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Here’s Most Famous SportTrophy—the America’s Cup\»By Central PressHERE IS international world—the more placedTHE MOST famous; sporting: trophy in the! America’s cup—once I in jeopardy as the | American yacht, the Rainbow, sails; in defense of it against the chal-! lenge of a new British yacht, En-j deavour.This cup, designed and paid for i by British yachtmen, has remained j in America, without a break, for 83 j years. The pewter mug is hardly j a beautiful object and of little intrinsic value—it cost originally but ( $500—yet millions have been expended by British sportsmen in an effort to regain it, and more millions by Americans to keep it here. More than $80,000,000, in fact, have been spent in building craft to com ! pete for this $500 trophy.The cup was originally known as the Queen’s cup. Later, British | sportsmen dubbed it the Hundred I Guineas cup, because that’s what | it cost. When the owners of the ! America won it they changed its i title to its present name.The cup was deeded to the New York Yacht club in 1857, in whose possession it has been since and Doc. lally, outfielder and pitches,, wjjj remajn f0r in the terms of thewho has been with the House of ] dee(I the cup is a|ways to be the David baseball club for 17 years—, property of the ciub.Doc. has pitched over 400 games and played outfield the rest of the games. He has traveled over 415,-000 miles with the team.The House of David baseball team plays the Windsor 75 club at Liberty Park Friday night.The America’s cup.House of David More Than Just a Classy Ball TeanvReports from points along tho route being followed by the Israelite House of David baseball club substantiate the advance claims ofthis bearded combination of diamond stars that their appearance at Liberty Park Friday night against the Windsor 75 Club will be more than just another good' ball game.This aggregation of former minor and major league players not only is noted for its strength on the diamond, but for its brilliant exhibitions incidental to the ball game itself.Probably the outstanding feature of the bearded and long-hairedplayers’ appearance here will be the famous pepper ball combination, a roup of performers who handle a baseball with such speed and dexterity as to rival sleight of hand performers.which will oppose the is the one and only the official sanction of colony at Benton Har-and it has won mere per season for theThe team Windsorites club having the Israelite | bor, Mich., 'than 100 games ; last six years.Phone your personal news Items to The Democrat. Call 1000HOW THEY STAND_American AssociationTo The Ladies - - -August is the month for Remodeling and Repairing your Furs, end for Relinings.LOEWER’S—TAILORS AND CLEANERS
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Sedalia Democrat
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Wed, Sep 12, 1934
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