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•WITH-jkidf\NE of the real marvels of the base-^ hall diamond. Grover Cleveland Alexander, ^ 111 be a Syracuse guest, tonight and tomorrow. Visited yesterday in Ithaca Alexander insisted that as manager and relief pitcher for the House of DaMd traveling nine he is not only prosperous hut tnore happy than ever before m his baseball career.'“Old Pete'* looks the picture of perfect health. Playing 90 per cent of his games at night, he has nussc-a the sun’s glare to a great extent all season on the diamond but he has made up for this by visiting golf links almost erery afternoon and he Is the same weatherbeaten old battler.Alex declares his arm feels as well as ever in his hfe And insists thatlor three or four mning* each day _ he can go along pitching with the j same old hop on his fast ball end able to use a real curve when tne pinches come. He admits pitching nine or 10 innings lt;r\ery third or fourth day might pro*e a hit too much for him but he cla ms he can pitch from IS to 27 inning a week.vriih the loll spread out over seven days, and make as Sue a Job of it as ar.v msn in the country.Alexander says he is not at a.l lonesome for the big show.1* In fact he is happier traveling about with Mrs. Alexander taking in new territory and lisUm^ cities of which he has heard but hds not teen.ALEX, like all veterans, keeps a careful check on the big league races and he is getting quite a kickout of the Improvement in play being stown this year by the ?n::kes. the team with which he started arc. ended his National League career.Alex figures the Phillies 25 ocirg ^ just short of a really great baseball j team, one that hangs on the verge. | needms a '‘break’* one way or the; other. 10 either send it right- into the thick cf the pennant fight or tumbling down into the ruck.Tonight snd aga.n tomorrow dex pitches against the B:nc-cibertmcs of Syracuse at Campus, tie game being staged out of the l;v because of the lack of a ball ark here. Alex, like thousands of thers, cannot understand the ;tuation wherein a city the sire of yracuse is without a park.
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Fri, Jun 10, 1932
Page 24
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Michael W.
NA, 18 May 2023
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