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House of David and Muskies to Battle T onightTeams Meet at League Field Here; Donkey Game Scheduled Later in Evening.Th* lineups:Muskies: House of David:Conley If Joseph 3b Holland rf Mullin 2b Blakeney ss Cross lb Hill o •Idles of Dtdrikson pOne of the outstanding baseball attractions of the season will take; place at League field here tonight when the House of David Baseball club tangles with the Muscatine Muskies. The game is scheduled to open at 8 p. m . under the giant portable floodlighting equipment j of the House of David team.The Davidites proved thev were ! one of the best baseball clubs in 1 the nation recently when thev won first place with seven straight vie- j tories in the annual Denver post tournament. For their feat, the Davidites received first money of more than $6,400.Band Will Play.To pep up the entertainment somewhat, the Muscatine Boys' band has been obtained to provide ! music before the game. After the j regular nine innings of baseball, j two innings of donkey ball will be played on the trained mounts of j the House of David club. A pep- per game, which has won fame i during the season throughout the country, is also scheduled to he j staged after the fifth inning of | i the game.Dtdrikson to start.. Mildred “Babe” Didrikson of (Olympic fame, will probably start I on the hill for his club. Manager j j Rav L. Doan said this morning. 1 , while Manager John Downey of ; j the Muskies hopes to start Harold j | Tackleson, (me of the outstanding semi-pro hurlers of the state.| Downev is not sure, however, that j Tackleson will be able to get here. !Taking it all in all. the Musca-| tine club has arranged an enter-tainment tonight which should be I I well worth the money and. if favored bv good weather, one of the largest crowds of the season should see the game.Faulhaber 2b Vetter cf C». Jacobs ss McIntyre lbNietzef |f Van Camp 3b Bennett rt Hofer c Tackleson p
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Muscatine Journal and News Tribune
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Tue, Sep 18, 1934
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
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