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fManager of Local Club Acts to Strengthen Club: Begins Cutting Down His Roster■_———-o- - ■):Luke Hendrix, catcher for the House of David baseball team which has been burning up the grapefruit league on a southern tour, has been signed by Herb Brett,'manager of the Danvllle-Schoolfield club, Hendrix was seen In action Monday, when the b’ewhlskcred players ' won from, the local club. He was the only member of the team that did not have' whiskers. -/ Hendrix, who is from Tennessee, caught for Montgomery in the Southeastern league in 1032, later joining the strong House of David outfit. He hits righthanded.Manager Brett has begun to wield the axe with the approach of the playing season. He has handed pink slips to a number, of hopefuls who have been trying out with the team and who failed to Impress the local pilot.He scUi faces the task of further trimming the roster but with several men battling for various positions the manager has no easy task in ru'aklng final selections.The team went out t-oday for more practice sessions In preparation for Its game tomorrow afternoon at -1 o'clock at Stonewall Jackson park with the Craddock-Terry team of Lynchburg. The Hill City semi-pro outfit won from the 1 oca Ik In an exhibition game there yesterday by the score of 9 to 6. Two bad innings cost the Danvllle-Schoolfield boys the game, Craddock-Terry has a strong team, this being indicated by the fact that they defeated the House of David team which beat Danvilleon Monday and whipped Bassett last Sunday.' :.Plpgras, mammoth righthander, started the game for Danville and pitched air-tight ball for four 'innings but was tapped for six rune during the fifth and sixth . Innings. John White then took the mound and allowed but. one earned run for the remainder of game.Three rookies/ Cook, : Heltz, and Porter led Danville's hitting, the first mentioned getting, three hits.Score by Innings:Danville ......... 020 .101.020—6Craddock ...... oco 024 30x—o
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Danville Bee
Danville, Virginia, US
Thu, Apr 26, 1934
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