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...woman: Mrs. Randolph H. (Betsy) Dyer, from the diocese of Missouri, first woman deputy ever elected to the General Convention. To the House of Deputies each diocese sends four clergymen, four laymen; each missionary district sends two clergymen, two laymen...
...Louis Cardinals looked good, on paper. They had not always looked good on the field. There were times when the indignant citizens of St. Louis were convinced that calm little Eddie Dyer, in his first year as the Cards' manager, ought to go back to Texas and the oil business. Last week, Eddie Dyer's Cards, after racing neck & neck with the Brooklyn Dodgers, pulled into a 2½-game lead and all was right with Eddie Dyer's world...
Last week, after nearby Greenwood's enterprising Morning Star had broken the story of Mississippi's latest lynching, prosecutors in Holmes County (80% Negro) moved with commendable speed. Before a jampacked courtroom, District Attorney Harold Dyer Jr. accused Jeff Dodd, his son and three others of Leon McAtee's murder. Said he: "The citizen of Holmes County holds a white man accountable if he commits a crime, the same as he holds a Negro accountable...
Before the season opened, the 1946 Card trick looked like no trick at all. New Manager Eddie Dyer, up from the Cardinal farm chain, was two or three deep in talent at most positions, and had a grade-A pitching staff of 26. Somebody had to go to get the roster down to the June 15 30-player maximum. Boss Sam Breadon could not resist the $175,000 that the Giants offered for Catcher Walker Cooper. Infielder Emil Verban and Outfielder Johnny Hopp were sold to the Phillies and the Braves. Ace Pitchers Max Lanier (who had won his first...
...club that Eddie Dyer now has is no worldbeater. It has four .300 hitters Stan Musial, Enos Slaughter, Red Schoendienst and Whitey Kurowski-but like Brooklyn, it is weak in catching and has no pitcher, except perhaps Howie Pollet, likely to win 20 games. The Cards got back in the running largely by Dodger default, but in their recent home-stand they had won 16, lost 6. Still, the aged Cubs, last year's winners and now in third place, might yet give both the Cards and Dodgers...