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Alexander, now 47, _ believes be still could win in a A A league.“On my control alone.” ho explained, “anil I can pour that old com'Sneer thru there now and then.Km he declared he vas receiving a. better straight salary than that contained in any one of a dozen offers, and pul tiled out ilio advantage of having no pennant to worry about.(I ray son goes on about Alex: Alexander pitches at least one inning nightly, as well as taking hia turn when games are booked in the aUerriooin And still exhibits the easy motion that accounted for S73 major league victories. with 3fi shutouts for the Phillies in 1916—a National league record.Alexander recently saw his first major league game in two years when he dropped into Navin Field, Detroit, to see his old friend, Rogers Hornsby. He’s a great admirer of the boss of t he Browns.“The only time I didn’t get along with Rog was when 1 •pitched to him,” he beamed.It was Hornsby who gave him the office to take that long and highly dramatic shuffle across the field,’ with the bases loaded in the Seventh inning of the final World Series game between the Yankees and Cardinals in 1926.As you might suspect, Alex lists his striking out Tony Lazzeri in i that setup as his greatest thrill.* And I wasn't soused the *. night before, as it so generally* ivas reported,” Alexander, who now drtrtks nothing stronger: than lager, went on. “As a mat- | ‘ ter of fact,' 1 slept in n twin . bed next to Hornsby. *T might* have Imhibed a bitt too freely occasionally, but if I » had continually nursed a bottle of* whisky, t Hardly would have stuck . around for 20 yeans;* My habits also ware discussed , when Joe McCarthy did me the ■ favor of shipping me from Chi-1 cago to Hornsby's pennant win-r ners that season, when the truth ;•' was that oqr argument was causedby my Ranting to pitch to Travla Jackson, of the Qlants, one way, awtl Jhe ^pothef, . .I pitched McCarthy's way, andJackson hit the- ball out of theVW-.4
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The Lima News
Lima, Ohio, US
Fri, Jul 13, 1934
Page 20
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