Dead Ball Era Championship Tournament
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ERA Leaders:
R. Ames (NY) 0.69 (none unearned)
J. Taylor (CHI) 0.78 (8 unearned of 10)
R. Collins (BOS) 0.86 (2 unearned of 5)
W. Johnson (WAS) 0.93 (3 unearned of 9)
J.Pfister (CHI) 1.13 (4 unearned of 9)Wins
J. Coombs (PHI) 5-1
J. Wood (BOS) 5-1
M. Brown (CHI) 4-0
J. Pfiester (CHI) 4-1
W. JOhnson (WAS) 4-2 -
The Cubs continue to find ways to win… sweeping the Senators in 3 1 run wins. The Peerless Leader got a Triple to lead off the 9th and scored to beat Walter Johnson 1-0… Pat Moran continued to be clutch and got a 2 out single to drive in the game winner in game 2, and Ed Reulbach came in to to get a double play to preserve a 3-2 win.
The Cubs are now 22-5 and have won 14 in a row.
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Eddie Collins keeps the As in contention helping to beat Cleveland 2 out of 3. In game 1 of the series Collins had an RBI triple in the bottom of the 9th, stole home to tie it, then got the game winning hit in the 12th to win. Following with the game winning hit in game 2. Bris Lord tried to make a play and dropped a ball crashing into the wall to allow Grover Land to score and salvage a game for the Indians. the As are 6 back of the 1st place Cubs in 3rd.
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The Red Sox use the long ball to take 2 of 3 from the Cubs to end their massive winning streak and keep it a pennant race. Harry Hooper homered in the 1st game and Tris Speaker in the 2nd. Boston is just 2 games behind the 23 - 7 Cubs.
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Vacation should be over, so let’s see more games! :)
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heh I’ve been back playing my 1971 season for a bit… but I will get back and finish at some point soon :)
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John McCraw’s Giants stay alive with a sweep of the Tigers… they are now back up to .500 and barely alive… behind the Cubs 8 games, but their series with the Chicago looming.
Meanwhile, Connie Mack’s A’s couldn’t take advantage of the Big Trains worse start of the season and lost 2 of 3 to Washington thanks to walk off Triples by Chick Gandil in back to back games (one in the 14th inning). Gandil is hitting .328 with a share of the league leading 8 triples and 2 only to Joe Jackson with 22 RBIs. The As are now 6 back and face Boston for their next series that will make or break both teams
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Things looked bleak for the Giants… after losing game 1 of the series on another gem from Three Finger Brown (1 one hit shut out) the Cubs lead 4-0 in game 2 when the Giants stormed back to win 5-4. Then overcame a homer by Wildfire Schulte to win game 3 5-4 as well. The 2nd series in a row Chance’s team has lost after their amazing streak. New York sits 7 games back of the Cubs with 9 to play.
The single win by the Cubs did mathematically eliminate the Senators and the Naps from contention, though clearly at 11-19 neither were likely to rise.
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The PIrates pitching dominate the hapless Tigers to sweep and get back over .500, matching the Giants at 17-16, just barely still in contention. Ty Cobb broke up a no hitter by Howie Camnitz with one out in the 9th in the series finale.
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Boston massacred the A’s pitching, winning the first two games of their key series in come from behind fashion, 4-3 and 7-5… with the A’s touching Smoky Joe Wood for 5 runs, but still losing… Wood himself started a 3 run rally in the 7th that gave the Sox the win. Jack Coombs spun a 3 hit shutout to salvage game 3 and keep the As in 3, but their chances to move up have dropped greatly.
Tris Speaker had a huge series, raising his average to .336 (2nd), leads the league with an amazing 16 doubles and is now 2nd with 25 RBIs… one 3-run home run away from triple crown position.
With 3 series (9 games) remaining, The Cubs lead Boston by a single game, with the As 6 back.