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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1938
Page
6
Prescott girls softball opener marks a big night with Robison and Williams in the feature. Penney girls, with Ashdown and Helena joint support, aim to challenge a strong Prescott lineup. The Wilne Lumber Co. squad also faces the Highway Department in a second game as local fans expect a crowded arena and a tense matchup.
Atlanta reports Major League clubs courting Southern Association stars as Dodgers and others finance moves. Brooklyn reportedly paid about 40 000 for George of New Orleans, with Crouch and Hofferth to join Nashville. Chattanooga Lookouts seen near 20 000 for Dee Miles while Cleveland buys Pitcher Mayd Strom and others for spring delivery.
In a graveyard a man reads a stone inscription aloud while Old Red comments. The uncertain speaker mulls the meaning and questions if the dead man ever returns a final message, stirring a mix of awe and superstition in the moment.
Norman Cates aims to avenge a two week ago loss to Milwn Powell in a Friday bout at South Main street arena. Cates trains hard after a recent close three round defeat as promoter touts this card as one of the best in recent weeks. Delina Pipkin teams with Cates in a three round semi final against Jin Stroud while Lea Dunk meets Buddy Leagan in the heavyweights as other preliminaries are set.
Rice Institute coach Jimmy Kitts faces a daunting future after winning a Southwest title with a largely rebuilt squad. He insists the team has little chance to repeat, citing a brutal schedule that includes Oklahoma, Texas, and Auburn, while praising returning sophomores Karnie Lain and Olene Cordill and newcomers Speedy Moore and Huge Saves.
A roundup notes Joe Medwick as a top Major League sale candidate with market bids near 400000, alongside other baseball tidbits on players Rogell, Cronin, and Gehringer, plus various sport notes from Detroit to Philadelphia.
The text lists standings and results for multiple teams including Bruner-lvary, Southern Cafe, Williams Lumber, Geo. W. Robison, Highway Dept, and Hope Basket. It details Tuesday and Wednesday games with rivalries, score lines like Bruner-lvary 44 Southern Cafe 12, and notes on later matchups and Tuesday and Wednesday schedules across cities such as Atlanta Chattanooga Nashville Knoxville Birmingham New Orleans. It also records nightly scores including Boston Philadelphia 5 to 3 and Cincinnati Pittsburgh 6 to 2.
Hollywood Park Inglewood hosted a race meet with a 16 million total pari mutuel handle and a daily average of four million. Attendance reached 542,514, with purse distribution 440,800 and stake awards 180,000. Lawrin led earnings at 53,000 while Seabiscuit earned 37,150. Unerring was named best two year old filly, and Johnny Adams tied with Silva Cowe for best rider. Dauber’s last minute scratching marred the American Championship Stakes. Mead seeks reinstatement before Florida Racing Commission after two-lawyer bid proves unproductive.
Washington owner Clark Griffith laments losing Wes Ferrell after trading him for waiver fees. Ferrell landed with the Yankees, drawing boos from Senators fans who once cheered his big leads. Griffith predicts Ferrell will be costly against Washington as Yankees seek payback and Ferrell bets on lucrative pitching against his old club.
Detroit greets the sixth place Tigers with more than 6000 people and brass bands at Union Station at 7 45 a.m. E F Wagner of a lithographing firm organized the reception and invited team followers from many Michigan cities. The telegraph wires stayed hot as fans applaud Mickey Cochrane's men, underscoring Detroit as a great baseball city.
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