IN THE NEWS: Labor Day doubleheaders define the standings
for the final pennant surge. Detroit, rained
out in Chicago, holds a 5-game lead over the Yankees,
who split a pair with the A's. Gomez wins his 24th
and 10th straight in the opener, and Foxx hits his
40th HR in the 2nd.
Washington's player-manager Joe Cronin collides
with Boston's Wes Ferrell in a play at 1B. Cronin
fractures a bone in his arm and is out for the season.
The Senators, last year's champs, will finish
7th.
In the NL, the Giants are rained out but move
6 games ahead of the Cardinals, as the Deans have
a double disaster in Pittsburgh. Paul loses the first
game 12-2, and Dizzy fails to hold the lead in
the 2nd game and is the losing pitcher with a final
score of 6-5. The Cards drop to a tie with the
Cubs, who split a pair with the Reds.
IN THE NEWS: Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx, heirs to Babe Ruth's
HR championship role, are in battle for the title.
Gehrig hits his 44th in Chicago, and Foxx, his 41st
in Detroit.
IN THE NEWS: In one of the most memorable games in the Negro
League history, Pittsburgh Crawfords' Satchel Paige
duals the Philadelphia Stars' Slim Jones to a 1-1
stalemate, called after 9 innings due to darkness.
Paige strikes out 12, and Jones, 9, before 30,000
at Yankee Stadium.
IN THE NEWS: Dizzy Dean wins his 25th game, beating the Phillies 4–1. It is the fifth straight for the Cards, now four games behind.
Burleigh Grimes, in his second stint with the Pirates this year, picks up his 270th win, in relief, as the Pirates beat the Giants, 9–7. It is the Hall of Famer's last ML win.
IN THE NEWS: Lefty Gomez pitches a 3-hitter against the Indians
for his 25th win.
Judge Landis sells the WS broadcast rights to
the Ford Motor Company for $100,000. Previously no
fee had been charged.
With his fianceé, Edna Mae Skinner
of Oklahoma, watching, Schoolboy Rowe halts the Tiger
skid with a 2-0 win over Washington. He asks
in a radio interview: "How'm I doing, Edna?"
IN THE NEWS: Buck Newsom walks the first 4 batters and departs
the first game of the doubleheader, which the
Browns will lose to the A's 9-7. He starts the
2nd game with 4 straight strikeouts and wins 5-2.
IN THE NEWS: The largest turnout in Polo Grounds history, 62,573,
suffers as the Deans take 2 from the Giants. Diz needs
relief from Tex Carleton for a 5-3 opener, but
Paul goes 11 innings for a 3-1 win.
IN THE NEWS: Buck Newsom of the Browns continues the unusual,
losing a no-hitter with 2 out in the 10th inning.
Two walks and a single produce the game's only run
as Boston's Wes Ferrell hurls a 10-hit shutout 1-0.
IN THE NEWS: The Deans shut out the Dodgers. After Dizzy gives
up just 3 hits in a 13-0 victory, allowing no
hits until the 8th, Paul wins a no-hitter 3-0.
Diz says: "If'n Paul had told me he was gonna pitch
a no-hitter, I'd of throwed one, too."
IN THE NEWS: Idle Detroit wins the pennant, as the Red Sox beat
the Yankees 5-0 in the season's finale at
Yankee Stadium. Ruth walks in the first inning,
limps to 1B, and leaves for a pinch runner in his
last home game.
The Cardinals beat the Cubs 3-1 and move
2 games behind the Giants.
IN THE NEWS: The Cards close to one-half game of the idle Giants,
beating the Reds 13-7. Cincinnati SS Gordon Slade
makes 3 errors in the first inning.
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