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use of uavid baseball team with $ great Alexander were billed to ear in a flood-light contest with LeAoy Athletics at LeRoy, a ►rt distance from here. I willmit that I was and for yearspe been anxious to meet one of three outstanding pitchers of dera baseball or in other words eball of this present century, three outstanding pitchers of period in my estimation are isty Mathewson, Sir Walter mson and Grover Cleveland sxander and I am not infering t theiT greatness is measured inorder named—I merely name m in the order that they entered big tentr—Mathewson in 1901, inson in 1907, and Alexander in 1. Each made impressive rec-s that will stand the test of licity and endure for many irs yet to come.etermined to see Old Pete *sonally and talk with him I set early in the afternoon of June going to LeRay expressly for t purpose. I dropped off the . in front of the Hotel Wiss and •e enough—there were the two0 buses inscribed “House of vid Baseball Club.” Seeing sev-1 of the bearded gentlemen sit-around but no Alex I thought;isit to the ball park would toe in er. In doing so I picked up ne valuable information from of the employes while inspect-the powerful lighting plant, but Alex. However, I was informed t Alex was at the hotel and uld toe glad to see me. As the park is across the street from D. W. Airport I ventured over see just what I could see—and I T plenty. This D. W. means n Woodward, a local young man great wealth, whose chief hobby lying. He has a very fine plant arge flying field -and hangar and this hangar I strolled—saw no ■ than 17 “ships” of all sizes, :es, colors and descriptions, m the little baby ones to the nts of passenger service. How-, -r, I was looking for Alex and no desire to go “up in the air” ;her for fun, money or maitoles. •n my way back to the hotel aseed another of Dob s hobbies, stock farm just outside the city
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Canton Commercial Advertiser
Canton, New York, US
Tue, Jul 19, 1932
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Michael W.
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