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uIt’s BaseballAlexander, |Now Pitching for Whisker TeamBY BILL PARKER»iDallas. Tex. uT Grover Glove« lam! \l°x uuicr fT ppd backwardon lip* 1) ‘i of his lm:r 1 room ami• *aRI| “\Yh \v of r \ ' I! - l)as» |)all. and• life m that \\ inJ lie tenoned .1 i ting positionand cnni in '»ai -“I gjg\ baseball the gr-fatar par1 of in - 1 iin I wot klt; d hard. How 1ha' • d is myoip and tin* ('ardiiiais loading in Hon* run in the aewnth inning ot the deriding game.He's 45 NowII' si rui U out Tun '• I «t /./.•-: i toi o *: r r the sido then shut * ut tlo in glity YaMk^PS tin* last two ‘t unes to give Dm LatduiaD tlmir \hrst world MG#\ |IAfter this ruapnifitilp* rlonn* \ ftfansh ■;» ' That I! ,l ■to *i p i t c li t* ivdr.i w inglt; rowdBon til’ past V* tord is also nibusi ness.i m not bitt» itoward tho baseball crowd. Im doing tin* best ii ii.ii and I* in .» is fled *lt; Jrov*r Gl*veland Alexanderless than sixktgo 0blt;*r 111, I9v»., lii tie exact Im thrilledhi.Miin world s rj iolt; spectatorsw in n he nmbbd out to the moundatiee, millions of biseball■ ,: - n : Ale x the Q re a I. Sotuea h d him t lie gi*- at»*st pr icic r *fi I i time un the h;ui- of Ins JP■ • u - as a major league star.■Mexander lived , n world of m‘s and applati » wjtii a bigla i: to spend tin ■ a he liked 10 as one of ba-*d)ail's bad boysToday at 45 Hex t he GreatIfti t great any longerIhI fI tII! iI lt;i,if he had taken care of an ironi tt •J ALEXANDERconstitution lie might still be a irmniher of 5?oue big league club U r in didn t and in- mol is a memoi a ‘tloiuo o David team Ult;t trained this spring at Minna We Hi, Texas.None of the pla\n is a membern‘ the cult, although tiny all weal ; xUii.Ti u exoi-pt \ lex and or 11.*■ irs is a bHsoball oireus. and tintit Yankee stadium to relieve Jess j eh **? p« r!orm**r i- \b*x tin (Irratj i fa im 4 with th# bases loaded two j Mexander draws down exaotis., no. a season Other member.*( iib,s flit!Hard and TrounceCincinnati, 8 to 2givenpitch* r forCincinnati, April 15. (/P) —■Walls Hileher, the recruit, wasa «*1ihuc»* a* a blurtingthe Cincinnati Red* toda and ssa- -laughterrd lj\ Chicago's Cuba S to 2Tlii- Cub*: st'ornl three run- in• h-* fourth. Hemales tripled to-it«11 things. (irimni singled. Warn eke followed nit and flllch-er went out. Ogden, who replac-• d him, managed to tetir*- theCubs.Stephenson of the Cubs gather’d in threr two batrcer-., andMiriniBt and .lurareadded oitw inf the team coliei t from ilfat to $2^ a month.\lexander. although adverti:ed a- ihe manager seldom remains at t lie park until ihe game in o\er If there is u laige erowd he usuallypiodies from one to four innings if the crowd 0 -mail he pitchesone inning and retires to his hotel. The House of Oavid team travelsIn motorcars. It transports its own lighting equipment and plays night, baseball throughout the sum in-r against email town semi-pro and amateur f lubs.Sometimes the jumps are long and the players truvel all night over rough roads. It is to this outfit that Alexander belongs.To outward appearance* Alexanrior takes big irea#i*t iparr 1fully, la bli an a word*; *Tt*ai baseball, and life is like that/’
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Escanaba Daily Press
Escanaba, Michigan, US
Sat, Apr 16, 1932
Page 15
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