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BEARDED TEAMCENTRALIA TO SEE BABE- The Ccntralln Southwest Washington lea raid baseball team has been selected to meet tin; House of David club on Noble field Friday evening, due to the fact thnfc several of Itcx Oliivstcad's, players will be out of town.• Olmstead was originally chosen to pick- the team to meet the bearded boys, but he himself will be out of (own until the day of the game, and many of his players have left for extended vacations over July 4.The Centra I ia team put on n game of almost professional caliber Sunduy when it met the Bucoda boys and beat them 10 to 2; and the boys horn Benton Harbor, Mich, will have a' battle before them if the local lads produce as they did Sunday,Babe Did rick son, perhaps the world's most famous woman athlete, will piny In the game. Tire girl is guaranteed to pitch a few innings.- Johnny James, Lamb and Christian have been chosen to handle the hurling assignment for the local lads, with either Scigal or .Wagner catching.. The list of probable starters includes: Sexton, Hawkins and Delaney, in the outfield; Gillespie, first; Schultz, second; Day, third; Ingraham, short; Seigel and Wagner, catchers; Lamb, James and Christian, pitchers, and Weinberg and Peterson, utility men,■ 'Hie House of David club of 1334 is easily the best ever put on the road. This club last year defeated Ihc St. Louis Cardinals, 8 to 6; st. Haul, American association. 5 to 1; Rochester, International league, 5 to 1; Harrisburg,! ■N. Y. V■ league, 8 to 2, and Oak-■land, Coast league, 3 to 0, winning 7.3 per cent of all games played.■ The infield is the fastest- any traveling club 3ms ever had, including Joseph, third base; Btaken-ney, short stop, considered the worlds greatest short stop; Mullen, second sacker, n real hustling, fighting .player; Slick Cross, first 'baseman, without question i he best fifst baseman that lias ever played with the House of David. He hit 43 home runs last season. This boy would-be a star in the majors.The outfield of Holland, Jacobs ond Llnville is by far the best the colony has ever put nut; They are fast, good hitters, and have wonderful arms. The catching is taken care of by Dewey Hill.- The pitching staff of Ambrose, Hunter, Tolies and Wierman would be a help to any club in organized baseball. 'The pepper game will be put on In the fifth inning. This is worth the price of admission alone. ---Babe DidrickW, world famous girl athlete,'will be In Centralis Friday evening with the House of David baseball team and -will pitch -at least tivo innings against the local Southwest Washington league club. In the above photo Babe is pictured, with .Frank hYisch - (left), manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, and Bueity Harris ’ (right), manager ' ' ' of the Boston^ H*d'Sox. •'
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Centralia Daily Chronicle
Centralia, Washington, US
Tue, Jul 03, 1934
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