Tears welled up in his eyes as Enos (Country) Slaughter hung up his Cardinal shirt "9" for the last time today (April 12) before leaving to join the New York Yankees. Slaughter, identified for the past 20 years on the playing field by that number, was transferred to the Yankees yesterday. The veteran outfielder has been with the Red Bird team for the past 16 years.
World Series heroes Mike Shannon, left, and Barney Schultz whoop it up in the Cardinal dressing room Wednesday after they led the Red Birds to a 9-5 victory over the New York Yankees. Shannon belted a king-sized two-run homer in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4 and the Red Birds went on to take the lead for the keeps. Schultz, who has been the club's bullpen ace the last two months, pitched the final three innings to perserve the victory for Ray Sadecki.
Mike Shannon outhit fellow Cardinal outfielders Lou Brock and Curt Flood in 1966, his best season at the plate in a nine-year major league career. But because he loved the Cardinals, as he will tell you, and because he loves "the great game of baseball," as he does tell you almost every summer day, Mike Shannon moved from right field to third base for the 1967 season without a whimper. Come to
Image depicts members of the Affton girls basketball team who were treated to a pep rally after they won Missouri Girls #3A Basketball Tournament at Columbia. Here they join hands in a cheer to close out the pep rally.