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“You Can’t Pitch Bail” Grover ClevelandAlexander Once Told Chariton DruggistFamous Cardinal Pitcher Renewed Friendship Here Tuesday With Jack ClineYou can't iilay ball.”('Mining from a total stranger to a. young man who had served on n university nine nml who at that time was mie of tin* leading pitcher* at ail army ramp near Little Kook. Arkansas, tin* above sent cure must ! have sounded rat Iter rude, hut he merely answered, ”1 know it.”Those two statements, both quite brief and to tin* point, began a friendship between Jack Cline, Chariton druggist-spovtsman, and 1 JGrovtfr Cleveland Alexander, who 1 recently eompleted a long and glor-Mious hit? league pitching career, that J lasted throughout their army flays 1 together,iThat friendship was renewed on Tuesday of this week when t dd Lett'” as Alexander is commonly known to baseball fans, stopped in Chariton and talked over old times with dark. He was mi his way In lt;utamwa with the House of Davidteam in pla.v a night mime with the Ottumwa All-Stars.lint tn return to our opening scene. Cline’s team had just gonedown in defeat at the hands of agroup of follow soldiers wlien hep was greeted with that startling phrase from the lips of Alexander. Old Vvti* felt that his uncoiiipliinen-tary words flemanded an explanation, so lie eontimted, Anyone ean play baseball with his arm, but a winning pitcher must use his head as well. Always try to outguess the batter. You know what you are going to throw, lie doesn't. .Never be orthodox, but always do the unexpected. Uemember. winning jiiteliers are ‘smart* pitchers.Referring to this first meeting Jack slated : Although I never possessed the ability or the desire to make baseball my life occupation, tlie advice that I received from Alex certainly served to make my play more enjoyable and put me oilfix winning side with greater frequency.”T pon ids departure for Ottumwa Alexander stated that he wouldprobably pass through Chariton later in the season.First Supper Match Scheduled for FridayLoyd Mike.se!} and Harold Leonard will captain the teams in the first supper tournament of the year at the Lakcview Golf and Country club Friday evening, May 2!Uh. More than seventy players willcompete in the tournament.
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Chariton Herald Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Thu, May 28, 1931
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