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wriuem-ftnd- said tout he was tips:; when he xame. hno the box’ that me.6 a v.•I wasn't -no- move drunk than tiooilfiethem sports' writer?, who started liiuL/* Alex said. “1 took my time and just kind of mosied hi because’™:meTUI l:new the longer it teak me to gel 10 the box the more nervous oyoimpiter like lazzerl would be/1 ! 201 Asked if he thought he would tme have lasted longer if he had never visox•'ifcimbibed, Alox replied:“I don't see-how I could. If I ar had my • career to live over I would do just about the same. I used to lose-4-or 5- pounds*i)itchiny • a gameniufl‘Wasn't any big strong fellow, {be I had to p.et that weight back, and 1 j fc used to have -a few drinks to do it.” C;Pat Jilpran, who managed the! Phillies* when- he broke in, he re-Rnrds.Tus tW.grealesi;inanuger .he ever played uiuSor, He hasn’t much regard for Joe McCarthy, who firedhim off the Cubs, but M bcligyps Rog'm Hornsby, recently fired by the Cubs, was a great lender.”1 iiked to play for Hornsby.1 said Alex. He. never said • this nr thal to me. He Just handed me n ball mid said ‘You're pitching today,' and lie never tried to toil me how to pilch to r» bn I ter or second-i« ni'sspri- mo..
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Valparaiso Vidette Messenger
Valparaiso, Indiana, US
Tue, Aug 23, 1932
Page 3
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