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ETC.*SCOTS LOSE TO i BEARDED CLUBs: ——————————1 Babe Didrikson Pitches Two - Innings for House of DavidVAt Monmouthi j _3!Special To The Hawh-Ev* Gazette.? Monmouth. 111., May 10 — The be-- whiskered House of David nine, aid-’ ed by the one and only Mildred• |“Babe” Didrikson. of Olympic fame, i I pounded out an 11-4 victory Wednes-• | day over the Monmouth college team- on the Monmouth field. The bearded ? boys were forced to come from be-hind, after the Scots got off to an ■ i early lead against the female ath- j lete’s pitching.“Babe” worked the first two inn- J ings on the mound for the visiting nine, and in that brief period, the : college lads nicked her for four safe blows and a brace of runs, scored by : Woll and Robb in the initial frame, jTn the third frame that the be-whiskered sluggers unleashed an at- , tack which netted them six runs on r • many hits. From this point on, ' j the House of David nine was well out in front, and coasted for the remainder of the game. Ambrose re- . placed the “Babe” on the mound in the third inning, and held the Scots hitless for three innings; he was replaced by Stokes in the sixth, whom the Monmouth nine nicked for their remaining runs Woll greeted Stokes on the mound with a home run. driving the ball well out over the track 1 in right center.The Daves again cut loose with a 1 little fancy stickwork in the eighth inning, and chalked up four more runs.A record crowd witnessed the game which furnished the two-fold attraction of “Babe” Didrikson and t •» colorful House of David aggrega-i tion. At the close of the fifth inn- j ing, the visitors entertained the crowd with their famous “pepper” game, which they have made into a work of athletic art.Score by innings:R H E II House of David. .016 000 040 11 13 2Monmouth ......200 001 000— 4 8 bBatteries: Didrikson, Ambrose,Stokes. Hill and Hunter; Meyer and Reed.
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Thu, May 10, 1934
Page 16
Full Page
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Michael W.
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