West Side Park, the Cubs’ old stadium
The Cubs haven’t won a title since moving to their “new” stadium 99 years ago. In fact, the last time they won the World Series was in 1908 – they also won in 1907. In fact, from 1906-1910 the Cubs went to the series four out of five years, winning twice. But that was a long time ago. A very long time ago.
But enough Cub-bashing — I came across this old panoramic photo of the Cubs’ last stadium, West Side Park, a wooden ballpark which stood just west of Little Italy. The photo’s caption reads “City Championship Series” — Oct. 10, 1909. Cap Anson was long gone and “Shoeless” Joe Jackson wasn’t playing yet, but it would have been something to watch Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, and Frank Chance, the famed “Tinkers to Evers to Chance” double play combination.
Was reading an old newspaper and I came across Cyril Slapnicka’s name… He had just resigned his post as the Indians’ vice president in September 1941 and returned to scouting. https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/cy-slapnicka/
We have all the cyril slapnicka memorabilia . Panoramic of tinker evers and chance and our uncle Cy.
Chris,
At this point, anything is worth trying. I miss Cubs-Cardinals games actually meaning something.
Chris
Maybe if the Cubs were to invite my family (note the last name) and relatives of Chance and Evers the curse may well be broken. Joe Tinker was instrumental in putting together the Federals/Whales at Mr Weeghums behest. Maybe Wrigley field can can finally be the home of a modern era World Series Championship team!