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When he came in to 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. lie. was a. World Series hero, and now the national gam* has reduced him to . the level, ol a manager and pitcher lor a tribe of bewhiskered players touring I he. Kerosene .Circuit1;, in a bus...His arm may have lost most of its cunning and Ills legs may have gone back on .him, -but. the name, Grover OiCVSUind Alexander, still is. a mng*; rr-t tu l)usebull fans. He's advertised to pitch Ju eyery game, and he• ^lly goes in for an inning or two. Last year the House of David team p’ayed 184 games and Alexander pitched in more than half of them.They've played fbout 115 this year, and he's been in ninety of them.• Doesn’t the . old. soupbene ever hurt you?' lie was osked. r;,: ^The - sixain- of - pitching.*^-mght after night'makes it get tlred-qulcV: and Teaii't lasf, more’n two* or* three Innings,” Ue said. I think,‘though, if I got my legs in. shape and had the proper rest I could go the route once a week.” .....How do you like this life?”“This Is tougher-than playing in the .big leagiffA” he replied. There everything’s arranged for you, you live firsl-clnss'.anii you don’t have 10 do anything but play ball. The poor diamonds, the hastile crowds ihe partial umpires, the bail accommodations- and everything like that makes this pretty tough.”Eventually we got to talking about the-time he came in to pitch in the 192G.'3Vorld Scries With the bases fitted; ;fanncd* Lazzeri, anc pitched -ilie.s Cardinals into the; v.orl'd's WftTiTploiushiu. ft hnti been!••Cr • ••« ■ « *lt;»* w •written-and- said that he was tipsy i when he .came..into the box ’ that:
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Tue, Aug 23, 1932
Page 3
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Michael W.
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