Dempsters Nose Out Cotton Oil For Lead In AL Title Chase
Dempster's edges Cotton Oil 7 to 6 as Oil Mill slips to NL cellar after 12 to 3 loss to Reid Roofing. Sutton and Billington lead Dempster's attack with key runs. Oil Mill foul trouble and errors cushion Dempster's victory while Law fanned five for the Oil Mill in a rough game. Local Truck falls to Reid Roofing 12 to 8 as Davis, Wagner and Law supply offense for Reid in a high scoring tilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dempster
Reid
Timbermen
Dace
C. Billington
Bray
Snacks
Blacke
Carroll Davis
Wagner
Law
Mathis
Moundsman Dempster
Sutton Oil Mill
Millers and Lions triumph in local league doubleheader
The Millers defeated the Legion 16 to 6 as the Lions beat the Jaycees 19 to 17 in a nightcap. Lufcy earned the win for the Millers, while Mitchell homered for the Lions. Jaycees Managed 12 errors to Lions nine as hitting favored the Millers 23 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millers
Legion
Jaycees
Lions
Montgomery
Graham
Young
Simmons
Dudley
Hudson
A. Culberson
Hooker
Armour
Ferguson
Lufey
M. Marshall
C. Heath
E. Culberson
Ferguson, Caverno
Lufcy
Chicks Drop Into Losing Column Again
Chicks drop to defeat as Ables runs and errors anchor the game. Marg. Biegler O Wilson O'Neal F Biegler Swanagan Smith Sanders Wagner tally hits. Manning Estes and Dunham strikeouts. Dunham takes loss. Brown Jewell's Chicks host Cape Girardeau Broadway Monday and travel to Cairo Tuesday.
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Ables
Marg. Biegler
O. Wilson
O’neal
F. Biegler
Swanagan
Smith
Sanders
Wagner
Manning
Estes
Dunham
Dunam
Brown Jewell’s
Chicks
Cape Girardeau Broadway
Cairo
Sikeston Chicks
Brown Monday Night Shoe Company
Carbondale
Dodd
Mary Biegler
Dean
G. Wilson
Beltz
Pasqualie
Rooster
Botter
Swanagon
Sf Smith
Preston
Cf. Lefler
W. Lefler
Lf Cravens
Ballard
ElioUu Triumphs Over Guard II In Batting Battle
Bijou Satters edge National Guard 11 to 7 in a moved up game. Key hits by Mow Rafferty Watson Galladay and Montgomery drive Bijou scoring while R Sherry V Sherry and Miller slug for the Guard. Guard rallies late but Bijou answers to preserve the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Bijou
Company K
Mow
Rafferty
Watson
Galladay
By & Montgomery and Simmons
R. Sherry
V. Sherry
Clark
J. and
H. Gilbert
Simmons
Sikeston CYO to Play Caruthersville Sunday
Sikeston CYO travels to Caruthersville for a Southern League softball game. The team is 2 wins and 2 losses this season, with victories over New Madrid and Benton, while Charleston and Oran have beaten Sikeston. Scherer will start on the mound and Carl Schorle will do the catching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CYO
Caruthersville
New Madrid
Benton
Charleston
Oran
Scherer
Sikeston
Carl Schorle
Mrs Lair to Lead Public Library Story Hour
Mrs Wesley Lair will be in charge of the story hour at the public library Saturday morning from 10 to 11 oclock. All children are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Lair
Wesley Lair
Public
Local Baseball Play With Bijou and Guard Lineup
En hits while his teammates collected twice that many off R Sherry of Company K Simmons passed five men and struck out the same number with Sherry fanning only one and walking four Rafferty caught for the Bijou with J Gilbert behind the plate for the Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Sherry
Company K
National Guard
Tech
International Shoe Company
Southside
National League
Bijou
Marshall
Simmons
Allen Swaim
Price Marshall
V. Sherry
Clark
Payne
A. Swaim
P. Marshall
J. Marshall
Rafferty
Clem Beal
All-Stars Trip Cape Merchants In Softball Clash
Sikeston All-Stars out pointed the Cape Girardeau Merchants 10 to 6 in a high hitting game. Pitcher Jimmy Law worked six frames before Carter finished. Key moments included Sikeston scoring in the third and seventh innings as Bandy and Miller drove in runs, while Cape’s four errors and Eaton’s triple highlighted the contest.
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Sikeston All-Stars
Cape Girardeau Merchants
Jimmy Law
B. Carter
Law
Sikeston
Carter
Sikeston Hickory
Cape
Invaders
Puckett
Blake
R. Bandy
Miller
Bobble
Tandy
F. Tope
Merchants
Leher
Herbst
Nenninger
Eaton
Birk
Beaudeau
Mow
Tope
Bandy
Gaines
Guard Defeats Bijou 11 to 5 in baseball clash
The National Guard edged Bijou 11 to 5 as Company K routed Bijou with a strong offensive night and Marshall limiting Bijou to one hit through six innings. ISCO toppled Southside 11 to 5 behind Crain Eaton and Tope scoring in multiple innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside
ISCO
Buck Carter
Double Feature At Matthews Friday Night
Tomorrow night the Sikeston Reliable local men s softball team will visit Matthews to play at 8 30 p m on Matthews high school grounds A 7 30 p m hour concert by the Southeast Missouri Troopers will precede the game The band members live in Sikeston and Matthews Refreshments will be available on the high school grounds The event invites all to attend for an evening of sports and music
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Sikeston “Reliable
Matthews Softballers
Matthews High School
Southeast Missouri Troopers
Missouri
Sikeston
Matthews
Millers Fall In Extra Innings To Farmington Blues
Sikeston Millers lose 4 to 3 in ten innings at Farmington after a tight eleven inning chase. Farmington breaks deadlock in the tenth with Crain Bandy and Tope producing runs then adds three in the eleventh. Price earns the win while Knodell strikes out six for Sikeston. P Marshall paces Sikeston with three safeties in four trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sikeston Millers
Farmington Blues
Millers
Smith
Blues
Farmington
Sikeston
Bruce
Miller
Crain
Bandy
Tope
Price
Byrnes
Stevens
Knodell
Blake
Michael
Robertson
P. Marshall
Randy
Wagner
Eaton
Chevrolet Reaches 900000th 1940 Model
Chevrolet announces its 900000th 1940 car completed on June 12 at Detroit Michigan. Dealers report June sales of 27843 new passenger and commercial cars in first ten days. Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Sikeston shows a 33 1/3 percent rise over early 1939 sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Detroit, Mich
William E. Holler
Mitchell-Sharp Chevrolet Company
Sikeston Dealers
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Dempsters
Reid Roofing
W. Norman
M. Hale
Page
Campbell
Eid
Foster
Albright
G. Miller
Moose
Local
Fox
Bartlett
B. Zuckett
Simpson
Wilson
Jax
Nichols
Woods
Bean
Rabb
B. Heath
Bowman
Hazel
Taylor
Felker
Clay Mitchell
Crawford
Limbaugh
Jackson
Clinton
Mitchell
Jaycess
Lion
G. Sharp
Schwab
Lumsden
Chips
Hamby
Cox
Hallfield
Eliou
Thumps
Rys
Aise
Sireston
All-Stars
Trip Cape Merchants
Guard
Paul Crain
Jimmy Eaton
Caney
J. Eaton
B. Crain
P. Crain
Barr
Bennett
D. Tope
Crase
Vernon Sherry
Rose
Shelton
Atlas Grip
Atlas
Atlas First
Tanner
Killgore
Standard Oil Products
Tire Service Headquarters
Telephone
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