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, OLD ALEX RETURNS I TO CITY WHERE HE WAS ONCE A HEROISt. Louis, Sept. 26.— (A.P.)—On ji the eve of another world series Uro- jver Cleveland Alexander, hero of the .1926 classic, today came hack to St. Louis—but not to Sportsman’s park.From a pitcher’s mound scarcely (wo miles from the scene of some of his greatest triumphs he was scheduled to hurl “at least one in-ning’* for the bearded ball club of the House of David against the St. Louis Stars, a Negro nine.Five years ago bells rang, sirensscreamed and the populace with one voice loosed shouts for Old Pete, whose remarkable performance of pitching the Cardinals to their first, pennant and only world title made secure his niche in baseball’s Hall of Fame.As events later proved, it marked ♦ he beginning of the end for a long and eventful career in organized baseball. Soon Alexander was barnstorming through the provinces.cashing in as best he could on his name.
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Burlington Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Sep 26, 1931
Page 13
Full Page
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Michael W.
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