Show u I Discards Comprise Chicago T am s Infield J x x Quartet Was Formerly With St Louis c 1 II COONEY v i i V I ij I t I N V I 4 1 I J Ily y EVANS p CHICAGO Itch leb 9 lt S It Is not that a major league club completes one single department ca yi I r i pits cast t from frol a neighbor But Dut this is just what the Chi Chi- Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago cago Cubs have done IJ In lining up Charley Grimm fo for first r t base Earl dams dains for tor second base Howard for tor third base bae and Jimmy Cooney for shortstop All are former members of oC the St 81 Louis Cardinals Grimm was as introduced ue d lo to the lg ig league circuit with the Cardinals In 1918 1818 but but was not hot ripe enough and was turned over to the Little LittleRock Rock club on one ot of those gen gen agreements tor for seasoning But the bond of ot secrecy l was broken some place place- and when Grimm was Vas sought by y other clubs as a prospect ho hll was as purchased by the Pittsburg Pirates The Car Car- Cardinals Cardinals did not have e their evidence ore i In bl bL i hl-i i DJ V and lost their app al ii fo foi tin Un bab lUan LOSS OF GRIMM COSTLY Playing With bith the th Pirates four our yearn ear Grimm joined the tho ho Cubs last winter in the tha famous exchange which shifted Aldridge Grantham and us to Pittsburg ith In Cooper and Grimm go- go goIng goIng go going ing to Chicago Adams w was s another junior pros pros- prospect poet when he reported to the Car Oar Cardinals Cardinals I in the spring of ot 1921 But Bul Buthe lie ho had Rogers Hornsby tor for his llis at second base and naturally did not cover more than the spring training period He lie was sent to Syracuse thence to 10 Wichita Falls FalIs and in the Texas league con con- convinced convinced con convinced vinced the staff of ot scouts scout for the Chicago Cubs that he ho was the worthy successor lo to Zeb Terr Terry Adams like many snappy see sec sec second ond basemen Is a midget lie He Heb b barely rel reaches five fg feet t yet ho lie was p the le leading fielder in tIm llio National league for tor 18 1925 with an nn average ot of He He lie was high assists j with and high for tor putouts with LATEST TEST TO JOIN JOT CUllS CUDS Howard Freigau made hili his debut with the Cardinals as their ba bat boy originally coming under Branch sharp eyes with the Wesleyan team It Is la quite a jump tro from b bat t bo boyto boy to a r regular gular job put but au cleared the hurdle and was as the sensation as the Cardinals thIrd baseman in 1924 In need ot of a catcher and having surplus third base material early la iatt t season sanson Rickey accepted the trade rade pill il Of o thi the Cubs br 01 Bob Far Far- Farrell Farrell roll Far rell for Freigau and and and Mike Gonza Gonza- Gonzalea Ics Gonza-Ics les lea lr was placed at third base immediately by Bill Dill and caused the passing of Barney Darney Friberg to the Ph Phillies ies Thus the Cubs had three of their four In- In infielders In fielders from the tho Cardinals The fourth member to fill III out the th qu quartet is Jimmy Cooney a shortstop Cooney recently wu was traded to the Cubs fo for Pitcher Vic Vic- Vic Victor to toi tor Keen |