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Show Keleaaed by Western Newspaper Union. JAMES EMORY FOXX, latest addition ad-dition to the Chicago National league ball club, may turn out to be one of the soundest Investments the Cubs have made in recent years. Foxx, 35 and In his 17th consecutive consecu-tive season of major league baseball, base-ball, will serve a double purpose with the Cubs. He Is expected to supply a much-nerded batting punch and he brings to the North Side club one of the greatest present-day baseball personalities. The rugged first baseman, two-time two-time American league batting cham- pion, was purchased pur-chased from trre Boston Red Sox after he was passed up by the other seven league clubs at the waiver price of $7,500. thus permitting his sale to the Cubs. In 1941, Jimmy finished with an average of .300. jimmy Foxx driving in 105 runs and thereby completing a record rec-ord of 13 consecutive seasons in which he batted in more than 100 runs. During his American league career, he led the league three times in that particular department. While with the Athletics his marks of 169 in 1932 and 163 in 1933 led the league. In 1936, with Boston, he drove in 175 runs and hit .349, the latter mark also leading the league. Start of Career A right-handed hitter and thrower, Foxx began his professional career In 1924 as a catcher with Easton, Pa., in the Eastern Shore league. The Athletics bought him the following fol-lowing year and sent him to Providence Provi-dence for seasoning. He returned to the Athletics the following year and remained with them until the close of the 1935 season when he was sold to Boston for a reported $150,000. Foxx has been one of baseball's great home run artists. His top mark was reached in 1932 when he recorded 58 circuit clouts. Last season he drove out 19 home runs. Jim Gallagher, general manager of the Cubs, is well pleased with the deal. He knows the club needs a wallop and thinks that Foxx is the man to supply it He knows, too, that Foxx is past his peak, but that he still is dangerous. The Cubs have some excellent minor league hitters in tow, but they haven't produced pro-duced as yet. Foxx may spark them into a drive that will bring results. Luck Changes For Slammin Sammy Samuel Jackson Snead, upon whom the gods of golf have frowned for years, finally has proved to the I satisfaction of everyone concerned that "pressure" golf is- down his alley. In capturing the 25th national championship of the Professional Golfers association associa-tion with a 2-and-1 decision over Corporal Jimmy Turnesa, Snead had to win the hard way. He was three down after the first 23 holes, but managed man-aged to summon up his best shots to beat Corporal Sammy Snead Jimmy Turnesa with a five under par for the next 12 holes. Since 1936, when Sam came out of West Virginia with a sweet swing and power to burn, great things have been predicted for him. But Sammy Sam-my proved somewhat of a disappointment. disap-pointment. It all started in 1937 at Detroit. He had scored 283 in, his first bid for the National Open championship. It was in the bag. But Ralph Gul-dahl, Gul-dahl, who was smoking hot, cracked hrough with a 281. Then, in 1938, at Shawnee-on-Dela-ware, Snead went into the final for the PGA title, against Paul Runyan, whose average drives lacked 50 yards of Sam's usual poke. Runyan whipped him unmercifully. Snead didn't win a hole until the 24th, and ended up on the short end of an 8-and-7 score the worst drubbing in PGA finals. The following year Snead made history. He took an eight on the last hole of the National Open at Philadelphia Phila-delphia when a par five would have meant victory. That horrible eight will live forever in Sam's memory. In 1910, at Hcrshey, Pa., Byron Nelson joined the PGA championship champion-ship ranks by winning the title at the expense of Snead the luckless. Snead is still wondering how he lost this one. He threw a final round of 68, five under par, at Nelson and it didn't do him any good. Nelson outplayed out-played him. He turned loose a couple cou-ple of thunderbolts when they were needed. ' It hurt Sam to lose that one. The West Virginia slugger played good golf. He didn't fold up at a critical moment like he had done in the past But still he managed to lose. |