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NIGHT GAMES AT SHEBOYGAN AND TWO RIVERSHouse of David With GroverAAlexander at Two Rivers Tonight; Play Chairs Wednesday*The House of David team, with the $50,000 lighting equipment plant of the Kansas City Monarchs, will invade this section this week playing on both sides of Manitowoc. Tonight they will perform in .a...night battle., at Two.Rivers, meeting the Mirros there in a game at the City Recreation park. Tomorrow, Wednesday night, the be--wliisleered players will cavort in a star-lit game, at Sheboygan meeting Paul Beyers and his Chairs in a game at the state league park in that city. In both places the night game will get under way at eight o’clock.Featuring the touring House of David team is none other than Grover Cleveland Alexander, who starred-for so_many . years with Philadelphia, the Cubs and the St. Louis • Cards in the American league. Alex is advertised to positively appear at every performance. The House of David team will a:lso play Kddie Stumpfs Red Sox at the Brewer park in Milwaukee on Wednesday night.Expect Big Turnout of Fan#The double feature of Alexander and the House of David team of whiskered players is expected to serve as a magnet to draw several thousand fans to the game at Two Rivers tonight and Sheboygan on Friday night.The House of David carry their own portable electric power plant, which is said to be the largest in the world on wheels. The parks will be illuminated with huge electric floodlights elevated to 40 and 50 feet in the air.The huge electric floodlights can be set up after a day game has been played. ‘They can be erected .in-abou t—t-wo- hou rs-r-and—be -ready-to turn night into day. The large projectors are .mounted on 50 foot poles and placed around the entire playing field. These poles are similar in construction to a jack-knife, or a fire department with its extension ladders.' .. The lights- are q.re£ied_ so.. they will light the ground as well as the sky.
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jun 02, 1931
Page 16
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 14 Mar 2023
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