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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1955
Page
4
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The American League standings show Cleveland leading with 70 wins and 46 losses, New York at 69-46, Chicago 67-45, Boston 66-49, Detroit 66-55, Kansas City 48-69, Washington 41-72, and Baltimore 36-75. Yesterday’s results include Boston 9 Washington 2 and Kansas City 7 Cleveland 3 among others. Today’s schedule lists New York at Baltimore and Washington at Boston as the only games.
Brooklyn leads with 77 37 record and .675 win rate. Milwaukee stands 63 54. New York 61 55 .526 and Philadelphia 59 60 .496. Chicago 53 63 .479. Cincinnati 56 62 .475. St Louis 51 62 .451. Pittsburgh 43 75 .364. Yesterday’s results: Philadelphia 34 Brooklyn 25. St Louis 5 Cincinnati 4. Milwaukee 4 Chicago 3. New York 3 Pittsburgh 2 1. Milwaukee at St Louis remaining.
Revival services began Sunday night August 14 at Mt Olive Baptist Church three miles east on Highway 67. Pastor Rev T W Wyatt preaches with continuing services through August 21. Public invited to attend. BeeBee Chapter 412 OES meets August 17 at 7:30. Various social notes and arrivals listed. West Allis Wisconsin fair feature Davy Crockett ice cream bar with slogan the best bar Davy ever licked.
Final standings show Birmingham atop the league with 75 wins and a .595 percentage. Memphis trails at 72–55, followed by Chattanooga 68–61 and New Orleans 65–60. Recent games: Atlanta defeated Nashville in extra innings, New Orleans routed Memphis 10–0, Little Rock beat Mobile 6–9, and Chattanooga knocked off Birmingham 6–4.
Matchups listed include New Orleans versus Mobile, Little Rock against Memphis, Chatanooga facing Atlanta, and Birmingham playing Nashville with two games noted.
The Cotton States League table lists Monroe atop the standings with a 30 win 16 loss record and a .652 winning percentage. El Dorado, Meridian, and Hot Springs follow with varying gaps and several teams show midseason form and trailing marks.
Monroe 5 edged El Dorado 4 while Vicksburg defeated Greenville 3 2 to 0 Meridian beat Hot Springs 11 to 3 in a tight set of late games.
Meridian at Hot Springs features a trio of matchups with El Dorado visiting Monroe Greenville traveling to Vicksburg and Meridian playing at Hot Springs in a regional schedule card.
Texas matchups show Fort Worth 7 Beaumont Houston 9 with extra innings in Dallas Shreveport 5 Dallas 4 and Tulsa 4 Oklahoma City 1-0 while San Antonio 0-4 in first game eight innings.
United Press compiles top hitters in both leagues from 300 at bats. Phil Ashburn and Gus Kluszewski lead NL in average and home runs. Norm Cash and Hank Aaron appear among leaders. Ruthless runner-up Batting totals show Kaline, Kuenn and Snider near the top with strong RBI and hit counts. Pitching leaders include Newcombe Byrne Donavan Erskine and Hurd with top records.
About 100 Atlantic Beach residents who initially refused evacuation changed their minds after Mayor Alfred G. Cooper urged them to register and list their next of kin. The call came as Hurricane precautions continued to loom over the N C town.
The Hope Legionnaires close the 1955 season next Wednesday night at Legion Park against Arkadelphia. They stand 19 wins 7 losses with wins over Waldo Nashville Gordon Beirne Plain Dealing Malvern Fouke Bossier City Barksdale El Dorado and Camden and losses to Plain Dealing Nashville Waldo Barksdale and Texarkana. Gordon Beasley leads in batting .534 with 55 hits and 34 RBIs. Wayne Johnson second in hitting .486 with 16 doubles and most triples, Marty Filogamo leads in home runs with five. Reeder Huddleston 3-0 top pitcher now absent, Charles Gough 2-0, Joe Barrentine 9-4, Sonny Griffin 2-2.
Governor George M Leader of Pennsylvania urged a nationwide uniform athletic code to regulate boxing after suspending professional bouts in his state. He said boxing is controlled by a sinister hierarchy and called for a model code ensuring consistent judicial interpretation across states for boxer and public protection.
In 1941 the United States had about 2 580 000 eighteen year olds within a population of 132 million. By 1954 the count fell to about 2 160 000 amid a population of 162 million.
Monroe defeated the El Dorado Oilers 5-4 to extend its lead to two games in the Cotton States League. The Oilers built a 3-0 edge before Monroe rallied with 15 hits, getting key RBIs from Ed Dick and Larry Maness, while Richie Windle and Maness added timely triples. In other games, Vicksburg edged Greenville 3-2 and Meridian crushed Hot Springs 11-3 as league play continued.
Amarillo and New Orleans advanced with wins in the American Legion junior baseball tournament. Amarillo beat North Little Rock 8-4, while New Orleans defeated Jackson 12-4. North Little Rock and Jackson meet in a consolation game in Poncaquota La.
At Langley Field Virginia the Air Force captured the inter service golf title night with a 26 stroke margin. Lt Ray Terry of Jacksonville Fla and Lt Miller Berber of Texarkana Texas led a four man team to a 1211 aggregate while the Army Marines tied for second at 1237 and the Navy posted 1240.
Report notes about 250 million locks are installed on U S automobiles. The statistic highlights the scale of automotive security features and their adoption across models and years.
The Chicago White Sox sit in third but appear in the best position among the four leading contenders for the American League pennant. Cleveland struggles to pull away while Chicago benefits from an easier schedule and a 5-4 win over Detroit. The Yanks and Red Sox also win to stay close. In the National League, Roberts defeats Newcombe 3-2 in 10 as Brooklyn splits. Giants move within 1.5 games of the Braves. Cardinals edge Reds 5-4. Dodgers win 5-4 in 13. Pierce and Rivera lead the White Sox with key hits. Sox have 42 games left.
NFL exhibition results hint at a high scoring season. San Francisco beat Pittsburgh 60 14 in Sacramento as Red Strader’s 49ers hype up a tough lineup. Green Bay topped New York 31 24 at Spokane with Tobin Rote tossing the late TDs. Philadelphia beat Baltimore 21 6 at Hershey as Adrian Burke and Bobby Thomason helped finish Philadelphia’s aerial attack.
Phillies ace Robin Roberts edged Brooklyn ace Don Newcombe 3 2 in 10 innings to extend Roberts lead as the majors top winner with 19 victories while Newcombe stands with 16. Roberts also tops in earned run average at 2.86 and has logged 238 2 3 innings with 22 complete games.
Bob Walker of Little Rock won the Arkansas state men’s closed tennis title at Little Rock Country Club defeating defending champion Jay Freeman 6-4 9-7. In doubles readers Jerry Emerson and Harry Snider beat George Ku chenmeister and Glenn Lane 6-1 6-2.
The United States hosts at least 2,000 car laundries with roughly 1,400 able to wash as many as 1,000 cars per day. The figure underscores the scale of automated vehicle cleaning services across the country.
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