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KEROSENE CIRCUITISTOUGHER THAN BIG TIMEOLD ALEX TELLS SCRIBEr:In, oEORor Rimi'trt *CHICAGO, A«« 22.~iUJ}» «• «#**tMkiijnu |mu«w» in W»H*M pr»vtii • |Wh*« I uiio * *li p«r* intl\* h#*rt of Oil. h«U,lh« Kmit* of Dovfci i#*m *•* j t.» piny Colo * Am*rt«*lt;» uuiua, * !N«|P tun# J*%♦» U av*ry other bad! playar on j th# fi*H hndw t boos btoofc or wGeneral Gnal w took ora* any*** who hod *«*n him from Ifct Um# h* bmM in wuh the f'htUi#* m lilluntH h# pitched hi* I mi fan*# m thoNotional L#*gu# in IMP would bo*oImmediately mtangnlaod him There never wo* hut on# GroverCleveland AlooanderThor# h# «hKNt under the fioori-light* ,tlt;WMMng up * and hitting it with 4 hot, th# «m# toil fount figure that graced * major iooguo pitching mean t fnr 20 v *et* St*d left ?behind hint th# front.##! recordany National League pitcher It* that »pn H# won ITS and loot 304Fh'fli a dtatanc# h* haunt changed i much H# atHI hi* uniform1tfnnpiiy and hf* r*n pare hat on ton |nf M* head *# tf It were tno email for Mm fMLOOk you fid #r bnv “ * colored [ffntltmin rhirped -Thar'* old t Alex Wonder 4 horn hoe r*»d h* I* |now Fetch# *hmjt #* nM A* MMJlU» ••tah MWhen he ram# in to the bench, he fADf*iMtd IS U#t February And in that # tret eh h*f* He*o all theway up and down h**#b*!r« eeaf# fU* veare ago h* w»« « world hero and nnw th# national r*»m« haa reduced him to the level of *m^naarr and pitcher fnr a trlhr ofhetvhiftkered player* touring theCircuit'4 in a hue HU arm mar hove |n#| meat «*f Ita miming and Mi l«t« mar hav# gone hark an him tint the nama Orover f'ln aland Atriili-dar t« «tui a rnaf»#t tn harahall fn*i% lie » *tl|#r|)ii*it |a pitch In*%#o\ fame and ha In (nr an inning «r ta« I •♦I%aar tlm tlnnua nf tiavftd trimpfarad tM gamar atitf Alarandar pitched in m^r# than half ofthem Tfaj**# plaicd «hlt;mt IIT ihl* ytOf« and h«’» heart In an attham4aa raid I took my tu*o and }u#tkind of monied in NfeAlMW I kitaw tho iooifar it took me to gat Id tha fco*mnra offvnu* * yourtgator ttfelLaaaort would N MAftkmi if ha thought ha would hooo hrngor if he Had navor tmblh*#d. 4 la* rrptkhT( 4on I an# how | eouM of If I Had my * * rear to IIv# over f would du |tmt ahout th# #ama f uaod toioa# i lt;r ^ pound* pitching o gomo and I wa*ii4t any hig ttropg fallow* I Had to gat that wofgtlt NMrth oitd Iu##d to hav# a f#w drink# to do 111Pnt Moran, who managed tho Will*Hoo whan he hmkt fti. H# ragarda 00the graata^t man agar ha #v#r play*Od under, H# ha#a t much tagard for.Mc%;ar?Hy. whn flfod Him off tko Cuba hut h# kotlovoo Hog#r# Ham#*by, rocontty firad kg th# Cub#, wao* great leaderI Hk#o ?o fdoy far ar*»by.M **id\'e\ Hrt never ##td tid# or that tom# Ha |u#t hamiod m# * ball #nd •ant Ton ro pit#ilug today , and ho nrvnt trU t k fell m# how to pitchto a hotter or *acoftd«|jrUOOOOd ma/f'or reIsi■Si1t ietorv Mark«WASH I NflTON, AUf. tt -Woo Ptrroll chalked up hi# 30th vie*lory of th# oaaaatt tadoy« aottfng afor ihafor i#agt3W hoaahaU bymokthK rt iao*t 3ii vu turioo in Hloflltt four orooon# an th# Mg lino* Ho won H ycatarday #« C)#v#)ojtd defeat#*! Wnohmgton U to 0* For r#n#ic tho triumph ovamod kio ennnt agoiit«t Waahlnfton for tho*#* Ann with two g4tit#a wop and two !lt; * ttr itnrtid poorly yaotordny* Uii ^Dig throo Hit* that waro goodfm Ian run* in the ft rot inning.Then h# blanked id# Notlnftolo foroovan innitiga. only to wogtkon again in I he final frnmo to alinw throomor# hit# that w#ro good for throorun#, •
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Mon, Aug 22, 1932
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