Kentucky Colonels Photos from Guy Daines

May 23, 1934

Guy Daines is traveling with the Kentucky Colonels playing in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on May 23 1934.

He writes:

Dearest Ange,
Arrived here in Sioux falls S.D. this morning about 7'oclock. We drove all night from Marshaltown Iowa a distance of about 320 miles. haven't received any mail from you as yet but hope too soon. We defeated Marshaltown Iowa 13-2 and defeated Sioux falls, S.D. tonight 3-2. It sure is cold up here in South Dakota. The people that watch the games stay in their machines. we are not very far from the Black Hills of South Dakota where there are quite a few tribes of Indians living on gov. reservations. I sure wish I could see them. Since we left home Sunday afternoon we have traveled close to 1500 miles. Every night we have a long pimp to make and hardly get any sleep. Reedy told us we have only short pimps to make. He aught to be along on these "short pimps" himself. Johnny got a telegraph this afternoon from Reedy sending us all the way to Huntington Ind. for Friday night. It is only a "short pimp" of about 700 or 800 miles. We will only be about 200 miles from Cincinnati when we get there, if we do. We have to travel all the way across Iowa, Illinois and almost all of Indiana. If he sends us back up here the next day we ought to tell him to go to hell and come home. I am writing this letter from the Lincoln Hotel here in Sioux Falls. I have just come back from the ball game. How's the weather up home? it couldn't be any colder than it is up here. Well Ange I haven't anything else to write about just now so I guess I'll have to close hoping to hear from you soon

Love & kisses
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxGuy

Tell family hello- also Ed, Ham, Schneider and rest
Haven't shaved as yet their almost a foot long.

Scores so far
K.C. 3 Danville Ill- 1
K.C. 5 Paulina Iowa- 1
K.C.13 Marshaltown Iowa- 2
K.C. 3 Sioux falls South Dakota -2 Wish I was sitting in that swing with you tonight-------------Al wants me to tell you hello!

Postcard and Clippings

This is a clipping from the Kentucky Post April 14th 1934, and below is the clipping that was saved in the box of letters from my grandparents.



This a clipping that was on Page 3 of the 19 of March Kentucky Post in April of 1934. It names the star players and their positions.



On may 4, 1934 Guy sent this post card home to his parents from "the highest spot in Florida" The singing tower located in Orlando Florida. He states that the team was leaving for Illinois.




The singing tower today image from flickr.com:

Monticello Florida April 25 8:30 PM 1934

Postage was 3 cents and the image is an etched NRA stamp "in a common determination" to: Miss Anna Botts 521 W 11th Street Newport, Kentucky.

Letterhead: Hotel Clinchfield Spartenburg, S.C. Hotel Washington is scratched out and Monticello.- Fla. is written

Dearest Ange:
Have not heard from you for a few days. Couldn't find much time to write fron New Symrna Fla. because we got into the town, played and was on our way again. We defeated tarpon Springs 18- 2. I got two out of five. last night we defeated New Symrna 14- 0. I only got four for five. Two home runs, a triple and a double. I am leading the team in batting so far. We drove all night to reach here. This is a small town of about 1900 people. It is only 13 mi. from the Georgia State line. Tomorrow we got way back up into Florida again. We have gone over 3000 miles already. If anybody ever asks me if I've seen Florida I'll tell them to go to h----. I'll be glad when we get out of this state. Please excuse the writing paper because this is all I could pick up at present. On the way over last night we killed a dog. We was going about 50 mi. and hr and the dog ran out in the middle of the road and set down. He looked right at us. We couldn't stop so we hit him. If we had tried to stop to avoid hitting him we might have turned over. It sounded like when you hit your hands together. I got a letter from Vince yesterday and will write to him as soon as I can. You, tell him, will you if you see him. This hotel we are sleeping at looks like the last rose of summer. It is the only one in town. The boys were throwing pots around in the halls and Glenn fixed Sroufe's bed so when he would lay in it, it would fall apart. He didn't lay in it though. Instead he threw a pillow on it and it fell apart. This hotel isn't the worst one we have stayed at yet. we stayed at one hotel on the way up the boys called "the roach hotel." They were running roaches around the hotel all night with baseball bats. This ballfield we are playing at tonight is terrible. They use a 14 in. outseam ball and have lights inside of dispans for reflectors. The handles are still on the dispans. There is a hole for the pitchers box you could lay down in. well, Ange, haven't much more to write about just now so I will close hoping to hear from you as soon as possible. Love & kisses Guy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx P.S. Tell mother art,Ed, Aunt, Sarah, & rest hello.