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Grover Alexander Heads House of Davids in Game On State Hospital FieldDocker basebttlL of the pep- j lt;periest pepper **ne5 gver put lt;m I and a brilliant *rry of baeball ' stars will be seen btre on Monday August sixth, wben the House or David baseball circus comes to Middletown to battle the Black Yankees on the State Hspltal grounds.Two irmings of the donkey game are played to start off the enier-lilxuntnL Then comes the rr jailor 1 nine inning baseball gime. and during the course of the game the House of David silts put on^» pep; per game which has had no cqmi in the history of baseball.Manager Ray I*. Doan has assembled together this year one of the classiest club* ever to represent | the colony at Benton Harbor. Tor the past several year* the players have been reporting to Manager ; Doan at his home in Muscatine, la.» and this season natives of that csty were free with their praise for Doan’s 1934 outfit.Starting every gamts b a major league battery, that great oId veteran world series hero, O rover Cleveland Alexander, on the mound, and Essl “Oil” Smith, formerly with the New York Giants, behind the bat.In addition, the House of David baseball club carries its own WO,-! 000 porta be light plant for night ■ baseball. The plant is the largest of j j its kind in the world today and has {lighted all the large baseball parks ] in the country, such as Forbes field Ut Pittsburgh; Sportsman's Park all ! St. Louis; Braves Field at Boston}1 and others. iThe House of David club last year j defeated such teams i the St. Iyiihj Cardinals of the National j8 to 6, the St. Pitil American A.*wi- t elation team, 7 to ^ l:i fact ihr! team won 75 per cent of Its gurnet! all over the country iigainst the)!strongest coinp-Uliou available. |
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Middletown Times Herald
Middletown, New York, US
Fri, Jul 27, 1934
Page 15
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