Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-14
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TEAM SUNDAY
Northwest Ball Fans Await
With Interest Barn
Storning'' Crew.

everything IN readiness for
baseball game and with the sun shin
weather for the remainder of the
week, local enthusiasts, as we'll as
hundreds of fans throughout the
northwestern part of the state are
waiting expectantly for the umpire's
command to play ball"
The appearance Of the American
League All Stars here Sunday will be
not .only the first but the biggest
event of its kind even held in, the
Magic City and one of the very few
times that a transforming major
league team ever visited the state.
According to advanced information.
the team is carrying one of the elias.
siest pitching staffs eve assembled,
including Joe Bush and Eddie Rom
nell, the leading hurlers Of the Amer
lean League. The former, during the
season of 1922. won &c ball games
for Miller Higgins Yankees. Bush
failed to turn in a victory in the
worlds series but his record for the
season stamps him as a wonderful
pitcher withal.
Wisard Moundsmcn.N
Eddie Rommell, with a seventh
place club behind him. also turned in
20 victories and was perhaps the big
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Athletics out of the cellar. Some
baseball critics even place the Phila-
delphia knuckle ball artist ahead of
Bullet joe" in view of the fact hat
the latter had the advantage of hav-
ing a championship team behind him.
AT all events, Roramcll, with his Won
derfully effective delivery has earned
the reputation of being the most
feared hurler in the American League.
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into the American league without any
brass band reception. He reported,
with a flock of other minor league
youngsters TO Connie Mack in the
spring Of 1920 at the AS training
camp at Brownsville, Texas. A year
before he had been turned own after
a brief trial by John McGraw,A but
Mack, trying to rebuild his wrecked
machine, vas willing to take a chance
with anyone, so Rommell was one of
the lot OF 20 young pitchers that
spring. Barring a knuckle ball, he did
not O of anything out of the ordi-
nary but he gradually perfected his
pet delivery until his season he had
all of the %sluggers of the loop break
ing their backs trying to connect with
1t.
Rommc!l Recognized.
For a pitcher of the seventh plath
club to be voted the second. most val
liable player in the league there is
unusual glory, and Rummell. in the
vote of eight baseball critics, ranked
next to the great George Sisler. He
was born at Baltimore, October 10,
1897, stands 6 feet 2 inches and
weighs $50 pounds.
Included in the line up submitted
by tire team is Walter Johnson, vet
eran Washington pitcher, recognized
as r of the greatest hurlers OF all
time. Also will appear Stanley Gov
eleskie of Cleveland, another veteran
Of the game and for many years the
ace of the Indians slab staff. Charley
Robertson of the Chicago White Sox,
who hurled himself into b%aseball's
hail of fame by tossing a no-hit, no.
run, no runner to first game this sum-
mer, completes the list Of pitchers.
hi outfield consists of f. Rice of
Washington, Harry Hooper of Chi
cago and Clarence (Tillie> Walker,
the smuggling king of Connie Mack's
Athletics. Walker ranked third among
the major league home run hitters
tits season.
The i%nfielders are Blue OF the De-
troit Tigers. s.. Harris Of Washington,
Joe Ddgan of New York and Sewell
Of Cleveland, all stars of remarkable
brilliancy.
In the catching department, the
transforming club boasts Of two Of
the best bacl1stops of the game in CIV
Perkins Of Philadelphia and Steve
O'Neill of Cleveland. In fact, many
baseball critics concede Perkins the
catching honors Of the American
league. He is also a dangerous hit
ter.
Nick Altrock, perhaps the greatest
laugh producer in baseball, is sched-
uled to appear with the team as an
entertainment feature.
With such e galXy Of stars Of the
national pastline as an attraction, fans
should be assured al afternoon Of
first class entertainment and Herb
Hester. who is sponsoring the event,
Is rounding together the best players
Obtainable in the state to oppose the
major leaguers.
As announced yesterday, Charlie
Boardman will draw the pitching as
sigEment for the North Dakota All
Stars with Handler or Seibert his bat
terry mate. Billy Kline, crack Minot
third haseman, will also appear in the
line up as will Hester himself. The
local promoter and manager has not
announced the remainder of his line
up as yet. a" y
The new baseball field at the Ward,
county fair grounds is, expected to be
completed by this evening and will
be rolled and made into first class
condition for Sundays exhibition con-
test. The game Wl be called at 8
p. m. Il.
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