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i j Old Alex Is Sick and Out of a JobCHICAGO, Aur. fi.—(UP —Orover Clevelajid Alexander, once one of baseball's greatest pitchers, is out of a Job tonight for the third time this season.Alexander was signed by the Toledo 1I American association team after be ing released by the Dallas Texas league club but laJled to report-. After several days’ search Oscar Smith, president of the Toledo club, located the veteran pitcher in a local hotel, but was refused admittance to Alexander’s room. He then ent Alex a telegram cancelling the pitcher’s con-! tract.The nurse guarding Alexander’s room refused to let any one communicate with her patient- She declined to say what the nature of his Illness was, merely stating:Mr. Alexander is a very sick man —and the sickness Isn’t what you probably think It is.
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The Montana Standard
Butte, Montana, US
Thu, Aug 07, 1930
Page 14
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