Evening star., 1952-02-12

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ing committee Fewer than four of Horns M
bys % years in the majors were spent with
the Cubs" it pointed out, land, therefore
the committee did not name him" s
Hornsby was past 80 years of age when
he to the Cubs. Still, in his first year, fn'D ~
1929 he played 1856 and bated $780, Thereafter ne
managed and played at second third in the outed De-
spite his advancing years. Rogers bated higher than 800
three of his four in Chicago and 1882 didn't really
count either, because he only played in 19 games
THE SELECTION COMMITTEE quickly explained the
legendary figures Adrian Cap) Anson and
A. spadng two HaofFamers This is easy to digest
pointed out baseball still in its formative stage
and Spang occupied the center OF the stage
WashingtonS Clark Griffith and the Immortal Mike ng
Kelly this category There is of comparing
the ancient preCub heroes with the modens
those last so years. | ~ F%~Sf' ~
their official" a-me first baSeman the CUPS nave
Charley Frank Chance Then Herman at second
Hornsby Johnny Evers and somewhat surprisingly
Jurges not Tinker at ShoStop It's oncal that
the tabled of all doubeplay combinations Tinker to
Chance failed to land single member on the Cubs
And yet all three are in the Hall of Fame
Hack thrdsacker of the late 30S and early 4O
gets third base job without struggle After ALL Harry
steinfeldt who played bag the Tinker Everto-
days. always ovshadowed by that pubczed tro
and Heinie Zimmerman didn't rate top choice.
There be great quarrel with the outed seecton
K Cuyer Riggs Stephenson and the coorfu Hack Wilson,
although Stephenson gazee in the field or
the bases might prefer Jimmy sheckard one OF
the Chances ourtme pennant winners Then too
graybeard might give the Cubs hard time on the cnoce
Gabby Hartne Roger Bresnahan-not to mention
Johnny Killing and Jimmy Archern the catching department
Bresnahan who spent years with the Giants is
Ha-of-Famer along. with Hornsby Anson, Spaldng,
Griffith Kelly Tinker Evers and Chance Roger did some po-
neerng among what with his shnguardS and his style
of play probably the last catcher to bat in the
lead-o spot where speed of foot is prime requisite
THE TENTH HALL-OF-FANE to be left off is no
Cleveland Alexander Perhaps like HornSby
behind him when in 1913 he joined the
Cubs but Old Pete only 81 at the time He'd been ire
pitcher for the Phes since 1s11 winning IN
successive years %, 10, o. 27 81, 33 and 80 games
Alexander sold to the Cubs together with his great
battery mate Bill Kfe in big mdwnter cash transaction
that supposed bring the Cubs out OF the dodrms How
Alex 3017 with the PhlS in 1917 was
the Army early the after he appeared in
games Old two of these He came back
in time pitch nine Shutouts for the CUBS IN
remained in Chicago for nearly eight more seasons
Despite his troubles with the bottle he never had losing
season with the Cubs.
Once he won q games Chicago and another time he
bagged many pitchers today win many? He was
years old when Cardinal he 81 in
previous fall the World Series for the Cards
with his e-forgotten srkeout of Tony Lazzeri
THE ALI-TIME CUB pitchers Mordeca Brown, Jim
Vaughan Charlie Root and Lon Warneke Good ones, EACH
only really compared with Alexander The oldser
they called "ree Fingered games in 1908 Warnekes
in 1884 when he 22 Roots peak was In
1927 26, and Vaughan high was the 23-15
record he had in 1918.
Regardless of whether agrees dsagrees with the
Committee it's still great ball club that's been
why there aren't players OF ap-
proximate caber today Hack Wilson, for example,
hit Sc home and drove across 100 in 1880 Cuyr was
terrific at bat in the oued and the base paths For
fielding ability alone had superior although his
choice Tinker might be debated.
a-star lineup to please everybody,
but the Cubs will stand other than 10
figures ncluding so-caed moderns) couldn't
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