DATE: 1940s ORIGINAL or REPRINT: Original - Printed from the original negative in the time period in which it was shot TEAM: Chicago Cubs SUBJECTS: Ripper Collins, John Carmichael, Frankie Frisch, Sportswriter Warren Brown, Unidentified PHOTOGRAPHER: Bob Olen APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10"x8-1/8" NUMBER OF PHOTOS: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: James Anthony Collins was born in 1904 in Altoona, PA and died in 1970 in New Haven, NY. He played major league baseball from 1931 to 1941 as 1st baseman and outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, appeared in the 1931, 1934 and 1938 World Series, and was selected in 1935, 1936 and 1937 as an All-Star. Collins managed in the minors for a decade. He piloted the 1942-1946 Albany Senators, 1947-1948 San Diego Padres, 1949 Pawtucket Slaters, 1949-1950 Hartford Chiefs and 1961 San Antonio Missions. In 1951 he was elected to the International League Hall of Fame. Collins did eventually get back to the majors as a Chicago Cubs coach from 1961 to 1963. Frank Francis Frisch (The Fordham Flash) was born in Bronx, NY and died in 1973 in Wilmington, DE. He went to college at Fordham University. He played major league baseball from 1919 to 1937 as infielder for the New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, appeared in 8 World Series, was selected 3 times as an All-Star, and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. It was at Fordham where Frisch earned his nickname The Fordham Flash. After retirement, he continued to manage the Cardinals but he was never able to capture another pennant. Frisch also had managerial stints with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1940-46) and the Chicago Cubs (1949-51), but without the success he had in St. Louis. For a few years in the 1950s, he worked as a radio play-by-play announcer and coach for the Giants. His broadcasting trademark was worrying about pitchers walking batters: Oh, those bases on balls! A heart attack in 1956 forced him to curtail his activities. After his heart attack in September 1956, Phil Rizzuto (recently released by Yankees as a player) filled in for him on N.Y. Giant post-game TV shows. In 1999, he ranked number 88 on The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Frisch is mentioned in the poem Lineup for Yesterday by Ogden Nash: F is for Fordham And Frankie and Frisch; I wish he were back With the Giants, I wish. SKU: L15150
Item: L15150
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