Oh, where have you gone, Buddy Jones
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"Meet The Cubs," "Buddy Jones Second Baseman." Visalia Times Delta, July 26, 1951, Page
Right off the top of the Cub batting order is today's subject for the Meet the Cubs feature. He is Buddy Jones, regular second baseman, who in addition to being the first man at the plate for the Cubs is the only member of the organization who is a native Tulare countian. Carl Eugene Jones (that's his full name) was born a few miles south on Highway 99 at Earlimart, 20 years ago. He now lives at Ridgecrest, Calif. Bakersfield High grad Buddy attended Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield Junior College, and was graduated from the College of the Pacific with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While in high school and college, he played baseball and additionally played basketball and football in high school. In 1949, he played for the Coombs Bros, of Bakersfield, who were California semi-pro champs that year. Last year, he went into the pro ranks, playing briefly with Springfield and finishing out the season with Nazareth. Penn. Regular second baseman Buddy came to Visalia as an outfielder but is now shining at second base. He is one of the select Cubs who belong to the .300 Club in batting at least he did at the close of the Ventura series when his average was an even .300, Since he's been with the Cubs this year, Jones has been at bat 271 times (also through the Ventura series), accounted for 54 runs and accumulated 84 hits for a total of 105 bases. He's pretty good at slamming out doubles, having gotten 19 of them, and he has 26 runs batted in, to his credit. A good base runner, he's stolen 7 bases this season. Buddy is single, is five feet, nine inches tall and weighs 155 pounds. Although he has a BA degree, he has been attending COP as a graduate student when he's not playing baseball.
NOTE From Ed. Bryce: Jones finished the season with a team-best .312 batting average.