Anybody ever seen them play?

[KingSwisher]

They invented the pre-game practice of playing pepper. They played in the first night baseball game. Grover Cleveland Alexander, Satchel Paige and Babe Didrickson all pitched for them.

Very entertaining indeed.

[riverhawk]

house of David?

[KingSwisher]

house of David?

Yeah. From my old home town - Benton Harbor, Michigan.

[RuthMayBond]

They played in the first night baseball game.

When was this? (I know, at night.
Probably right outside your kitchen)

[KingSwisher]

Here's a couple of links about the history of HOD:

The first night game was played in Independence Kansas on April 17, 1930.

http://www.maryscityofdavid.org/html/baseball.html

http://www.peppergame.com/elkhart_truth.asp

[Utter Chaos]

Helmar Potato Chips included a few of their players in their recent baseball card set. Check out: http://showmesavants.com/baseball/20...ne_gallery.htm

You'll see: Jesse Lee "Doc" Tally, David Harrison, Percy Walker, John Tucker, Billy Rogel, Eddie Deal, Tom Dewhurst, Lloyd Dalager, and George "Andy" Anderson.

[Brian McKenna]

the first night game was long before the house of david - they didn't invent pepper either

[KingSwisher]

the first night game was long before the house of david - they didn't invent pepper either

I think the impresssive thing here is all the background evidence that you've presented to substantiate this claim.

[RuthMayBond]

Here's a couple of links about the history of HOD:

The first night game was played in Independence Kansas on April 17, 1930.

http://www.maryscityofdavid.org/html/baseball.html

http://www.peppergame.com/elkhart_truth.asp

I've read about night games being played on 8/27/1910, 7/8/1909, 6/18/1909, 7/16/1897, 7/2/1893, 8/22/1888, 6/2/1883, and even 9/2/1880.

[KingSwisher]

I've read about night games being played on 8/27/1910, 7/8/1909, 6/18/1909, 7/16/1897, 7/2/1893, 8/22/1888, 6/2/1883, and even 9/2/1880.

I've read about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and Pete Rose belonging in the Hall of Fame.

[RuthMayBond]

I've read about Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and Pete Rose belonging in the Hall of Fame.

So you're guaranteeing that all mine are legends and the House of David one is definitely true?

[KingSwisher]

The only thing that I can guarantee right now is that Pete Rose has no place in the Hall of Fame or my kitchen.

[bluezebra]

My Dad took me to see the House of David baseball team play many times. I remember the beards, which they all wore.

Bob

[Honus Wagner]

My Dad took me to see the House of David baseball team play many times. I remember the beards, which they all wore.

Bob

eddie popowski had no beard

[Honus Wagner]

They invented the pre-game practice of playing pepper. They played in the first night baseball game. Grover Cleveland Alexander, Satchel Paige and Babe Didrickson all pitched for them.

Very entertaining indeed.

Other items:
Chief Bender played for City of David
Babe Ruth was sent a contract but did not respond

1883 First night game played in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne has a rich sports tradition for a city of its size.

On June 3, 1883, Fort Wayne hosted the Quincy Professionals for the first lighted baseball game involving a professional team (the very first lighted game of any kind was played earlier that year in Lowell, Massachusetts).

The first major league baseball game was played on May 4, 1871, between the Fort Wayne Kekiongas and the Cleveland Forest Citys. It was rained out in the top of the 9th inning, with the Kekiongas ahead 2-0. The Kekiongas franchise in the National Association of Professional Baseball Players was sold midway through the first season, and they moved to Brooklyn, where they eventually became the Trolley Dodgers and eventually today's Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team.

In women's sports, Fort Wayne was the home of the Daisies, the first women's professional baseball team.

According to local legend, Babe Ruth hit the longest home run ever hit, while playing an exhibition game in 1927 at League Park on North Clinton Street in Fort Wayne. Ruth belted a homer over the left-center-field fence, where it landed in an open boxcar and didn't stop until it was miles away.