Backstops Of Past And Present Compare Throwing Hands. Chicago, Ill. - Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett (right), venerable catcher and manager of the Chicago Guns, is pictured before a game here recently with Ray Schalk. Old-time catcher of the Chicago White Sox, whose record of 1726 games caught Gabby hopes to break sometime next month. They are comparing their respective throwing hands, and although both have had 17 years of service behind the Bat. Gabby's hands are unmarked, while Ray's fingers are gnarled and broken. Schalk, who ended his playing days in 1929, attributed the difference to the type of balls he had to receive that are longer in use in baseball. He claims the spitball, now outlawed, had much to do with the appearance of his hand.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. August 1939]

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