Evening journal., 1910-09-09
FACTS ABOUT
THE 500 CLUB
Cubs Have Won Half
Thousand Games in
Five Years
TWELVE MEN DO
MOST OF THE WORK

Twelve baseball players have done
most Of the work which resulted In
the Chicago Cubs winning over 500
games In the past consecutive Ave
years Throuph fluctuations and
changes of big league lineup these
men have remained with the Windy
City team aud have had wonderful
success
Those 500 and more victories are
baseball record Therefore, there is
going to be club which at present
is proposed under the name of the
Five Hundred Club and will enroll on
its membership the following players
Frank L. Chance, manager and first
baseman; John j. Evers. second base
man; Joseph b. Tinker. shortstop;
Harry Steinfeldt. third baseman;
James r. Sheckard, left field; Arthur
r. Holman. center feld Frank
Schultz. right field John G. King,
catcher: Mordecai Brown. pitcher;
Orvall Overall. pitcher; Edward NJ.
Reulbach, pitcher, and John Phester,
pitcher
AT present the Cub team is pract-
cally the same as the one which won
the pennant I'm 1906. John King Is the
only man who has not played the full
Ave years, but since he was techni-
cally and legally a member during the
1909 season. he is to be one of the
club There will be no dissenting
murmurs In the baseball world.
The nearest record TO. the 500 mark
is the one made by the Giants, who
won i'm the Ave seasons, 1904-19OS in
elusive. 4S7 games. II seems quite
likely that the Cubs will reach total
of 526 games in five years before the
season closes. Several other records
of theirs have been computed, namely:
/ During that time the 500 club has
been at bat nearly 21,OOO times, and
has made over 5000 base hits and al
1 most 1000 runs. Such record would
give the team a batting average of
253 for the entire five seasons. AL
most 10000 putouts have been made
during the five years and nearly TO-
GOO assists But 1000 errors are re-
corded. with the total chances reach
ing 3O319 Its fielding average for
the five campaigns would be 800
Manager Chance leads the five-yeaI
batting average with .290. and Jack
} Phester foots the list with an ever
/ 100 Harry Steinfeldt has played In
697 games and would have had a
= -
/ lny-off in the last eastern trip. due e
b Illness. Brown has pitched over 2Ol
4 games. Sheckard has scored 362 runs
} leading Evers but one for the entire
/ half decade. Steinfeldt has a recorG
of 600 base hits
, Manager Chance Is quoted with th'
! opinion that the Cubs success thi
) season has been mainly due TO thei
, batting. He was asked, according Il
> the tale, how he succeeded in keepinl
. the team in the lead for Nationa
; League hOnors. Chance replied tha
= he was not responsible for the sue
i cess of the Chicago club, and that tn
J, team deserved all the credit.
p Il do not drive my men, Chance !
e said to have explained. Il ask ther
to give me their best. which they hav
: been doing. and you see the result.
: Chance also mentioned that goo
4 physical condition was an importar
factor in the Cubs showing, but h
had misfortune with his pitchers. 10
ward Reulbach fell i'll. Overall wa
knocked out of It and Brown deve
oped slowly.
"Phester was slow in developing
said Chance "and then broke h
d hand. Now, had all these men r.
mained in shape. l believe that v
would have won the pennant by TIL
time. Judging by the manner in whic
- we have increased our lead under ii
handicap"
THE Cubs all hit well and truly
he concluded. Schultz is coming a
/ expected. and Holman is up 60 hi
ability, and Evers and Tinker an
! smashing out hits when they are neec
ed, which counts in ball game. The
have been doing that practically Al
season and are responsible for IN
many series ne took from the teasteri
! ana western clubs"