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Bearded Squad LaysClaim To Record AsTraveling Ball ClubMajor league teams have their annua! trips to the sunny or otherwise south, but the House of David baseball club, which will pla' the Aces here Thursdav night, travels more miles per annumthan any other nine in the country.The alfalfa-faced athletes have on their 1931 schedule 175 games. Th#»v will ridi* an estimated 2S.0M miles to fulfill their man' engagements.*This Weeks ( ardHUT GAMESAll Texas Nines -Anxiousfor Start but Dallas:Houston FavoredSports Writers; A rough idea of the extent of then season-long tcur may be gained from a study of the team's activities during the first four nights of this week. Yesterday it jumped from i‘s training quarters in Mineral Weilsto Gainesville. Today it will make a40-mlie hop tc Sherman for another exhibition. Wednesday the team returns to Mineral Wells for a game.I thence to AbileneThus, in four days, the House of j David squad will participate in 36 j innings of baseball, mixing in five hundred miies on Texas highways.While the unique appearance of the players constitutes the chief drawing pow^r for the customers, the House of David is also able to place on the field a first class baseba'l team. Last year the squad captured 34 games in a row. and annually it wins more than 80 pci cent of itscontests.. *Bv Bill PARKERAssociated Press ports WriterWith the concensus of Texas league sport writers favoring Houston to nniah first, Fort Worth second and Dallas third, the Texas league will embark cn Its 24th pennant campaign Wednesday, April 15,with night baseball as its foundation of financial success this season. The first month of the pennant race will see most of the teams playing afternoon games, but with the coming o. warmer weather, baseball under flood lights will become popular.A composite selection from sport writers in Houston, Fort Worth, Da -las. Beaumont, Wichita Falls. Galveston, Shreveport and San Antonio. •It Texas league cities, saw the Houston Buffaloes come within five votes of being unanimous choice for this year's championship. The composite pick follows:Houston. Fort Worth, . Da has Beaumont. Wichita Falls Galveston, Shreveport. San Antonio.Stewart Break* AnkleWhen “piav ball ’ is heard in the Texas league Wednesday, eacn ofHeckman, first baseman, is the Babe Ruth of the outfit, and last season compiled the fancy battiua average of ,421, Williams, claimed to be the best second baseman in Independent baseball, and Faust, short, compose one. of the surest double plav combinations outside the organized game. Third base is guarded by Harmon, whose curly locks measure 36 inchesThe regular dutfield lineup finds Moore in left Hipp in center, and Lafluer in right. The catching is handled by Bleiding and Deal.Advance reports label the pitching staff as the strong spot of the team Headed by the old-time National league ace, Grover Cleveland Alexander, the s’ab corps includes the southpaw Tolies and Kimpling, Lewis, Miller, Laufer and Harden.In view of the reputed power of the Benton Harbor organization, T. J. Bailey s local stars anticipate no gentle rcmp to victory. On the other hand the domestics figure to put upa first class contest in the first nightbaseball show staged in the territory known strictly as West Texas.Following their call here, the
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Abilene Morning News
Abilene, Texas, US
Tue, Apr 14, 1931
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