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LARGE TURNOUTFOR NIGHT TILTErrors ProveCostly;iDonkey Came Provestw4 1Entertaining.Aided materially by three wild throws by Racine players, theHouse of David bearded baseballa. K'mB. KdKlicperi Pen dietLa wren:BoettchW’erfie;PdertclDunse.l: Priea,rf Baker .dteam turned in a 6-1 victory overthe Belles under floodlights at Hor-lick Athletic field last night. Until the sixth inning the game had been featured by a pitching duel between Ralph Blatz, Racine south-JewiiSt.paw, and Grover Cleveland Alexan-C isteiuBeaugaPeter soLes PtBolton.Oall.rf_ . Due,3bder and Harry Laufer of the Da-, Lee pfRena.II KonracvidsAt the close of the fifth the visi-their famous peppetors staged game, but when the Belles attempted to duplicate it in the sixth inning the Davids scampered homeThey added twoGmiwith four runs, more in the seventh when the Racine boys continued to peg theball to all corners of the lot.Crowd is Large.Several thousand fans witnessedBallantRobertC. Jen L. Ci J. Ma A. Pi P. MW. C' J HecD. Inn P. Mil P. Corthe game from inside the ball parkand about as many from atop autos and trucks outside the fences.Official attendance figures show 1,501 adults and 106 children entered through the turnstiles.though paid attendance wasAl-Anotnearly so large, the crowd wasO'Hare O. Nel E. JenF BeE OIUDoc B E. Lei! M Pr Bock IfCroiseitheprobably the biggest sincethen world champion Philadelphia Athletics played here in 1330.sG. C. Alexander started the game but retired after one inring ofpitching. His task was taken up byHarry Laufer, the Milwaukee boywho formerly played in the StateLeague but has been with the Davids for several seasons. LauferBlish.Bull, lt;M. C’J Hamm D. Sn McClu: W’buri Pucket Beuto^D. Ci Tread iwas nicked for nine hits and struckout only two batters but was Introuble only twice. Blatz gave upseven hits, two of them for extrabases, struck out 10 batters andwalked one.Rain interrupted play in the last half of the eighth inning just after Mandv Brooks had doubled forOdderi Eriick; D. A1 W. Oi Mercei E Pe Johns* O. Ols H. A1 H. PeRacine’s tenth hit of the game. Thelights were turned off because of an electrical storm and when theywent on again the baseball game was declared ended and the scorereverted to the seventh inning. Thefans were then treated to t*ie muchadvertised donkey game and the laughs which this entertainmentT. Jul Van I R Z VallorSchirc Dr PiVenba Sches' F. Z ( P. Juprovoked served to restore the customers to good humor.
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Racine Journal Times
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jun 26, 1934
Page 12
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Michael W.
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