Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-07-10 | Page 14 | Cubs Have Prize Rookie

CUBS HAVE PRIZE Eighteen Year Chap I Replacing Grimm Proves Proves- Proves Best Youngster of Y Ye e t I By WINTHROP LYMAN tf United Press Sports Writer w CHICAGO July 10 The IG-The The prize rookie In the major leagues jj k I son is 15 Philip Cavarretta year old year 18 8 yea 01 first b baseman for lor forthe the Chicago Cuis CU Just one year out of or high ach school oo he stepped into the shoes shoes' of Charle Charley Charle Grimm when that veteran decided l to retire retire- as a player and concentrate concentrate concen concentrate on on managing How well welt the shoes shoes' lit fIt the young Italian I Is III shown by hi hl performance per per- both at nt bat and in the field He Is 15 hitting and tl fielding almost faultlessly ly He Be ho hM driven in 39 runs rune only three less teas than thin Gabby Hartnett who In leadIng leading leading lead lead- ing tho the team in that department He has poked poled out ut fo four r home homo runs I seven von triples and 14 doubles The ro rookie kie is not large as 85 first ba basemen emen go weighing only pounds and standing 5 feet teet 11 inches Cavarretta lives Jives in the same small brick house in the heart of ot Chicago Chicago's Chicago's Chi Chi- cagos cago's Italian district where he hews was born July 19 19 1917 1911 He played hi his first first bali ball in a V vacant cant lot ot across the street beside the grammar school he attend attended d. d High School Le Leader er From the gr grades des des' he went to lQ Lane Technical high school and there played regularly as as pitcher and first baseman His high school batting average was was better than C Cavarretta had one semester of ot high school left when his coach conch Per Percy y Moore re recommended him to Clarence Rowland Cubs' Cubs scout Ho was farmed out to Peoria and played 22 games hitting before the league told folded d up He finished d the 1931 1934 season with Reading Pa PIL playing in 86 games and batting While the Cubs were training at Catalina island this spring the young rookie won his his' spurs At the start of the regular season Grimm said Get in there and play first base kid Im I'm retiring as a player Cavarretta has been in there ever since Ho He has missed only two games this season and on both occasions occasions occasions occa occa- he was vas ill What enabled him to jump into the maj majors rs after alter only one year in inthe inthe inthe the bush leagues Cavarretta can answer the question himself Credit to HI HM His Coach Much of the credit is due to Mr Moore he sa said d He is just ab about ut the best baseball coach in any high school in th the country Then Thin when I joined the Cubs I had Charley Grimm to teach me how to play He put a lot Jot of confidence in me inc and I knew I couldn't fail tail him Id I'd rather play for Mr Ir Grimm than anybody else When I was in school I watched him every time I had a chance and hoped some d day y I I. I could play as well as he