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HARO IN PRESENT JOBfHurls Several Innings inMore Than Half GamesDavids PlayIBY GEORGE KIRKSEY.CHICAGO. (UP). Fie was hat- i ing grounders in infield practice j m when I walked into a ball park in the heart of Chicago's blac k belt, where the house ot David team wai to plav Cole’s American Chants, a negro nine.Kven if every other ball playet on th“ t *arn hadn't been black or wore General Grant whiskers, anvone who had seen him from the)■ time he broke in with the Phillies■ ■in 1911 until he pitched his last game m the National league in I 1930 would have immediately ree-•r| ognized him.1 There he stood under the flood lights tossing up a hall and hitting it with a hat. the same* tall, gaunt figure that graced a major league , pitching mound for twenty years j and left behind him the greatest: record ol any national league: pitcher In that span he* won 373 I and lost 20s. j f! From a distance* he hasn't changed much He still wears his unuoirn sloppily and hm cap perc hed on top of hm head as if it wt re too small for himItj*I,-srsAt*ts}lt;i »tPast 45 Years Mark.‘Dook yonder, boy,” a lt;o 1 lt;f **, l gentleman chirped “Thar s oldA lex. V\ ondet 'bout how old he inow Betcha bout as old as A!*1thuselah When he came into the bench heconfessed to fortv-five last Fehru-aiv And in that stretch he’s been all the way up and down baseball's scale Six years ago he was a world serioj ln*ro. and now the national game ha- reduced him to the level of a manager and pitc her for a tribe of bewhiskerecJ players touring the ‘kerosene circut in a { bus.Hi- arm may have lost most ofwits cunning and his legs may have Jgone balt; k «»n him. but the name Grover Cleveland Alexander is still a magnet to baseball fans He s advertised t.o pitch in every game, and he usually goes in for an inning or two Last year the H use of David team played 1st games and Alexander pitched inm »re t h m hall of t In in They‘ve■pplav tof about ll. tins yrar, end he bee n in nun t \ lt;- t tin mI a «*s r t t he • 1*1 u pbc u t* * v * ifin 11 you ’ he vv a aske« 1Hr“Tin 11ram o! pit* h.ng nighttft* r night make s it get lire d t] m k uni I c an t la t rnort n two » r threeinnings,* In* said * 1 think the . it1 got my legs in shape and had tin*prc jm r rest l could go the ro »te c»nc •* a a » »\Present Life Tough.iIovv do you lik** this hie ‘ Hus is tougher than playing in’in lag league s. he repluoilmre everything s arranged t i vo i \ ou live fir st a la and v * i*7 *.* ■ wdon't have to ai * nothing hu’ \ av I all. The pool diamonds the hos* t * it * i i uw cl - t he pa r t lal un.pir a -a.ii i bad accommodation- an ieverything liae that make thispretty toughKventuallv vv ^ g t to ta a.r.gatc*ut the tune he i tnn n to pitchm the 192b Wild sern .vith th» has as filled fanncAi Lazzer ami\ 11c ht*d t he c ’a i nnals nt f he •A rld S champ! n-h.p i! ha- b**erwritten and -old that he a as tipsv v Dm in* came mt* the m \ that day.I w asn t !*n no r ♦ . ii .m t h it.hi m s|M»r i writers v i * tthat An x said 1 tc»ok m\ turn an i just kind ol nni-ic d in b* ca use1 t m v * he i» iiigef it t»»* k nn t. a * t to tu.e i o\ f in n ic u e n» r v •» - a\ oingstei io La/Z* I 1 w ui !* it
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Lincoln Nebraska State Journal
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Tue, Aug 23, 1932
Page 5
Full Page
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NA, 29 Apr 2023
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