1939 CHICAGO CUBS BASEBALL TEAM SPRING TRAINING ON CATALINA ISLAND 73924z

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Created for the home market in the year 1940, this newsreel film shows the Chicago Cubs Baseball Team in Spring Training mode on Catalina Island. Most likely this is the 1939 team as it features catchers Gus Mancuso and Gabby Hartnett, Dick Bartell, Phil Cavaretta and pitcher Dizzy Dean. The 1939 Chicago Cubs played 154 games during the regular season, won 84 games, lost 70 games, and finished in fourth position. They played their home games at Wrigley Field (Park Factors: 102/101) where 726,663 fans witnessed their 1939 Cubs finish the season with a .545 winning percentage.
Nicknamed “The Boys in Blue” by their ever-loyal fans, the team’s owner, chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr., executed a masterstroke when he first brought the Chicago Cubs to Catalina Island for spring training in 1921. The move brought national attention to a vacation island paradise Wrigley had owned since 1919. Nineteen Hall of Fame players trained with the Cubs on Catalina Island, including such legends of the diamond as Grover Cleveland Alexander and Dizzy Dean, who is featured in this film. Perhaps the best known of the personalities to be a part of the Cubs on Catalina was a young radio announcer named Ronald “Dutch” Reagan who eventually went on to become President of the United States.
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[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Terrific film of the 1939 Chicago Cubs in spring training. Mentioned are Gabby Hartnett, catcher who was known for his "homer in the dark", Dizzy Dean, Dick Bartell and Bill Lee.

[@chuckrawlings9518]

That pitching drill with the windows reminds me of that old GE commercial with Bob Gibson

[@dflf]

I didn't know that Dizzy Dean played for the Cubs. I knew him as a Cardinal

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Dizzy Dean had his productive seasons with the Cardinals (1930,1932-37), but by the time he was with the Cubs, his tenure as a pitcher was about to end due to a fractured toe.

[@luckybestwash]

ngl watching ol Diz break those glass panes is oddly satisfying

[@TimMonbrod]

Go Cubs‼️🌞😊👍

[@RRaquello]

The voice over narrator sounds like Andre Baruch, famous radio announcer for, among many other shows, "The Shadow".

[@davidedgar2818]

I was a baseball photographer for ten years with the Angels organization. I met many retired players from the thirties through the 70's. I'm always amazed by all of the unseen facts such as this. I never even thought that the Cubs did spring training on Catalina.

[@freedomforever6718]

This is the best spring training film I've ever seen. The slow motion is impressive.

[@royrowland5763]

I grew up in L.A., and I've been to Catalina a number of times, but I never knew exactly where the Cubs' field was. I FINALLY know, and this video helped a bit (I believe that's the country club overlooking left field). Going back to L.A. for a visit next week, and just for fun, I'll be taking pictures of the old spring training sites of the Cubs (Catalina wasn't the only place in SoCal they trained) and several other teams.

[@TheSmarq17]

Oh my Lord. I absolutely cringed when I saw that catcher, Gabby Hartnett, receiving that pitch with his throwing hand out in front like that. I realize that the gloves catchers used back then were not hinged and his other hand was needed to keep the ball from falling out most of the time - but still...Oh My God. LOL still an enjoyable video. Thanks and keep em coming.

[@scottjoseph9578]

Back when the Cubs were a power to be reckoned with.

[@scally-yk8jt]

Joe Machado Field

[@MH3GL]

That flip at 2:06 is 👌

[@jerryking45]

No Pepper Games