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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1949
Page
2
The Bobcats travel to Nashville Tuesday night for the TW District basketball tournament. Nine schools are represented with brackets showing Hone vs Die, Queen vs Texarkana, Prescott vs Ashdown, Gordon vs Arkadelphia, and Nashville drawing the winner of Hope vs Dierks.
Kansas and Baylor chase a potential co title as final Southwest Conference games determine leaders. Arkansas faces Texas A and M at College Station while Baylor plays Texas Christian at Fort Worth with Rice boosting a three way race. No playoffs. co champions possible.
Ed Macauley of the St. Louis Bills, center of a heated dispute between coach and the National Basketball League, scored seven points in a loss to the Oklahoma Aggies. The row centered on alleged league efforts to sign him as a pro while he finishes college, with league officials denying any distraction caused by such talks. Coaches and officials argued over protection of players and the impact on Macauley's form ahead of crucial games.
Hope Novelty Company has applied for a permit to install a 550 gallon passoling fans and one pump to service company trucks and cars on Lots Seven Eight Nine in Block v6 in the City of Iope Arkansas. A hearing on the application is set for March 1 at 7:30 PM at City Hall before the City Council. Officials Lyle Brown Mayor and F. Reyttus ven Clerk sign the notice.
In Prescott North Heights Junior Boys of Texarkana edged Saratowa 27 to 26 to win the district 7W tournament. At Mineral Springs North Heights senior girls fell to Ashdown 52 to 47 for the District 7-W title in a hard fought weekend.
In Tittle Rock on February 20 the 1540 Arkansas Amaluce Athletic Gyron basketball championship opened with 16 of 27 teams in first round action. Results included Morgan Insurance 82 over Shady Grave 54 and Prescott 74 over Auburey 42 with an overtime noted for Jonesboro Frolics 72 over Judsonia 41.
Charles of Cincinnati meets Joey Maxim of Cleveland in a 1o round heavyweight bout using a rare Knockdown rule. If a boxer is hurt and cannot rise by nine, the fight ends or is halted. officials will judge if continuation is possible before nine seconds pass. The bout is billed as a potential challenger to Louis in the heavyweight title defense.
College Station Texas February 29 The selection of a District Six representative for the Western regional NCAA playoff hinges on the Southwest Conference race outcome next Friday night. Arkansas coach Dr Eugene Lambert chair of the three man panel cites possible two three or four way ties among Texas A&M Arkansas Baylor and Rice with playoff rules and interim chair changes complicating decisions.
Leon Pense, former University of Arkansas backfield player, is appointed head coach at Texarkana Arkansas school. The Texarkana school board, led by Merbert Wren, announced Pense’s selection, succeeding Frank Mosley. Pense played for two years at Arkansas and joined the pro ranks with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1945.
Rex W. Peel will speak at the National Farm Loan Association stockholders meeting in Arkadelphia City Hall at 1 40 p m. The Wesleyan Service Guild meets Tuesday at 7 pm at Mrs J W Gist's home. Presbyterian church women serve a supply at 6 30 pm in the Men s Fellowship rooms. The Rev Dayton Castleman of Texarkana will visit. Wednesday brings Guss McCaskill for Nast ess to the Bridge Club at 2 30 pm. The OES holds an initiation at Masonic Hall Friday at 7 30 pm with pot luck supper. The Methodist Men s Fellowship dinner at the church reports 106 men present with a banquet and guest speaker Charles Evans of Little Rock. A White Oak Fishing Lake project meeting in Bluff City plans stocking by the State Game and Fish Commission. Attendees from Arkadelphia include F A Rymer and several local residents.
John Henry and Sin Conover, vacationing at a desert resort, are embroiled in a murder linked to Bar Salou owner of a cafe where the victim died. Barse lou suspects a hidden cipher in Anglin's pencil as the trio inches toward a long lost galleon named La Reina and the vanished treasure.
Sponsors of the Rio Grande Valley open in Harlingen Texas urged mutual insurance coverage for money winners and players after two days of talks with PGA officials. The debate followed friction over golfers seeking play in the Mexican National Open and two final rounds being moved to a single day, drawing sponsor dissatisfaction.
Hot Springs, Feb. 28 A feature sixth race at Oaklawn Park lists Mrs. Emil Denemark's Bullish among the entrants with rivals Now's Pride and Miss Neal. Bullish debuted here last week with a fourth in the inaugural handicap as two apprentices Cartwright and Cook notch early wins in Oaklawn’s first six days.
NBC plans to end the ban on using recordings for hosted programs starting March 10 with Al Jolson broadcasting from recordings. A March 2 rehearsal will feature Jimmy Durante as guest. Tonight’s lineup includes NBC Cavalcade Drama Janet Blair and Voorhes Concert, Radio City Playhouse, and more. ABC and MBS schedules list Gordon MacRae, Government Loyalty Program, Sherlock Holmes, and Arthur Godfrey.
A compact crossword style puzzle lists horizontal and vertical clues for a flightless bird and related terms. The grid references bird names plant terms measures and devices with abbreviations and trivia prompts.
In Little Rock on February 28 the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference basketball title may be decided tonight. The Ozarks at least tie for the crown, Arkansas Tech can share the title with the Mountaineers by beating them, while Arkansas State holds the best winning percentage but lacks the required games to qualify.
A dense list of radio program blocks for the day includes Superman M Captain Midnight M E Tom Mix M Saddle Serenade Sunny. Notable entries show news broadcasts Five Star Edition Today in Sports News Fulton Lewis Straight Arrow Sherlock Holmes Hy Gardner Gabriel Meater and Mutual Newsreel.
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