mastermind, and anecdotes about Derringer cigars and Rowdy behavior in Pittsburgh. It contrasts old gowdy days with modern excess, and ends with a caricature of Washington and Clark Griffith pitching for the President.
PHILADELPHIA The Phillies, rejuvenated under manager Dec Prothro, show potential as a surprise National League club with strong pitching and tight defense. Emmett Mueller drives the attack as Morrie Arnovich hits a two run homer, and Max Butcher limits the opposition before an eighth inning surge by the Giants is stopped by Walter Beck.
County agents advise trench silos with molasses to save first alfalfa cuts during wet seasons and highlight Arkansas cotton variety trials showing income variance per acre. The University of Arkansas report notes wide gaps between seed choices, urging adoption of One-Variety Cotton Communities to improve seed quality and reduce costs.
LEWISVILLE Ark Possibility of a new oil field in Lafayette County emerged after the Erwin Leach Patton No 1 reached oil saturation at 3480 feet in the SW SE 24 19 24. The well likely will be acidized Tuesday to flow under its own pressure. Operators found sand and lime during the drilling and were unsure which formed the oil. The well was reduced from 2600 to 3360 feet and swabbed for about two hours Monday afternoon yielding oil and gas. If productive, substantial activity is expected due to the shallow producing formations and existing leasing and royalty activity around town.
General Motors Corp reports March quarter net earnings of 359,177,928 or 31.18 a share, up from 8,234,017 or 4 a share in the prior year. Alfred P. Sloan Jr. comments on the economy, noting potential prosperity if policy favors enterprise and capital movement, with emphasis on tax restructuring and reduced burdens.
President German Busch Monlay assumed dictatorial powers amid a crisis after dissolving the constituent assembly and denouncing both left and right extremist factions. He vowed a government focused on economic and social needs, delaying May elections and declaring a decree to elevate deputies and senators when opportune.
Columbus High School students will present the operetta Birthday in Fairyland Friday night April 28 at 8 oclock in the high school auditorium. The Diagran is directed by Mrs. R C Reed Miss Dorothy Stuphs and Mrs Parker Rogers.
In Magnolia, Arkansas, T. S. Grayson, wealthy Limberman and president of the Farmers Bank and Trust Co., was rushed to Shreveport hospital Monday after suddenly falling ill. He is described as seriously ill and under medical care.
In Dallas a bank teller named W. W. Pontter was arrested hours after his son Wayne Ponder, 12, was found fatally shot. Pontter was arraigned on embezzlement charges filed by Federal Agent A K Daero, with a bond set at $9000 after Ponder pled guilty.
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