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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1957
Page
5
Sterling tops Sidney 9-5 in a West Central League game as Haxtun also won 9-5 over Ovid. Sidney drops to 2-1, Sterling leads at 3-0. Ovid and Haxtun traded blows while Peetz and Chappell were rained out.
The 1957 Sidney Junior Baseball Association started with a rain interrupted slate. Bill Mika pitched a no-hitter as American Legion beat SOC 7-0 in Midget League action. VFW won 7-2 over Town & Country Market. Firemen Jaycees game halted after rain with Firemen leading 3-1, Jaycees 5-4 after four innings. commissioner Sol Willis to rule on final outcome.
Yesterday in the Midget League VFW beat Town and Country 7 to 2 while Legion defeated SOD 7 to 0. The remaining games are uncertain with matches scheduled Monday between Rotary and Lions Kiwanis and Elks, Odd Fellows and KCs, Elks and Kiwanis, KCs and Odd Fellows, and Lions and Rotary.
Box scores show Washington 5 0 New York 1 5 Detroit 6 3 Kansas City 5 2 Boston 7 16 Baltimore 6 5 Chicago 6 2 Cleveland 4 1 St Louis 7 3 Criminati 2 7 Milwaukee 5 2 Chicago 2 4 Brooklyn 4 1 Pittsburgh 3 2 Philadelphia 2 1 New York 1 8
Two former Sidney residents were honored at Concordia Teachers College in Seward for outstanding athletic achievements. Gary Seevers received the C Club Senior Athlete Award for football baseball and track and earned his final Concordia Letter in baseball. Hersey Mangels earned a Concordia letter for golf.
Darrell Lenz is named head football coach at Chappell High School after the school board completed the coaching staff. The former Trenton coach, a Kearney State alumnus, coached at Trenton for two years and joins Ronald Zook on the Buffalo staff as basketball coach.
About 690 Sioux Ordnance Depot employees paid hourly will gain an on average 11 cent an hour raise. The increase, directed by the Army Air Force Wage Board in Washington, DC, aims to align local pay with wages for similar work in the area.
Tri County Baseball League enters the 1957 season week with three Sunday games. Bunker Hill visits Potter after recent 4 1 win. Potter won 9 3 in its opener and lost 14 13 to Broadwater. Bridgeport seeks first game at Dalton as rain delayed two tilts. Broadwater heads to Oshkosh for the third match.
Lodgepole Homakers Extension Club hosted May 14 with 16 members and guest Jerry Nordbrock. Plans were made for an Old Time hats display at the Cheyenne County Historical Museum June 17 to 22, as Lions Convention attendees and local gatherings continued through the period.
A busy Lodgepole area week includes Shrine Auxiliary meeting in Chappell, weddings at David City, and Peggy Hollman serving as Camp Comeca nurse. Varies visits from Proctor to Lincoln, plus degree conferral in Kearney and multiple club activities in Lodgepole.
Albert Kinersley Jr. was bound over to Cheyenne County District Court from county court on a family mistreatment charge. He waived the preliminary hearing but pled not guilty. Bond was set at $3,000 by County Judge C W Smith.
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