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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1962
Page
3
A packed schedule features key SEC clash Mississippi State at Kentucky as top teams chase conference supremacy. Multiple conferences highlight pivotal games with notable scorers and tight standings, including Ohio State, Utah, Colorado, UCLA, and Notre Dame contenders shaping the race toward league titles.
Goalie Gump Worsley has recovered from elbow injury and is ready to start for the New York Rangers who sit two points ahead of Detroit for fourth place. Backup Marcel Paille, summoned from Springfield, has not allowed a goal in the final period across four games, lifting New York after a Sunday 5-3 win over Boston and a 4-3 victory over Chicago. Detroit crushed Lorento-0 in another game as the league tightens toward the final playoff spots.
Cassius Clay, still unbeaten in 11 pro fights, was floored for the first time by Sonny Banks in Madison Square Garden before recovering to stop Banks in the fourth round. He called the knockdown a humbling moment and later challenged Floyd Patterson, then learned manager Bill Faversham had arranged a bout with Bob Cleroux, which Cleroux declined.
H N Rogers and Sons submitted an apparent low bid of 617071 dollars for construction of roads parking space and boat launching ramps across seven recreation areas at Greers Ferry Reservoir in Cleburne and Van Buren counties Arkansas.
Willisville Jr girls 24 Spring Hill 18 in a two county B meet at AY Guernsey. Spring Hill Jr boys 39 Laneburg 23. Saratoga Sr girls 35 Willisville 28. Blevins Sr boys 8 Saratoga 57.
About 1,200 participants and 3,000 spectators cheered as Rich Cross landed the biggest fish at Lake Madison's annual ice fishing derby. The Neamet angler won first prize, a 14 foot boat, for a four-ounce perch. Other prizes were awarded by lot, and Cross’s perch was the only fish caught.
Arnold Palmer, golf’s top star, seeks only one tournament in the next five weeks. He won the Phoenix Open with a 72 hole score of 269, tying the course record and earning $6,300. Jack Nicklaus, Bob McCallister, Don Fairfield, and Bill Casper shared second at 128, each winning $2,800. Palmer’s win marks his eighth sub par round in nine, cementing his status as golf’s leading money winner.
The Associated Press Arkansas boys poll shows little change with Fayetteville remaining No. 1 and Greene County Tech entering the top 10 at No. 8 from 12. Little Rock Central drops out of the top 10 while North Little Rock and Blytheville hold positions. Top five unchanged. Pine Bluff rises to No. 6 as White Hall slips to No. 7 and Smackover, Harrison round out the top 10.
Southwestern visits Forrest City and Henderson hosts Ozarks while A&M plays Tech and LRU faces Hendrix. On Saturday Ouachita travels to Arkansas College as part of the regional grid card.
Dr. Richard Ganslen of the University of Arkansas says discrediting John Uelses 16 foot jumps due to fiberglass poles is hogwash. He notes mechanics have not changed in 25 years though timing is crucial and old bamboo poles achieved similar heights in 1932.
Montreal leads with 31 wins and 11 losses, Toronto at 8 wins, Chicago 9 wins. New York 20, Detroit 24, Boston 12. Saturday results: New York 2 Chicago 1, Detroit 2 Boston 2, Montreal 4 Toronto 2. Sunday results: New York 5 Boston 3, Montreal 4 Chicago 3, Detroit 5 Toronto 0. Olympic coach troubled by vaulter Bulatov clears 16 feet with Ganslen’s advice.
Vince Foster reports Hope teams drop two district games at Camden. Jeffery Powell scores 20 to lift Hope to 124 total. Killens fall after leading 16-13 first quarter, trailing 32-29 entering final period. Crosgeth looms in Malvern district tournament while Bobcats travel to Garden and Magnolia for next games.
The Associated Press reports Cassius Clay defeated Sonny Banks in New York at 191 percent and Machizo Takao stopped Tony Martin in Tokyo, while noting more than a million refugees fled Communist China in the past decade.
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