Bijou Routs Local Truck In New Softball Thriller
Bijou Nationals crush Local Truck 12 to 2 as ISCO tops Dempsters 7 to 6. Bartholomew delivers the ninth inning run for ISCO, while Bijou bats rally with multiple doubles and a Ray Williams homer. Local musters four singles off Simmons as Bijou finishes unbeaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bijou
ISCO
Dempsters
Bartholomew
Local
Simmons
Bowman
Zacher
Rafferty
Clem Beal
Montgomery
Lambert
Galliday
Ray
Tech
Hill
Ray Marsh
Fannie Swaim
Chas. Beal
Bartlett
All-Stars Fall to Style-Marts Invasion
Sikeston's All-Stars were beaten by Kentucky visitors Style-Mart from Mayfield, who scored four runs in the fourth after taking the lead in the third. Mayfield’s J Mason, B Mason, Jordan, Gibson drove in runs while Coones pitched and struck out four Sikeston batters. Sikeston’s Miller doubled and Brance Sherry’s relay double play highlighted a tight defense. Style-Mart collected eight singles off Law.
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Sikeston
Kentucky
Mayfield
Raymond Bandy
Miller
J. Mason
Jordan
B. Mason
Gibson
Style-Mart Moundsman
Coones
Jimmy Law
Law
Brance Sherry
Ray Bandy
Jimmy Eaton
W. Mason
Farris
Wilks
Browns Schedule Three-Week Summer Stint At Sportsman's Park
Seven-night contests in three weeks highlight summer as the St Louis Browns host every American League club under lights at Sportsman's Park starting Tuesday July 23 with the New York Yankees. The six-game series with the leading Cleveland Indians beginning August 8 will test the club’s bid for the flag as fans await the outcome. Madam Reese the palmist and healer and her father stopped briefly in Sikeston en route to East Prairie for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iillers
Reese
Sikeston
East Prairie
Guard Noses Out Reid in Tight 5-4 Victory
The Guard defeated Reid Roofing 5 to 4 in a close opener as G Norman scored for the lead in the eighth after Reid took a 4-0 edge by the third. Rance Sherry struck out three for the Guard while Reid’s Scherer allowed seven hits in a pitching duel. In the nightcap Cotton Oil Mill beat Scott County 9-6, led by Jimmy Law on the mound and a late rally as Scott County struck first with four, but Cotton Oil answered with two in the third and two in the fourth to seize the lead. Scott County added a run in the fifth and sixth. Cotton Oil finished with a final sixth-inning tally.
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Watson
Galliday
Lambert
Bowman
Rafferty
Fox
Chas
Beal
Chas. Beal
E. Williams
Zacher
F. Swaim
Simmons
Tech
Clem Beal
Dempsters
ISCO
Bartholomew
Dempster
B. Crain
Crain
Ables
Weeks
Lee Page
Shoemen
Fred Tope
Til Bartholomew
Raymond Bandy
Moundsman Dempster
Dover
R. Bandy
Eaton
Hale
Bandy
Gray
Radcliffe
Bennett
Scott County Milling Company
Company K
Reid Roofing
Bijou
G. Norman
Reid
W. Norman
Campbell
J. Gilbert
Scherer
Foster
M. Page
Young
Clark
H. Gilbert
Nickens
J. Miller
Fuzz Martin
Rance Sherry
Sherry
Scott County
Cotton Oil
Jimmy Law
Lufcy
Vanover
Oil Miller
M. Marshall
R. Williams
V. Sherry
Dace
Lacy
O. K
Tandy
Bruce
Wagner
Garrison
Swacker
Law
H. Aldridge
Sikeston
Flossie” Williams
Morley
Merchants
Mayhew
Bauer
Herbst
Merchant
Leher
Sikeston golfers suffer third loss in round robin play
Sikeston Country Club endured its third defeat in four Southeast Missouri round robin matches after Dexter beat them 32 to 3 on Dexter’s course. Medalist Carl Tracer of Dexter shot 71, with Sikeston’s Orville Lumsden 72 and Hester Alexander and George Sisler 74. Dexter’s Miles Falls and Paul Falls added 75, while Sikeston’s J F Cox Jr. posted 79. Sikeston earned three points from Lumsden’s two tallies and George Kirk’s one. The club still faces Hayti, Westwood Hills, and Charleston home-and-away games. Mr and Mrs Claude Welch and daughter Carolyn, formerly of Sikeston, will remain in Sikeston after relocating from Bradenton, Florida.
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Sikeston Country Club
Missouri
Dexter
Carl Tracer
Orville Lumsden
Sikeston
Hester Alexander
George Sisler
Miles Falls
Paul Falls
Fred Smith
Hal Jean
Russell Sisler
J. F Cox Jr
Lumsden
George Kirk
Hayti
Westwood Hills
Poplar Bluff
Charleston
All-Stars Win Benefit Game at Sikeston Ball Field
Sikeston All-Stars edged Cape Girardeau Merchants 3 to 2 in a Monday benefit game for Henry Bennett ISCO pitchers dominated most of the action with Mounce and Law working for Sikeston while Williams held the Saints to five hits for Cape Merchants scoring began with Herbst tripling to drive in Mayhew and Bauer as Sikeston rallied from a one run deficit.
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Sikeston
Cape Girardeau Merchants
Henry Bennett
Isco Moundsman
Scott County Milling Company
M. Marshall
Isco-Scott County
Bennett
ISCO
Cardinals End Long Homestand With Five-Game Schedule
St Louis Cardinals close their longest homestand with five games in three days starting Friday. A doubleheader against the Philadelphia Phillies and a Sunday twin bill versus the Brooklyn Dodgers highlight the stretch. Saturday features a single Ladies Day contest. Ernie Koy back in left field after the Medwick trade sparks Cardinals play.
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ST. Louis
Billy Southworth
Cardinals
Philadelphia
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Sportsman's Park
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn
Ernie Koy
Carl Doyle
Koy
Southworth
Red Birds
Tenant Farmers to Have Loans to Buy Farms
Secretary Henry A. Wallace announced a 550 million dollar allocation among states and territories to fund Bankhead Jones farm tenant act loans for 9,045 tenants to buy farms. Loans cover 1,696 counties for the current fiscal year ending June 30, financed by the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Applications go to the County Farm Security Administration agent with eligibility-based selection. State allocations include Arkansas 2,556,589 for 620 tenants, Illinois 1,634,926 for 170, Indiana 973,135 for 100, Missouri 1,657,830 for 260.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Arkansas
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Dexter Dedication of New Federal Building and Post Office
Dexter held a Saturday dedication ceremony for its new federal building and post office with postmasters and hundreds of out-of-town guests in attendance. Chief speakers included Congressman Orville Zimm erman Postmaster Rufus Jackson of St Louis and J A Muldoon superintendent of mails in St Louis. Read The Herald for all the farm news.
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Dexter
Federal Building
Orville Zimmerman
Rufus Jackson
St. Louis
J. A. Muldoon
Millers Host Piggott In Sunday Baseball Clash
Sikeston Millers prepare a strong lineup to face Piggott Arkansas in a Sunday home game at Sikeston baseball park. Rushing from Bertrand joins the roster while Cardinals interest hopes to place him on their training roster next season.
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Sikeston Millers
Piggott
Arkansas
Milers
Sikeston
Austin
Eron
Invaders
Charles Rushing
Bertrand
Rushing
Southern University
Cameron
Rochester
Cardinals Baseball Club
St. Louis
Millers
Cardinals
K. ©. Gentry
Moumé
Bill Micheal
Willard Sexton
Rance Sherry
Curt Bartholomew
Bernard Crain
Roy Wagner
Ear Roberts
Ed Rose
Blackie Gilbert
Cole
Williams
Horner
Templeton
McKeel
E. McKeel
Sneed
Smart
Gipson
Highway 61
Four Sikeston Boys Attend National Scout Camp Trip
Four Sikeston Boy Scouts accompanied by district members left Wednesday for the Phitur Rocky Mountain National Boy Scout camp in New Mexico. The 2600 mile journey started from Camp Lewallen in a Canalou school bus with Ed Mannum of Cape Girardeau in charge. The group will return August 3. Sikeston boys on the trip include C. D. Butler, J. E. Butler, Jackie Bill Foster, and Orville Ables.
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Sikeston
Rocky Mountain
New Mexico
Canalou
Ed Mannum
Cape Girardeau
Camp Lewallen
C. D
J. E. Butler
Jackie Bill Foster
Orville Ables
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ST. Louis Browns
Tiny Beauty Salon
Tiny
Telephone No
Claude Welch
Carolyn
Bradenton
Florida
All-Stars
Sikeston Barndy
F. Tope
Puckett
R. Sherry
Seersucker
Penney
COMPA
Batiste Shorty
Cape AB Mayhew
Birk
Rudert
Nenninger
Hellewedge
Kies
C Williams
ST. Louis Cardinals
Herald
National Scout
Sikeston Ball Park
Earl Roberts
Joe Bill Micheal
K. O. Gentry
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