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rays of giant projector;*, but there is just something wrong with it. It doesnt seem right to be coming out to the park when its’ time to be coming in from it.”I M Jf vi* 'The “old marster’ of days which have brushed by—better days for Alexander doesnt believe that night baseball will ever replace that of the burning suns.Too CoolBaseball,” he declared, ’is a daytime sport. The sun beats down on arms and just puts something in ‘hem. It’s cool out here tonight, and a cool breeze isn’t much incentive for whipping baseballs across the lot.”Walter Johnson was the greatest nitcher the major league ever knew, Alexander said.I may be partial, but I don't think I am,” he declared. Walter always had the disadvantage of nlaying with a weak club. Thereare those that think Matty was the best. But. unlike Walter, he had the advantage of erark support be hind him. I never saw 'the Rube'pitch.”Alexander didn't have a great many things to say about either Arthur “Whataman!” Shires or Dixxy” Dean. In fact his remarkswerent ones that either Shires or tVan would relish before the morning meal.“1 never met Shires,’ Alexander said, but you can't play baseball with words. Dean, in my opinion, is another of thoae flashes in the pan. He has received a great amount of publicity, but when you get It on paper he hasn't done a great amount ”BY BOBBY CAMPBELLAlthough this department view* «d the biggest part of the night game between the House of David bearded boys and the local aggregation last evening from the ticket booth outside the portals of Dusty Diamond, what we saw was enough to convince that it’s better to play baseball in the daytime, and do something else when the shades of night are lowered. Besides being the loser by nine new baseballs, we awakened today with eyes that burned. We don't espe-cialiy mind the eyes, but nine new baseballs are nine new baseballs, a. m. or p. m.By CURTIS BISHOPClouting Crouch and Potter to allcomers of the lot and taking advantage of the inability of local out-; fielders to judge their flies under the baffling light, the House of David team, from Benton Harbor. Michigan, defeated the club of local all-stars Thursday night in the first moonlight contest ever piayed in Big Spring. 14 to 0. Hardier pitched I eight innings of scoreless bail for the visitors, and turned over the I reins to the great Alexander in the ninth. Two men reached 1st before the former major league star settled down and retired three men In arow.A crowd estimated at four hundred people saw the Bearded beauties do their stuff under their own environment, huge spotlights owned by the Kansas City Monarchs. Hickman, Faust, LaFleur, and Har-; rison went through their pepper game to the delight of the fans, many of whom were never able to .guess the custodian of the bail.Seven KunaTouching Crouch for seven runs and 10 hits in the first five innings and following up by slamming Potter for eight hits and the same number of runs the visitors keptGrover Cleveland Alexander '«4Sdated to start laat night’s contest, The emphasis is placed on the slated.’*’ He has been idle for eight days, due, no doubt, to an old Alexander rustom. So he was scheduled to do a bit of mound duty for hi« boarded brothers here last night. However, when Alexander reached the park, another pitcher started warming up. The veteran was due to be bench ridden another night. Incidentally he no longer is playing manager of the House of David club. He did manag to twirl a half an inning in the ninth, but It was mediocre chunking. Even so, Samuel Sain, wanted to hit against th« veteran so badly that he shifted the lineup in the ninth and went in replacing Bruce Nesbitt in the batting order. I. C. Tinsley did the same.By BOBBY ( AMI BH.I,Grover Cleveland Alexsnderdoesn't rare for night baseball, although at the present it means T*bone steaks __and hot rollsthe vet-^Crran twirier of^ihe big showHe expresa-1 rlt;1 this opin-HI agfc. ^ n th° Housei f D *v 1 d■ | |nrh b^fonLW A V ^'benighta ni e hrtr\ X ! e x n ndlt; r5** w vv it h bis lt;lt;(IfU OvationAlexander twirled his first hallfor the House of David club in eight days, last night. As he walked to the mound he was cheered by the crowd that had
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Big Spring Daily Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, May 08, 1931
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