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GRID,TRACK, DRAW YOUTH FROM DIAMONDt Ry Richard CowellI Denver (/P—Young America’s feet f aren’t itching these days to bum a path around a baseball diamond.Grover Cleveland Alexander has learned that while touring- the hinterlands this summer. And much as the great old pitcher is saddened by the fact, he’s decided there isn’t anything to be done about it.Once the bushes were filled with youngsters whose hearts yearned for a place in the big league spotlight. Now Alexander finds only: honors or Olympic championships, j Alexander is piloting a baseball j squad of House of David “Bearded j Beauties” on a cross-country trip.: “If there are any kids left in the j country who are enthusiastic about * baseball or who want to become Tyj Cobbs and Walter Johnsons, I can’t I imd ’em/** he said. j“I’ve covered lots of bush league! territory since I joined with this i three-ring baseball circus. !PITCHED FOR §50 A MONTH ! “When I was running around the 1 s farm boy knock one of my fast ones! ball was the only thing* I’d ever j want to do, and I still feel the same' way” said the veteran. jI can’t remember how crazy I j thought a bunch of Central City« Nebraskans were when they offered ■■ me $50 a month to pitch for them— ; the first baseball money I ever earn- ; ed”Alexander's ride to baseball heights included only two way sta-| tions—Galesburg, 111. and Syracuse,N. Y. He broke Into the big leagues as a member of the Philadelphia Nationals in 1911 and stayed; with them until 1918 when he was ! sold to the Chicago Cubs. He won world series fame with the St. Louis • Cardinals in 1926. I■‘[It/s different n/ow,” Alexander. , shrugged. “I’d rather see a big • fram boy knock one of my fast ones j a mile than to see him strike out. { DON’T EVEN HIT UMPIRES 1 “I never made any money to speak j of in baseball. I pitched for the j l'un of it. I liked the big thrills.! Nowadays the boys play for the ■ c big salaries. They don’t even get j s to take a nice swat at an umpire; ; [, fines are too costly. ! cj“Maybe the Cards still have their s old ‘knot hole’ gang of kids, I, li don’t know. If there are any kids j n left who like baseball, it must be; h the boys Babe Ruth finds in the j orphanages, : t“You can’t find them in the bush- i c es any quicker than you’d find One- ! tl Eyed Conolly in a line at a ticket' flt; window.” ! titl
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jun 16, 1933
Page 13
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