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Stanton Breaks in With Base Hit; Williams Shuffles LineupTwo Spudder pitchers gave evidence of being ready to go the route when Dick Florrld and Freddie Vincent hooked up in an old-fashioned mound duel Saturday afternoon at Athletic park, with Wee Richard gaining tho verdict, 2 to 1, for the regulars. Both slabsters breezed through eight innings, andif Skipper Carl Williams happenedto oc accepting applications at theOKLAHOMA CITY, April II. (OP)—Oklahoma City Western league baseball team lost Its opening exhibition game here Friday to tho House of David team, Muscatine, Iowa, 4 to 7.lt;Jrover Cleveland Alexander, former major league star,pitched the first inning against Oklahoma City, It was Oklahoma City’s first game of tho season whllo tho bearded team has been playing several weeks In southern states*time for the opening day pitching job, he must bavo placed these two on file for futuro ; Terence.Buck Stanton dug^hls cleats into the turf of Athletic park for the first time since late in the 1928 campaign and celebrated his return by smacking big Stormy for a single to right that drove in one of his teams two runs. In three other times at bat, he walked, filed to left and grounded out, second to first. .The insertion of Stanton Into the battle front brought about a bevy of lineup changes and for tho first time since tho start of training the opening day lineup now is fairly well defined. The most radicalLEADERS HOUSE OFDAVID TEAM■■ v: ■. j•. s/v-m ■. -v. - - -;-Vi • */■ -:■ / S-vV• is*-- s .*.V '■ - V/ f lt;’,r ■* •HZdCfe«: - i* 'v £T V:.-4 *. ■Mmr/xMMGrover Cleveland Alexander probably provides the baseball ability and the rest of the team the whiskers for the House of David nine that plays the Spudders here Sunday in their‘final exhibition game of the spring training season. Shown in the above photo are Dave Harrison, who undoubtedly does his share of providing the whiskers, and Alexan-er, who was snapped on a golf course at Mineral Wells, where the House of David team put in its practice licks before engaging In an extensive barnstorming tour.Alexander is the nominal, if not the actual manager of the House of David team, and it is believed likely that he will pitch at least part of Sunday’s game here. However, the Wichita Falls club cannot guarantee Alexander’s appearance here.
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Wichita Daily Times
Wichita Falls, Texas, US
Sun, Apr 12, 1931
Page 3
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