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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
2
Down payment appears as low as 250 for a five room modern home with many features at 12 East 15th Street. Other listings include a large six room house on three lots with rental income, and a small business for sale. Green Realty and Hope Federal Savings advertise services.
New York sources report that college football stars Leon Hart of Notre Dame and Doak Walker of Southern Methodist may become professional teammates next year. The potential move could position Detroit for a powerful backfield pairing and bolster the roster as the season ends.
Louis defeats Pat Valentino in the eighth round exhibition and confirms plans for future exhibition bouts. He mentions possible exhibitions with Lee Oma in Detroit and Al Mossman in Oakland, then an exhibition tour in South America after the new year. Valentino outweighed by 39 pounds and is outmatched. Louis gains crowd support as the top heavyweight among current Wattlers.
The Spring Hill Invitational opens Thursday December 8 at 2 30 pm with teams from Mempstead Miller and Lafayette. Senior girls from Spring Hill and Guernsey start the action followed by boys games and Friday bracket play. Harold Austin officiates and invitations are extended to all. Hart, Yale hero, may command $25000 a year if offered. Bo McMillin attends Heisman dinner with Walker and Hart amid ongoing talks.
Thousands of veterans and non veterans are urged to enroll in a 20 week training program at Commercial Trades Institute in Little Rock Arkansas. The school promises placement services after graduation and teaches auto or diesel mechanics body and Fender repairs painting air conditioning radio television servicing electricity electronics. November 30 is the only on site meeting at the Barlow hotel with J L Gavin district manager. Bring discharge or certificate of eligibility.
Army coach Earl Blaik critiques the brush block and the declining use of man in motion while noting the platoon term turns some away. Louisiana football, Ohio State’s travel, and garden game talk mix with drafts in baseball and golf. Baseball Dodgers and Yankees talk, Mississippi Southern’s Cliff Coggin will join pro ranks, and Texas Christian looks dangerous in the Southwest basket ball race as Missouri and other programs face puzzling seasons.
The second half deer season begins Monday December 12 and runs through December 17. Bucks with antlers over six inches may be killed. Hempstead County hunters will head to the woods in a bid to outwit bucks. Warden Lester Wade notes the November 1 kill was large. The piece also covers various college scores and local notes on stadium funding disputes with Amvets in a potential rematch.
Arkansas likely to see more professional football after a successful 1990 exhibition. Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams top choices for a rematch at War Memorial Stadium with Clyde Scott expected to boost the Rams. Eagles hold the NFC East title and Rams chase the West, while Scott’s rookie season with strong runs and tales of improved ball handling boost expectations for another big, crowd drawing game in Arkansas.
Lord Templewood warned that Communist influence in Eastern Europe could halt world tennis as players from totalitarian states are viewed as government agents. He cited Wimbledon and Swiss championships as signs and urged Western nations to respond to safeguard the sport.
Pasadena reports coach Jimmy Karam of Little Rock Arkansas predicts his unbeaten JC team will thrash Santa Ana 42 14 in Saturday's Little Rose Bowl. He says Santa Ana may score a couple of times and asserts no So Cal JC can hold his squad under five touchdowns. Karam, nicknamed Harinpearke, says more hard workouts follow after a heavy scrimmage.
Baltimore December report from the major minor league convention indicates the bonus rule will be retained for another year. Key leagues including Pac Cover, International, American Association and others vote in favor of keeping the rule, despite strong opposition from Philadelphia Phillies president Bob Carpenter. Browns president Bill DeWitt supports the rule, arguing it protects major prospects from being controlled by stranglehold clubs.
Tonight at the high school the Blevins American Legion Independent cage team hosts a coaching clinic as referees Bill McClendon and Hugh Reese interpret the 1949-50 rules. The public is invited. Last night the Legionaires defeated Olay Cementers 66 to 44.
The text discusses giving a player to the clarifying club with the claiming club retaining a privilege to send him to the minors once. It also notes proposed amendments to the major-minor code to clarify a high school rule that bars clubs from signing players still in school.
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