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Show Juvenile "Cablet" Is m Hi ID HB Bl H Versatile Ball Player By GILMAN PARKER. . International News Service Staff Correspondent. Cor-respondent. CHICAGO, May 1 Introducing Bernard Ber-nard A. Frloberg, Cub ''cublet" and rookie inflelder and outfielder of the Clan Mitchell. Desplto tho fact that he has lived but nineteen years, this young fellow gives every promise of breaking 'into print on the sporting pagos quite frequently fre-quently this season, and for some seasons sea-sons thereafter, for he has been officially of-ficially adopted as a member of the Cub family. Just how close Frieberg came to starting his major league career in Boston he will perhaps never know. But the fact remains that he was gobbled gob-bled up by a scout for the Cubs while playing with a Lynn (Mass.) semi-pro aggregation copped right from under the nose of George Stalllngs, as it were and that at a time when Stallings was getting ready to make him an offer. Bernard isn't particular where he plays on a ball club. He has formed no attachment for any one position and can perform equally well on the infield and in tho garden. This makes him a rather valuable young Cub student stu-dent to have on tho bench, and Manager Man-ager Mitchell means to devote a lot of time this summer pepping him for a regular Job. with the Cubs 'in the future. In addition to being a good infieldcr and a hard hitter, Frieberg is a sprint-'cr, sprint-'cr, hurdler and football player of note. He has grown to a height of six feet and he is brawny to match, and somewhat some-what raw-boned. ' He was born in Manchester, N. H.. August 18, 1899. Ho is a right-handed batsman and throws the same way Barney Frieberg In condition he wefghs 178 pounds, and when ho put3 that 178 pounds behind be-hind a bat and the bat connects with a baseball well, that baseball takes a ride. We'll say it does. Frieberg, though youthful, is married, mar-ried, and this is just one more incentive incen-tive for him to make good with a vim. Manager Mitchell believes he will. |