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Opportunity Rare To See 2 Great N les, Frnsh from breatli-taking oehfeve-[ fronts in the Denver Post tournament,! Vho two most colorful tennis In mod-or 11 baseball—the Hon so of David and r tlio Kansas City JdonarehB—will pro- I Vklo Greeley baseball fans with the tbvlU that comes onco In a lifetime I when thoyjncet at Sports num's park on Tuesday afternoon at 4:30'o'clock.Judd Finch, owner of Sportsman's * park, ts bringing thfa super-attraction t to Greeley In an of fart to revive the « waning local interest in baseball. Ho t was forced to provldo an. unusually t high guarantee to sign the game. Ilo « lias obtained all the bleachers that are i In town and will have seating room ■ for. approximately 2,40b fans. The rent ; \v[)\ havo to repeat the performance -of the thousands of fans who stood in Mtnimnts park Friday night to soo : the Whiskered Wonder a tab a a thrill- ■ Ing 2 to 1 victory over tUo Negro champions of the world.The* Bearded Ueaullcn are belter than ever this year. 11 is the eastern outfit. Only three of the men who played on tho crew that appeared hero in Greeley woro good enough to a I ay on th-B team no’w in Denver. IS.Uchel Paige, ft member at the Pittsburgh Crawfords who was ae* cured by tho House of David management to work in Uie Poet tournament, may be brought in tn Greeley for the game. He is a hurler extraordinary. Hast winter in Los Angoles ho won 21 games and lost only three pitching against a team of major league stars. Ilo averaged 14 strikeouts a game. In ten years of professional competition ho has struck out more than 4,200 bat-tore.On the mound for the Monarchn will b© either Yftlllo Foster, borrowed fromgio Chicago American Giants, or Andy ooper, veteran lefthander. Chet Brower'may bo used if the Monarchh decide on a righthander But great pitching will bo only one of the many great things the two clubs Will show here. Each outfit hao outstanding players that will proYldo plenty of thrills and. class,Tho House of David has, among others, Mel Ingram, eonterfielder, ano
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Sat, Aug 11, 1934
Page 2
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Michael W.
NA, 26 Jan 2023
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