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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1957
Page
2
A partial OCR line mentions a place and a financing reference with unclear phrasing. No complete events or names are readable.
News from the pennant race shows Milwaukee's Braves clinging to an 81-game lead with key wins and slumps across the league. Brooklyn's playoff bid faltered as the Giants and Cubs reshaped the NL standings, while the Yankees extended their AL edge and White Sox tumbled after embarrassing losses.
Texarkana barber and Alt. Force member Barber shoots 38 in opening round to set a course record at a golf event. Atkensan leads after third round in a World Wide Net tournament, with other players and scores mentioned in scattered notes.
Yesterday results show Cheilahinga 0-8 New Orleans. Allahid 3 Nashville 4. Memphis 4 by 4 innings, Mobile 9 Birmingham 1 in 12 innings. Kansas City 7 Detroit 2. New York 6 Boston 3. Cleveland 4 Chicago 4. Baltimore at New York, Chicago at Pittsburgh, Cleveland at Kansas City, Bastion at Washington. Today Little Rock at Chattanooga, New Orleans at Atlanta, Memphis at Nashville, Mobile at Birmingham.
Washington, Mary Jane Sawgely of McGehen Ark, 17, aged among contestants in the National Teen Auto Driving Contest. Fifty-one entrants began, many eliminated yesterday on a skill drive course. Competitors maneuvered a car’s left wheels through seven pairs of balls on an eightfoot line, balls seven inches apart, driving forward and backward. Sawyer is one of three girls in the contest aiming for national titles in a Rond-E-O event.
Ke Hunt of the New Orleans outfield posts a 217 batting average against six Southern Association teams and boosts it to 288 versus Atlanta as the Pels beat the Crackers. Nashvilla edges Memphis 4-3 to extend its lead. Chattanooga splits. Nashville wins twice, with Dan Minnick and Bob Kelly Palching key victories. Mitch Hunt’s 12th homer, Billy Reynolds, Bob Montag go deep for Atlanta.
Arkansas fishing report outlines lake conditions across state waters. Lake Hamilton shows clear water with crappie and bream fair. Ouachita fair with bass crappie and bream. Norfork no report. Bull Shoals steady with white bass fair and bass fair on top. Conway clear water and good nutritional for crappie. Narrows Lake dingy upper end, clear lower end with bass on artificial baits.
CBC defeated Mobile 11 to 1 to tie the Little Loop playoff. Vern Grace led a nine hit attack with a one run homer, Dick Camilli added a homer in the eighth, and Howard Hodemmeyer earned the win with Harry Nicholas finishing.
Officials released a detailed report on athletics finances showing total receipts of 8 123 83 dollars from football and junior games plus 3 004 from other schools and 1 224 from guest schools yielding 12 351 83. Expenditures include 4 033 72 on equipment and 4 026 cash paid for other costs. Net athletic balance shows modest surplus. basketball net stands at 140 6 a5 with football contributing 740 35 to overall. Championship playoff games amid late season action. balance on hand as of July 1 1957 stood near 92 07 for athletic department operations.
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