Johnny Cooney
Portrait of Johnny Cooney, baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals. Stamped on back: "Service Bureau, National League of Professional B.B. Club, 12 West 48th Street, New York, N.Y." Label on back: "Cooney came to the St. Louis Nationals as a result of a desperate gesture made by Branch Rickey to stop the gap in his short field position made by the passing John Laven and the failure of Lester Bell the young phenom of the fall of 1923, to make good. Cooney came to the Cards early in May and his presence thrilled the team to take four straight from the New York Giants. Cooney is making his first swing over the western National League circuit this month. He is a sure and steady, if not a sparkling fielder, and he bats timely, even though his average is only .256. He is a veteran minor leaguer, having starred for Milwaukee for several seasons. He was regarded as the flower of minor league infield talent last spring. His father before him was a ball player, having done the infield assignment for Anson's immortal White Stockings, and he has a brother, John Cooney, pitcher and outfielder for Boston. Cooney, by the way, fills out for the Cards the youngest major league infield in captivity. Bottomly is only 24. The mighty Horsby is 28. Cooney is probably 25 and Freigau, the kid third baseman, is barely old enough to vote."
- Resource ID:
- hr005741
- Subject:
- Cooney, Johnny (John Walter), 1901-1986
- Baseball players--Missouri--Saint Louis
- St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 6.5 x 4.75 in.
- Department:
- Ernie Harwell Sports Collection
- Location:
- Photographs-Biography-Cooney, John
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.