The Story of Chicago Cubs

The Story of Chicago Cubs — page 3
6 C u b s THE CUBS ARE BORN hicago Illinois has been known as the Windy City since the late 1800s Some suggest that the nickname took root because the city which was built on the banks of Lake Michigan in the early 1800s is often visited by fierce breezes off the lake Some say it was born out of a rivalry with the city of Cincinnati Ohio which used the nickname derisively or that a New York City newspaperman coined the term when Chicago hosted the World’s Fair in 1893 Still others claim that it’s a reference to how eager many of Chicago’s 2 8 million residents are to brag about their midwestern home Those residents who make Chicago the third-largest metropolitan area in the United States can take pride in many things about their city including the fact that Chicago boasts professional teams in every prominent American sport including one of the oldest major league baseball clubs in the country the Chicago Cubs When baseball’s National League NL was founded in 1876 the Chicago White Stockings whose name later changed to the Cubs were one of the original teams C