August 25th, 1934 - AL News

Tigers Close to 2.5 Games; Philadelphia even closer to league leading Boston; Foxx threatens Ruth home run mark

Detroit Scrapes by on Auker's Arm

Tigers pitcher holds Washington to 2 runs in 3-2 game

A's Win High Scoring Affair with Browns

Foxx has 45th HR of season

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 American League Date: 8/25/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 BOA 69 52 J.Foxx PHA .378 J.Foxx PHA 45 L.Gehrig NYA 136 1934 PHA 64 50 C.Gehring DEA .374 L.Gehrig NYA 39 J.Foxx PHA 133 1934 DEA 66 54 B.Johnson PHA .365 B.Johnson PHA 34 C.Gehring DEA 112 1934 NYA 63 56 P.Higgins PHA .356 E.Averill CLA 28 B.Johnson PHA 100 1934 CLA 59 57 H.Manush WAA .352 Z.Bonura CHA 22 A.Simmons CHA 88 1934 WAA 58 58 1934 SLA 47 68 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CHA 44 75 L.Gomez NYA 17 C.Hogsett DEA 9 L.Gomez NYA 2.18 S.Rowe DEA 15 A.McColl WAA 7 B.Weiland *** 2.65 M.Pearson CLA 14 H.Pennock BOA 6 W.Ferrell BOA 2.86 S.Cain PHA 14 F.Ostermu BOA 5 B.Newsom SLA 2.91 E.Whitehi WAA 13 OTHERS TIED W 4 D.Coffman SLA 3.04 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS S.West SLA 13 B.Werber BOA 42 L.Gomez NYA 127 J.Gill WAA 11 J.White DEA 22 T.Bridges DEA 120 Z.Bonura CHA 9 P.Fox DEA 22 M.Pearson CLA 115 OTHERS TIED W 8 B.Chapman NYA 22 B.Newsom SLA 115 OTHERS TIED W 14 S.Rowe DEA 109 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS DEA 3 at WAA 2 CHA-Earnsha(8-15, 5.30) at BOA-Rhodes(11-11, 4.89) SLA 7 at PHA 11 CHA-Earnsha(8-15, 5.30) at BOA-Rhodes(11-11, 4.89) CLA-Harder(12-6, 3.22) at NYA-Murphy(8-6, 3.91) CLA-Hildebr(11-7, 4.23) at NYA-Gomez(17-9, 2.18) DEA-Rowe(15-6, 3.99) at WAA-Weaver(9-9, 5.12) SLA-Coffman(4-9, 3.04) at PHA-Marcum(12-7, 4.47) SLA-Blaehol(7-15, 5.07) at PHA-Benton(9-10, 4.18) 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 L.Gehrig NYA .267 30 8 10 9 4 L.Gomez NYA 18 8 0 8 10 0 200 J.Foxx PHA .441 34 15 10 9 3 B.Burke WAA 18 10 1 3 4 0 200 F.Crosetti NYA .410 39 16 5 7 4 J.Deshong NYA 18 11 3 4 7 0 200 C.Gehringer DEA .317 41 13 13 8 1 E.Auker DEA 18 14 5 6 6 0 200 J.Saltzgaver NYA .286 35 10 7 7 2 J.Broaca NYA 18 17 5 7 5 1 200 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 O.Melillo SLA .211 38 8 1 1 0 M.Pearson CLA 12 17 14 8 7 5 020 O.Bejma SLA .185 27 5 1 2 0 M.Weaver WAA 7 15 9 6 2 0 010 C.Reynolds BOA .211 38 8 3 1 0 B.McAfee SLA 9 15 12 7 5 3 001 E.Averill CLA .171 35 6 1 4 0 L.Grove BOA 6 11 6 4 3 0 010 M.Galatzer CLA .091 33 3 2 6 0 A.Benson WAA 6 11 6 6 4 0 000 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 American League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 Boston BOA 69 52 .570 ---- 36 76 76 .500 1934 Philadelphia PHA 64 50 .561 1.5 68 82 .453 1934 Detroit DEA 66 54 .550 2.5 101 53 .656 1934 New York NYA 63 56 .529 5.0 90 64 .584 1934 Cleveland CLA 59 57 .509 7.5 85 69 .552 1934 Washington WAA 58 58 .500 8.5 66 88 .429 1934 St. Louis SLA 47 68 .409 19.0 67 85 .441 1934 Chicago CHA 44 75 .370 24.0 53 99 .349 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BOA 69 52 .570 39-28 30-24 11- 7 58-45 9- 7 21-14 3-7 Won 1 CHA 44 75 .370 21-36 23-39 5- 5 39-70 2- 7 7-17 5-5 Lost 1 CLA 59 57 .509 32-20 27-37 12-16 47-41 4- 7 16-14 4-6 Won 1 DEA 66 54 .550 31-27 35-27 17-21 49-33 7- 5 23-13 6-4 Won 1 NYA 63 56 .529 35-27 28-29 17-10 46-46 5- 7 12-18 8-2 Lost 1 PHA 64 50 .561 40-21 24-29 5- 6 59-44 9- 4 19-12 7-3 Won 1 SLA 47 68 .409 23-26 24-42 14-12 33-56 5- 3 12-18 3-7 Lost 1 WAA 58 58 .500 32-32 26-26 9-13 49-45 3- 4 14-18 3-7 Lost 1 TOTAL 470 470 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BOA 8- 3 13-14 19-10 20-12 9-13 0- 0 CHA 6- 4 10-17 8-23 10-20 10-11 0- 0 CLA 6- 3 11-15 14-14 16-17 12- 8 0- 0 DEA 5- 5 17-12 15-12 19-12 10-13 0- 0 NYA 4- 7 16-11 14-12 12-19 17- 7 0- 0 PHA 5- 7 17- 9 16-11 14-14 12- 9 0- 0 SLA 2- 7 8-20 10-16 16-12 11-13 0- 0 WAA 6- 6 17-11 15-13 14-15 6-13 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BOA CHA CLA DEA NYA PHA SLA WAA BOA - 11 9 7 13 6 10 13 CHA 5 - 3 8 5 4 10 9 CLA 5 13 - 10 5 6 10 10 DEA 11 11 9 - 10 7 10 8 NYA 6 10 11 8 - 8 10 10 PHA 11 13 11 6 10 - 9 4 SLA 8 8 7 6 8 6 - 4 WAA 6 9 7 9 5 13 9 -

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DETROIT AT WASHINGTON Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 8 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1 Win:Auker(11-7) Loss:Stewart(3-13) Homeruns- M.Owen(7th) Elden Auker allowed Mickey Cochrane to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game and Marv Owen left the yard and had 3 RBI as the Detroit Tigers outscored the Washington Nationals 3 to 2. Auker(11-7) gave a fine effort for Detroit. He allowed 6 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings. The teams had been locked in a scoreless duel until the 7th inning. Lefty Stewart(3-13) suffered the loss. He pitched 7 innings and surrendered just 4 hits and 1 walk. ST. LOUIS AT PHILADELPHIA Browns.......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 7 8 1 Athletics....... 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 - 11 12 2 Win:Cain(14-8) Loss:Hadley(7-15) Homeruns- S.West(15th), A.Strange(1st), J.Foxx(45th), E.McNair(6th) Sugar Cain completed the game without help from the bullpen at Shibe Park where the Philadelphia Athletics beat the St. Louis Browns by the score of 11 to 7. Cain(14-8) had a solid outing for Philadelphia. He went 9 innings allowing 8 hits and 5 walks and surrendered 2 'long-bombs'. Philadelphia had 12 hits for the afternoon. Bump Hadley(7-15) was the losing pitcher. He got hit pretty hard, allowing 6 hits and 3 walks in 2 and 1/3 innings.

1934 Detroit Tigers At 1934 Washington Nationals 8/24/1934 Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG J.White CF 4 0 1 0 .316 B.Myer 2B 4 0 0 0 .316 M.Cochrane C 5 0 0 0 .332 J.Stone RF 4 0 0 0 .383 C.Gehringer 2B 3 0 0 0 .374 H.Manush LF 3 1 0 0 .352 H.Greenberg 1B 4 0 0 0 .311 J.Cronin SS 4 1 1 0 .248 B.Rogell SS 4 2 2 0 .283 C.Bolton C 4 0 2 0 .303 G.Goslin LF 4 0 1 0 .273 F.Schulte CF 4 0 1 2 .300 M.Owen 3B 3 1 2 3 .323 P.Susko 1B 4 0 2 0 .266 P.Fox RF 4 0 2 0 .284 O.Bluege 3B 2 0 0 0 .179 E.Auker P 4 0 0 0 .132 A-F.Sington PH 1 0 0 0 .233 R.Prim P 0 0 0 0 .333 C-L.Sewell PH 1 0 0 0 .201 L.Stewart P 1 0 0 0 .122 A.McColl P 0 0 0 0 .063 B-C.Travis PH,3B 0 0 0 0 .301 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 3 8 3 Totals 32 2 6 2 A-Pinch Hit For Bluege In 8th Inning B-Pinch Hit For McColl In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Prim In 9th Inning Tigers.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 8 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 2 6 1 Tigers (66-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Auker WIN(11-7) 9 6 2 2 4 2 0 118 4.02 Totals 9 6 2 2 4 2 0 Nationals (58-58) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA L.Stewart LOSS(3-13) 7 4 2 2 1 4 1 110 5.14 A.McColl 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 3.80 R.Prim 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 24 7.78 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 5 1 ATTENDANCE- 4,322 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 1:52 LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8 Nationals: 8 DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Nationals: 0 ERRORS- L.Stewart DOUBLES- J.White(6th), P.Fox(26th), P.Susko(2nd) HOME RUNS- M.Owen(7th) SACRIFICE HITS- L.Stewart SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Owen WALKS- J.White, C.Gehringer, B.Myer, H.Manush, C.Travis-2 STRIKE OUTS- J.White, P.Fox, E.Auker-3, F.Schulte-2

1934 St. Louis Browns At 1934 Philadelphia Athletics 8/24/1934 Browns AB R H RBI AVG Athletics AB R H RBI AVG H.Clift 3B 5 1 1 0 .227 D.Cramer CF 5 2 2 0 .278 S.West CF 4 2 1 1 .333 D.Williams 2B 5 2 1 1 .264 J.Burns 1B 4 0 0 0 .261 B.Johnson LF 4 2 2 1 .365 R.Pepper LF 4 1 0 1 .274 J.Foxx 1B 4 3 3 2 .378 B.Campbell RF 2 0 1 1 .285 P.Higgins 3B 3 1 0 1 .356 O.Melillo 2B 4 0 2 0 .251 E.Coleman RF 4 0 2 1 .284 F.Grube C 4 1 1 0 .258 E.McNair SS 3 1 1 4 .270 A.Strange SS 4 2 2 2 .241 F.Hayes C 4 0 0 0 .224 B.Hadley P 0 0 0 0 .155 S.Cain P 4 0 1 0 .250 B.McAfee P 0 0 0 1 .200 A-R.Hornsby PH 1 0 0 0 .375 I.Andrews P 0 0 0 0 .393 B-D.Garms PH 1 0 0 0 .308 E.Wells P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 7 8 6 Totals 36 11 12 10 A-Pinch Hit For McAfee In 6th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Andrews In 8th Inning Browns.......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 - 7 8 1 Athletics....... 0 0 5 2 0 4 0 0 - 11 12 2 Browns (47-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA B.Hadley LOSS(7-15) 2 1/3 6 5 5 3 0 1 68 5.66 B.McAfee 2 2/3 3 2 2 0 1 1 37 5.68 I.Andrews 2 3 4 2 2 0 0 44 5.31 E.Wells 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5.69 Totals 8 12 11 9 5 1 2 Athletics (64-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Cain WIN(14-8) 9 8 7 5 5 6 2 149 3.95 Totals 9 8 7 5 5 6 2 ATTENDANCE- 2,382 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad T- 2:16 LEFT ON BASE- Browns: 5 Athletics: 6 DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 1 Athletics: 1 ERRORS- A.Strange, B.Johnson, E.Coleman DOUBLES- O.Melillo(17th), D.Cramer(20th), D.Williams(3rd), E.Coleman(15th) TRIPLES- D.Cramer(11th) HOME RUNS- S.West(15th), A.Strange(1st), J.Foxx(45th), E.McNair(6th) SACRIFICE FLIES- B.McAfee WALKS- S.West, J.Burns, B.Campbell-2, B.Hadley, B.Johnson, J.Foxx, P.Higgins-2, E.McNair STRIKE OUTS- H.Clift, S.West-3, B.Campbell, F.Grube, F.Hayes GIDP- O.Melillo, E.McNair

August 25th, 1934 - NL News

Round Two of Giants-Cards Goes to St. Louis; both teams' aces notch wins in first two games; Parmele and Walker to go again this afternoon

Cards Turn Table on Giants

Dizzy Dean holds New York to 3

Cubs Cruise Over Boston, 7-1

Hartnett hits 20th HR of season

Braves and Reds Split Double Header

Boston explodes in opener, but quiet in nightcap

NEWSPAPER STYLE RECAP FOR 1934 National League Date: 8/25/1934 TEAM WON LOST BATTING AVERAGE HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN 1934 NYN 75 45 J.Medwick SLN .380 M.Ott NYN 33 M.Ott NYN 114 1934 SLN 72 46 E.Allen PHN .370 R.Collins SLN 32 R.Collins SLN 106 1934 CHN 67 52 P.Waner PIN .356 W.Berger BON 24 W.Berger BON 102 1934 PIN 65 51 M.Ott NYN .355 G.Hartnet CHN 20 G.Suhr PIN 101 1934 PHN 51 65 B.Terry NYN .352 OTHERS TIED W 17 K.Cuyler CHN 92 1934 BON 50 68 1934 BRN 47 69 WINS SAVES ERA 1934 CIN 44 75 C.Hubbell NYN 20 J.Haines SLN 8 W.Hoyt PIN 2.47 F.Fitzsim NYN 19 W.Hoyt PIN 7 L.Warneke CHN 2.47 T.Carleto SLN 18 L.Chagnon PIN 7 C.Hubbell NYN 2.48 L.Warneke CHN 17 B.Smith BON 6 D.Dean SLN 2.55 D.Dean SLN 15 H.Bell NYN 6 F.Fitzsim NYN 2.66 CUR HIT STREAK STOLEN BASES STRIKEOUTS J.Moore NYN 11 P.Martin SLN 17 V.Mungo BRN 130 H.Lee BON 8 D.Bartell PHN 13 D.Dean SLN 121 S.Hack CHN 8 K.Cuyler CHN 12 L.Warneke CHN 113 H.Leiber NYN 8 D.Taylor BRN 11 P.Derring CIN 104 L.Chiozza PHN 8 J.Rothroc SLN 11 P.Dean SLN 102 YESTERDAY'S GAMES TODAY'S SCHEDULE AND PROBABLE STARTERS BON 19 at CIN 7 BON-Brown(3-5, 4.55) at CIN-Frey(4-13, 6.29) BON 2 at CIN 5 BRN-Babich(0-8, 5.91) at CHN-Bush(10-8, 3.87) BRN 1 at CHN 7 NYN-Parmele(6-4, 1.89) at SLN-Walker(8-3, 2.72) NYN 3 at SLN 5 PHN-Hansen(6-6, 5.09) at PIN-Hoyt(11-9, 2.47) PHN-Collins(12-10, 4.39) at PIN-French(13-10, 3.55) 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 M.Ott NYN .465 43 20 14 3 4 J.Weaver CHN 9 3 1 1 6 0 100 D.Camilli PHN .400 30 12 7 6 3 L.Warneke CHN 20 12 3 4 7 0 100 P.Waner PIN .500 36 18 10 4 2 P.Malone CHN 18 15 3 3 9 1 200 J.Rothrock SLN .389 36 14 9 4 3 C.Davis PHN 9 8 0 0 4 0 100 R.Collins SLN .429 35 15 12 1 2 D.Leonard BRN 17 12 4 2 9 0 110 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 G.Mancuso NYN .091 33 3 2 1 0 L.Benton CIN 7 17 12 3 0 0 010 B.Whitehead SLN .200 40 8 0 2 0 B.Cantwell BON 7 17 9 4 1 0 010 D.Hurst CHN .182 33 6 2 2 0 J.Babich BRN 9 17 10 5 5 1 010 M.Koenig CIN .195 41 8 5 0 0 L.Mangum BON 8 11 8 7 2 1 010 P.Whitney BON .148 27 4 4 1 0 G.Bush CHN 6 10 5 3 1 1 010 INJURY REPORT No injuries to report

LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1934 National League WON LOST PCT GB MAGIC# ACTWON ACTLOST ACTPCT 1934 New York NYN 75 45 .625 ---- 34 93 60 .608 1934 St. Louis SLN 72 46 .610 2.0 95 58 .621 1934 Chicago CHN 67 52 .563 7.5 86 65 .570 1934 Pittsburgh PIN 65 51 .560 8.0 74 76 .493 1934 Philadelphia PHN 51 65 .440 22.0 56 93 .376 1934 Boston BON 50 68 .424 24.0 78 73 .517 1934 Brooklyn BRN 47 69 .405 26.0 71 81 .467 1934 Cincinnati CIN 44 75 .370 30.5 52 99 .344 OVERALL RECORD Team WON LOST PCT HOME ROAD LEFT RIGHT EXTRA 1-RUN LAST 10 STREAK BON 50 68 .424 28-26 22-42 5-16 45-52 4- 7 17-24 1-9 Lost 1 BRN 47 69 .405 22-29 25-40 11-16 36-53 6- 3 14-23 1-9 Lost 6 CHN 67 52 .563 41-23 26-29 22-10 45-42 7- 6 23-18 7-3 Won 2 CIN 44 75 .370 29-37 15-38 5-14 39-61 2- 7 20-19 5-5 Won 1 NYN 75 45 .625 39-17 36-28 17- 9 58-36 7- 4 24-21 6-4 Lost 1 PHN 51 65 .440 28-24 23-41 13-13 38-52 5- 3 17-18 6-4 Lost 1 PIN 65 51 .560 40-23 25-28 16-13 49-38 6- 3 24-16 7-3 Won 7 SLN 72 46 .610 44-21 28-25 14-10 58-36 6-10 16-16 7-3 Won 1 TOTAL 471 471 .500 TEAM -APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT+ BON 5- 6 9-16 11-18 17-16 8-12 0- 0 BRN 6- 5 12-15 15-14 10-18 4-17 0- 0 CHN 8- 4 17-12 16-10 15-14 11-12 0- 0 CIN 4- 7 6-18 16-13 7-24 11-13 0- 0 NYN 6- 5 22- 8 13-13 21- 9 13-10 0- 0 PHN 5- 6 11-13 10-21 15-16 10- 9 0- 0 PIN 7- 3 12-14 14-13 18-12 14- 9 0- 0 SLN 3- 8 17-10 17-10 18-12 17- 6 0- 0 WINS ARE ACROSS, LOSSES ARE DOWN: TEAM BON BRN CHN CIN NYN PHN PIN SLN BON - 8 7 12 11 6 5 1 BRN 9 - 2 8 5 10 8 5 CHN 11 14 - 12 8 8 3 11 CIN 5 9 7 - 3 11 6 3 NYN 7 12 6 15 - 12 10 13 PHN 10 8 10 3 6 - 8 6 PIN 8 10 12 12 8 8 - 7 SLN 18 8 8 13 4 10 11 -

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BOSTON AT CINCINNATI Braves.......... 1 1 0 2 2 9 2 2 0 - 19 25 0 Reds............ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 - 7 10 2 Win:Brandt(9-13) Loss:Johnson(7-13) Marty McManus had 5 hits and 3 RBI as the woeful Cincinnati Reds were badly beaten by the Boston Braves, 19 to 7. McManus provided much of the offense. He stroked a base-hit in the 2nd inning, delivered a single bringing in a run in the 4th inning, slapped a one-base hit which scored a run in the 5th inning, laced a base-knock in the 6th inning and doubled knocking in a run in the 8th inning. Boston bats were hot in the 6th inning when they had 9 runs on 8 hits. The Boston offense poured it on, scoring in 7 of the 9 innings. Ed Brandt(9-13) got credit for the victory, pitching 8 and 1/3 innings and allowing 7 runs. The loss was charged to Si Johnson(7-13). He was unable to control the Boston offense and allowed 10 hits and 5 walks in 5 innings. NEW YORK AT ST. LOUIS Giants.......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Cardinals....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 - 5 10 2 Win:Dean(15-8) Loss:Bowman(3-5) Homeruns- J.Rothrock(10th), R.Collins-2(32nd) Rip Collins ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI and Dizzy Dean allowed Frankie Frisch to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game at Sportsman's Park as the mighty St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Giants 5 to 3. It was a good day for St. Louis thanks to Collins. He blasted a two-run home run in the 4th inning, cracked a solo homerun (his 32nd of the season) in the 6th inning and lashed a single in the 8th inning. New York proved to be no trouble in the 9th. The win was credited to Dean(15-8) who went the whole way allowing 3 runs. Joe Bowman(3-5) was the loser. He allowed 3 homeruns in 6 and 1/3 innings of work. BOSTON AT CINCINNATI Braves.......... 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 - 5 14 0 Win:Freitas(5-11) Loss:Rhem(7-8) Center fielder Chick Hafey had 3 base hits as the Cincinnati Reds defeated the Boston Braves 5 to 2 at Crosley Field. Tony Freitas(5-11) slammed the door shut in an excellent relief performance. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just 1 hit and no walks in 2 innings. Cincinnati ended up with 14 hits for the game while Boston had 5. Flint Rhem(7-8) absorbed the loss. He pitched 7 and 1/3 innings giving up 14 hits and no walks. BROOKLYN AT CHICAGO Dodgers......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Cubs............ 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 - 7 12 0 Win:Malone(11-8) Loss:Benge(11-14) Homeruns- G.Hartnett(20th) Gabby Hartnett slammed a homerun and had 3 RBI and Pat Malone was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game at Wrigley Field as the Chicago Cubs beat the floundering Brooklyn Dodgers 7 to 1. Malone(11-8) pitched a fine game. He was reached for 9 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings. Chicago finished with 12 hits in the victory. Ray Benge(11-14) absorbed the loss. He was unable to control the Chicago offense and allowed 12 hits and 3 walks in 8 innings.

1934 Boston Braves At 1934 Cincinnati Reds 8/24/1934 Braves AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG B.Urbanski SS 6 1 2 1 .295 T.Piet 2B 3 0 1 0 .251 L.Mallon 2B 5 4 2 3 .302 R.Kolp P 0 0 0 0 .077 B.Jordan 1B 7 1 5 1 .311 C-E.Lombardi PH 1 1 1 2 .329 W.Berger CF 7 1 2 2 .285 G.Slade SS 4 1 2 3 .313 H.Lee LF 4 3 2 2 .286 M.Koenig 3B 5 1 1 0 .252 R.Moore RF 4 4 3 2 .309 J.Bottomley 1B 4 0 0 1 .259 M.McManus 3B 6 4 5 3 .283 C.Hafey CF 3 0 0 1 .292 S.Hogan C 4 1 4 4 .271 H.Pool LF 3 0 1 0 .390 E.Brandt P 5 0 0 0 .268 A.Comorosky RF 4 0 0 0 .295 H.Betts P 0 0 0 0 .196 C.Manion C 3 1 0 0 .091 S.Johnson P 1 1 1 0 .203 A-W.Schulmerich PH 1 1 1 0 .275 L.Benton P 0 0 0 0 .333 D.Brennan P 0 0 0 0 .063 B-S.Adams PH,2B 2 1 2 0 .274 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 48 19 25 18 Totals 34 7 10 7 A-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 5th Inning B-Pinch Hit For Brennan In 7th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Kolp In 9th Inning Braves.......... 1 1 0 2 2 9 2 2 0 - 19 25 0 Reds............ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 - 7 10 2 Braves (50-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA E.Brandt WIN(9-13) 8 1/3 10 7 7 2 1 0 119 3.90 H.Betts 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4.24 Totals 9 10 7 7 2 1 0 Reds (43-75) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA S.Johnson LOSS(7-13) 5 10 6 6 5 1 0 113 4.03 L.Benton 0 2/3 7 9 9 2 0 0 51 9.99 D.Brennan 1 1/3 3 2 1 1 0 0 33 2.57 R.Kolp 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 34 5.92 Totals 9 25 19 18 8 1 0 ATTENDANCE- 2,655 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Charlie Moran, Ted McGrew, , Ernie Quigley T- 3:04 LEFT ON BASE- Braves:12 Reds: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Reds: 3 ERRORS- G.Slade, J.Bottomley DOUBLES- L.Mallon-2(6th), B.Jordan(27th), H.Lee(18th), M.McManus(19th), S.Hogan(8th), M.Koenig(13th), H.Pool(14th), S.Johnson TRIPLES- B.Jordan(6th), R.Moore(3rd), E.Lombardi(3rd) CAUGHT STEALING- H.Lee, M.McManus SACRIFICE HITS- E.Brandt SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Slade, C.Hafey WALKS- B.Urbanski, L.Mallon-2, H.Lee-2, R.Moore-2, S.Hogan, T.Piet, C.Manion HIT BY PITCH- S.Hogan, H.Pool STRIKE OUTS- W.Berger, C.Hafey GIDP- L.Mallon, W.Berger, H.Lee, T.Piet WILD PITCHES- S.Johnson

1934 New York Giants At 1934 St. Louis Cardinals 8/24/1934 Giants AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG J.Moore LF 5 0 1 0 .318 B.Whitehead 2B 4 1 2 0 .273 H.Critz 2B 5 0 1 0 .219 J.Rothrock RF 3 1 2 2 .311 B.Terry 1B 5 2 1 0 .352 F.Frisch 3B 4 0 0 0 .319 M.Ott RF 5 1 2 1 .355 J.Medwick LF 4 1 1 0 .380 T.Jackson SS 3 0 2 1 .285 R.Collins 1B 4 2 3 3 .351 G.Watkins CF 4 0 1 1 .242 B.Delancey C 4 0 0 0 .294 G.Mancuso C 4 0 0 0 .246 C.Fullis CF 4 0 1 0 .284 H.Bell P 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Durocher SS 3 0 0 0 .265 J.Vergez 3B 4 0 1 0 .185 D.Dean P 3 0 1 0 .253 J.Bowman P 2 0 0 0 .045 A-H.Danning C 1 0 0 0 .346 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 38 3 9 3 Totals 33 5 10 5 A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Bowman In 7th Inning Giants.......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0 Cardinals....... 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 - 5 10 2 Giants (75-45) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA J.Bowman LOSS(3-5) 6 1/3 9 5 5 1 2 3 109 4.92 H.Bell 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 4.39 Totals 8 10 5 5 1 2 3 Cardinals (72-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA D.Dean WIN(15-8) 9 9 3 3 2 5 0 132 2.55 Totals 9 9 3 3 2 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 7,565 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Giants:10 Cardinals: 5 DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0 Cardinals: 0 ERRORS- J.Rothrock, L.Durocher DOUBLES- B.Terry(19th), M.Ott(23rd), T.Jackson-2(21st), J.Vergez(13th), B.Whitehead(16th) HOME RUNS- J.Rothrock(10th), R.Collins-2(32nd) CAUGHT STEALING- R.Collins WALKS- T.Jackson, J.Bowman, J.Rothrock STRIKE OUTS- J.Moore, B.Terry, T.Jackson, J.Vergez, H.Danning, J.Medwick, B.Delancey WILD PITCHES- J.Bowman

1934 Boston Braves At 1934 Cincinnati Reds 8/24/1934 Braves AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG B.Urbanski SS 4 1 1 0 .294 T.Piet 2B 4 0 0 1 .249 L.Mallon 2B 4 0 0 0 .290 G.Slade SS 4 1 1 0 .313 B.Jordan 1B 3 0 0 0 .309 M.Koenig 3B 4 1 2 0 .254 W.Berger CF 4 0 1 1 .285 J.Bottomley 1B 4 1 1 1 .259 H.Lee LF 3 1 1 0 .286 C.Hafey CF 4 1 3 1 .296 R.Moore RF 4 0 1 0 .308 H.Pool LF 4 0 2 1 .392 M.McManus 3B 4 0 0 0 .280 A.Comorosky RF 3 1 1 1 .295 A.Spohrer C 3 0 1 1 .241 E.Lombardi C 4 0 3 0 .334 F.Rhem P 3 0 0 0 .098 A.Stout P 2 0 1 0 .212 H.Betts P 0 0 0 0 .196 A-J.Shevlin PH 1 0 0 0 .333 T.Freitas P 1 0 0 0 .107 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 32 2 5 2 Totals 35 5 14 5 A-Pinch Hit For Stout In 7th Inning Braves.......... 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 - 5 14 0 Braves (50-68) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA F.Rhem LOSS(7-8) 7 1/3 14 5 5 0 2 0 127 4.10 H.Betts 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.22 Totals 8 14 5 5 0 3 0 Reds (44-75) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA A.Stout 7 4 2 2 2 4 0 93 3.82 T.Freitas WIN(5-11) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 4.93 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 5 0 ATTENDANCE- 2,234 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:27 LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 5 Reds: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Reds: 0 DOUBLES- B.Urbanski(25th), A.Spohrer(12th), C.Hafey(18th), H.Pool(15th), E.Lombardi(12th) CAUGHT STEALING- M.Koenig SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Comorosky WALKS- B.Jordan, H.Lee STRIKE OUTS- L.Mallon, W.Berger, F.Rhem-3, T.Piet, J.Bottomley, E.Lombardi GIDP- G.Slade

1934 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1934 Chicago Cubs 8/24/1934 Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG B.Boyle RF 3 0 0 0 .299 S.Hack 3B 5 1 2 0 .315 L.Frey SS 4 1 3 0 .264 W.English 2B 5 2 2 0 .277 D.Taylor LF 4 0 1 0 .287 T.Stainback LF 4 1 2 1 .309 S.Leslie 1B 4 0 1 1 .344 B.Herman* RF 3 2 2 1 .308 T.Cuccinello 2B 4 0 1 0 .291 K.Cuyler CF 3 0 1 1 .340 L.Koenecke CF 4 0 0 0 .303 G.Hartnett C 3 1 2 3 .301 J.Stripp 3B 3 0 1 0 .315 D.Hurst 1B 3 0 0 1 .226 A.Lopez C 4 0 2 0 .269 B.Jurges SS 4 0 1 0 .268 R.Benge P 3 0 0 0 .103 P.Malone P 4 0 0 0 .155 A-J.Frederick PH 1 0 0 0 .317 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 34 1 9 1 Totals 34 7 12 7 A-Pinch Hit For Benge In 9th Inning Dodgers......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Cubs............ 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 - 7 12 0 Dodgers (47-69) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA R.Benge LOSS(11-14) 8 12 7 7 3 2 1 140 4.74 Totals 8 12 7 7 3 2 1 Cubs (67-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA P.Malone WIN(11-8) 9 9 1 1 2 4 0 137 4.34 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 4 0 ATTENDANCE- 14,882 DATE- Friday, August 24th 1934 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good UMPIRES- Ziggy Sears, , Bill Klem, Cy Pfirman T- 2:21 LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 8 Cubs: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 1 Cubs: 2 DOUBLES- L.Frey(18th), J.Stripp(14th), W.English(18th), B.Herman*-2(36th) HOME RUNS- G.Hartnett(20th) SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Cuyler WALKS- B.Boyle, J.Stripp, B.Herman*, G.Hartnett, D.Hurst STRIKE OUTS- S.Leslie-2, L.Koenecke, J.Stripp, P.Malone-2 GIDP- L.Frey, J.Frederick, D.Hurst WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Kiki Cuyler robbed Len Koenecke of an extra base hit.