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Tech Field UnderRepair For HouseOf David ContestA imet oi the great open spaces which make up Texas Tech's inex-!’.auiUc campus i.- rapidly assuming the appearance of a basebaildiamond and will be the scene ofmuch base bail activity Friday night when the House of David baseball c.ub from Benton Harbor. Michigan. meets a joch! lineup of college ar.d otherwise players in the first night came ever played in this section.Using the same Ughtmc plant with which the Kansas City Monarch* introduced night baseball to Texas more than a year ago. the uc-whiskered boy* from the- Great Lakes region uUI turn night into day with their towering telescopic ilands which support hieh powered in can descents that reflect upon the playing field. A portable lighting;ant though it is, it embodies the latest developments in scientific search in the war of outdoor lighting facilities. Mere than S30.000 has been invested In the plant, which is carried from town ro town by the most famous traveling club in the world on heavy trucks and manned by a crew ox fifteen men.Alexander Heads CastGrover Cleveland Alexander, the old veteran of the St. Louis Cardinals and other National and American League teams and oi more man one world's series, heads the ca.-.t a* manager and pitcher which v.ii attempt to prove to the local populace that baseball may be played and enjoyed long after the sun ha* slipped away as well as in mid-cay. and that boys with long hir-eo and unshaven countenance? ear. play the national game as wed aoeau brumm’ei.-.As for the local angle, one W. L.• Crip’* Go’ightly, assistant coach at Texas Tech, has gathered about him a number of college player:, who would undoubtedly be member* of the Matador baseball team if such a thing existed, but who other-wise play a fair brand of baseball. Most of the local lineup will consist oi Tech players. Workouts are being held daily and Skipper Golight-iy. through whose efforts the House of David loam is being brought here, reports that his ciub can put up a first class argument to the longest bearded baseball team existing.The gam- will begin at 8:30 Friday night and will be played on the Tech LMd. which is west of the football lield and north of the gymnasium arid tennis courts. Bleachers are being arranged for the benefit of far.s who care to sit and anumber of parking spaces near the
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Morning Avalanche
Lubbock, Texas, US
Wed, May 06, 1931
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