The Alexander Stadium is the main athletics stadium in Birmingham, the largest city in the Midlands of England. It has staged the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, and was the venue of the 1998 Disability World Athletics Championships. See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... The midlands of a territory are its central regions. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity...
The construction of the stadium began in 1975 and it opened in 1976. It has an eight lane synthetic surface track with a ten lane straight. There are 7,000 covered seats in 3 separate stands called the Main, Knowles and Nelson and 600 uncovered seats on the rear straight. It is the home of Birthfield Harriers, one of the best known athletics clubs in the United Kingdom.
And, the story goes, Alexander had celebrated well into the night, wholly confident (and why not?) that his aging right arm wouldn't get another workout until the spring of 1927.
Alexander was in the twilight of his career and had been obtained by the Cardinals on waivers from the Chicago Cubs in June.
Alexander's four one-hitters in 1915 and his 16 shutouts in '16 are still major league highs.
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