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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1955
Page
4
Fragmentary tally of MLB leaders by batting and pitching categories. Notable names include Kaline Detroit and Mantle New York in home runs and RBIs. Snider Brooklyn and Kruszewski Cincinnati lead various hitting marks. Donavan and Hoeft show winning percentages from limited data.
In a brief notice the paper states all want ads are payable in advance and will be placed over the telephone with the account charged when a statement is rendered. The page also includes standings for the Southern Association, American Association, and Texas League along with yesterday's scores and today’s games. It ends with a heads up about mirages in far northern latitudes appearing as ships upside down in the sky.
Help wanted one waitress aged 39 to 42 with experience. Apply in person at the Barlow Hotel. Medium size deep freeze must be in good condition. Phone 7 19 3t.
The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary will hold a called meeting at Hicks Funeral Home Tuesday at 7 30 PM to elect officers. Visitors include Daniel Lewis of Los Angeles visiting his mother. Chester Warren and family from Toledo. many relatives are noted visiting various local residents. Wilford Smith of Los Angeles named Outstanding Councilman at Los Angeles City College. he is a 20 year old law student and track letterman.
The National League standings show Brooklyn leading with 62 wins and 28 losses, Milwaukee 49-40, New York 46-43, Chicago 45-46, St. Louis 40-44, Philadelphia two entries both at 42-48, Cincinnati 40-46, and Pittsburgh 31-60. Yesterday’s results: Philadelphia 8 Cincinnati 2, Chicago 1 New York 6, Milwaukee 5 New York 5, St. Louis 9 Brooklyn 5. Upcoming games: St. Louis at New York, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, Milwaukee at Pittsburgh.
The American League standings show New York leading with 56 wins and 33 losses and Chicago trailing with 53 and 34 as teams prep for night games including New York at Chicago and Boston at Kansas City while Baltimore and Washington also schedule matchups with Detroit and Cleveland respectively.
Baltimore pitcher Jim Wilson anchors the late season push as he authoritatively shuts down top AL teams. The 33-year-old veteran threw three straight shutouts, fanned five with zero walks, while Gus Triandos backed him with a two run homer and Hal Smith added a timely double. Meanwhile, other AL results shuffled the standings with Yankees idle and the White Sox slipping two games back. In the NL Brooklyn held a sixteenth game lead as Cincinnati defeated Milwaukee and the Phillies swept Chicago to climb to sixth. Roy Sievers and the Senators crushed the A’s with two homers and a double in three trips.
Fly casting on overgrown rivers is aided by the roll or switch cast. Start with a short near behind the caster, then lay line on the water in front. Build distance by easing more line from the reel and lifting the rod past vertical, driving the forward stroke to pull the line along. A proficient roll cast handles 50 to 60 feet of line.
The Barksdale Air Force Base Flyers travel to Hope to play the Legionnaires for the second time this season. First pitch is at 8 p.m. at Legion Park. Edsil Nix, a local pitcher, will start again for the Flyers, carrying a 10 5 win over the Legionnaires in the previous meeting.
Detroit and Brooklyn lead major league batting lists with Al Kaline at .368 and Harvey Kuenn at .325 for the Tigers. Roy Campanella paces the NL at .346 with Duke Snider at .325. Nellie Fox sits third in the AL at .323. Ted Kluszewski is third in the NL at .323. Snider leads NL home runs with 81 and 93 RBIs. Mantle tops AL homers with 21, Jensen leads AL RBIs with 73.
New York Giants 6 Milwaukee Braves 5 fuels manager Charlie Grimm’s optimism as Milwaukee, idle in second place, vows to catch the Dodgers. Braves point to strong pitching by Conley, Buhl, Nichols, Lipdette and hitting from Logan, Mathews, Crandall, and Van. Aaron moves to second base boosting the lineup with O’Connell slumping.
West Jordan Utah Bob Baker outpointed Rex Layne in a 10 round feature. New York Sugar Al Wilson outpointed Irish Pat Lowry in ten rounds. Brockton Mass Johnny Hoye outpointed Tes Lowry in Taunton Mass.
Western allies the United States Britain and France failed to present a unified detailed plan for the Geneva talks with the Soviet Union. May 10 meetings invited Moscow to Geneva but Faure’s spontaneous remarks unsettled Washington and London.
Chicago hosts New York in a three game series as the White Sox plan a right handed pitching strategy to counter the league leading Yankees. Frank Lane and Marty Marion express confidence a two of three outcome is likely with Connie Johnson Dick Donovan and Virgil Trucks set to pitch for Chicago while Tommy Byrne and Bob Turley start for New York.
Three of four caddies atop a tree to dodge rain were struck and killed by lightning at Owensboro Country Club. The victims were Jerry Morris 14 Charles Ray 12 and Frank Burger 13. A fourth boy Danny Thompson leaped to safety and survived.
A Santa Fe official says daylight saving time will not be observed by the New Mexico Penitentiary prisoners. The note highlights the prison's limited mobility and controls on arms spending, contrasting global arms budgets and disarmament debates among major powers and the European security proposals discussed by Faure and Eisenhower.
Birmingham faces the Southern Association All-Stars at 7 30 p m aiming to break attendance records. Barons pitcher Jim Kite starts with Cal Ermer directing the Stars lineup featuring Danny Kravitz behind the plate and Hal Griggs on the mound.
Bob Baker of Pittsburgh won a close decision over Rex Layne in West Jordan Utah to set up a possible title shot next winter. Baker weighed four pounds more and held a three inch reach edge. Layne fought hard and ended with cuts. Bakers rise comes as he sits No 2 in line behind Archie Moore for Rocky Marciano’s heavyweight title. Layne remains No 9.
The passage lists fielding positions and names for a baseball lineup, naming Brown, Tom Hamilton, Bob Martyn, Buddy Carter, Al Pilarcik, Cal Nee fman, and Kite across left, first base, right field, third base, center field, catcher, and pitcher.
Little Rock Travelers shut out Memphis 2-0 as John Weiss pitched four hits allowed, avenging a seven game skid that included four doubleheaders. Birmingham lost to Chattanooga, Nashville beat Atlanta, and New Orleans won 5-4 at Mobile while All-Stars headed to Birmingham for a leaders game.
Prescott news reports a July 21 talent contest and cake walk on the Nevada County courthouse lawn to raise funds for 4-H member transportation to State 4-H Club Week at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville July 25-29. Winners may advance to the Share the Fun contest at the District Fair in Hope in September. The event invites 4-H clubs, leaders, and the public, with cake walks and performances by 4-H members from across the county.
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