JONESBORO VS. RECTOR
MONDAY - MORNING - ISSUE
APRIL 27 , 1896
FROM " THE EVENING NEWS " H.T. SANDERS , PUBLISHER
VOL.1 NO. 24
PUBLISHED IN PARAGOULD , ARKANSAS
TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY
DONATED BY TEDDY & DORRIS JONES
THANK YOU !
THE GAME OF BASEBALL BETWEEN JONESBORO AND RECTOR SATURDAY RESULTED IN A VICTORY FOR THE FORMER NAMED TEAM . IT WAS EVIDENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE THAT RECTOR WAS OUTCLOSED AND NO ONE EXPECTED ANYTHING ELSE THAN TO SEE JONESBORO WIN THE GAME . THE BEST OF FEELING EXISTED AND BOTH CLUBS WERE IN GOOD HUMOR . THE SCORE STOOD :
JONESBORO , 23 , RECTOR , 9 ,
WHAT A GREAT PEICE OF HISTORY !