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AVID TOmI• • • rin Invasion of Mexico anil lt;South fimsricaDenver, Aug. 8jtury ago, wnen(INS)—A half-baseball was ill[infancy, beared players were the :e. Sideburns, drooping mustaches d an occasional Van Dyke were in on all the leaf ling teams.^ince that time whiskers have dispeared from the bah diamond as II os from other scenes of en-avor.But the House of David baseball j im of Benton Harbor, Mich., spon-1 red byytbe Isralite House of David ; reorgaliiiiced by Mary Purnell, still j rig to the be whiskered. traditions, te, 80*s. Not that they want to • i? iVaspfctiows—tvbich they ar~ ;^ . f noir rolint Ats ' f• lt;•lt;vX t tneir religion forbids the tting of hair or of flesh.For 1? years a tronp of bearded■hletes representing the House of tyiri have been touring the coim-f, from Florida to Washington,acting all comers.Francis Thorpe. 50, organizer and tnagerof the House of David nine, id his troupe of athletes and per-riners, recently competed in Dear's ‘'Lillie World Series of the est, baseball classic of the West. The religious .-.influence of their cl not- only keep the ball players 'Shaven and unshorn, but also uses them to live clean, athletic •os. They neither drink liquor, cof-e nor tea, nor do they eat meat. The diet of the House of David llctes consists of vegetables, eggs, .Ik, butter and cheese. The prchi-,lon on beef extends to the dia-md. and ['beefing'- is strictly last.. Instead. the team is celebrated r and v.Vde for its “pepper game.” ecechngjach game they give an cx bitiou.df juggling a baseball that '■ •JWiTtaining to fans os theil-'-p.op the players on the learnsiveterans of baseball on widelyscattered diamonds from ecast to coast. Their average ago is 33 years. Thorpe is the oldest. Gilbert, ace pitcher is 44. Tally , who has been with the learn since its organization 17 years ago. is 30. Bass, the youngest pitcher, is 25.“Our team,” Thorpe said, “arc nil representatives of the religious colony, the Tsraltte House-of David of Benton Harbor. Mich., as-.reorganized by Mary Purnell.“The original idea of Ike col any was not athletic, but because we believed in healthful recreation, we ■-created a colony park. A local promoter wanted a baseball diamond, and we built one, in our park.“For several years, the grounds were used by a semi-pro team of Benton Harbor. Then wc got up a team, I organized it. We cleaned 'up the nearby industrial teams. and brought in semi-pro outfits from other cities. Then we started a tour, and requests for exhibition games have kept us on the road continually every season for 14 years, wehave played from coast to coast, from Canada to Mexico.“For many seasons we went south, for our spring training, following me example of the big leagues. The last two years, because of financial conditions, wc have trained at home. “Most of my men are seasonedveterans,.but I don’t keep them'just because they’re young. They have to help win. ball games cr quit.. \ys place no false values on age. thou~h we recognize experience counts ° ‘-Our youngest player, George Anderson, is only 21. He’s an exo-rtt2hCI wi Ut PlainB isn’t all his job. We. travel m our own 16-nas-tfri'SnV w a^d Goar%e dccr, a if tlraSav V0S 115 200 miles, aday, takes care of the bus, and suitpart m the pepper game.”Thorpe revealed- that theinSnPHinl nn invasion of Mexico and South America at the conclusion of the present season, ’■O IThe interest, of advertising is ti wiae scojx! of the modern intcUige Adver.istng Man’s operations: anthing from suggesting the deskfor the packing or his clients’ me ehandise to the training of the c'louts’ salesmen.
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Tyrone Daily Herald
Tyrone, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Aug 08, 1932
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