Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-15
Frank nj. Schult,

Frank M. Schultz
Where Sheckdrd's but memory and
SldOle's day Is done;
Where Chance and TinkerIs day Is through
aud HoJmdn's fame Is spun;
Where Steiny dtoeIls iUithin the night and
Killing has dr-Jted by,
The glamour Of the Old Guard turks u
Schulte's batting eye.
Where PtetSter's toino has toilted out and
Overall Is through;
Where all the others, one by one have
passed on, Overdue;
Where all the rest have dritted By, noto lost
tDithin Times blur,
There's sttH one left to shoto the game just
tUhat the old Cubs t0ere.
Considerable Relic
The original Cub guard should be dated
from 1906 That was the season where
Frank Chance first started the great ma
chine into top speed.
From this Old Guard there are only two
regulars in active work-Frank Schultz and
Johnny Evers. Miner Brown still is wear
ing a Cub uniform, but Brownie only in
dulges his great right wing once in while
for relief work.
So Schultz is the sole survivor among the
regulars still wearing Cub harness. Frank
is relic, therefore but considerable relic,
of one of the great machines of all time.
Inc wonder 49, nOI lnal
wives. but that now in the midst OF his 18th
campaign he is having the best year he
ever has known. With a batting average of
$40. he is close to the top OF the batting
ladder, and If he has lost any vital part of
his speed it doesn't show in his daily
work.
Singing Headquarters
1t isn't often that one ball club carries the
three leading sluggers of the league.
Detroit was never able to reach this
height with Cobb Crawford and Veach. II
was beyond the old Mackmen with Collins,
Baker and McInns. 1t was beyond the
Phililes with Cravath and Luderus. But
the Cubs hold this honor today with Will
Jams, Schultz and Zimmerman. They now
are running 1-2-3 among the leagues lead
ing sluggers with Doyle, Robertson and
Merlkle following in order. Williams, Schultz
and Zimmerman each have a grand extra
base average above 500, which is remark
able, as only iris Speaker, in the American
League, is above this mark.
A ball club with this much power punched
is not one to be taken any too lightly.
The three Cubs mentioned have hit for
more than 100 extra bases. which Is sew
eral notches beyond the extra base output
of Speaker. Jackson and Cobb. the A. L.
cannonneers.
A Trifle of Aid
II have the two things a ball club needs"
says Mandarin Robinson, OF the Brooklyn
club, 'the pitching and the batting"
These two details have been known to
have their uses, taken here and there and
around, even II they are not essentials
Which they are.
Fair Proof
Colonel Jack Dillon has been frequently |
to as the Assassin, the Murderer, the |
Bear Cat and various other monickers de- |
noting innate savagery.
Dillon is no fair-haired child, but when he |
has finished with Francois Moran there will |
be a fairly definite idea extant as to how |
many OF these rakish titles are deserved
Francois is no puny infant on his own |
hook. and IL Dillon can emerge from this |
jubilee in front OF the parade he will de- |
serve all the credit the heavyweight game |
holds outside of the circus arena.
Back to the Road
The Giants are yearning for the road /
again. They probably form the first ball |
club in the game that would rather play
abroad than at home. 'If we could finish
he rest OF the season on the road" says
wed win the flag by l5 or 20 /
yames. But the handicap OF so more games
Il home viii make the job tougher one"
Yet there are those who say there Is moth
ng new beneath the sun
Nothing Like 1t
remember the day that missed wee
putt,
sut the words that l said were not '-rut-
tut"
The Cleveland Indians were supposed to !