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♦Whenever a veteran baseball player starts to slip, the same sports scribe who* perhaps a year or so before was praising him to the sky is now taking cracks at him. The be^t example of this is the case of Grover Cleveland Alexander,But the peculiar part of this is the fact that Alexander really is getting off easy. Mis is a char* «cter that is hard to understand.U Undoubtedly there still is enoughcunning In Old Pete's arm to gain him many « dollar. Yet he was released from the third ball club of the seaion the other day—andall .on account, as a matter of fact, of his failure to observe of certain training rules.Alexander had been signed by the Toledo Mud Hens for a good salary and a fine bonus and Toledo was all set to give him a hearty welcome. When the day came for Alex to pitch, he Was found by a newspaper reporter, not in Toledo, but in a Chicago hotel—so, sick he could not see anyone.Three guesses what Alex’s illness was oaused by. lt;
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Winona Republican Herald
Winona, Minnesota, US
Sat, Aug 09, 1930
Page 3
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Michael W.
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