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Show HE ZIMMERMAN IS STlfijiDI MAN Chicago Cub Can Play an Errorless Error-less Game on Any Part of the Diamond. NEW YORK, Aug. 0. All jobs look aJilco to Heine Zimmerman, tho handy mnn of the Chicago Cubs. Ono day it is second base, the next a trial on short or third, aud just by way of further demonstrating, his versatile qualities tho batting favorilo, better known in diamond lore as 4 'Big City"' recently took a flyor at tho conter field berth. No matter whoro Ileirio is placed, ho keps right on hitting, Heine takes just as mueh pride in his fielding avorago as in his batting attainments. He's a nervous, individual individ-ual in both .branches of the game. At tho bat Zim positivcb- abhors the "good ones." Any pitcher who has tried to waste a ball on the slugging Heine will tell you as much, for ho dotes on tho twisters that other careful battors would pass by unnoticed. Like Wagner, tho idol of thoin all, Zimmerman is a natural, free and easy batsman. Likewise, he is at home on second base, and in the brief trial given him in center field ho stacked up to an average of .1000. His greatest weakness' weak-ness' is playing the short field, which is conceded by many veteran baseball men as tho hardest job of thorn all. Happ3r in the possession of two of the greatest hands ever brought into major league ball, Zimuuc, with his tromondous speed and graceful maneuvers, should on form blossom into a whalo, tho equal of Tinker, Wagner or Bush. But he's too anxious. This accounts for nino-tenths nino-tenths of tho wild heaves credited to him. When .loh uny Kvors, poor of n tho second sackors, recommended Zimmie to the Chicago management soveral seasons sea-sons ago, no minor lenguer over got a belter i' boost." From the outset he asserted his prowess as a slugger, nnd ninny's the game that can bo chalked ui? to his pinch hitting ability. Zimmie is nothing if not consistent.! To his way of thinking nn error is a crime: In a came M"ay JO Zimmio, playing short, vice the disabled Tinker, was guilty of four glaring "boots" in oight chances. And overv time ho wont to bat he strove to olTset those iniscucs, succeeding fairly well, with nn accumulation accu-mulation of four sturdy swats, good for a total of five bases. 4 It would not surprise anv of the Chicago Chi-cago fans to hear tof Zimmio drawing n permanent berth in centor field before the Cubs are many summers older. Not that Artie Hofmnn is falling off in his work. But Chnnco expressed a desiro to doff tho rolo of the pinning manager, and this transition is liable to como next spring. Tn the event that "Husk ' rctiros to lead his host from the bench, tho skillful skill-ful Mr. Hofmuu in all probability will be shoved ovor to first. Then ir Zimmie Zim-mie shows roal class in the field, cavorting cavort-ing about between the veterans, 8hcck-ard 8hcck-ard and Schulte, prospects aro bright for Heine breaking into the picture as a full-fledged regular. Of thu. Cub utility artists, Zimmie is .tho busiest. Kane, one of tho cleverest infielders now warming a bench, ha3 hardly been in the game. Johnny needs no additional schooling"in the art of fielding, but hiB hitting avorago isn't tho kind that will cast terror into tho heart of any opposing slingor. Beaumont, Beau-mont, like Zimmie, has cut a wide Bwath in Chicago. Perchanco a long fly to tho outfield will work wonders for the Cubs. Tn this respect "Beau" is a topnotchor. He knowB that sacrifice fly business backward, forward and both ways from tho conter. , Tho utility man is a bench warmer by trade wjth nine out of ton major lenguos, because, tho regulars, as a rulo, manage to Keep in playing condition throughout the season. Every club must enrry a corps of substitutes, and in this respect tho Cubs loom up more favorably favor-ably thnn any other clui in major lengue society. Scores of tempting offers of-fers for Zimmerman's services have rattled into Murphy's greon room sinco the Bronx boy first displayed his all-around all-around form. Some of the grcntcst twirlors in the National leaguo have called Heine a more dangerous batter than Wngnor. Beaumont has fought his way up among the loaders in batting every year, antfl he now Btands recognized as a Ring bee slugger. With two far-famed hitters hit-ters like Zim and "Beau." Chicngo needs no additional pinch-hitting gentry. |