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Most minor league baseball teams now travel from town to* • I ■town by automobile, some of themhaving special buses for the purpose with the name of the , tean\ painted conspicuously on the side. The colored bail teams do ail their traveling in this manner'because it is much cheaper and more convenient than traveling by train.One of the outstanding independent teams is that known as the House of David team. The players are all bearded and this provides a curiosity that brings out large crowds.The House of David team expects to cover 26,000 miles throughout the United States this summer, playing most of the games at night under arc lights. They have £ special plant for this purpose which is conveyed from point tlt; point by v fleet of trucks and k operated by fifteen electricians ant engineers.It 'is interesting to know that one of the pitchers at present for the House of David team is Grover Cleveland Alexander, who, until recently, was a star pitcher in the big league. He is now forty-three years old arid is the only player who refuses to grow a beard,»• i •
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Summit Herald
Summit, New Jersey, US
Fri, Jun 26, 1931
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