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rpH£ Bearded Beauties’ baseba.* team played a conte.M with an amateur organization at Big Spring this week, so the fans of Howard county In particular .should be able to appreciate the following van . which appears as a part of Ernest J. Lanigan's column In this week edition of The Sporting News:Grover Cleveland Alexander wa^ sitting on the porch of the Phillies' hotel in the spring training camp, chatting with some of the boyc Alex was telling of his numerous experiences on the pitching mound, and finally came to this one:** I pitched againsi a team once and I never threw* a ball high and mside.***‘Go on,’ said Ace Elliott, *no such team ever played baseball.’** ‘Oh. yes there was,’ countered Fhe Great, ‘and I pitched against hem and never threw one high and nside to a batter,' !** ‘What team was that?’ said larry Smythe, with disbelief oozing Ight out of his voice.** ‘The House of David,’ laughed ilex, ‘I didn't want to lose one ofny fast ones in their whiskers.’”• • •Big Spring, by the way, may have this writer to thank or to blame, as the case may be, forits contest with the bewhlskered athletes. The Bearded Beauties’ manager called at this office more than a week ago. He was here from El Paso, he said, and hoped to match a game for his team somewhere between the border city and Fort Worth. Weinformed hi*n that his chances were very v'hn. and that Big Spring was about his best bet.It developed that he hadn’t even thought it worthwhile to query the Big spring sportsmenwhen he passed through theircity.
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Abilene Morning News
Abilene, Texas, US
Fri, Apr 11, 1930
Page 2
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