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HOUSE OF DAVID TEAM ; CLINGS TO THE BEARDSIrish WinnerReligion. Prevents Players Prom Shaving At All TimesPfO DRINKS OR SMOKESFrancis THorp* Organized TeamSeventeen’ Years Ago—Come FromColony.fAt Beftton Harhar;-Michigan Diet For The Players• (INS)—A half -Century a^c#%Jieii baseball, wa^ in its in-fancjV.be^vdftri players were the. rule. Sideburns,' drooping mustaches and an occasional.VanDyke were.seen gn .all the’, leading- feamS:Since Uiat time whiskers have disappeared-from the ball diamond as welL-as frora: other scenes of endeavor.But the Hausb. o£ David baseball team of Benton. Ilartibr, Mich., sponsored by the. Israelite House of David, as re organ ized by Mary Purnell, still cling- to the bewhiskered. traditions of the- XO's. Nots that they • want to be Conspicuous--which: liiey axe—but.that their religion fprbl.ds. .the cutting of hair or of ftesh..• -For 17 ■ years a troup. of bearded %UUotes..representing ' the House of David- have- been touring the country-, froiji - Florida, to* Washington, meeting £ll -comers.. ...:.. iiTajxeis Thorpe,.* 5S,. organize r - an d manager of; the House.of Davjd .nme, and 'ibis troupe, of athletes and performers, recently/. ; competed in Den-y er's ,7Littie - Worl . Series of the West,, baa'eb’aU • classic’of the West--The religious influence of their sect not* onl y lip eps. t.h e b ail' pi ay er a, un* shaven, and. unshorn, but also, causes them to’ live cfedn* athletic . lives. They neither dr ink liquor, coffee-nor -tea, noc do. they eAt meat. .Th.e diet. Of the House of David athletes consists, of; vegetables, esgs, milit, blitter .and eh.eebe. Tile prohibition on :beef extends.to. the diamond, •Tad- “beefing11. is strictly tabdo. Instead;* the team is celebrated far and wide • for its • •*pepper gaine.” Pieoed-.each., gain e they. give, an exhibition oFjuggling a’ baseball tbai is as enter-tai aths-'. to^ fa n,s. .as: t h.e= gam e 11sei f-. Most .pf,tljerplayer-s on the team arb yfetptians- of baseball bn widely scattered,, diamonds^ from coast to coast. Their aver a ge. ago .Is 3 3 y ears.. • T liprpe. i.e.:tdic .oldest. Gilbert,’ace pitcher is 44.. . Tally, who lias been bn the. team since .4t,s organization 17 years .ago,'Is 36. Bass,, the* youngest.pitcher, '»s 25.kiiT* f m m * rTnA*-r\f\ rnifl -m-a\.'JDur team,” Thorpe: said, “are • all representatives of the religious colony, the. Israelite. House.of David of Ben-tpn*.Harbor, Mich., as reorganized ty Mary; Purnell.•t‘'The;, original idea, of the colony was, not athletic, but because we be-liC.Ved in healthful* recreation, ere-ajtefi. «. colony park; vA.local promoter wasted. a; basebal 1. diamoad, ‘ an d Ve byilt one, in our park. * .• seyera.l years,, the grounds. wereused by. a.;semi:pro' team of Benton Harbor. ‘T^etT. we got up. .a team, I organ i z e d '* i L We cl ban e d ii p th e vn ea :*-• by ./industrial team, and, brouglij sefhi-pro outfits? from other chics. Then., ivd-started.ii tour ,aiid requests car, exhibition games, have kept us on ibh road continually every season. for 14:years.,.; bnve; play ed from coast td:*.coaa|;, frQm Canada ’to Mexico.. ;‘For.,; many, seasons? w.e' went, southfor;' our Sprtog: trbijfifngr' f611owing the example or . the big leagues. The. last-two .years, because, of financial ccmrii-. liplis, we have trained at home. ' • ‘ /lrtMpsf. of ray men are seasoned vet-, erans,. but I. don't. keep them just because ..they're young. They have to lielp win baIF;'.”', games or quit. We p1alt;c. no. false values on age, though w-e recognize. experience counts. -; Our . youngest player, George An* d^rfeon,;i3 only 21: He’s ah. expert catcher, but balk playing Isn't all of bis job.. We travel in our own ltf-pnsscn-«et: b%us, and George does all the'dnv-iiig.. J-Ie drives us .200 miles a.' day, takes care of the-bus, and still plays daily baseball.'. He also takes part in ibe pepuef game.’.Thorpe revealed Ihat (he team was plahniag an .invasion of Mexico and SouLh America;at the conclusion of the preseiic. season.\ . *mmrnmtrnmmf.ViYi //••• • v.i/.v'-v-w-’ •Robert TisdaU of Ireland,, is shown■winnifje the 400 meter hurdle race it the Olympic games in the worldrecord time of 51.6. Tisdall beat : . Morgan Taylor and Glenn Hardly of the IT. £5,-team and.Lord Burgh^-iejr, English defending champion. The record; was.disallowed, hpwaverF . ,* the Irish timber t’op^per' fcooc£ed over a hurdle, A. new world record «f '62 aeconds ia credited to Hardin who finished second.borne Speedway meet scheduled Vor Saturday^ August 13th, will have dangling before Mtn all during the big race the generous offer ’ of the owner of liis?. car, Mike Boyie, wealthy spcrtsman from Chicago, to seud him fp Europe as an entrant in the French Grand Prix, the auto racing classic of the Con tine nt. All “WildBill” has to, do . is to repeat, liis per-fprruaice of last^ May when; he'wop the 100-mile event at Langhorne.•^Should Cummings qualify for Bpyle's proffer he will sail for abroad within three days after the running of the Laughorne meet. Only one American, the late Jimmy Murphy, ever won. the. Grand Prix. Those who know Cuntming's met hod of driving, however, are of unanimous opinion that no incentive other than the sati9faction of winning i? necessary to urge Wild Bill” on at the topspeed of his qar.The car Cummings- will Langhnrne was orlginally Feter DePaolo; Indianapolis race winner of a few years holder of the record until Freddy Framedrive at built for 500 mile ago, and for that track smashed it lastMay. DcPaolo did not drive the carand Lou.’ Moore qualified iffastest of the covet-all In the race and atLiined ed pole position... After an accident ptit the car out of the big race. Moore and -Buyle- disagreed and the Chicago hacker sent cut. an S—O—S— for Cummings. Since the latter started driving the car he has never failed 10 show-greater speed than any other car in loo races he entered. . •Cummings’ method of driving is to either win or tear the “innards? out of his mount. , Cummings will conic here immediately after the running of the national circuit races in Boston next Saturday. His daring driving- at Lanshorne in May caused him to retain iui immense following winch he originally won svhen he captured the Lunghorne lOO.milfi race two years ago.“While X am confident we will,have the largest, hold of star drivers ever attracted to Langhotiie,” said Joe Dawson, A. A. A. olilckil . last night, in Freddy Frame. Bryan Saulspailgh, Frank Farmer, and “Stubby” Stubble-field, a gasoline battle royal is ussui-eil/* More than twenty-five .entries already have been filed.Tifiers Versus. Royal Nine TONIGHT ON THIS diamond at Warrington, the Doylesfowu Tigers will meet the Royal Nine, the newly formed nine ol Neshaminy led by Bob Muser. Thursday evening (ho Nush-ummy aggregratinn. bowed to Maseru Mint* fe P'e *-u^ of S-2.Other Montco Gamestou rn i ' a H.ff* ...111
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Doylestown Intelligencer
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Fri, Aug 05, 1932
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