Show 44 three outfield slugging stars 1 44 M H 07 AW 4 X t 41 0 imposing Impo elro trio of cub hitters th there ere was a lot of 0 speculation over the he national league loop last spring BS as to foint the cubs would do with cubler added nailed to their outfield that already boasted boa steil of wilson and stephenson ph enson it was bruited bruised about that here were three 50 hitters on one team and they would crash their way through all league defenses but stephenson Stephe ngon fell off 20 points to in his hitting and cuyler a demon in the springtime always slumps to a hitting in midsummer so the cubs fell just a few games short of the flag they illey are talking about hornsby and his hitting bitting average and what he be will do for the cubs this year but the cubs tills still have that potential outfield all three of these men are what they call natural hitters they lieve the eye the stance the swing and dd the aptitude of the freehanded free ree handed mugger eer and men of this type are always dangerous and always apt to tome bath bak with a 3 io average even though they did not play up to their full form last season there Is no doubt but that this trio on their records rank with the yankee trio as the file two best outfields out fields 1 in baseball et at tills this time stephenson henson batted last season find and batted baited in 80 runs and made 36 two as his contribution to extra base clouting St Ste evies six year tont tIng record in the majors averaged nver aged SKI hla his lump mukul to in 1928 bringing him donn doan to buier batted only last season it drop of more than 70 points from his 1025 1925 record but he scored 82 92 runs and batted in 79 runs and he led both leagues in stolen bases with made 17 home runs and 25 two diggers tills Is a remarkable offensive performance to go with such a batting average then cuyler Is a hall ball hawk in n the field cuyler bit for an average of during the 1 he years ot of 1924 1024 1925 1920 lie ile is twenty nine years old and played six sell bensons sons on the big time ufa his batting slump of the past two seasons reasons la Is inexplicable ne ile la Is fast keen smart and takes lakes excellent care of himself hak hack wilson has had a brief but troubled career on the big time when he tame came to mcgraw in 1924 be blossomed early that spring into a corking fielder a fast runner a slashing hitter and an aggressive and popular player the polo tans doted on him but he went into a batting slump in midsummer that changed the cheers into a wreath of raspberry the next spring he could not hit at all so mcgraw sent him to toledo with a string attached the string slipped or broke or something and wilson became toledo property when he tell fell back to double A he suddenly found himself and began to slug the ball the cubs grabbed him in the draft next nest winter stephenson once hit tor for cleveland in the american league that was back in 1924 ile he was an infielder then and his defensive play was so weak that it did not offset his big hatting batting average they finally let him go to indianapolis he slugged his bis way back to the big show this time appearing with the cubs as LID an outfielder fl he worked like a trojan to perfect his outfield play and finally succeeded ile he hit bit in 1926 and in 1927 and became a star stephenson came from the university of alabama and Is twenty nine years of old d here Is an outfield capable of hitting right at the mark add hornsby with his batting punch to all tills this dynamite and you have offensive power that Is sure pure to gain a lot lor of ground la in any campaign against any foe |