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House of David At Dover FridayiThe House of David baseball : club of Benton Harbor, Michigan, managed by Chief Bender, who are playing night baseball, under | their own flood lights, will play Birch Birch, sponsored by the ' Twilight League at the Dover High Athletic Field, Friday night at 9 o’clock.The House of David carry their own portable electric power plant, which is said to be the largest in (the world on wheels.! The entire baseball park will be 1 illuminated with huge electric flood lights, elevated to 40 and 50 ■ feet in the air, which turns night into day.; The House of David, the long whiskered boys, is one of the greatest traveling baseball clubsof the country, and the only rea*r son this aggregation of star players is kept together is their belief in the principles advocated by the late iKing” Benjamin Purnell which prohibits them from trimming their beards and shearingtheir hair, which does not curtailtheir activities on the diamond, and regardless of the amount offered them to join organized baseball not one player has ever deserted the House of David colony of Benton Harbor to join organized baseball.It will be a rare treat indeed for the fans to see the bewhiskered players catching line drives, making double plays and driving out base hits long after the sun has gone down.
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Rockaway Record
Rockaway, New Jersey, US
Thu, Jul 13, 1933
Page 7
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 30 Jan 2023
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