The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-17

championships, and chance TO annex q
third. The Cubs finished second In 1903
and won the city title. No more brilliant
record has been made BY so young a man.
Chance was born in Fresno, Cal. Septem-
Der 10. 1871. He joined the Chicago team
IN the spring Of 1898. and this is his thir-
teenth year in professional baseball. All
or them have been spent with the Cubs.
lie started his career as a catcher but in
the summer of 1893 was induced 10 play
hrst base by Manager Selee, and almost
Immediately claimed a place among the
great first basemen. Chance gained his
reputation on the coast, where he played
win the Washington University team.
lie was recommended 10 cap" Arson by
bll LANCE then outhelder OF the Chicago
team. When Frank Selee was obliged by
POOR health 10 surrender the management
or the Cubs In the middle OF 1905, Chance
was appointed acting manager, and sue
ceeded to the permanent management the
Following spring. He won the champions
snip IN that year. and repeated in 1907 and
1908. losing TO Plttsburg last season, and
coming back strongly this year. As a
leader Of men and in Judgment OF players
he has few equals. He weighs $50 pounds
Is six feet tall, and bats and throws right
handed. He was married in 1901.
STEINFELDT. Harry has been a mem
Der OF the Cubs since 1906 when he was
obtained from Cincinnati IN exchange for
Pitcher Weimer He was born Septem-
Der %. 1876, in st. Louis. but his family
removed to Fort Worth. Tex. when he
f7T~a hi
fessional career in the Texas League in
1886 as a second baseman, and played with
the Fort Worth and Galveston teams. He
was drafted by the Detroit club in 1897.
and was purchased from the Tigers by
Cincinnati IN the following year He re-
manned with the Reds for eight seasons.
playing third base after Charlie Irwin
went 10 Brooklyn in 1893 He is feet 10
inches tall, weighs l75 pounds, and bats
and throws right handed. He was mar
ried in October, 1904
king. JOHN c., was born at Kansas
City, No, November Is, 1870, and has lived
in that city all his life He is feet 9ls
inches tall, and weighs $50 pounds. He
came from the 81. Joseph team To the
Cubs in the fall Of 1900 and for the better
part OF ten years has been its premier
catcher. Killing first played professionally
al Rockford. Ill. in 1856 as an outhelder
He was released al the end Of the year
and did not play ball again until 1893.
when he became a member of the Hous-
ton team Of the Texas League. He played
There only a few months. but in 1890
was signed by the ST Joe team as a
catcher, and was sold along with Suang
10 the Cubs that fall He was second
catcher until the season OF 1903. since
when he has been the mainstay Of the
team behind the bat. He remained out
Of the game during the season Of 1893 and
established a billiard business IN his home
city. He bats and throws right handed.
and was married in 1903
REULBACH EDWARD NJ. was born
December ], 1852, at Detroit. Mich. where
he lived until 1900 when his family re-
moved 10 81. Louis. He is six feet tall
ana weighs IS pounds lie has been with
the team since the middle Of 1905. joining
the team az the close OF the college year,
as he was then pitching for the University
Of Vermont. His experience as a minor
Lacquer was confined to his college vaca-
tions. Reulbach first gained prominence
at NOtre Dame, where he was a pitcher
and captain Of the varsity nine in 1904
The summer before that he pitched for
the Sedalia No. team under an assumed
name, and in the vacation of 1904 pitched
IN the Vermont state League under a
different name His work was watched
despite the stage names. and his record
prompted Manager 5elee to sign him
while still a collegian. He pitches and
bats right handed and was married in
August. 1906,
EFERS, JOHN j, was born IN Troy, y,
Y, July 81 1883, and lived there until he
moved 20 Chicago 10 make his home dur
ing the present season. He is s feet s
inches tail, and weighs 80 pounds He
has been a member OF the Cubs since
September. 1902, when he was purchased
from the Troy club by Manager SeIee be-
ing thrown in for good measure" when
Pitcher Hardy was obtained from the
same club. Evers' experience in the
minor leagues was brief He first played
with the Troy team in the spring OF 1902,
beginning IN the outfeld and being tried
at short. He was used as a substitute by
Chicago until the fall OF 1903, when Bob
Lowe was injured, and Evers was given
the berth at second base, in which he
has made himself one Of the famous play
ers of all time. He bats left handed and
throws right handed He was married
IN 1903.
TINKER, JOSEPH b. was born July
p, 1850, at Muskoda Kas He is 3 feet So
inches tall, and weighs 10 pounds He
has been witt. the Cubs since the spring
of 1902. when he was obtained by Manager
Selee from the Portland Greg, team,
which won the championship of its league
in19N. Tinker began his professional career
on an independent team at COffeyville
Kan, in 1899 He went 10 the Denver
team in 1900. but played there only few
months before being released TO Great
Falls, Mont. He then was sold to Helena
where he finished the season of 1900 as
second baseman. In the following year
he went to Portland and played third
base. He was tried out at shortstop by
Chicago. and has held that position ever
since. He bats and throws right handed,
and was married in 1903.
WEAVER. ORLIE F., is the baby Cub
OF the bunch. He was born in Newport.
Tenn, June 4, 1855, His professional ex-
perience dates back only to 1909, when he
starred as pitcher for the Jacksonville
team and was selected by Chicago. Last
spring it was decided he needed one more
years seasoning. and he was sent to
Louisville to get it. He did so well with
a tail-end team that the option retained
on him was exercised and he returned TO
the Cubs in August He IS 6 feet ] inch
tall. weighs 179 pounds. and pitches and
bats right handed He is single, and lives
ia Knoxville. Tenn.