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OLD ALEXANDERSTILL TOSSINGEM OVER PLATIBy GEORGE KIRKSEYUnited Press Staff CorrespondentCHICAGO, Aug. 22.—He was bat ting grounders in Infield practice whe: t walked into a ball park in thheart of Chicago’s-............black belt, wherei the House ofHavid' team was to play!Cole's American^Giants, a m nine.Even if every other ball playeron the field hadn* been black or wore General Grant whiskers, anyonewho had seen from the timebroke in with theM^#pJ Phillies In 3911®;until he pitched ALEXANDER his last game Inthe National League in 1930 woulthave immediately recognized him.There never was but one Grovei Cleveland Alexander.There he stood under the flooc lights tossing’up a ball and hitting it with a bat, the same tall, gaunt figure that graced a major league pitching mound for 20 years and left behinci him the greatest record of any National League pitcher. In that 'spar 'he won 373 and lost 208.9From a distance he hasn’t changed much. He still wears his uniform sloppily and his cap perched on top of his head as if it were too small for him.“Look yonder, boy,” a colored gentleman chirped. “Thar’s old Alex, Wonder 'bout how old he Is now. Betcha ’bout as old as Methuselah.”Confesses to 45When he came into the bench, he confessed to 45 last February. And in that stretch he’s been all the way up and down baseball’s scale. Six years ago he was a world series hero, and now the National game has reduced him to the level of a manager and pitcher for a tribe of bewhisk-ered players touring the “kerosene circuit” In a bus.His arm may have lost most of its cunning and his legs may have gone back on him, but the name Grover Cleveland Alexander la still a magnet to baseball fans. He’s advertised totit+.nh 4n AVArtr cm mo onif Ysr% ticiialTu
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Berkeley Daily Gazette
Berkeley, California, US
Mon, Aug 22, 1932
Page 13
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