[Big Six]

Chicago Tribune, June 30, 1928

CUBS TRADE WEIS FOR THREE MINOR LEAGUERS
Catcher Kinsella The Most Promising Acquisition

CHICAGO--At the All-Star break, the Cubs made a three-for-one trade with the Cincinnati Reds, exchanging reserve infielder Butch Weis for three minor leaguers.

The most promising new Cub farmhand is 19-year-old catcher John Kinsella, who has drawn some rave reviews by hitting eighteen home runs in his first 73 Class B ballgames. Kinsella is batting only .241, however, and strikes out often, so with him it is often feast or famine right now. There is time, however, for him to close the holes in his swing before Gabby Hartnett, who is not yet thirty, will need to be replaced.

"We like Kinsella's defensive abilities as much as his bat," Cubs manager Bill Killefer, a catcher in his day, remarked...