Show larh lf rH alexander alexande r tells how to pitch ROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER ALEXAN DEIl recently tolt why he ha baa he grovett b been en a successful and tacI incidentally dentally told ambitious men how to to become ome successful pitchers among the things he be advises are develop control study batters pitch the ball where the tha batter does not care cafe to have it pitched alexander need say no more any pitcher with a fair amount of stuff who can control tt it and who knows where to put it will succeed there are plenty of pitchers with stuff on the ball but their stuff is wasted and they get nowhere they have levei mastered con arol and they have not studied opposing batsman batsmen bat bats sirun men alexander never had what the profession calls a world of stuff lie was waa never endowed with the amount of stuff that christopher carried all he had bad was a fast ball and a curve walter johnson and bazzy vance had bad much better fast bulls balls and a dozen pitchers pIt chera could curvo curve a b ball all b better e than alexander still he Is one of the great pitchers ot of the gamp game and will always ways la be remembered as such no pitcher ever vr know knew better where to send the ball and no co one ever ver knew better when furthermore no pitcher ever could get it to the right spot us as often as alexander tie he ta Is probably the greatest control pitcher of of all time G alexander j aff r j |