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I?*vl ■ 'S' ■rm lumwxv-ST. PETE, NEWSN.' lt;*j?.::Sfciflts after training and playing 13 baseball games here. 'PSl’^b' ’ Poston Bhaves,, St. Loui: Cardinals, Cincinnati Beds, Newark and Housh of David, have left fo: the ■ North, braking a round-about trip. ihrap§h the South, playing other teattis. The' Boston Braves w© soon he leaying. In fact pi the winter htrch in the South are pruning their wings and planning |or a flight North,The last game the Yankees played. before leaving was the House of David. The crowdwas Immense, hut an equally, big one~ attended the Old Folks Frolic in the Park at the game time.In the game Babe Ruth wore a set of imitation whiskers. He got a laughbut the day ms so warn he shed them at the close of the fifth, inning. After ,thg.sixth a. substitute finished, the game for him.The first day after “Babe” signed up for the $52,000, he socked a nice home run over the fence, and* trotted around the bases amid the cheering of a happy crowd. In a game between the’ Yanks and the Cincinnati Reds, -Lombardy of the- Reds hit a home-run into Tampa Bay, but the Yanks won by a big score in spite of it; The Yanks beat the Braves f qut of 9 games. The scores were small and quite close.The Festival of the States is now on. Sis Hopkins, a comedy drama of Hie gay 90’s -ispresentedas part of : ifcJQther l-._ba.bi:parade, a childrens’ float parade, aqueen crowning, the selection of the Queen of Queens, and a midway in the Street. ^Little 5 year old Master Jackie Nirtlapd and 4 year old Miss GloriaISiiScoth- were chosen king of the Baby Show. ,Thiu*gk-;^Mi|| Scott’s blBvdnth occasion -Of' wthSijfg a prize. She won Iffira iWWT^WS «g% and last year, She. also won afc'~jfch% Plant City, Fla., BtralvhOi’hy/Fg^| val; at Ocean City, N,' J„ atub #' Asheville, N. C. Over 40.0 tots entered'v the contest here.Another -,big job was., to' pick apt the Queen of Queens, but Miss Catherine Lough of t^est Virginia^ iyaij chosen. It'' must ‘ have been qdite M wonder for some, to wait from I' p. m., to 8:30, foe the announcement at the -coronation ball at the Tourist Center.
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Hammond, New York, US

Thu, Apr 06, 1933

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