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OldTimeGrover Cleveland Alexander, One of Greatest PitchersReached Height of Glory AgainstYankees in 1926.■ • •«'• lt;***»» *»lt;BV CARL WALTER SDORF.nam* o! (ji’over OWne’.and1 .MiA i ox;anderi * £-*, -‘rps--* ■can bo ita: i yune ;i. -Anii'isea11loam! orl a yt ars'heput the w -: k -It fjHgl h Ifbatt(U’s.vbo*}i| i ntlie Nat.iHim |plan dthe Ament:;.m ic.tvuc• b f-tedthemftP mMwith skill! HI* / n; Wm i m* M. *.4rabundanremj i gmm ta t:..it broke like forked lightning and a !a * ball that hopped, Ate*.Matu and an assortment of slowfloaton. which surpassed tho-e ofWE* Ifeti e mtrol equal Uf that olliet: *»*vJ • i kmlrank-, ukiJohnsonWith nh am q i* - * on fMathewson,Young and ail othet p.tche: •, pa and prew-ir.. lb* holds many requid* remarkable when we j think of ihlt; jmit; n the lowlv Phi! ;of the Lillelies occupied mostwas with themUntil ‘Du//.v ’ Vance flashedacross the horiz n wnh his murder* Ious fas1 ball ' Old Pete held nearly all of the sinkeenr records in the National league In individual seasons Vance h is it omewhat on AlexStartling \s \ Rookie.While a mere tripling Alex burs* \ forth in a lot of glory and in his first year in the big show with the Philhes in 1911 he won 28 games I with a fourth-place team He was s • the sensation of the league. WithMaster'., made -t.ckc: , 1 »ok weak and palsied.In 1915 Alex was the leading pit -in the- country He not only w n the mo* t games, but his per-• en'av -t earned runs was lower ’iiar. ‘hat uf any other pitcher He won 31 games that year, losing 10 He wa the prime reason the Phil-won the pennant that year and threatened, the leaders m after\ eaKlt; |k Phillies In Race.Through his efforts the Phillieswere always in the race in 1916 Alexander won 33 games losing 12; in 1917 he again crossed ‘lie 30mark with a 31 games won All these years while winning more than the coveted 30 games, he established other recordsHe had lone winning streaks. Hebroke strikeou' record He won mo’-e i o ■ 'tuc than any othertw.rler m the lt;ounti s He scoreo
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Creston News Advertiser
Creston, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1933
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