Chicago National League Ball Club experimental laboratories [microform] Reports, 1938-1939. 1938-1939.

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Chicago National League Ball Club experimental laboratories [microform] Reports, 1938-1939. 1938-1939.

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Records of the Chicago National League Ball Club Experimental Laboratories consisting of reports analyzing the players and practices of the Chicago Cubs prepared by pioneering sports psychologist Coleman Griffith, along with John Sterrett, in 1938 and 1939. Highlights of the General Report include excerpts from the psychologists' confidential reports that proved an interesting psychological portrait of the team through the course of the season, plus an analysis of each player and coach, providing a unique sociological survey of a 1930s Major League team. Players included in this psychological profiling include Billy Herman, Gabby Hartnett, Ken O'Dea, Bill Jurges, Carl Reynolds, Lloyd Johnson, John Corriden, Al Epperly, Larry French, Joe Marty, Tony Lazzeri, and Dizzy Dean. Other topics in the report include how to handle superstitious players, the use of psychological techniques in Major League scouting, and a section on how to ensure that pitcher Dizzy Dean plays at maximum effectiveness for the 1939 season. The collection also includes in-depth reports on the performance of key Cubs players such as Billy Herman, as well as reports on three players: Dick Bartell, Hank Leiber, and Gus Mancuso, who were newly acquired for the 1939 season. A series of twenty subject-specific reports detailing recommendations for improving the practice and training regimen of the club are also part of the collection. Also included are several items not directly related to the Griffith psychological study; the prosepectus for a program to improve visual acuity, and two menus from the 1935 spring training train trip.

1 box ; 0.4 linear ft.

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Leiber, Hank, 1911-1993.

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Dean, Dizzy, 1910-1974

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O'Dea, Ken, 1913-1985.

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Hartnett, Gabby, 1900-1972

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French, Larry, 1907-1987.

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Marty, Joe, 1913-1984.

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Jurges, Bill, 1908-

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Reynolds, Carl, 1903-1978.

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Bartell, Dick, 1907-

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Chicago Cubs (Baseball team)

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The Chicago Cubs began play in 1870 as the Chicago White Stockings, and joined the National League in 1876. They were known as the Colts from 1890-1897, and the Orphans from 1898-1901. They were renamed the Cubs in 1902. From the description of Chicago Cubs itinerary : itineraries ; 2000, March / Chicago Cubs. 2000. (National Baseball Hall of Fame). WorldCat record id: 48062867 In late 1937, the Chicago Cubs employed Coleman Griffith, a psychologist, to analyze their current...

Herman, Billy, 1909-1992.

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Corriden, Red, 1887-1959.

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Johnson, Lloyd M., 1891-1981

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Mancuso, Gus, 1905-1984.

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Epperly, Al, 1918-

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Lazzeri, Tony, 1903-1946

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