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f irst Night Game Here jIt’wiil be the first outdoor night 5 game played in Lubbock and the j j first night baseball game on the j j Plains, also the first lor every one j t of the local players. Popular in:many sections oLJhe country and j (t lieVTe jparticularly in theVTexas League, night baseball seemingly has come to stay, and the House of David club has provided itself with a portable lighting equipment that is guaranteed to illuminate the play- j j i ing field so that even’ detail of j,! the game may be seen. The club, |;; considered the most famous travel- j; i ing club of the world and one of ! j the best semi-pro teams m the coun- j jtry* has invested $30,000 in thej Ughting plant. It is carried on eightI large trucks. Towers 50 feet high | are surmounted by clusters of high powered lights which reflect ail over ;'thr playing field.Headed by Grover Cleveland Alexander, for fifteen years a major j league pitcher and hero of several! world s series, as manager, the j House of David club will arrive in Lubbock about noon Friday, coming j irom Big Spring where it plays an 1 exhibition game Thursday night. * Old Pete Alexander has promised J to take the mound against the I Lubbock team Friday night. !GoUghtiy * team, known as the ': Lubboclf Meteors, will be made up * largely of college players. Harold ; Crites. Speed Moffett. Lawrence 1 \ France. Buddy Brothers. Hopper. | Ernest Dowell and Clarence Hodges,all of them popular football and baseball stars at Texas Tech. will have a chance on the local team.. Dick Green. fAner Texas Techballyrid and baseball star, Fred Rich. » former Tech athlete, and Del Mor- : an. Tech coach, will also appear in !fvthe lineup. Galev. a catcher of , note, is likely to be behind the bat I for the locals, with Clarence j Hedge* relieving. •Dirty Waller.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Sat, May 02, 1931
Page 5
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NA, 23 Jan 2023
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