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Judd Finch, owner of Sportsmans park, is bringing this super-attraction to Greeley in nn effort to rcvivo the wan lug local Interest In baseball, Ho was forced to provldo an. unusually high guarantee to sign the game. Jlo has obtained all the bleachurn that are in town and will have seating room for. approximately 2,lt;00 fans. The rest Will Havo to repeat the performance: of the thousands of fans who stood in Merchants park Friday night to see the Whiskered Wonder a tatlt;a a thrilling 2 to 1 victory over tUo Negro champions of thu world.The* Bearded Beau lie a are belter than ever this year. II is the eastern out lit. Only three of the men who played on tho crew that appeared hero in Greeley wuro good enough to slay on 1Hb team no’w iu Denver.SHchel Paige. a member at the Pittsburgh Crawfords who was ae-cured by tho House of David management to work in the Poet tournament, may be brought in tn Greeley for the game. He Is a Hurler extraordinary. Last winter In Los Angales bo won 21 games and lost only three pitching against a team of major league stars Ho averaged 14 strikeouts a game, It ten years of professional competition Ho has struck out more than 4,200 bat tore.On tho monntl for the Monarchy wll b© either Wllllo Foster, borrowed frongio Chicago American Giants, or Audi ooper, veteran lefthauder. Cbei Brower may bo used if the Monarchi decide on a righthander.But great pitching will bo only cm of the many great things tha two clubi Will show here. Each outfit hao out etaodlng players that will provldi plenty of thrills anil class,Tho House of David has, amonj others, Mel Ingram, conterflelder, an-of tho fastest men ever fo play in th Btato, and Buster Blakeney, shortstoi whom scouts say can handle a groum ball with the best in Ih a .business. Onl; weak hitting has kept Biakeney ou of tho big leagues. .The Monarchs have a s-maoth shor-Stop, too, in Newt Alien, who has com up with seemingly impossible slop* Turkey Stearns, Monarch on tf lei da; Is another great. Several other men here of tho Monarchs are expected t take par tin the annual ail-alar gain between IHo Negro National lesgu and affiliated leagues, which will tab place in Coinlskcy park, Chicago, a Aug. 26,Enough canont be aaid about th fact that the game Sa the opporlunll for many local inns who will never g* another chance to see two such grej nines in action.
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Greeley Daily Tribune
Greeley, Colorado, US
Sat, Aug 11, 1934
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