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Fjack Wilson Hits for the Cycle As Cubs Poilind Phillies WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND ADDISON but the A's came back from an 8-o deficit to win Irving Vaughan, "Defeat Fails To Shake Courage Of Cubs," Chicago Daily Tribune, October so, 1929: Game Four and then rallied after being behind 2-0 24. FJACK WILSON HITS FOR THE CYCLE with one out in the bottom of the ninth to take rr William E. Brandt, "Superior Batting Decided zd Game," The New York Times, October to, 1929: 25. AS CUBS POILIND PHILLIES Game Five and the Series. 12 John Drebinger, "Athletics Defeat Cubs, 9-3, and Win Second Straight Game in World's Series," The New York SOURCES Times, October to, 1929: 24. JUNE 23, 1930 Game stories in the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer 13 H.I. Phillips, "Chicago Pineapple Tossers Get Change Of were accessed via Newspapers.com. The author also used Venue After Mack's Reformers Clean Up," Philadelphia CHICAGO CUBS 21, PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES 8 BaseballReference.com, Retrosheet.org, and SABR.org. Inquirer, October so, 1929: 20. This game was played nearly three weeks before Black Tuesday, October 29, the date By dike el-tuber NOTES normally associated with the stock-market crash, but the decline had already begun. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Connie Mack, "Always Had Faith in Howard Ehmke, Says dropped 15 percent from its then-record high close of 381.17 Connie Mack," Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 1929: 18. on September 3, 1929, through October 4, and while it had Chicago Thibune, October 9, 1929: 23. bounced back a bit by the date of this game, the closing price of 198.69 on November 13 would be 48 percent below its peak. Quinn started Game IN A MONDAY-AFTERNOON GAME AT 3 Mack's theory was proved wrong when See measuringworth.com/DJA/. 193o, he was still allowing far too many runs for the Four of the Series and allowed six runs in five-plus innings. Wrigley Field, the "Cubs buried Philadelphia under Phillies to stay 14 The St. Louis Browns struck out 13 times in Game Two of competitive. The next year he became the oldest pitcher to appear in a an avalanche of twenty-four hits," defeating the postseason game when he pitched in relief for the A's in the 1944 World Series against the Cardinals in an It-inning The Cubs "revealed their intentions right at the Phillies, 2T-8.' Every Chicago batter had at least Game Three against the Cardinals. game, but only to strikeouts came in the first nine innings. start,"3 getting to Willoughby in the first inning. The Yankees struck out 14 times against Brooklyn's Carl one hit, reached base at least twice, and scored at Westbrook Pegler, "Foes Continue to Humiliate Cub Footsie Blair reached on an error by Phillies second 4 Erskine in Game Three of the 5953 Series to break the least Chicago Tribune, October to, one run.2 Cubs center fielder Hack Wilson led `Sluggers,'" 1929: 24. Cubs' record. baseman Bernie Friberg, and he scored after a walk the barrage with five hits, including the cycle. The 5 John Kieran, "Sports of the Times," New York Times, October to Woody English and a single by Kiki Cuyler. i5 "Earnshaw Is Credited With Win, Not Grove," Philadelphia game was chock full of excitement, featuring not to, 1929: 29. Inquirer, October to, 1929: 22. The only other starting pitcher Center fielder Denny Sothern misplayed Cuyler's only the cycle but also a rundown, a double steal, 6 William E. Brandt, "Superior Batting Decided 2nd Game," to be credited with a World Series win despite not pitching ball, allowing the runners to advance. Wilson then 25. and lots (and lots) of singles. New York Times, October so, 1929: five innings was Hugh McQuillan of the Giants, who got smashed his 22nd home run of the season, a three- the win even though he worked only 32/3 innings against the Irving Vaughan, "Defeat Fails to Shake Courage of Cubs," The two teams were headed in opposite directions. run Senators in Game Three of the 1924 Series. There were ro shot into the right-field seats. Chicago Tribune, October ,o, 1929: 23. Chicago, the defending National League champion, occasions during the 1929 regular season when the official In the top of the second, Philadelphia's bats 8 John Drebinger, "Athletics Defeat Cubs, 9-3, and Win again knocked at the first-place door of the league for scorer used his discretion to award the win to a starter who tried to make up for their "wabbly fielding."4 Pinkey Second Straight Game in World's Series," New York Times, did not complete five innings, and Earnshaw was one of those much of the season. The Cubs came to this contest October to, 1929: 24. Whitney doubled but was thrown out at third when pitchers. baseball-referenee.com/tiny/rkl3Q it games above .500 (36-25) and had just won five of S.O. Grauley, "What Happened to Every Pitch as Mackmen Friberg grounded to short. Tommy Thevenow singled 9 their last six. They were in the midst of a 15-game Again Bagged Windy City Bruins - And How," Philadelphia and Spud Davis launched a three-run home run, homestand. This game began a three-game series Inquirer, October to, 1929: 23. putting the Phillies back in the game. The next four with the not-so-successful Phillies. The Phillies, half-innings went by without much incident. departing St. Louis in the midst of a 12-game road With Chicago still leading 4-3 in the fourth, "a trip, had lost three of four to the Cardinals, and were double by [Gabby] Hartnett inaugurated the five run 23-31, positioned 12 games behind the league-leading riot."5 Then Clyde Beck, Bush, Blair, Brooklyn Robins. Cuyler, Wilson, and Riggs Stephenson all reached on singles, and Chicago's Guy Bush faced Claude Willoughby the Cubs added five more runs to their tally. Charlie on the mound. Despite his 6.62 earned-run average, Grimm grounded into a double play, or Chicago Bush had won five in a row after losing his first two might have made more trouble for the Phillies. An decisions. Willoughby came into the game with a inning later, Willoughby walked Beck with one out 1-4 record and an ERA of over 9 runs per game. In and then surrendered a triple to right to pitcher Bush. 1929, he led the National League in both runs and That led to a mound visit by Philadelphia skipper walks allowed. Though his free passes were down in Burt Shotton and a ticket to the showers for the Phillies hurler. By Speece came on in relief. 66 67 WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND ADDISON WRIGLEY FIELD: THE FRIENDLY CONFINES AT CLARK AND ADDISON Irving Vaughan, "Cubs Roll Up 24 Hits; Overwhelm In the Phillies sixth, Lefty O'Doul and Chuck reliever (he started only 25 of 46 games in which he Phillies 11 From box score in Chicago Thibune, June 24, 1930: 19. 21to 8," Chicago Thibune, June 24, 1930: 59. Klein led off with back-to-back singles. Whitney appeared in 1930). At the plate, the right-hander had r2 The other three teams were the Cleveland Indians (25-7 Ibid. on May it versus the Philadelphia walked, but O'Doul rounded third base too far, and two singles and a triple with three RBIs. His batting Athletics), the New Ibid. York Yankees (20-13 on May 22 in the second game of was tagged out in a rundown (shortstop to catcher average was a phenomenal .423 (II-for-26).9 a doubleheader versus the Athletics), and the Brooklyn Ibid. to third to pitcher). Both Klein and Whitney moved According to the Chicago Tribune, "Winning Dodgers (22-8 on September 6 versus the Phillies). Ibid. up on the play, and Klein scored on a sacrifice fly was merely incidental,"rn as the Cubs mustered 24 13 In the nineteenth century, Jimmy Ryan had accomplished the to center by Thevenow. Davis then "belted another hits, sending 51 batters to the plate. There were only "Cubs' 24 Safeties Overcome Phillies." rare feat twice for the National League Chicago club, on July 28,1888 (for the Chicago White circuit smash which was good for half of a four run six extra-base hits (three by Wilson), meaning that This was the highest Bush's average would get to all season. Stockings), and on July r, 1891 (for the Chicago Colts). In 1930, the other He finished 1930 batting .282, and three of his seven RBIs two batters to hit rally."6 'Ihe Phillies had clawed their way back, but Chicago had banged 18 singles. Stephenson had four for the came in this game. cycle were New York Giants' Freddie Lindstrom (May Chicago still led, 10-7. of those singles, increasing his batting average to 8) and St Louis Cardinals' Chick Hafey (August 24. I0 Vaughan. The Cubs continued the hit parade. In the sixth, 394. Philadelphia had 12 hits (seven singles). Still, Cuyler reached on an error and Wilson followed with the game was completed in z hours and 7 minutes." a triple. Stephenson singled; so did Grimm. An out For Philadelphia, O'Doul, Klein, and Davis later, Beck walked to load the bases, but Bush struck accounted for seven of the Phillies' 12 hits. Davis out. With two outs, Blair singled, driving in two smashed two round-trippers and drove in five runs. runs and sending Beck to third.
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