Monday, January 21, 2008

August 10th, 1934 - NL News

Quiet Day in National League as Giants Sweep Series in Brooklyn
Giants Defeat Slumping Giants, 5-4
Ott homers,"Prince Hal" wins 12th






NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 National League Date: 8/10/1934



TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN

1934 NYN 68 39 J.Medwick SLN .381 M.Ott NYN 29 M.Ott NYN 98

1934 SLN 61 43 E.Allen PHN .378 R.Collins SLN 29 W.Berger BON 91

1934 CHN 60 45 B.Terry NYN .358 W.Berger BON 22 R.Collins SLN 90

1934 PIN 55 47 M.Ott NYN .349 G.Hartnet CHN 18 G.Suhr PIN 87

1934 BON 47 59 P.Waner PIN .349 OTHERS TIED W 16 K.Cuyler CHN 77

1934 BRN 45 58

1934 PHN 45 60 WINS SAVES ERA

1934 CIN 37 67 C.Hubbell NYN 18 W.Hoyt PIN 7 C.Hubbell NYN 1.79

F.Fitzsim NYN 17 H.Bell NYN 6 L.Warneke CHN 2.32

L.Warneke CHN 16 L.Chagnon PIN 6 F.Fitzsim NYN 2.43

T.Carleto SLN 14 B.Smith BON 5 D.Dean SLN 2.43

D.Dean SLN 13 J.Haines SLN 5 W.Hoyt PIN 2.63



CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS

B.Whitehe SLN 15 P.Martin SLN 17 V.Mungo BRN 118

T.Piet CIN 11 K.Cuyler CHN 12 D.Dean SLN 109

D.Bartell PHN 11 D.Taylor BRN 11 L.Warneke CHN 101

F.Frisch SLN 10 D.Bartell PHN 10 P.Derring CIN 91

W.English CHN 9 J.Rothroc SLN 10 P.Dean SLN 88



YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS

BRN 5 at NYN 9 BON-Betts(6-9, 4.35) at NYN-Hubbell(18-5, 1.79)

BRN-Leonard(8-3, 3.63) at PHN-Collins(11-8, 4.32)

CHN-Warneke(16-6, 2.32) at SLN-Carleto(14-6, 3.09)

CIN-Derring(8-12, 3.50) at PIN-Hoyt(8-8, 2.63)



WHO'S HOT - BEST IN LAST 10 DAYS

BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS

H.Lee BON .292 24 7 10 3 2 D.Dean SLN 18 8 1 2 9 1 200

R.Collins SLN .310 42 13 10 4 4 F.Fitzsimmons NYN 25 19 5 3 4 2 300

P.Whitney BON .303 33 10 8 2 3 H.Schumacher NYN 17 8 4 4 9 0 200

B.Herman* CHN .375 40 15 10 4 2 R.Benge BRN 24 15 5 6 6 1 210

C.Hafey CIN .304 46 14 13 2 3 E.Brandt BON 18 10 3 4 8 2 200



WHO'S NOT - WORST IN LAST 10 DAYS

BATTER TM AVG AB H RB BB HR PITCHER TM IP H ER BB Ks HR WLS

J.Bottomley CIN .191 47 9 2 2 0 J.Babich BRN 13 17 16 9 4 0 010

A.Kampouris CIN .138 29 4 1 3 0 V.Mungo BRN 9 15 9 1 10 2 020

S.Hogan BON .160 25 4 0 3 0 B.Swift PIN 18 31 18 1 5 5 120

M.Koenig CIN .211 38 8 1 3 0 O.Carroll BRN 7 10 9 4 0 2 000

G.Mancuso NYN .121 33 4 3 4 0 J.Salveson NYN 8 15 8 3 8 2 010



INJURY REPORT

No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 National League



WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT

1934 New York NYN 68 39 .636 ---- 44 93 60 .608

1934 St. Louis SLN 61 43 .587 5.5 95 58 .621

1934 Chicago CHN 60 45 .571 7.0 86 65 .570

1934 Pittsburgh PIN 55 47 .539 10.5 74 76 .493

1934 Boston BON 47 59 .443 20.5 78 73 .517

1934 Brooklyn BRN 45 58 .437 21.0 71 81 .467

1934 Philadelphia PHN 45 60 .429 22.0 56 93 .376

1934 Cincinnati CIN 37 67 .356 29.5 52 99 .344







OVERALL RECORD

Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK

BON 47 59 .443 28-26 19-33 4-14 43-45 4- 5 15-20 5-5 Lost 1

BRN 45 58 .437 22-29 23-29 11-15 34-43 6- 2 14-17 4-6 Lost 3

CHN 60 45 .571 34-20 26-25 20- 9 40-36 5- 5 20-17 4-6 Lost 3

CIN 37 67 .356 23-32 14-35 5-12 32-55 2- 6 17-18 4-6 Lost 4

NYN 68 39 .636 39-15 29-24 14- 9 54-30 7- 4 23-18 6-4 Won 3

PHN 45 60 .429 27-23 18-37 11-12 34-48 4- 3 14-17 4-6 Won 1

PIN 55 47 .539 30-19 25-28 15-11 40-36 4- 3 18-14 5-5 Won 4

SLN 61 43 .587 33-18 28-25 13- 9 48-34 6-10 15-15 7-3 Won 3

TOTAL 418 418 .500



TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+

BON 5- 6 9-16 11-18 17-16 5- 3 0- 0

BRN 6- 5 12-15 15-14 10-18 2- 6 0- 0

CHN 8- 4 17-12 16-10 15-14 4- 5 0- 0

CIN 4- 7 6-18 16-13 7-24 4- 5 0- 0

NYN 6- 5 22- 8 13-13 21- 9 6- 4 0- 0

PHN 5- 6 11-13 10-21 15-16 4- 4 0- 0

PIN 7- 3 12-14 14-13 18-12 4- 5 0- 0

SLN 3- 8 17-10 17-10 18-12 6- 3 0- 0





WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN:



TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN

BON - 8 7 11 9 6 5 1

BRN 9 - 2 7 5 9 8 5

CHN 7 12 - 12 8 7 3 11

CIN 4 5 7 - 2 11 5 3

NYN 7 12 6 12 - 12 7 12

PHN 10 7 7 3 6 - 8 4

PIN 8 6 12 9 6 7 - 7

SLN 14 8 4 13 3 8 11 -








NEWSPAPER GAME STORIES FOR 1934 National League Date: 8/10/1934








BROOKLYN AT NEW YORK

Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 5 8 1

Giants.......... 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 - 9 9 2

Win:Schumacher(12-8) Loss:Benge(11-11)

Homeruns- M.Ott(29th), T.Jackson(12th)



The incredible New York Giants toppled the Brooklyn Dodgers by a 9 to 5 score

at Polo Grounds.



New York promptly took the lead in their half of the first when they scored 2

runs on 2 hits. The big moment was provided by Mel Ott who excited the crowd

when he cracked a two-run shot (his 29th of the season). New York had a

total of 9 hits for the game.



The winning pitcher was Hal Schumacher(12-8) who allowed 2 runs in 7 and 2/3

innings. Ray Benge(11-11) was charged with the loss. He allowed 5 runs and 8

hits in 6 innings.















1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 New York Giants 8/9/1934



Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG

B.Boyle RF 5 1 1 1 .295 G.Watkins LF 5 1 2 1 .239

L.Frey SS 3 0 0 0 .261 H.Critz 2B 4 0 1 1 .219

D.Taylor LF 3 0 0 0 .287 B.Terry 1B 3 2 1 1 .358

S.Leslie 1B 5 0 1 1 .345 M.Ott RF 3 2 1 2 .349

T.Cuccinello 2B 4 0 0 0 .294 P.Weintraub CF 3 0 2 2 .405

L.Koenecke CF 4 1 1 0 .312 T.Jackson SS 4 1 1 2 .289

J.Stripp 3B 4 2 2 0 .321 G.Mancuso C 4 0 0 0 .264

A.Lopez C 4 1 2 3 .265 J.Vergez 3B 3 2 1 0 .168

R.Benge P 2 0 0 0 .051 H.Schumacher P 3 0 0 0 .154

A-J.Frederick PH 1 0 0 0 .325 A.Smith P 0 1 0 0 .286

L.Munns P 0 0 0 0 .333

B-G.Chapman PH 1 0 1 0 .250

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 36 5 8 5 Totals 32 9 9 9



A-Pinch Hit For Benge In 7th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Munns In 9th Inning



Dodgers......... 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 - 5 8 1

Giants.......... 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 2 - 9 9 2



Dodgers (45-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

R.Benge LOSS(11-11) 6 8 5 5 3 3 1 107 4.69

L.Munns 2 1 4 4 6 1 1 59 5.61

Totals 8 9 9 9 9 4 2



Giants (68-39) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA

H.Schumacher WIN(12-8) 7 2/3 4 2 2 3 5 0 119 3.13

A.Smith 1 1/3 4 3 2 1 0 0 39 3.72

Totals 9 8 5 4 4 5 0



ATTENDANCE- 18,949 DATE- Thursday, August 9th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good

UMPIRES- Bill Stewart, , Cy Rigler, Dolly Stark

T- 2:11

LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Giants: 9

DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Giants: 1

ERRORS- L.Frey, H.Critz, J.Vergez

DOUBLES- B.Boyle(16th), A.Lopez(21st), G.Chapman(1st), G.Watkins(17th),

P.Weintraub(3rd), J.Vergez(8th)

TRIPLES- J.Stripp(4th), H.Critz(1st)

HOME RUNS- M.Ott(29th), T.Jackson(12th)

SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Terry

WALKS- L.Frey-2, D.Taylor-2, H.Critz, B.Terry, M.Ott-2, P.Weintraub-2,

T.Jackson, J.Vergez, A.Smith

STRIKE OUTS- B.Boyle-2, L.Frey, T.Cuccinello-2, G.Watkins-2, G.Mancuso,

H.Schumacher

GIDP- D.Taylor, H.Critz