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atop named Moulder are the onlyMembers of the eastern array notdecorated with the regulationsHouse of David ch n adornment.• • •“I couldn’t went those whl,k-j era,” said Alex. “I didn't need whiskers when I was good.”* • *Alexander, now 41, believes he still eould win in a AA league.* • »“Oh my control alone”, he explained, and I ran pour that old ronvlnoer through there now and then.”* * •But he declared he was receiving a better straight salary than that contained in any one of a dozen offers, and pointed out the advantage of having no pennciit to worry about. • * *Alexander pitches at least one inning nightly, as well as taking hfs turn when games arc booked In the afternoon. And still exhibits the easy motion that accounted for 373 major league victories, with is shutouts for the Phillies in J916— a National League record,• • •Alexander recently raw his first major league game in two yea is whe.i he dropped into Navin Field, Detroit, to see his old frier.n, Rogers Hornsby, He’s a great adm.rer of the boss cf the Browns.• * •“Hie only time. I didn’t get •long wltls Hog was when I pitched to him, he beamed.* • *It was Hornsby who gave him the office to take that long and highly dramatic shuffle across the ficlci, with the bases loaded in the seventh inning of the final world series game between the Yankees and Cardinals in 1926.* • •As yon might suspect, Alex lists -M* striking out Tory Lazzeri In ®*t setup as his greatest thrill.* * *And I wasn’t soused the night.°fj’»aS ** so generally was reposted, Alexander, who now drinl.s nothing stronger than lager, went on. As a matter of fact, I slept sin a twin bed next to HornsbyI might have iiuhided a hit '■ occasionally, but if f' tad continually , bottle' *? whisky, I hardly would have«v, Muck around for Si years,* * *also leased when :Jbe McCarthy did me the favor ofIgKlpp'ns me from Chicago to ippmsby’.i pennant winners that sea. |ccn, v/iten ti.o truth was that cur Ijfeimsnt was caused by my watif. W'H .to pitch to Travis Jackson, *f the flBlehta, one way. and be another.§fe. ... * * *pitched MeCMtfcyfy Mgr, and :';i»Jhekr=:, fcii the bell rat at tha
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Jul 15, 1934
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