Show CA CAP P ANSONS CHEAT GREAT stands without parallel in annals ol 01 national game with chicago twenty two year years in all the annals of ba baseball there Is no playing record to surpass the one that the grand old man of das dasa ball adrian C anson mado made at ae a MOM her of tho the chicago national club while the sport was grow ing up from infancy and chicago was mas establishing itself on the tile baseball M map up through the achievements of its i mighty white stockings anson waa nal building for himself a record that challenges bellot belief even in thia this day ol 01 diamond wonders to remain with ith a club for 22 long years Is one thing of no little note to serve as manager and captain at aa the club in addition to playing a roen lar position for 21 of cheso theco 22 ons la is an even greater mark of distinction and to bo be able to show at the close of that lengthy period the won non derdul and grand batting a average crago ot 01 3 bespeaks a foat feat without a parallel in all tho the years of the nations favor faor ito sport noa nowadays ada a it means a mark of honor to a player to bat over tor for even a fingle pinglo season but how bow many of the modern stars will mill bo be able to keep it up for 22 seasons in succession even though not bearing tho tile additional burden of tho the management a and nd captaincy it Is doubtful it if ansons record will over ever be equaled it certainly stands out at present in a class by it belt self and as a mark tor for young players to shoot at anson started out as a third base wan with chicago in tho the first year ot of tho gio national lague 1876 and played in the ont outfield field in 1878 and it was not until 1879 blat he went to tho the tion in which ho he was as to rank ba ars one at tho the greatest stars during his 22 years ot of service with he be chicago nationals anson played in the remarkable total of 2250 tames games making the mond wonderful erful average t f in batting and in fielding tn in times at bat he made 1665 hits and out of 0 the great total ot of 22 cap anson fielding chances he miss missed ed only 96 the latter being tho the astonishingly small number ot of errors h ho 0 1 made nade against putouts ani 1071 ae as slots anson managed tho the chicago club from 1887 to 1897 inclusive but ho he was constantly at loggerheads with james A hart after the latter became president ot of tho the club in 1892 and in the fall ot of 1897 the grand old man was released closing a playing career at chicago that Is without an equal in all the baseball life of that city thomas burns was mas made man ager after tho the release ot of anson |