A new baseball season revives some favorite and lasting memories. (Warm Up Tosses).(Column)

WITH ANOTHER BASEBALL SEASON UPON US, MY MIND WANDERS INTO THE past and lingers on players and managers who have made baseball a special lure for me for such a long time.

Memories of these men date back to the 1930s when, despite being a south side Chicagoan, I followed the Cubs feverishly because they were winning a pennant every three years and were always in contention. Some of my lasting memories of these people include:

* Watching future Hall of Fame second baseman Billy Herman make fantastic plays on grounders hit to his left at Wrigley Field.

* Listening on the radio in 1938 as Gabby Hartnett hit his "homer in the gloamin" that helped the Cubs beat out the Pirates for the pennant.

* Interviewing long-time A's manager Connie Mack in his Chicago hotel suite and being impressed with his courtesy and kindness to a young reporter.

* Listening to the laughter and chatter of little Nellie Fox before White Sox spring exhibitions in Tampa and later in Sarasota, Florida.

* Viewing the amazing fielding skill and throwing arm of Roberto Clemente in his young days, particularly the time when he fired a ball from mid-right field into the stands behind third base trying to cut down an advancing base runner.