Show 4 0 man with great baseball punch J ahe L man with the great record the man wit with b the great punch and tr the b nian man with more baseball instinct and intellect than any player in e the game today Is rogers hornsby Ho rosby who plays second base tor for the chicago cubs 4 hornsby is thirty four years ot of age but he never has hag played any better baseball than lie did last season for the cubs lies iles been a whale of a performer at the bat and in the field as well as a pace setter and no inspiration to all tits his mates since 1916 1016 be has been an outstanding hitter bitter in the national league that was tits his first year a as i a regular with tile st louis cardinals now he be has put in fourteen years in the big leagues Ws ills lowest liver aver age was in 1916 1910 when lie he hit bit his highe higher was ovas p in 1924 v when lien he hit three years 1922 1022 1924 and 1923 1925 lie batted over hornsby Is within a half inch of six feet in 40 I 1 if height and lis pounds in ID condition anti and hes 41 I 1 always in condition in addition to his prowess hornsby ornsby II has always S ranked as a fine fielding second baseman ills his bindom bitable spirit has bas been of even more value to the Z cubs than his hitting or his bis play in the field horns t by Is always nt at tits his best in august and september J ile he came to the cardinals in 1915 after only one 4 year in the texas oklahoma league bengue after twelve 10 14 years with the carda he was traded to new york in 1 A 0 1927 ile he was traded to boston the next year and the cubs bought him to round out a championship hornsby team it can truly be said that hornsby on his afif b teen year record Is tile the greatest player to in the game today ills his lifetime 4 big league batting average Is 30 |