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Show Professional Baseball Game Will Feature fiction and Comedy i ? j ; --'- 1 - 1 I t ) j j ii i i mil i iHfarfclfrisr H1aii fcAs Osl DICK WYKOFF . NAT PEEPLES l'robably the greatest baseball attraction in the history of southern south-ern Utah is scheduled in Cedar City, Wednesday, August 25. when the famous barnstorming1 hoarded House of David and the colored Kansas City Monarchs meet in the new Cedar City diamond. dia-mond. Game time is set at 5:00 p. m. when two of the greatest l independent teams in organiz-i organiz-i ed baseball will take the field. I This tilt is expected to draw j baseball fans throughout south-j south-j western Utah, and southeastern 1 Nevada, to Cedar to witness the contest. i As proof of the brand of base- ball these two teams play, since the major leagues began accept- inp negro players, the Monarchs ' have contributed Jackie Robin-i Robin-i son tothe Brooklyn Dodgers and Satchel Paige, now chucking for the Cleveland Indians, to the American League's leading club. The Monarchs are managed by "Cool Papa" Bell, one of the greats of colored baseball. Bell has played in seven of the All Star Negro classics held each year In Chicago and has an all time batting average of 321. Pitching for the Monarchs will probably be Willie Hutchinson, who for the past five years has buen performing in the Mexican League. The House of David club, who claims to be the hair growingest and probably rightfully so, baseball base-ball team in the nation is led by the ageless Doc Tally, chucker, and George Anderson, manager. Lest year, a typical season with the Davids, the men with the boards won 118 contests while toslng only 42. To date this year, the House of David nine has played In Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Wiscon-sin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, Albert and British Brit-ish Columbia, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, Colorado and Utah. |