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Grover Cleveland Alexander 'in all* his glory never ‘told a story, arrayed with the . trappings . of the Rhem tale. ' ' * !borrowing Cards uniforms..-Those Cruel\ Gunmen The best - lauglr .that • baseball* . By ► FRANK GETTY'United Press ^Sport1 EditorTans have had this season - came I when Flint Rhem told \his story.•v Bhem lt;(ofr “Rhum as someone put it) had bepn*: counted on to pitch for the St, I^ouis Cardinals in one of the games of the all-inimuiant„ series with- Brooklyn’sRobins,: a ^series which brought the Cards from; second place to first, and the Robins from first to second. .I , Anyway/ Rhem .was missing from his room at the hour of check-up, and he continued to be missing-for hours on end. When, finally he did come Rack, he was carrying several things, not least pf which was a tale of ciastard deeds. It aeerns there were two men! with 'no boat but with guns and liqupr.. rlt; -r The guns made ^hem afraid and made* him drink the liquor. The liquor made him—well, he drank it,, Rhem told. of warning of what would happen to him if.he dared to pitch against the Robins, Oh, it was a harrowing tale, with plenty of angles, .ramifications and .other things..From Rhem's point of view there was.jpst one: thing'wrong with his ^narrative:- Gabby Street, who is boss of the Cards, didn't believe a. word of it. I don’t believe anyone else believed the story, either, especially President Heydlef of the National League, and Branch Rickey, Cards' busi-ness manager, • who* talked' the thing over, . ; * / 1 ,Professional * barflies considered
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Mount Pleasant Daily Times
Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US
Thu, Sep 25, 1930
Page 2
Full Page
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NA, 06 Mar 2023
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