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Asked if he thought he would have laslM longer If h« had neTar Imbibed, Alex replied:I don't see how 1 could, of- If I hud my career to' live over I would do Juct about the seme. I used to lose 4 or 5 pounds pitching a game and I wasn't e»y big strong fellow. I had to get that weight back, and I used to have a -few drinks to do It.Put 2.1 or an, who managed the Phil-, lies when he broke in.'he regards as.th» greatest w«nas*r h* ever playedunder. He hasn't much regard for. Joe McCarthy, who fired him rtf the Cuts, hut he believes Rogers Hornsby, recently fired from the Cubs, was n great leader. i‘I like to pl*7 for Hornso*. «ald| Alex. He never said this or that to me. He just handed me a bell and said 'you're pitching today, and hei never tried to tell me how to pitch to a batter or second-gn*rs*d
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Zanesville Signal
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 22, 1932
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