The Schulte Poems: May 2, 1910 By JohnW53 on May 2, 2021, 6:53am CDT +
During the 1910 season, the Chicago Tribune regularly published funny, sometimes hilarious, poems that it said were written by Frank Schulte, the Cubs colorful, hard-hitting, lefty-swinging right fielder.
The poems actually were written by Ring Lardner, destined to become one of the great humorists of the early 20th Century, who was assigned by the paper to cover the Cubs that season.
This entry appeared 111 years ago today:
....
Tho at times it looked real tight,
The way to win, I tell you now,
Is hit the ball right on the brow.
Hit it hard, don t hit it faint,
The end of the West Side Grounds, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Feb 16, 2021, 4:33am CST 2
....
No one expected Charles Weeghman to keep the Cubs on the West Side after he gained ownership of the team late in 1915. As owner of the city s Federal League team, he had built a new park on the North Side and he quickly announced that it would become the home of the Cubs in 1916.
This did not sit well with everyone. Ring Lardner, the Tribune s star columnist, wrote a faux letter, supposedly sent from Riverside, just west of Chicago, to Frend Harvey (all spelling and punctuation as in original!):
Post-season exhibition games, Part 4: World Series teams meet twice after series! By JohnW53 on Jan 13, 2021, 4:02am CST +
....
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1908, the Cubs defeated the Tigers, 2-0, at Detroit s Bennett Park to repeat as World Series champions.
Yet they had not seen the last of the Tigers.
This story appeared in the Chicago Tribune the following Sunday, Oct. 18:
ONE MORE CHANCE TO WATCH
THE CUBS AND TIGERS PLAY.
.
Park This Afternoon, with Field
Day Contests as Appetizers for Fans.
.
The last chance for Chicago fans to watch the world s champions in action will be given them today as the west side park, weather permitting, in the exhibition game and field day stunts with the Detroit Tigers.
Cap Anson, Chicago city clerk, Park 2 By JohnW53 on Dec 11, 2020, 3:41am CST +
...
By May of 1906, Cap Anson had been Chicago s city clerk for a little over a year, during which he had become embroiled in a number of disputes.
One battle, over whether a friend whom Anson had appointed as chief clerk was a permanent or temporary hire, ended only when the city s Civil Service Commission froze the payroll for Anson s department.
But that was small potatoes compared to what came next.
.
MERIT BOARD AFTER ANSON,
Charges Commission Thinks of Try-
ing to Get Him Before the Council.
.
City Clerk Cap Anson s desire to keep right, politically, which has led him to shield three influential city hall employees charged with drawing pay without rendering adequate service, may bring him before the city council for an explanation.