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BRAVES BATTLEBEARDEDWEDNESDAYSTART!VO ! IVE-IFHouif of T)i»fd HrnvrsFaust, 5b Williams, 5b T Dewhirst. B Dewhirs? Kiebler. rfDa4sy, ?sSelby, lbSmith, c Perry or Berndt. pIfRennev, 2bKooney, Butch, cf White, cClawson,ronnally.Wehrle, rf Witter, ifBrosius orlbssMurchison, pEmpires—Sanderson and Wente.Game starts at ft o'clock sharp. ......The greatest attraction in semi-professional baseball, the House ofDavid nine, comes to Turner field at ft o’clock tomorrow evening for a regulation game with the powerful Hammond Braves who on Sunday halted the unbeaten Dostum Cereals of Battle Creek, Mich.Wearing the long beards that are ‘symbolic their religious cult, the House of David traveling team will present a unique but strong team to Hammond baseball fans. In more than SO games this year against the best teams in the middle west, -he Benton Harbor religious men have been beaten but six times.PLAY BEST TEA MSThe Michigan bearded men haveplayed all the best teams in Chicago this year, including the Mil!*, Duffy Florals, Chicago Firemen, Buck Weaver Cooney’s, and the Logan Squares. They are the same team with which Gene Moore, popular Whiting outfielder, spent most oflast season.Traveling in their own bus, eat-ing meals prepared by their owncook, drinking a special kind cf'“ring water, and keeping themselves In physical condition befitting men of religion, the House of David aggregation offers an unusualtreat to persons who have not seen them in action.Except for the strange appearance they present by wearing flowing beards, the visitors play baseball like ordinary men. Two of them, the Dewhirst brothers, who bat ♦bird and fourth respectively, have long been major league prospectshut have steadfastly refused toabandon their religion for professional baseball.John McGraw is reported to have offered Tom Dewhirst, slugging left-field er. $10,000 to sign a contract in the spring of 1929,The Braves will present their revised line-up which includes Con-najly, newly acquired shortstop. Ben Benuey, who is the sensation of Chicago district infields, has moved hack to second base where he probably will make several spectacularplays against the House of David,MURCHISON ON HILLTim Murchison, who halted the Postum Cereals Sunday afternoon, m»v hurl again tomorrow although the management may send JakeBrosius, veteran spitballer. to the mound.The game will get under way at ft o’clock sharp with the management again helping the fans with loud speaker announcements and bulletins on big league baseball.The admission prfc* has not been boosted, according to advertising submitted by the home club,SLUGGING ACE
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Hammond Lake County Times
Hammond, Indiana, US
Tue, Jun 07, 1932
Page 12
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