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The Schulte Poems: April 7, 1910

During the 1910 season, the Chicago Tribune regularly published funny, sometimes hilarious, poems that it said were written by Frank Schulte, the Cubs' colorful, hard-hitting, lefty-swinging right fielder.

The poems actually were written by Ring Lardner, destined to become one of the great humorists of the early 20th Century, who was assigned by the paper to cover the Cubs that season.

This entry, part of a series purported to be Schulte's autobiography, appeared 111 years ago today:

..........

In 1907 once again we copped the pennant, ye[s] and then

I played against the Tigers bold.

I trimmed them easily, but hold.

I will give credit where it's due.

I had help in that series, too;

For Reulbach, Overall, and Brown,

And others of the Chicago town.

They helped me much, their dear teammate;

They also helped in nineteen eight.

.........

Schulte had 5 hits, all singles, in 20 at bats as the Cubs defeated the Tigers, 4-0-1, in the 1907 World Series.

A year later, he was 7 for 18, inclduing a triple, as the Cubs won a second straight series, 4 games to 1.



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