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Ath-cague lg on ce o f ague, a.m. seball50V-thiirrhoscigcrs,Dol-Sox.1938rningAround TownBj NELL DODSONrague Slack J. B. build ip ol alhcr John theThe Baltimore Giants, with J.H. Taylor at the manager’s holm, took advantage of last Sunday’s promise of summer, to work the kinks out of the old muscle*. J.H. says all the boys are in goodform, and ready to start the season.The .Giants will have another session this Sunday, and every 15t. player has been asked to report We at the c)ub house at 11:30 a.m.Any players interested in trying • out are also invited to report. ^The club house, at 549 West °a0r Biddle Street, is open every Fri-lt;lay night from 8 to 10:30 p.m. for n baseball meetings. All boll play- u, *r* are welcome.1 for y-ofTrtdcl-lam-ihorertory 133, [•iris' th aThe Harlem A.C.’s, under comanagers George Thomas and Allen Arvin, also picked Sunday for-a preliminary workout.Levy Lemons, first string catcher, was really socking the pill. Booze, Dutton, and Fields, pitched three innings each, and were not having any Dizzy Dean troubles with their hurling arms.The Harlems get an early season start by micting the Baltimore A.C.'s, Sunday, April 2, at 2 p.m., at the home grounds.nadedur-nniefolTLil-liza-vans f allfS»0The Baltimore White Sox' will have manager George Still giving the orders this season. George was given the headache post at a meeting last Sunday. .The Sox plan to open April 23.and want games. Bookingsthrough Ernest Smith, 1834 NorthMount Street.• • •The Highland Rangers are asking for games on their home diamond. Fletcher Russell, manager, 3315 Patftn Avenue, takes care of bookings.• • •Pete Lockett has another fight card lined up for Thursday, April 6. Pete isn’t making the mistake of feeding local fans too much fistic fare, and so his' shows are spaced just about right. These cards are better than you find on a lot of the local club programs in large cities, and that's the real McCoy.If some , better-than-average wrestling material can b? squeezed out of the scarce ranks of sepia grunt-and-groaners, it's more than probable a future mat card may materialize. But trying to find a brownskin Jim Londoe is about as easy os putting the muffler on Tony Galento's loudspeaker.I've seen just one nll-sepia matsch vin sist of : trnlt; plic enti mil-T bee: of ' ber: of I thebittwCLCollUniivillehad11show. It^,was a howl from start to finish. The boys didn’t know a1T1DunPla)stit’JmenwhofinalT1sack26-1ter subs bask to c thetoc-hold from a head-lock; half of the audience didn’t either, so it was fifty-fifty. There was a fellow in one of the ringside seats who was three sheets to the wind, nnd he kept yelling: “Tackle 'im, boy!In white mat circles, especially since the influx of college football players has changed the style of tactics used, flying tackles have become an accepted part of the technique. But the one I saw that night was a lulu. One of thecontestants came on with a fell swoop, completely took the other fellow by surprise, and sent him down so hard the building shook-It wfas a pancake landing, pure and simple.A show like that is worth the ticket fee In fun alone.InCoss lem tioni 22-2 Th the Norn by tFREO L1TTmenendeJohihisdulg1amad'whl!
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Apr 01, 1939
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