Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1911 — YOUNGSTER’S FAST BALL JUMPS A FOOT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

YOUNGSTER’S FAST BALL JUMPS A FOOT

Manager Charles Dooin of the Phillies declares that be has the greatest young pitcher in the National league In the person of young Alexander, the recruit. —x x 1 This young Alexander is supposed to possess a finer assortment of deceivers than any other youngster in the game. His fast one is the most deceptive, according to Manager Dooin, and the red-haired boss will take oath that this jumps anywhere from fourteeii to fifteen inches. An exaggeration f The manager of the Phillies says no. He

says it is an actual fact that the fast one of his youngster Jumps more than a foot ' Alexander isn’t exactly built on the endifrance order, and yet he has always had the reputation of being a pitcher who could do a lot of work in a season. Last year he was with the Syracuse team of the New York State league. He pitched 46 games In that league. Alexander is* a youngster, being but twenty-three years old. He is a westerner, his home being ln x St. Paul, Neb. He stands six feet two'inches.

Grover Cleveland Alexander of Phillles.