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NightBallTiltSunday9May. 22♦(BOYS BOOKEDGrover Alexander AndHouse Of David TeamTo Play Selects.Grover Cleveland Aleiunder and hi* original House of David base hall team of Benton Hurtor, Mlcb. will plav a night baseball game under their own portable flood lights at Industrial field Sunday Mav 22 at 8:IiO p. m. Their oppon ents will he Doe Thurman's Selects of Portsmouth.The House of David team carries its own |iortabie electric light plant which Is said to la* the largest inthe world on wheels. The House of David Is one of the greatest traveling ball clul* of the country, aud the nnlv reason this aggregation of star hall players is kept together, is their belief in the principles advocated by the late “King” Benjamin Purnell! which prohibits them from trimming their beards and shearing their hair, which does not curtail their activities on the diamond, and regardless of the amount offered them to Join organised hasebull notone player has ever deserted theHouse of David colony at BentonHarbor, Mich.It will be a rare treat indeed forthe fans lt;*f this community to see the bewhlskered players catching line drlvea. making double playsand driving out base bit** long after the sun has gone down.The House of David will have the same portable light plant theyusod last year so successfully in lighting every kind of a hall parkIncluding semi-pro and Nationaland American league parks.B) Tli* A»»oHa(*d Pr#ti8T. LOl'18, May 14—Dizzy Dean.the eccentric lmrler whose moundmanners banish darhness from hMM-ball games in which he pitches aiul talks, wants to leave the 8t. Louis Cardinals because he la not allowed to pitch often enough. In his own opinion, he also resents being Just a •‘Sunday pitcher.”Tenn voiced his dissatisfactionyesterday and swld he would liketo !e traded or sold to some club outside the Cardinals’ organization.“They are pitching me only onee a week, on Bandar,' Denn complained, “hut the other fellows they are working in regular turn. I want to pitch in my regular turn or not at all.”ilt;1*1IJ*».® 11 Ml** -• # *#h«tthvEaglesTo IJattl4-INDUSTRIALFIELD OPENSDoc Thurman's Stars ToToClaim ChampionshipA lot of talking and wind Jamming w ill he turned into actual ball playing today when the Kugles and*
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Portsmouth Sunday Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Sun, May 15, 1932
Page 13
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 21 Jan 2023
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