1933 Goudey Baseball Card - #225, Bill Jurges - Chicago Cubs

Description: 1933 Goudey Baseball Card - #225, Bill Jurges - Chicago Cubs - PSA 5 (MC) On the Player- William Frederick Jurges (1908-1997) was a star MLB shortstop, third baseman, manager, coach, and scout. As a player, Jurges took the field for the Chicago Cubs (1931–1938; 1946-1947) and the New York Giants (1939–1945). He managed the Boston Red Sox from 1959 to 1960. During the 1930s, Jurges was instrumental in the Chicago Cubs' National League championships in 1932, 1935, and 1938. He earned All-Star honors three times (1937, 1939, 1940) and was known for his spirited play and humorous antics off the field. In July 1932, Jurges survived gunshot wounds inflicted by a distraught former girlfriend and went on to help lead the Cubs to the pennant. According to baseball maverick and future club owner Bill Veeck, who worked for the Cubs at the time, the real target was a married player involved with the shooter. Jurges, being single, took the blame to protect his teammate, making it appear as though he had ended a relationship with the showgirl. Jurges also had a notable personal connection with President Ronald Reagan. Their paths first crossed when Reagan worked as a sports announcer for WHO Radio in Des Moines, Iowa, during the 1930s. Reagan called Chicago Cubs games by recreating the action from information sent via Morse code by a telegraph operator. On June 7, 1934, with the Cubs and Cardinals tied 0-0 in the ninth inning, and Billy Jurges at bat against Dizzy Dean, the telegraph line went dead. To avoid losing his audience, Reagan improvised a series of foul balls for nearly twelve minutes until the wire came back. In reality, Jurges had popped up on the first pitch. Due to his radio position, Reagan developed friendships with various Cubs players. Remarkably, in 1984, fifty years after the “12-minute” at bat and following the death of Jurges’s wife, Jurges received a condolence call from Reagan, who was then President of the United States. Set Information - 1933 Goudey Baseball Cards (R319) - In 1919, the Goudey Gum Company, founded by Enos Gordon Goudey, opened its first factory in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1933, Goudey pioneered a new advertising vehicle for selling gum, including baseball cards with each stick of gum. Cards had earlier been available with cigarettes and tobacco products, and with certain lines of candy. But baseball cards had not been available with gum, and not for an affordable price to all children, one penny for a stick of gum and a card. The 1933 Goudey “Big League Chewing Gum” set includes 240 cards (or 239, depending on your treatment of the Lajoie card, #106). The card dimensions are 2 3/8” by 2 7/8”. The 1933 Goudey set is considered by many as one of the “Big Three” classic baseball card sets, along with the 1909-1911 T206 tobacco set, and the 1952 Topps set.

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