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When he came in to the bench, he confessed to 45 last February and in that stretch he's been allthe way up and down baseballs scale. Six years ago he wag a world series hero, and now the national game has reduced him to the level of a manager and a pitcher for a tribe of bewhiskered player* tour-IdVTBAU, STAMUSUTttmW on.LottPci.Anlt;i*r#on*» ........ ISaiOM$ « • # * * * * • * *1^Hilt ht*r §«* * *«*.*1 lottzhIK T. C. Cluh *.*.a . fI, r» 21OMMfrl llmrbcr*. . 4IfJ9§8f* Viil#|a , 1.0*1A mfrlc#»»l^dftttrTurn\V a 11,i*o*tPci*Ontrat High **«*¥M Jiff#Horn#* CgMtfi* , lt;• *«*h• JflK % * H g h -* «■ . • .»#1- ii tCompany la, *****ft*M iCKKTRAi eCAUlES%f t VV n y ft *$ t |# * * * * « -Ifounimo* m j\ ¥*4ON| '.#• M' Ift -$i 0: ■»; :* * # tr#WonI :|i39isiiLoitIIi IimifPet.Jtf .»» 0.mo.172in the IS2** world series with thebases filled fanned t.az*er1. andpitched the Cardinal* into theworld’s championship. It has been written and Maid that he was tipsywhen he came into the bos thatday.no more drunk thanwriters who started said **l took mv timewasn’tsport ‘xI knew thetfet to the a youngster Asked Ifhare lasted1“Ithethat,and just kind of mo*l«»d in becausei«r It took me totrte more nervouse T.azrerl would be.** he thought he wouldlonger If he had neverimbibed, Alejt replied:I don’t see hpw I could of If Thad my career to live over I woulddo Just about the same. 1 used to tone four or five pounds pitching a aame and I wasn’t any big strongfellow f had to get that weighthack and I used to have a few drlnka to do It.** *Pat Moran, who managed the Phillies when he broke in, he re gards as the greatest manager h«ever played under. He hasn’t much regard for Joe McCarthy, who firedhim off the Cuba, hut he believesRogers Hornsby, recently fired by the Cubs, was a great leader “I liked to play for Hornsby said Alex. “He never said this or that to me He Just handed me a hall and said ’you’re pitching today,* and he never tried to tell mehow to pitch to a batter or secondguessed me,****V#
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Xenia Evening Gazette
Xenia, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 22, 1932
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
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