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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1936
Page
3
Expert roundup notes Minnesota tops national rankings after an unbeaten season, with Duke, Northwestern, and Notre Dame praised for strong showings and memorable games. Yale defeats Princeton in a thriller. key talk centers on interference rules and pass plays shaping the season’s final impressions.
A government report traces Marshal Chang Seuh-Liang’s flight to Loyang and his planned return to Nanking. It notes three demands on Japan: resist encroachments, recover Manchuria, and reinstate expelled Communists. The Foreign Office calls Chang’s release unconditional and denies a large financial settlement.
Fillies and mares led the harness racing year 1936 with 2.5 million in purses, up 25 percent from 1935. Twilight Song Rosalind and Calumet Evelyn topped divisions as Greyhound fell to Tara and Angel Child. Rosiland led 3-year-olds while Margaret Castleton shined in matinees with 1.59% best. New stakes added, $20k to $60k, signaling rising harness interest.
A portrait of Arthur Brisbane a prolific editor and real estate operator whose daily column Today reached over 200 newspapers and whose Sunday pages connected with rural readers. He built the Hearst editorial empire, edited the Journal and Chicago Herald, bought and sold papers, dictated thousands of words weekly, and led a life of rapid production from New York to Milwaukee to Washington. Brisbane born December 12 1864 in Buffalo New York, married Phoebe Cury on July 4 1882, and valued human interest in his writing.
A Cincinnati firm shows interest in developing large Sadia sulphate beds found near Grenora North Dakota as a potential $500,000 plant project. Dre Tevin Lavine, chemical engineering professor at the University of North Dakota, notes the find and its industrial potential.
James Forrester of Los Angeles unveils a concept using electric rays to determine balls and strikes from the plate to six feet high and five feet to each side. The device would flash color indicators on the umpire’s back and be powered from the stands, with critics noting practical and ethical concerns.
CHICAGO William Harridge president of the American League surprised 12 umpires with contract letters for 1997 and a salary boost. He would not reveal amounts, calling it personal. He praised the umpires for restoring salaries after retrenchment and lauded their dedication as essential to baseball.
Price of nonferrous metals climbs as 1929 era rebound fuels buyers. Copper rises to about 11 cents, up 19 percent from 9.25 cents. Lead gains 28 percent, tin 8 percent, antimony 9 percent, zinc 4 percent. Corporations facing backlogs drive gains amid war scare demand and foreign market effects.
Arthur Brisbane aimed to prove horse race handicapping could be solved scientifically by X-raying each competing horse. He recruited Hugh Fullerton to obtain heart and lung images of nominees for a major race to reveal a winner, a plan thwarted by practical and ethical obstacles.
New Orleans hosts a sports week featuring nine Berlin athletes at the Sugar Bowl classics. Stars such as Glenn, Conningham, Archie San Romani, Helen Stephens, and Joe McCluskey are slated to compete across track and field events at Loyola stadium and other venues leading to the Sugar Bowl football game on New Year’s Day pitting Santa Clara Broncos against LSU Tigers. A rich program spans boxing, basketball, tennis, golf, and horse racing with a marquee New Year’s card.
The記13 State Deaths report notes broad holiday risks from capsized launches in Kingston Jamaica to numerous U S traffic fatalities. Illinois records 23 auto deaths, including a Christmas Eve river plunge and multiple city losses. Indiana and Virginia see shootings, gas fume incidents, and fires. Michigan reports most fatalities in Detroit. Ohio registers many traffic deaths.
A story recalls a great journalist Brisbane selecting an X-ray image of a horse in the American Derby era. He pointed to the horse with the biggest heart as the winner, and the race result apparently confirmed his pick. Fullerton and Keeler are noted figures in the anecdote.
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