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Wiltse Will Call Strikes On AlexanderVeteran Southpaw Will Officiate Tomorrow Night at CamillusGeorge Wiltse, one of the greatest left-handed pitchers of all time, will return to the diamond tomorrow and Saturday nights in the role of an umpire, calling balls and strikes on the offerings of his old major league foe, Grover Cleveland Alexander, when Alex appears In Camilla with the House of Da\id baseball team against the BjTnc-SdberUngs.1It will be the first time that Wiltse has been active on the diamond in several icars and be his first ap« pearancc on any hall Held under night illumination, the House of David carrying with them a portable lighting plant which makes the diamond practically as visible at night as it is by clay.Alexander will arrive in Syracuse late tonight, making the short trip from Ithaca, where he Is today, by automobile and will pass tomorrow morning and afternoon “visiting old friends in Syracuse The big Nebraskan, in a telephone conversation with I Jack Byrne this morning, said that* he had been looking forward to a, \lsit in Syracuse all season and it was upon his Insistence that a game’ was booked hereLack of a bail park proved a big handicap, as it was impossible to stage the game in Syracuse, (ieorge B. Thurston, acting director of athletics. refused the use of Hendrick*? Field, explaining that Syracuse Unl-versity had adopted a policy against loaning its equipment to any enter -* prises, except an occasional scholastic entertainment. Roosevelt Field is not available and none of the city1 parks could permit an admission charge to be made. The situation v,as saved by the co-operation of Charlie O'Hara who obtained the use ; of she Camillus field, only a short distance from the city.' The majority of Alexander’s House, . of David players are holdovers from I last year’s aggregations with Norman . Blending, catcher of five years ser-. vice with the team and an athlete whose fig wing beard Is 12 inches ; long, as captain of the aggregation.■ First Baseman Heckman, Second ; Baseman Williams. Third Baseman . Harrison, LaFieur of the outfield and Pitcher Bob Harding were all in the : 5 to 4 victory which the House of : David scored over the Byme-Seiber-lings last year at Fulton ' Don Miller, the outstanding pitcner of the Syracuse semi-pro circle, will . be on the mound for the Seiberllngs . tomorrow night and this may be one of his last appearances in Central ; New York. Frank Shaughnessy of the Montreal club Is interested in Miller 1 and an arrangement may be made whereby Che big pitcher returns to the Royals.Miller, a sensation in college baseball while at Michigan, Joined the New York Yankees after graduation and then drifted Into the International League pitching good ball firs* for Jersey City and then lor Montreal until he fell and broke his collnt bone while working for the Royals. For a year after that Injun* he was not able to pitch with his old effectiveness and he dropped out of organized ball-However in 1931 and 1332. in the semi-pro division. Milter has appeared :o be at his best again and Shauzh-nessy has arranged to visit Syracuse soon to look the big fellow over and the result may be that Miller will again don Royal togs.
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Thu, Jun 09, 1932
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