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I■tat*Pet,f.M'.fiOP„W• *•. n •, itr i VU ?T9 »«:v24■ftClt;c;CT*90fAlexander May j j Old Pete Appears Here TonightHurl For LongWhiskered MenNight Baseball Game InScheduled For8:Tonight On Tech Field College *5. WhiskersFeaturing baseball under electric light5 i he pitching of one Grover Cleveland Alexander, and long hair and whiskers. the House of David baseball club from Benton Harbor, M‘rh*r*~. are slated to appear for the Lrsi time before Lubbock and South Plains fans tonight at the Texas Tech field.The “most famous independent traveling baseball unit in the world will be pitted against a crack team of college boys, sup* piemen ted m spots by well known Lubbock and South Plains dimond-Part of the proceeds of to-Ii u*night s game goes toward rushing the varsity mens clubroom at the Tech gymnasium.Students who present student activity books will be admitted for 50 cents, otherwise the general admission charge is 75 cents The came will be played on that part o: the Tech campus west o: the h’OibU field, A limited number cl parking spaces near the sidelines will be available a: a small 'additional cost. Coach Golightly announced yes -lerday.Several Lubbock fans have seen the above gentlemen before, but not as members of the same baseball club. Grover Cleveland Alexander, with the golf suck, lor 20 years a star pitcher in the National League, is manager and pitcher of the House of David team which meets local club here tonight. The man behind the bushes is Dave Harrison, House of David third baseman, whose hair is 36 inches long but which does not interfere with his diamond abilities.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche

Lubbock, Texas, US

Fri, May 08, 1931

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