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Bearded Baseball Boys Invade Ottumwa SundayThe bearded baseball boys of the House of David, ever a prime attraction with Ottumwa diamond fans, are coming back to West End park.blasters Rain last Saturday that left West End park too damp for use Sunday caused the Stars’ scheduled ruckus with Lamoni to be postponed. Hence the OttumwaBULLDOGS HAVE EYES ONLY FOR ONE IOWA TITLEWith longer hair, longer whis- ! outfit has not had a game since itkers, and longer base hits, if what their manager. Ray Doan, says of them is true, the House of David lads will swarm down on West End park next Sunday for a game of ball with the Millard All-Stars that should be a honey. The tilt is j on the books to start at 3 o'clock, j House of David nines have vis-; ited Ottumwa once, and sometimes 1 twice, a year annually for the last six or seven seasons. They have come out under the summer sun. And they have come out under giant lights, brought bv themselves on large motor trucks. Never have they failed to draw less than 1.000 customers, while gener-dropped a 4-3 decision to the Dcs Moines Western leaguers in the opening ruckus here. In that tilt the Stars demonstrated they are not a pushover” for any semi pro or traveling professional team in the middle west. They will be at full strength for the battle with the bearded boysOttumwans Are Out To Capture Mile Relav Crown At StateTrack Carnival.WESTERN GAMES DRAWING CARDSally the number ran closer to the opening Attendance Figure* Are 1,500 mark. 1In viewr of previous attendance figures at games featuring the bearded buckaroos. Manager Verne McCune of the All-Stars isHigh: So Are Some OfGame Scores.Des Moines.—IAP) Western dreaming of a capacity crowd at ieague club owners, enthused over West End park Sunday. The; the 0peninjg night attendance, to-eastern aggi egation of the House i d were conf jdent that the circuit of David, which supports two trav- j WR’S in for a generai revival, eling baseball outfits, is one of the ; Approximately 5 500 fans turned strongest nines Manager Doan has j Qut flt Qmaha t‘0 vvatch the Pack-harnessed up for battle in a num-: Prg defeat Sioux City. 7 to 2. be-ber of years. Its opposition, the ■ bjnd ^be gtellar pitching of Johnny Millard All-Stars, likewise shape lntlehofer He held the Cowboys up as being far more potent than to four hits as hia mates hopped they were last season. These two aJ1 oyer Thomas and Graf for fif-factors. plus the fact that Grover. tepn safetie„AWanrW fnrrrpr St ^ ^ 1 500 of the faith-Cleveland Alexander, former St. Louis Cardinal pitcher, is a member of the House of David team that will perform here, should make Sunday’s game an attraction for fans not only from Ottumwa, but from surrounding towns asful w’ere disappointed when the Demons fell before Davenport, 16 j to 4. in a lopsided contest featured by the twirling of Frank La man- j ski. The youthful portsider struck out twelve men. and the onlywell, the way Skipper McCune has ^ ^ernon bother him was Fabianit figured. ; Qaffke. who hit a home run and aSkipper McCune has called his ; singie All-Stars out for several practice; Topeka reported a crowd of sessions this past week and while around 3 500 but the first night-not boastful about it. he leaves no were witnesses to a Ivaw*doubt but that the Ottumwa stick- slaughter a? the champion Sters are going to make it very' in- jOSCpb ciub overwhelmed the home teresting for the Benton Harbor dub 13 to r Jack Parham. aHoping to run a 3:28 race and at the same time capture the mile relay championship of Iowa, four fleet-footed Ottumwa high school athletes are putting in their best licks at Schaefer field this week preparing for the state track and field meet to be held next Saturday at Grinnell. They are Jim McLeod. Keith Williamson. Maynard Black and Jack Perdue, the j Bulldog quartet that captured the I district mile relay crown last week at Fairfield.The Ottumwa mile relay men l are not the only Bulldogs who i qualified for entry* in the state carnival by finishing either first or second in the district events. Don Lundquist. javelin tosser: Al-i bert Ruble, low hurdler; Morris Jackson, broad jumper, and the Ottumwa two-mile relay team of Amos Thrasher. Kenny Burtis. Bill j Brown and Cliff Gardner also will compete in the state meet. Black, who besides running a leg of the mile relay qualified for competition in both the state century and 220-vard dash, will run only the 100-yard event, it has been decided by his coach. J. F Van Antwerp,Others May Place.Although the mile relay quartet appears to have the best chance of bumping off a state title for Ottumwa, there is every possibility that the rest of the Bulldogs will land points. However. Ottumwa is not considered to have much of a chance of winning the team championship.Defeated but twice this year, once at the state indoor meet and again at the Drake relay’s, the Ottumwa mile relay outfit stands out as a formidable foe for an.v of the fast-stepping teams that will ran at Grinnell. At Drakf* the four Bulldogs covered the mile in 3:31.5BEARDED BOYr* rllir H C'!'D#'v ■tV-WWhen the House of David traveling club from Benton Harbor. Mieh., comes to West End park next Sunday to play the Millard All-Stars, this bearded buckaroo will be parked on first base for the visitors. He is “Lefty” Basse, a bearcat guardian of the initial hassock and considered one of the best first basemen in the touring club world.FAIRFIELD OUTOF STATE JOUSTFairfield. Fairfield high school’s track team will not com-ncte in the state finals at Grinnell«___:____ ; v, »
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Ottumwa Daily Courier
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Wed, May 16, 1934
Page 12
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