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Old Alex Gives i Up Liqour and il Remarries WifeI j sFormer Major League Pitcher 1 Who Traveled With House , of David Team Last Season 1 Says He Is Cured.St. Paul, Neb., Nov. 3—lt;-P — Grover Cleveland Alexander, who hurled his way to fame in major,! league baseball, has given up liquor and remarried his wife.He revealed Monday they were remarried last June 2 in Rockford, j 111., while he was traveling with the) House of David baseball team. Mr. j and Mrs. Alexander are here visit-, ing his mother, Mrs. William Alex-! ander and Alex has spent many j hours hunting. He tramped the fields during the pheasant season ' and now is spending many hours on j the Loup river bagging ducks.I Alexander said he had not had a drink of liquor for a long time.I Liquor almost ruined me,” he explained, and It does no one any t good.”t They were divorced in LincolnI Oct. 3, 1929.Alex took part in 176 baseball ) games last season with the House of David team although he did not wear a beard. He may play with | this team again next season, as) baseball continues as his occupa-.tion.The couple, explaining the remar-' j riage was great,” plan to spend j the winter at Catalina island where Alex will golf and fish.Cl ♦
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Albert Lea Evening Tribune
Albert Lea, Minnesota, US
Tue, Nov 03, 1931
Page 8
Full Page
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