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■ ■ 'm m1 f . .y. , ■ ■ j .y- -.J • *•;— *1- * «'* ■»*’. f-. ;, ,.r^ -5By GBOJiOK KIRKSBY (nited Press Starf Correspondent,CHlICAGO, (CP) — Be was batting grounders in infield practice when I walked into a ball -park in the heart of Chicago's black 'belt, where the House of David team was to play Cole’s Au1erica.11 Giants, a,Negro nine. •;Even If every other ball player on the field hadn’t bceu black or wore General Grant whiskers, anyone who had seen him from the time he broke in 'With the Phillies in 1911 until lie pitched his last game in the National league in 1930 would have immediately recognized him.There never was hut one Grover Cleveland Alexander.There lie stood under the flood lights tofcsing up a bait and hitting it with a bat. the same tall, gaunt figure that graced a major league pitching mound for 20 years and left behind him the greatest record o£ any National league pitcher. In that span he won 373 and losl 2«S.Prom a distance .he hasn’t changed much.‘lie still wears his uniform sloppily and his cap perched on top of his head as if il were ton small for him.Look yonder, boy,” a colored gentleman chirped. ‘‘Thar's oldAle?-. Wohder- ’bput 'lfow'.old dfe'isnpw.. Belcba ‘boiil as, pld, -sA $*e-tmiselali.” VWhen he came into the bench, he confessed to 45 last. Febru{j.ry-And in that streLch lie’s been./all the way up anti down baseball’s scale. Six years ago lie was .a world series hero. and. .now the national game has reduced him to the ldvol of a •mjjimgcr and pitcher for a irihe ofiiowhiskdYeci plajOTS:t««5-lug the kerosene circuit” in a'bus..His arm may have losl .most, of iis cunning and his legs may have gone lmck on him,Gyover Cleveland »ini a magnet to He's advertised to game. and he usually goes in for nti inning or two. Uislt; year- the House or David team played lfi'l games and Alexander pitched in more than half of them. TJmj'yS played about 115 (his year, and he's been in !)0 of them.Don’t (he okl soiipbonc over hurl you?” he was asked-The strain of pitching night after night makes it get tired quick and I can’t last more’ll two or three innings,’’- he said; “I think, though, if f got my legs- in shape and had the proper rest 1 could go the route once a week.’hut the liameAlexander; 5» baseballfins, pitch in ove1*xrt
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Twin Falls Idaho Evening Times
Twin Falls, Idaho, US
Tue, Aug 23, 1932
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