Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-11-05
Alabama Topples Georgia. 147; Tennessee Trims c. 800
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Dies at 63 of Heart AiIment
BY the Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Nebr., Nov. A.
Grover Cleveland Alexander. a
fabulous major league pitcher in
his day. was found dead in his
room today.
Death came to the 63-year-old
baseball immortal in the one
rented room he occupied in a
private home here. He had been
living of late on a $3.50 a month
baseball pension.
Alexander had been in i'll
health in recent years-he lost an
ear to cancer-but friends who
saw him yesterday said he men
toned nothing about feeling i'll.
Alexander got his last big base
ball tribute in 1888 when he was
voted into baseballs Hall of Fame
at Cooperstown, N. Y.
He had earned it with a re-
markable assortment of records
chalked up in a career that COW
cred nearly 20 years-from 1911
to 1899.
It was typical of the colorful
Alexander, a notable breaker of
training rules. that his best-re-
membered triumph came at
time when his greatness appeared
to be fading.
Asa pitcher for the Cardinals,
Alex had won the sixth game of
the World Series in 1926. The
Cards needed the seventh to win
the, series.
He Stopped Lazzeri Cold.
/ Came the seventh inning of the
seventh game against the Yankees
in Yankee Stadium. Two men
were out. the bases were loaded,
the Cards held a precarious 80
lead and Tony Lazzeri was UP.
Legend. always denied by Alex
ander, had 1t that the one time
Nebraska farm boy was mapping
in the dugout after celebrating
too well his previous days win
the night before. Cold as a
mackerel, Alex took the mound,
struck out Lazzeri on four pitched
balls and went on to win the
game.
Quentin Lynch, longtime friend
of Alexander's who accompanied
him on recent World Series trip
to New York. said Alexander had
planned to come to Omaha this
week for a visit with his divorced
wife, Aimee. who has been staying
with friends there. They had cor
responded, he said, and an un-
finished letter to Mrs. Alexander
was found in Alexander's type
writer today. Mrs. Alexander left
tonight for st. Paul. Other sur
vivors are three brothers, Charles
of st. Paul, Alvie and Warren of
Grand Island, Nebr.
Old Pete started in the majors
with Philadelphia, winning %
games in his freshman year. After
seven brilliant years with Phila-
delphia he was sold to the Cubs.
In 1926, when he appeared to be
losing some of that whip-lash
curve and perfect control, he was
sent to the Cardinals on waivers,
but proceeded to confound the
dopesters with another great sea-
son.
Alexander won 373 of the 6s6
games he pitched for the Phillies,
Cubs and Cards This tied him
with Christy Mathewson as the
National Leagues biggest winner.
Led as MI Shutout Hurler.
He pitched more shutouts than
any other National League hurler
80 of them. In 1916, he chalked
up an amazing total of Is shut
outs, also record.
In three successive years, 1915
to 1917, he won 80 or more games
He never had a hitter, but
hurled four one-hitters in 1915. q
record. In 1911 he pitched -four
consecutive shutouts.
Old Pete's big league career
ended in 1929, although he did
some pitching for lesser clubs
thereafter. His big trouble was
his disregard for training rules
which earned him suspensions
time and again.
At one time in later years he
was an added attraction at a flea