Agua Caliente Race Open for Two Miles Likely
A fragment notes Agua Caliente race opening, likely two miles with weights in pounds. The test likely Saturday, August 30.
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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1931
Page
2
A fragment notes Agua Caliente race opening, likely two miles with weights in pounds. The test likely Saturday, August 30.
The article recalls Amos Alonzo Stagg as the grand old man of intercollegiate football, noting his long coaching career at Chicago and its anniversary game against Yale on October 17 in Chicago. It highlights Stagg’s early career, the Stage tradition, notable players, and the lasting impact on Chicago football and All-America selections.
Seattle Indians shortstop Chick Ellsworth and second baseman Freddie Muller formed a prolific keystone duo. President Harry A. Williams of the Pacific Coast League claimed the pair likely set a new coast record with 142 double plays, though no official proof exists due to lost league records in the San Francisco fire.
William Ingram former Naval Academy coach takes over at the University of California this season while convalescing from appendicitis he works on new plays. He converted doctors and nurses on his floor into football fans as SMU enrolls nearly 2000 students drawing from four states and foreign countries.
Bloomington AP reports Indiana's 1940 football squad will feature 15 players over 130 pounds and 11 players taller than five feet eleven. The average man stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 172 pounds.
EVANSTON Ill Dick Hanley Northwestern's football coach will start the grid season with one bit of encouragement He has clipped six strokes from his golf score this summer.
The text cites a farmer claiming to avoid detection by arranging crops in alternating sowing of onions and potatoes to water the soil and improve yield. It notes Ching's mills with 3,969,522 spinning spindles and 233,684 ae spindles, plus 29,322 weaving. South Africa is cited as a top export outlet for American hosiery per the Commerce Department.
Hope High School football squad plans two practice sessions from 8 to 11 Tuesday morning as preparations begin. Captain Ivison Pritchett leads 14 lettermen, with Son Jones Mauldin Schooley Chamberlain Adams Bacon Rowe Brown Phillips and McKee returning. Several hopefuls including Richards Turner Hollis Berry join spring prospects.
A report on the Reic hs Winker Speed Boat Regatta detailing results with second place to John Wanamaker and a list of participants. It notes coach Wilkin aided by Teddy Jones, outlines upcoming games from September 25 to November 26 against Ashdown Waldo Camden Malvern Benton Little Rock Henton Texarkana North Little Rock Prescott Arkadelphia Nashville, all at the new high school field with possible night lighting.
Incomplete Sunday results show teams like Memphis and New Orleans with scattered scores. Mentions of Atlanta and Nashville appear with unclear figures and opponents.
Lefty Grove failed in a bid for the American League pitching record at St Louis as Coffman of the Browns limited the Athletics to seven hits and Grove’s 18 game winning streak was halted. In the nightcap, the A’s routed the Browns 10 to 0 behind Hoyt’s shutout and a 17 hit attack. The Yankees won a pair from Chicago as Ruth hit his 31st, boosting him two ahead of Gehrig. Washington beat Detroit 6-5 and Cleveland edged Boston 4-3. In the National League, St Louis led the recap.
The report notes Sam likely holds a guard position on Navy Bills Ingratis squad as a backfield veteran returns after a degree and Glitta emerges as a leading fullback candidate. Pinky Girl joins as a freshman this year, rotating at quarterback in prep school.
Beaumont pitcher John Whitlow Wyatt who defeated Dizzy Dean and the Houston Buff in a playoff game of the Texas league race draws praise from critics. Some observers credit Wyatt, sent south by the Detroit Tigers, with greater speed and a sharper curve plus better control.
Cardinals routed Boston 16-1 in the opener and edged the Braves 1-0 in the nightcap before 35 000 fans. Ed Brandt was knocked around for 10 safeties by Paul Derringer who allowed five hits for Boston. Brooklyn defeated Pittsburgh 4-0 in both games.
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