Show 1 ol 01 A released by western newspaper union PAUL DAUL derringer veteran pitcher 1 of the chicago cubs is mr big generally speaking when it comes to wearing baseball equipment but mike of cleveland and johnny gee of the pirates put in large orders when preparing to dress for baseball activity derringer for example wears a size 50 shirt and orders a 7 cap which requirements make him just about the biggest allaround all around man on the diamond bobo newsom who has 4 settled down with connie mack also I 1 wears a size 50 shirt while thornton lee of the white sox dons a 7 cap but pauls head is t L bigger than bobos and his chest meas paul derringer brement tops lees takes big honors in the shoe department his dogs demanding a set ot of 1512 bro brigans brogans br gans while johnny gee who towers 6 feet 9 inches above the pitchers mound wears the longest uniform in the majors although his chest measurement in pent is only y 46 johnnys shirttail is is 12 inches longer than standard and his pants are 9 inches longer than the average players requirements these facts and others of a similar nature are revealed by ji jimmy ammy carrig the goldsmith man who has been measuring major leabu leaguers ers for the last 20 years and who can just about ten tell you how many times a given player can sneeze before the button pops off his collar record for skimmers youre interested in more me measurements asit asif ure ments carrig can tell you that the late jack hendricks once manager of the cincinnati reds wore a size size 8 skimmer the largest cap ever worn by a major leaguer the small cap department is headed by lou boudreau indians manager muddy ruel white sox coach and ival goodman cubs gardener all of whom wear a 6 bonnet myril hoag now with the white sox has amazingly small feet wearing a size 4 az shoe of D width dom dellasandro of the cubs also als pulls on a wi shoe but he require requires 9 a triple E width for his almost round feet skeeter webb and muddy ruel of the white sox wear the smallest uniforms size 40 shirts and size 34 pants carrig recalls that pitcher walter brown best remembered as a yankee wore a size 54 64 shirt while gob buckeye onetime one time cleveland hurler hitched up a pair of size size 46 pants the best dressed player of an all time in carrias Car rigs opinion was hazen kiki cuyler former pittsburgh and chicago cub outfielder who now manages atlanta in the southern association during his playing days cuyler whose cap had to be just at the right angle invented the pants J rull roll which made for kiki cuyler an ultra streamlined alipe appearance arance and which of late has given way to the less trim plus 4 effect now sported by most players pet superstitions carrig reports too that t there ero are man many y player superstitions concerning uniforms billy jurges of the giants will wear any number but seven claude of the cubs insists t on number aber 13 many players if they have a good day after inadvertently putting their sweat shirts on inside out will wear the shirt inside out until a slump convinces them otherwise the same applies in many cases when a player unconsciously puts on a sock inside out or rolls his pants in another manner carrig recalled that lefty odoul would fight a roommate if the latter happened to appropriate a necktie lefty wore to the park on a day when he got three hits mr big among the bat swingers was chief meyers once catcher for the giants who swung a 54 ounce club babe ruth came up to the leagues wielding a 50 ounce stick but worked down to a 38 before he retired the babe however swung a bat weighing around 43 ounces when he was setting slugging marks but in his later years he chose a lighter club to meet the improvement in change of pace paca pitching |