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‘OLD PETE’ SEEKS JOB AS MANAGERGrover Alexander Bids For Place as Pilot of Omaha Job.OMAHA- Neb., Sept. 28—lt;;P)-Grover Cleveland Alexander, past; master of the art of tossing the horsehide past the willow, is finding the one-night stand route just a bit tiring. :“Old Pete” explained all about ltj when he dropped into Omaha just a I few days after completmg another year's work with the House of David baseball teams. He had been on the jump since May 10 ]“Boy, this is restful, Alexander \ sighed, as he eased his lanky frame | into an overstuffed chair. “Just sit- ; tmg here with nothing to worry-about. No more one game stands. No more over night jumps. Just rest—and an. occasional glass of beer.”“This gypsy Me is no good. I’d like to settle down. That's why I’d like to manage the Omaha baseball club next year. And maybe I will,” the old master commented.Still Keen for Cardinals.Although he's been out of the big league baseball for several years now, Alexander’s interest still lies with his old club, the St. Louis Cardinals, for whom he won the world’s senes in 1925.Alex also had ?, word for the ageing Babe Ruth, about whom, he said: “There are plenty of bigleaguers Td rather pitch to than the Babe. He's the greatest clutcn-hitter the game has ever seen: maybe the greatest it ever will see.” Alexander then roiled the years back, turning the pages until he reached the fall of 1926 and his ap- ; pearance here in an exhibition game i following the world’s series “When I walked into tne park that afternoon. I was a hero—every- : one slapping me on the back and shaking hands. I was drunk on glory. But folks forget you pretty quick. You're a hero today—a bust, tomorrow. But it's all in the game and its a grand game.'’ he said.
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Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Fri, Sep 28, 1934
Page 12
Full Page
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Michael W.
NA, 31 Jul 2023
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