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3 ,-V«*thede-£ Ui i iplay-t h evGrover Cleveland Alex; !im«i the automobile and •one* for the unmisidcable .•Mne in baseball.‘There‘s no Retting awa? ha fact that the kSis aren't ;tf the p.me as much as :is»ed to, the renowned pi told me when I humped Into . nd hie hairy House of David :eam at Erie. Pa,, the other night Alexanders report, after fiotr -ears of touring, from coast toand from Canada to thereveals why major agueobtain suitable ath-*h w ;wstw• skers when Alexander, nd win inv controlwas*«ecugood I * h el ie vos he an A A league.me«*to1 oaft 1’r'trv* 1 T*t »VfU *4iex-ywl lt;*r* n f? \V V? •* i Vthe% «“'v- I i t , * 1J i a V V. -»v~ ^ugh * a.-e now* *, Vcher 1But he lt;5% C i H *red ^;e was recefv-•I _j — — ^^-ft k-j-s. i mi n £ a Detier s.*1 J isr~ }*II 5a tAij 11 tailt vi coniu i }■« ■ifefi, A . . A ftodCoft v3. tadtareV - -rvT0v one of nted out t no penna3♦1 I L.T»a#igrulf,clubsn •-I Icannot_.. es i a s weca m es,i.areto wot4 lex;inntng n1gn::. his turn when in the afternoon. AndMbits the easy motioncounted for STS nmj victories, with 3 r allutoutseast onekincbooked4- nSt '11 ext f K*i t%; g. i X.J *-o r t h f*A. **■ * * V.U16aV 55 *11- ImaiIWiletes from the minors for ove ormoney,“Too many amusements and too c on venient t ran spor: a 11 or, a ?-sorted old Pete. When I was a hoy at St. Paul. Neb., there was no way of jumping over to the next town to see what was going or* there. You had to e*ay put. and we played baseball becausewe liked to.*'While Alexander does not believe Young America’s turning away from the sport ever will after: the big show as it has the minors, he fears that the standard of play never again will be a* high as it was during his 2A-year stay in the National league.* • •DIDRIKSON FOR ALEXANDERAlexander rather enjoys hifi Ilong bus ride ea-ch season with a team allegedly representing the religious colony at Benton Harbor. Mich. There are two of ;these squads booked by Ray Doan of Muscatine, la. Alexander is { the show window of the eastern division this term. He has company in Earl Smith, the former Pittsburgh, New York and St. Ix?uis catcher.Old Pete was the star of the far western outfit a year ago, and Babe Didrikson, the women’s Olympic star., being signed to replace him in the spring, illustrates to what extent promoterscustomers through theturnstiles.“Babe Didrikson and mules. remarked Alex, Donkey baseball 3s played es a sideshow to the House of David games.Alexander, Smith, and a shortstop named Moulder are the on y members of the eastern array not decorated with the regulath f House of David chin adornment T couldn't wear those whiskers M said Alex. T didn't needPhillies in league record.i * • *, '*r- • . .v'iiy'.'.'*’’ ... .***’ ’ -...-A'-’ ' - ' ■} ' ... ' ’ ■■ ’ {* '■ .. i *- - ■ •'•v.is?'— : ' S . 'v/.HIS BIGGEST MOVENTj Alexander recently saw first major league game in years when he dropped in*o Niv-j in field, Detroit, to see his o!d: friend, Rogers Hornsby. He's a great admirer of the boss of theBrowns.“The only time I didn't get ] along with Rog was when I pit-•'hod to him,*' he beamed.It was Hornsby who gave him the office to take thsk Jong and ] high y dramatic shuffle across the j‘.V ‘ 'r y - •I^ftfield with the bases loaded in the seventh inning of the final world jseries game between the Yankees |and Cardinals in 1926. jyou might suspect, Alexlist? his striking out Tony La2- ! zeri in that setup as his greatest ;thrill.'And! I wasn't soused the nigrht . before, as it so generally was re- \ ported.” Alexander, who now !| drinks nothin? stronger than lager. went on. “As a matter of fact, 11in a twin bed next toI sleptHornsby.1 might have imbibed a bittoo freely occasionally, but if Ihad continually nursed a bottle1I1(r1£tngo nowaday? to drag the j of whisky, I hardly would havebaseball 1 stuck around for 20 years-“My habits also were discussed when Joe McCarthy did me the favor of shipping me from Chicago to Hornsby’s pennant winners that season, when the truth was that our argument was causedby my wanting to pftch to TravisJa:kson, of the Giants, one way, and he another.“I pitched McCarthy’s way, and Jackson hit the ball out. of thenark “ said Alex.tvsbilt;hbNEf(b:n;
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Santa Ana Daily Evening Register
Santa Ana, California, US
Wed, Jul 18, 1934
Page 6
Full Page
Clipped by
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