Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 3 1937 7 B oney Clubs Seek Big Prize in World Series ‘Civil War Another Star Southpaiv for Giant Club Yanks Giants Athletics Win Trosky With Two Homers More Evenly First Tilt Leads Indians to Victory Matched Tie Second DETROIT led by (AP)— Medwick Set For Four Loop-Titles- Oct 2 The Cleveland-IndianHal Trosky who hit two home rujns ppunded three Detroit pitchers Satgame of the season’s final series urday for a 12 td 5 victory in the first ‘ The Indian knocked George Gill Detroit starting hurier out of the American League box in two innings with six hits including Trosky’s first homer and aj many runs Bootsw&tPo Detroit who relieved him touched for Chicago two runs in the fifth when Trosky Boston hit his second circuit blow and three more in the eighth before he was lifted for a pinch hitter Slicker Results Coffman pitched the ninth and gave Ronton 3 Saturday's New lork It (secWashington Philadelphia up the final rpn s More Fun Probable Nightcap Called in Fifth Inning on Account of Darkness For John Q (Paying) Public By SID FEDER NEW YORK Oct 2 UP)— Featuring the two greatest “moh£y”'lcIubs in the gama- today little old- - New York's second straight baseball civil war for championship stakes figures to be a lot more fun for the paying public this year than it was - in 1936 PHILADELPHIA Oct 2 (UP)— winning the first - game of a header nat Shtbe- PaiJr with the Washington Senators Saturday the Athletics managed to tie the second contest in the fourth on home run drives by Frank Hayes and Rookie Barna Each side added another run in the fifth Inning when darkness fell and the 'game was After called 6 Leads Field in Hits Batting Runs Batted in Doubles 10-- ond game called In fifth) Cleveland l'J Detroit 5 Chicago 8 8t Louis 2 Sunday's Pitchers Boston at New York— Grove-4-11- 9 vs Pearson (8-Cleveland at Detroit— Allen (15-0- ) vs Lawson Chicago at Ht Louis 3— Lee (11-19- ) nnd Dietrich vs Mitts ) and TletJe (11) Washington at Philadelphia (2)— Per rcll (14-19- ) vs Castand Deshong (14-14- ) er (1219) and Nmlth (41(D Bob Johnson won the first Largely through their respective with his twenty-fiftabilities to pour it on when the chips home d loin p 3 1 5 run of the yer and two 3 11 2'Poffnbrgr P are down and the stakes are high doubles IzBolton WASHINGTON Pa Knickerbocker's big bullies the PHILADELPHIA Coffman p BHOA BHOA UzLa&bi Yankees and his less mighty but Ca rf 5 13 0 5 0 2 OiMoe rf Lewis 3b Turner Leads Loop craftier sons the Giants appear set Travis 5 2 0 li Newsome ss 5 1 0 t Totals 39 14 27 121 Totals -- 85 8 27 12 Hayes Barklsy Walker 2 Davis 2 10 1 xBatted for Poffenberger in eighth hit — Connors Home runs—Connors to put on a lot closer world series Blmmons ss ct 43 1125 ('0(Werber3b 4 3 3 0 Johnson cf zzBatted for Coffman in ninth Walker Sacrifices — Kreevlch 2 Double 2 OiHasson lb Handers Bingtou If when start 10 240 Cleveland 031—12 3180 struggle they 020 swapping Waadel! lb 4 1 ft 2 Barna If Right plays—rCotmors to Hayes to Bonura Clift 4 2 1 0 Detroit OOO 100 130—5 to Bell to Carey Bases on balls — punches Wednesday Jhan the one Bloodwth 2b 2 2 0 1 Brucker c 4 2 9 1 nummary: Error — Campbell 3 Miller 4 Trotter 3 Strikeout) Runs batted 4 2 3 1 fn — GehrTnger RFrreil cK 4 17 OlPeters 2h the American leaguers took a year Chase York Bolton Fox Gree- Whitehead 4 Miller 1 Trotter 1 Hits— Off By Trimming Phils 0 4 U 0 1 nberg p Lary 2 Kroner 2 Averlll Miller 7 In 4 Trotter 2 In 4 BildilU 0 in 1 out- Appletonp p 22 00 0 liKalfasa Trosky3 ago with a 1’ Hale Pytlak Harder Keltner Hit by pitcher — By Miller (Bonura) Wild burst of power Fox Rogell Harder Kroner Camp' pitch - hitehead Losing pitcher— Miller Totals 32 8 21b) Totals 35 13 27 9 hits— bell Bolters Lary Home runs — Trosky 2 National League 001 3 110 000— Washington Giants Fight Defensively Stolen base — Hale Sacrifice — Harder 212 040 lOx— 10 York Philadelphia — to to Double play Gehrlnger Greenberg Standing of Teams Errors — None Runs batted Summary: NEW YORK Oct 1 OP)— The 1 Gill 1 Hasson 2 Barna Rogell Bases 3 on balls — Harder Aiding and abetting this com- In— Johnson 42 Peters Coffman 1 Strikeouts — Yankees banged out four homers 1 Simmons Wasdell 1 Poffenberger mand in the "clutch” are the con- LewisBrucker Gill — 2 Off 5 Hits 1 e Harder Poffenberger hits — Wasdell tinued batting bombardment and Home 6 In 1 Poffenberger 7 In 6 and a dozen other hits Saturday to Johnson 2 Barna Brucker — Johnsqjj 1 in 1 Losing pitcher — Gill Stolen improved pitching on the part of run Moses 2 VVerber 2 Double play — Brucktrample the Red Sox IX to 3 aa Red Brooklyn the Yanks through the 1937 cam- er to—Peters Waswell to Travia Bases on Ruffing scored his twentieth pitchballs Kalfass 7 Chase 2 Appleton 1 Philadelphia 2 UP)— Johnny LOUIS Oct Giants’ ST and the defense paign tight — Cincinnati Strikeouts Lou Kalfass 7 Chase 5 Appleton 2 ing victory of the season Louis held the St and newly-foun- d 10 In 4 Appleton 3 In Whitehead hitting might 3Hits— Chase Bill Dickey George SelPassed ball — R Ferrell 1 Saturday's Results Losing Browns to nine scattered hits Sa- Gehrig in Those factors them— 2 important kirk and Tom Henrlch were the New York 10 Rnmklyn pitcher Chase Cincinnati H Pittsburgh 4 selves serve to emphasize the manlecond came: turday as the Chicago White Sox home run hitters Philadelphia 1 Boston 7i I WASHINGTON 2 8 PHILADELPHIA over to out an both clubs ner in dominated BOSTON which NEW YORK pounded victory St louls Chicago 5 ABHOAI01 ABHOA the last place St Louis Browns ABHOA AB H O A their respective regular season Case If Moses rf 2 1 3 Mills If 3010 ss 0 Croaettl Pitchers 5120 2 11 2l Newsome as 2 Lewis 3b Sunday’s 0 1 Merv Connors and Dixie Walker Doarr 2b : 4 0 13 Heffner 3b 4 113 ' 5 league races by getting "hot” when Travis i " : New York at ss 3 1 1 llxxNelson i 0 0 10 1 2 0 DiMaggio cf 4 112 cf 4 1 0 x vs Morraw ? 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Mueller c 4100 pronounced favorites among major league baseball writers to take Scharein fans and a 4 2 0 2 old records of 302934 2 10 0 Turner p Allen p p 0 0 0 0 Mulcahy the Giants over the jumps for the second straight year $1 304399 gate both set last year xWilaon 10 0 0 Brkhardt p 0 0 0 0 may be erased along with the single-Fifty out of 66 experts polled f xxGrace game 10 0 0 crowd of 66669 also a Saturday by the Associated Press 38 7 27 14 product of '36 Totals Totals 35 9 24 10 chamworld the xBatted for Mulcahy in seventh predict victory for xxBattcd for Burkhardt lu ninth Giants Better on Paper pions in New York's fifth intramural 8rot bv innings 16 The think scramble 000 010 000—1 remaining Philadelphia The Giants on their showing dur 12-030 004 OOx — 7 Boston 0 the Giants will win Norris ing the spectacular stretch drive to Summary: Errors — Schareiu In2— Brown consensus to The Atwood and Allen Runs hatted points triumph Fletcher 2 DIMaepio 2 English 2 Turner their fifteenth National league penfor the American leaguers in a six Brown Amovich nant have the better of it — on pahits— f Norris MOAB— Moab high school grid-der- s and Garms Double plays — Scharein to Norgame series That’s as far as it to Scharein to Brown per to Brown Norris ris at home first their playing to a went last year which leads Bases on balls — Dt Maggio to Fletcher For a month the Yanks’ chief Allen 6 Turner 1 Strikeouts — By Allen 4 suspicion many of the boys are mak- game after two away from home Burkhardt Lou Gehrig and Di1 Allen 0 in 5 Off Hits— defeats thus far this year turned Innings Mulcahy none lu ing their selections from memory Burkhardt Maggio have been far off form The — in Allen In 2 Losing pitcher their first victory Saturday a Three experts picked the Yanks lineup generally' has been in the four straight They did it three 25-- 0 contest with Wasatch academy with the single exception doldrums Moab held the upper hand times in 1927 against the Pirates 2 UP)-- The of Belting Bill Dickeyrbest catcher BROOKLYN Oct 18-0 1928 "against the Cardinals and 1932 throughout with an margin Giants first and second in the league’and'a 377 slugger for at halftime Burr accounted for New York held gainst the Cubs batting practice at the last month stringers two of the Moab scores Most writers emphasize Yankee Paced by three wallopers in Johnthe expense of the Brooklyn Dodgers power is the No 1 factor in their - The lineups: out a and ny McCarthy the first base youngpounded Saturday moab WASATCH calculations Several point out the Tlbbettz le ster who found himself after a disHall 10 to 2 victory in their '‘semi-final- ” It American leaguers also are likely to Beeson K Johnson mal start and has been hitting a Calmer tuneup before the world series Ip get better pitching with Gomez GScarfTaylor c FUlls Led by Wally Berger who came mere 355 in his last 28 games dashiWalker Cochrane close to rg Ruffing and Pearson in top form rt clinching a series berth in ng Dick Bartell the sparkplug Nay A minority believes the jvorld JBrown re ' Turner Madsen the Giant outfield by clubbing out shortstop and Jim Ripple doing an Hotmair —champions have slipped since 1936 Nellsoit rrxTiqb 3 Jh J Johnson a homer doubled and Two singles for astonishing job of filling Mel Otfs that their infield is weak and that Burr rh Grube a perfect day at bat the Giants Rytiio fh—n 'gv Dalton--rmrrri Moab — Baldwin Rasfnusson Zu- banged Waite Hoyt Luke Hamlin been poison to most o t the senior Substitutions: qb their lineup "Melton can make a felt e Bush fcb Duncan e: B Taylor and Roy Henshaw all over the loL circuit’s top pitchers : e c t Johnson r fhristensen Retd hb lot of difference this time” corm Weech in the Seventh inning Too this power has been backed c D Turner Nelson r particularly r ments one writer Another adds: Loveridge o Wasatch —Jensen e f when they scored six runs to put up by an adept elbowing staff heade Travis g Ramsay rDrummond HohRoody "The Giants are a whale of a short L whitman on ice ed by two Ivor? r the game qb southpaws the ej end bet” BROOKLYN NEW YORK great King Carl Hubbell and Cliff BHOAt Melton alternately dubbed "MounWhltehcd 2b 5 2 1 5Prks ir 6 1 7 31 Bucher 2b Rvan ss 200-IIi- t tain Music” and “Mickey Mouse’’ 3 2 0 1 Fallon lb Ott 3b London Griddcrs Lose Gehrig Joins 1 0 0 Hassctt 1b HftsUu 3b assisted no end by the comeand 5 14 OlManuah rf Lelbcr cf Club for 8th Season back of Prince Hal Schumacher Welntrab If 4 2 1 OlBrown ss Unbeaten Record c 4 4 2 0Phelpa who was more or less a total loss Berger rf 5 19 lLavageto 3b 3 0 1 lb NEW YORK Oct 2 GP— By hit- Leslie 0 1 until after midseason Madteskl c 5 2 3 01 Polly 3b 10 LONDON" Oct 2 UP)— Charlton 3 0 01 1 0 cf Rosen a homer and a single in Satur- Coffman p 0 15 - But despite this case for 3 2 0 2 3 0 0 OjEnglish as Athletic club lost its unbeaten rec- ting day's game against the Boston Red Baker p 1 0 0 0 Giants there are several factors that Cisar rf ord in English football Saturday Sox Lou Gehrig joined ihe "200-h°v: P 4 can’t - be— overlooked before - you " p T 5 TBs Londoners were blanked 0 at club” for the eighth year of his zWilxon 10 0 0 'pjyg y0ur money and takes your O II 0 0 Seeke and as a result share the lead career j Hetishaw p IzzCoouey 1000 choice” with three teams— Bolton Chelsea The single in the seventh Tollow-inFirst of course is the fact that 9 27 12 Bolton swamped 27 33 and Brentford Totals Totals 16 was 43 in sixth 10i the the the homer the Yankees are always there when xBatted for Coffman In fifth Leicester City 1 Brentford made Yankee Iron man’s 200th hit of the it counts In the past two seasons zBatted for Hamlin in seventh It 1 over Sunderland and Chelsea season Gehrig Ls now within one zzBatted for Henshaw In ninth New Yorjtf 010 100 802—10 while topping the American league won 2 at Portsmouth season of Ty Cobb’s record of hav- Brooklyn 200 000 000— 2 like a tent they have lost only one With 15 points Dundee was joined ing collected 200 or more hits for Summary: —Errors — rHassett 2 Bucher — to a second-plac- e Lciber scries when it counted Runs batted in Jyeslie 2 Berger In second place by Motherwell and nine years 2 Phelps 2 Welntraub Madteski 2 Two team They may nose dive Motherwell Celtic Berger and Hearts He is now tied with Paul Waner base hits — Welntraub 2 Parks Douagainst the pushovers but make' the Home run— Sacrifice — Hoyt played a stirring 3 vd raw on the who set a new National league rec- ble plava— Berper English Buch?r and Hassett: stakes high enough and they’ll play Bases on Whitehead Ryan and Leslie former's ground at Fir Park while ord several days ago by collecting blala — Coffman 2 Hoyt 2 Hamlin 1 Hen- the hand for all it’s worth the Celts vanquished Clyde 1 at his 220th hit for the eighth year shaw 1' Strikeouts — Hoyt 1 Henshaw 1 1 Baker Hits— Coffman 5 In 4 Baker 4 Still Can Score of career his Ehawfield Park In 5 Hoyt 11 in 6 Hamlin 1 in Prfssed ball — Phelps Henshaw 4 In 2 Second there’s the somewhat obWinning pitcher— Baker Losing pitcher— scure data that although they have Hoyt — — not been hitting with enough conout of CHICAGO Oct 2 UP)—Curt Davis sistency to smash their way they’re didn’t allow a Cardinal past first a paper bag in recent days base until the ninth inning Satur- still sending those runs across And in the final they pay off on day as the Cubs bunched 13 hits runs For analysis t instance Gehrig off Bob Weiland tO' beat St Louis 5 to 1 it was Davis’ Bixth win in emerging from his worst slump of his" last seven starts and his tenth the season still shows 27 runs batted of the season The defeat eliminated in for the final month DiMaggio output the Cardinals from finishing third with the same 25 them to and Dickey with definitely consigning Third the Yankee pitching staff single-hande- 1 Two-bas- e White-hea- record-smashin- g Two-bas- XS 1 1 Two-bas- e 3 basesfat-Barn- Ste S' 'rsc (yr :V v V'"- f i" v' 1 1 Hrooklyn-Schumach- (12-12- w ’V y? Raili-W- f 1 -- v x $ v- Two-bas- e ': six-fo- Three-bas- ot off-seas- 12-h- ball-kill- 3 Betting Books Put Yanks As 2 to 5 Series Favorites 1 Moab Victor At Home Two-bas- apple-k- nockers -- A- - rt 16-h- it -- Han-sei- : : : 1 the jt 2-- 6-- 4-- 8-- 3-- 3 run-maki- U18 l3n’talTSgrelBtF1iTa3e'‘tip-"6f'lt'a- CHICAGO y mirks- Lefty Gomez for instance Moort rf 4 1 1 0! Hack 3b 5 2 1 Q 4 2 2 4! Herman 2b 5 3 3 7 is having his best year waa the Brown 2b 1 1 Mize lb 8 UDemaree rf 3 4 3 0 winner of the season Medwlck If 4 0 2 O O'Dea c 4 0 5 0 first Padgett rf 3 0 1 OiC&vareta cf 4 1 1 0 and in his last 52 innings has allJ Martin 3b 3 11 OtCniUns lb 3 1111 owed just 31 hits seven runsihas 3 0 0 1 Durocher aa 3 0 3 5'Frev ss Bremer c 3 1ft HBtafnback If 4 3’2 0 fanned 40 batters and 'has pitched Welland p 2 0 0 2 Davis p 4212 three shutouts in six starts Red xS Martin 1 0 0 Oi batkin form after an early Totals 31 6 24 131 Totals 3313 27 11 Ruffing xBatted for Welland in ninth September slump and Monte Pear? Score by Innings: son apparently recovered from the noo ooo ooi— t 8t Louis 000 03x — 5 sore arm that affl&ted him most Chicago H200 Bummarvr Padcetr T Martin Bremer of the season also can't be overRuns batted In — Mtse Hack Demsree Csv ABHOA - A ' (Continued on Fallowing Fags) looked 3 NEW YORK Oct 2 UPt-the big ieagu segsonjust about over ’ Ducky Medwick looked over the field Saturday and found himself in possession of one of the most astonishing sweeps of batting and honors in modern times He was sure of four National league championships — batting: runs batted in hits and doubles— he could hardly be overtaken in runs scored and he was deadlocked with Mel Ott of the Giants for' the home run title with two games to go His last threat for the batting crown came too late from his sophomore teammate Johnny Mize whose spurt during the past two weeks was still 12 points short of overtaking the Cardinal walloper of Standings including games Friday showed Medwick with these-'- 1 totals compared to those for his With stp DETROIT CLEVELAND ABHOA ABHOAI 4 3 0 0 White cf 4 13 0 Lary ss 5 2 1 6 Fox rf Kroner 2b 4240 Averlll cf 5 13 0 Gehrlugr 2b 3 0 3 3 1 Trosky lb 5 2 14 OiOreenbrg lb 4 010 “ “ Bolters If 5 2 1 u York c 1 2 O Waiker tf 5 rf Campbell game 3 1 OiOwen 3b h 10 0 liRogell ss — d run-maki- nearest rivals: Batting — Medwick 379 367 Mize Runs — Medwick 111 Billy Herman Cubs 105 Runs batted in— Medwick 154 Frank Demaree Cubs 112 Hits— Medwick 236 Paul Waner Pirates 219 Doubles — Medwick 58 Mize 39 Home runs— Medwick and Ott 31 each Until this past seven-da- y stretch there was evidence Medwick had in his home run finally given way battle with Ott But Ducky clubbed two during the week The batting championship fulfills one of Medwick's most cherished a m hitions For the oast two years he ha been right up with the leaders with averages of 353 and 351 but never has he turned on the heat as he did this season He collected 12 hits in 27 official times at bat during the week ended Friday and pulled his mark three points higher although Mize in hi apparently futile chase did even better With (Continued on Folio win Pa) |