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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1956
Page
2
Arthur Gofrey abruptly disbands his CBS Welnessy Night studio audience citing personal choice. Officials offered no comment while a spokesman said Godfrey had not decided on future studio appearances.
The Hopewell P T A meets tonight at 730 at the school. Bee bee Memorial C M E Church sponsors a fish fry Saturday night January 14 in the church basement. Christian Union Community Club meets Monday January 16 at 730. Pvt James C Nelson has been promoted to corporal while stationed in Germany. Former resident Correll Noble spent holidays with his mother Lula Noble and sister Georgia Harris before leaving January 6 for Chicago. Bethel A M E Church held the Prescott District quarterly meeting January 8 and 9 with sermons by Rev Johnson and guest Rev C 8 Briggs of McNab. Auxiliaries filed reports as to pastor Rev J S Morgan’s instruction.
Ben Hogan comes out of retirement to compete in the Bing Crosby Golf Tournament in Pebble Beach with Crosby urging his appearance to boost gate receipts. Crosby and Hogan team up in a pro am, Crosby donating proceeds to charity as the event gathers a field of top players and two man pairs vying for big prizes.
Temple, coming off an 11-10 prior season, roared to a 9-0 start and rank among the nation’s top teams. Hal Lear poured in 37 as Temple beat Villanova 80-73, bolstering the Owls ahead of Duke and others in a wide college basketball landscape.
A flood of college games is listed with scores spanning Georgetown to Maryland, including Delaware, Duke, Villanova, and Temple. The summary notes numerous teams and results, with scattered odd spellings and OCR glitches.
Carmen Basilio will defend his welterweight title against former champion Johnny Saxton at Chicago Stadium in February. The 15 round nationally televised bout was approved by the Illinois Athletic Commission after Saxton had lost his title to Tony De Marco and Basilio had since dethroned Saxton.
The Rice Owls face the Arkansas Razorbacks on Friday in Fayetteville in a key conference tilt. Rice, 12 2 this season with a 2 1 conference mark, seeks wins after losses to SMU and others. Arkansas 3 8 season, 2 0 since league play began, beat Baylor and Texas. Other games include Texas A&M vs Texas and Baylor at Texas Christian. SMU sits idle with a 13 2 season and 2 conference wins.
Unbeaten San Francisco stands atop major college defense with 626 points yielded in 12 games for a 52.2 per game pace. Oklahoma A&M and Stanford follow in scoring defense, while Morehead State leads in offense with 1173 points in 12 contests. George Washington tops field goal accuracy at .488 and North Carolina State excels at free throws with a 78.8 percent rate. Tulsa, Washington University, and others rank high on defense.
Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference plans a double round robin football schedule next season to replace Southern State and Arkansas Tech after unofficial ostracism by several presidents. Ouachita Baptist would play Ozarks and ASTC plus A&M, while Henderson State Teachers plans home and home series only with Ozarks, ASTC and A&M.
Johnny Holman, a 201 pounder with reach, defeated Satterfield by technical knockout in Chicago Stadium after two and a half rounds of punishment. Satterfield, 17 pounds lighter, was knocked down multiple times and stopped in the eighth. Holman, 28, earned a likely title shot with potential Feb. 17 bout at Madison Square Garden against Valdes or the Baker/Jackson winner.
Detroit halfback Craig Walker will play flanker for Sid Gillman’s West in the NFL All-Pro game. He says it will be his final football appearance and has no plans to coaching, though he could change his mind.
Hope plans a Friday night basketball doubleheader with Nashville senior boys and senior girls visiting. Other action includes Spring Hill junior teams hosting Bradley and Spring Hill seniors traveling to Saratoga. Laneburg to Bedford for two games. Guernsey junior girls and senior teams also listed.
Local teams will travel to Mnore to play a trio of games. The event features boys and girls squads facing multiple opponents, with this short road slate highlighting youth athletics and community sports.
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