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] HOUSE OF DAVID AND MONARCHS T( BE HEREAUG. 3(Famous Barn s t o r m i n lt;Teams Will Play Each Other At Athletic Park BLUES BOSSES ANGLING FOR SEPTEMBER DATEThe Beatrice Baseball association stated today that It had sign-ed the House of David and the Kansas City Monarchs to meet each other at Athletic park August 30.Arrangements were completed yesterday when the association learned that the two famous barnstorming teams would be In this i vicinity on that date and were available.Both are widely and favorably known in this section having toured through here often in times past meeting fast local teams However, this will be the first time in local history that the two have crossed bats in a test of strength The spectacle is expected to attract unusual interest.It will not be the first time they have met this season A week ago they played for the championship of the Denver Post tournament before a record throng The House of David won that encounter 2 to 0.Famous TeamsBoth teams will come here with j the same lineups which appeared at Denver, the House of David featuring Grover Cleveland Alexander, former major league pitcher, who was taken from the pitching staff and placed in the manager s ■ chair shortly before the Denver games. Old Alex will be a conspicuous figure in the House of P Davids' affair here, directing the club and possibly even appearing on the mound.The Monarchs are completing• | their western tour and after leav-1 mg here p'.vi to move on to Chicago where they are booked for a long stand.The House of David will proceed from here to the Council Bluffs tournament continuing from there to Nashville, Tenn, where they , will open their fall tour of the► South The bearded team opened I in Canada this spring proceedirgto the Pacific coast where It spent f the greater pait of the summer.Thi- Real Article i There are a number of bearded i I teams touring the country playing* good, bad and indifferent baseball,*. | but the team coming here is the i genuine House of David contin-’ gent.The Monarchs are a colored■ I team headquartering at Kansas I j City.■ The game will be played under 1 the lights at Athletic park, thedate falling on a day when the Blues wi ; :e ■ n their tea i trip Following the signing of the two barnstorming teams negotiations j w’ere opened to bring the House of David back here immediately upon the c’nse of the Council Bluffs tournament to meet the Blues.This game, if it is booked, would | equal the August 30 game in interest.
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Beatrice Daily Sun
Beatrice, Nebraska, US
Fri, Aug 17, 1934
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