PissedPrincess
05-05-2004, 01:51 PM
The New England baseball connection to Cleveland extends beyond the Sox. Back in 1915, the baseball team in Cleveland officially became known as the Indians, in a salute to Louis "Chief" Sockalexis of Old Towne, Maine, a member of Penebscot Nation.
"Chief" played for an earlier incarnation of the Cleveland team, the Spiders, from 1897-99.He became the superstar, even on a team that included Cy Young.
He could hit, run, and throw, talents he honed at Holy Cross.
With the Spiders, he batted .338, had 94 hits, and stole 16 bases in his first
60 games of his rookie season.
Chief, however, was a partier. In July of his rookie year, he injured his ankle in a drunken leap from the third story of a brothel. :clap:
At 27, he was finished as a Pro. He died in 1913 at age 41.
HOF'er Hughie Jennings said of Chief, "He should have been the greatest player ever, far better than Cobb, Wagner, Lajoie, or anyone.
You probably knew this K, but I thought it was interesting. :smokin:
"Chief" played for an earlier incarnation of the Cleveland team, the Spiders, from 1897-99.He became the superstar, even on a team that included Cy Young.
He could hit, run, and throw, talents he honed at Holy Cross.
With the Spiders, he batted .338, had 94 hits, and stole 16 bases in his first
60 games of his rookie season.
Chief, however, was a partier. In July of his rookie year, he injured his ankle in a drunken leap from the third story of a brothel. :clap:
At 27, he was finished as a Pro. He died in 1913 at age 41.
HOF'er Hughie Jennings said of Chief, "He should have been the greatest player ever, far better than Cobb, Wagner, Lajoie, or anyone.
You probably knew this K, but I thought it was interesting. :smokin: