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Baseball in Southeast Missouri

Southeast Missourian archives
Monday, April 6, 2009

Images of baseball in Southeast Missouri from years past. If you recognize anyone, please notify Sharon Sanders, ssanders@semissourian.com. Click on this link to hear Dr. Frank Nickell discuss the 1952 Cape Girardeau American Legion baseball team on Southeast Public Radio.

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    The Cape Aces posed for a team portrait at Capaha Park. Carolyn Klueppel was able to identify those pictured. Back row, left to right, Jim Mattingly, Russell Young, Homer Proffer, Ed Henson, Jimmy Lynch, Stein Hinton (Klueppel's uncle), and Ralph Beety; front row, left to right, Bud Cambron, Red Schwettman, Hershal Hargraves, Bill Turlin, and Tom Hill. The bat boy was Eddie Mayhew. (Submitted from unknown source)
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    The Jackson American Legion field looking south toward Washington Street.
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    Capaha Park
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    Capaha Park
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    The Capahas
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    The Cape State College Indians
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    The Capahas
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    July 23, 1958 Southeast Missourian. Cape Girardeau citizens and visitors dream up numerous ways to take it easy at a ball game here in Capaha Park. There was sunshine and heat at the time, Sunday afternoon. (This was before the rain which scattered crowds during the afternoon. (G.D. Fronabarger/Southeast Missourian archive)
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    The Toledo Mudhens played the St. Louis Browns during spring training at Capaha Park in the 1940s.
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    A night game at Capaha Park
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    A large crowd enjoyed a game at Capaha Park.
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    Jerome "Dizzy" Dean and his brother, Paul, were in Cape Girardeau in 1944. Dizzy was visiting with his brother, who was on the St. Louis Browns' roster. (Photo courtesy of B. Ray Owen)
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    A Cape Girardeau Central High pitcher
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    Luke Sewell poses at Fairground Park in this undated photograph. Sewell was a catcher and served as player-manager for the St. Louis Browns during the 1942 season. He played his final game as a player on Aug. 1, 1942 at the age of 41. Sewell continued to manage the Browns and led them to the 1944 American League pennant. It was the team’s only championship in its 52 years in St. Louis. They lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1944 World Series. He stepped down as manager after a seventh-place finish in 1946. (Southeast Missourian archive)
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    Published Saturday, July 28, 1962 Even the "Littlest" leaguer likes baseball. Here they are, from left, Brian, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bock; Brent, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Eaker; Bruce, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lawrence, and Kenny Campbell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Campbell, a Minor League Hawk.
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    An early baseball team posed for a team picture at Capaha Park. (Submitted from unknown source)