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wiihujie uiurgiu.Tooight the House of PavldT brethren will oppose the Hustlers In an exhibition contest played under the lights, * A famous pair of former bjg league battery stars are included in the ro3tcr of the whiskered gentry. Grover Cleveland Alexander, a household name wherever baseball 1b played, and .Earl (Oil) Smith,. erstwhile Giant backstop, wear the uniforms, it not the whiskers, of this most famous independent ball club. Donkey Baseball FeatureTwo Innings of “donkey baEoball will proceed the nine Inning feature. Outfielders and inflelitors are mounted on. the quadrupeds and the batter, at* soon as he hits the hall, must cl 1 ink aboard one of the hardtflila and rldo it around, ihe bases.' The fielders follow the course of ihe ball on their mounts and arc not allowed to touch 'the ball unloss astride a donkey. It's quite an innovation, this donkey baseball, and should' be good for many a laugh. The pepper game, played during an intermission in the fifth inning, is always a pleasing feature of the lmlry horde's visit.The infield of the House of David Is deadly on ground balls and ploys a snappy, consistent brand of baseball. Conley at third, Blakeney at short, Williams at second and llosse on first iatho way the visitors’ Inner lino of defense will lake tlic field. The outfield of Wnytula, Jacobs and MeDongal is the fastest sot of outer gardeners which the colony has cvor boasted. • • •- Tho. largest.gathering of Iho season watched tho Hustlers pound out yesterday's double, wfnj some 2500 paid admissions crowding, the seating -facilities of Laurler park. An even larger congregation la expected at tonights exhibition game,
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Lowell Sun
Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Mon, Jul 23, 1934
Page 30
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