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SEPT 29-OCT 1

Gems 1 @ Timberjacks 3...(by Todd Easton)

The Montana Timberjacks return home after being on the road for the last 20 games. During the road trip the T'Jacks continued a downslide that started at home and they fell from contention. The loss of top starter Ted Lyons and Whit Wyatt contributed mightily to their downfall. The T'Jacks look forward to solid contributions from both next year as they should contend once again behind the continuing improvement of youngsters Joe Gordon, Bill Nicholson and Tommy Henrich. Veteran leadership with Mike Kreevich and Joe Kuhel should also help.

GAME 1 - The Gems and The Timberjacks get together to begin a series for pride and to help determine draft position in the upcoming 1940 draft. Pitching is dominate until the ninth inning by both teams. The Gems look like the solidify a win when Joe DiMaggio and Mel Ott homer in the ninth off T'Jack pitching to give Staten Island a 4-1 lead going into the bottom half of the inning. Mysteriously, Van Lingle Mungo returns to the mound for the bottom half. Manager Blake saw no reason to bring in fresh pitching. Maybe he was playing for the draft slot? Montana takes advantage of situation as Joe Kuhel each contribute two RBI in the inning. Gordon's come on his league leading 37th home run. T'Jacks come back to win 5-4.

GAME 2 - Gem starter Bill Lee picks up his 20th win of the season in a 7-3 Gem victory. Lee struggle a little early giving up two quick runs but he settled down going the distance. Timberjack reliever Whitey Moore gave up four runs in the 9th to allow Staten Island to win. Max West and Charlie Gehringer each have a big game with a couple of hits and RBI. West hit his 13th hr of the season. Pitching has been bad for the T'Jacks coming down the home stretch and management promises to shore it up somehow.

GAME 3 - The first game of a season ending double header. Who's the master scheduler here? 20 game road trips followed by double headers at the end of the season. Hope the guy isn't the official scorer..... Montana finally gets great starting pitching. Vito Tamulis pitches his 2nd consecutive complete game win as he gives up only 4 hits enroute to a 4-1 win.

GAME 4 - Its the final game of the season and the Timberjacks announce that henceforth they will be known as the Missoula Timberjacks as a tribute to the great city of Missoula. The T'Jacks get great pitching again as Jack Knott "mows" down the Gems for 6 innings. Reliever Whitey Moore struggles again but doesn't blow it this time as Montana holds on for a 5-3 win. Pinch hitter Reb Russell, hitting for Knott, hits his first homerun of the season...a three run shot in the bottom of the sixth. Starter Ken Chase pitches the final 2.2 innings for his first save of the season. See you next year!! We're available for trades!! By virtue of winning 3 of the games in the series the Timberjacks "lose" a slot in the drafting process.

Whales 2 @ Brownsa 2…(by Bill Holcomb)

Game 1) The Browns outslug Chicago and hold on for the 8-7 win. Ollie Bejma slugged two solo homers and Cecil Travis hit a solo longball, too. Travis went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. Schoolboy Rowe went 6 innings enroute to his 9th win of the year. Whales starter Curt Davis went the distance, but absorbed the loss, though he did his best to help his cause with a 6th inning 3 run homer. ………

Game 2) Pinky Higgins hit a two out 3 run homer in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game, but Chicago came right back with 5 big runs in the 10th to take a crazy 13-8 win. Frank Demaree went 3 for 5 for the Whales with 2 RBI. Don Gutteridge belted a 3 run homer in the 10th. Gus Mancuso went 2 for 6 with 3 RBI. Hal Trosky went 3 for 5 for the Brownies with 3 RBI. Pete Appleton picked up the win in relief of Dizzy Dean. Joe Sullivan took the loss……….

Game 3) St. Louis hammered out 16 hits, but still ended up on the losing end of a 10-9 score. The Whales' Arky Vaughan went 3 for 5 with 2 RBI. Hank Greenberg slammed a 3rd inning 2 run homer. Sam West went 2 for 3 with an RBI and 3 runs scored. The big hit for Chicago was a two out, 3 run triple by pinch hitter Roy Weatherly in the 8th. For the Browns, Morrie Arnovich went 3 for 5 with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Travis enjoyed a 3 for 5 performance with 2 runs scored. Ted Williams went 2 for 4 with 2 ribbies. Trosky hit a 3 run homer and knocked in another with a single. Reliever Ira Hutchinson earned the win while Lee Grissom took the loss………

Game 4) The Whales close out their season with a 17 hit, 10-8 win. Vaughan went 4 for 5 with 2 runs scored and a stolen base. Gutteridge chipped in going 3 for 4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored. Wally Berger went 3 for 5 with 3 RBI. Demaree ended the year by swinging a hot bat, going 3 for 4 with an RBI and a run scored. Even light hitting Mel Almada got in on the act by going 2 for 5 with 2 RBI and a stolen base. Bob Joyce went 8.2 innings for the win. Williams hit a 2 run homer in his last at bat of the year in the 9th. Trosky closed out another productive season going 3 for 5 with a 2 run homer. Higgins hit his second longball of the series, a 4th inning 2 run shot, while going 2 for 4. Both Bejma and Birdie Tebbetts went 2 for 4 with RBI doubles. Browns' starter Lefty Mills left the game in the 3rd with an injury. Reliever Jack Kramer came on in relief and true to form he ended up taking the loss, his 22nd of the year! ………..

Though Chicago finished with the league's worst record they managed to out hit St. Louis and take the last series of the season. So, it's on to the draft where both teams hope to better themselves and return to respectability.

Resolutes 2 @ Stars 2...(by Mark Cohen)

Resolutes split with Stars to end season

Game One: Stars 9 Resolutes 2 Ostermueller beats Ruffing as the Stars slug 3 home runs (McCosky, Selkirk, & Mueller)

Game Two: Stars 9 Resolutes 6 Resolutes rally for 3 runs in the top of the 9th to tie it, but Heinie Mueller hits his second 3-run homer in two games to win it in the bottom half.

Game Three: Resolutes 3 Stars 2 Feller fans 12 in 12 innings as the Resolutes squeak out the victory. Cronin and Bonura homered for Stars.

Game Four: Resolutes 4 Stars 1 Pearson beats Gomez as Buddy Lewis has double, triple, and 2 RBIs.

Cowboys 3 @ Grays 1...(by Joe Heiberger)

Homestead, Pa. ....Grays finish out the campaign against the Cowboys

#1... 7-2 Cowboys ....Warneke (9-14) gone early drops his 14th. Complete game win from Newsom(18-8)

#2... 1-0 Cowboys ...Great win and a tough loss... Two complete games that goes 11 innings Harder and French hook up in an outstanding pitchers battle ...loss to French as he gives up the lone ball to B. Johnson in the top of the 11th..

#3... 7-6 Cowboys ...plenty of offense Cowboys win again in 11 innings

#4... 6-5 Grays ....We win the last game of the year maybe that's a good sign for next year the Grays will be back for next year ...here's hoping Commissioner Ross given us a few weeks off to regroup ...Ken Keltner is 3/4 and is voted the team's MVP based on his .328 Ave...

Coyotes 1, Electrics 3 (by Rob Norton)

MESA, Ariz. - Once again, the Red Mountain ended a WIWAG season battling for second place. To catch the Duh-Luth, they would need to dispatch with the Schenectady Electrics post haste.

Friday’s opener featured Boom-Boom Beck starting for Schenectady. Boom-Boom was taken into custody by ballpark security immediately before the game, delaying the first pitch for 30 minutes while he was interrogated. Found to be harmless, he was released back to the Schenectady bullpen to complete his warmup. Meanwhile, ballpark security returned to the airport to ensure that nobody was trying to do anything dastardly like check their luggage at the curb. . . Frank McCormick gave Boom-Boom an early lead with an RBI double in the first off Coyote starter Dutch Leonard. Cookie Lavagetto whacked a single with the bases loaded in the second, scoring two and giving Leonard a lead to work with. In the fifth, the Coyotes loaded the bases with nobody out and a run already home in the inning. Boom-Boom (why is there a hyphen in his name anyway?) walked in a run, gave up an RBI single to Chet Ross, and the flood gates were open. Even Leonard picked up an RBI single, and by the time Boom-Boom left the game it was 8-1 with 2 runners on. Bud Thomas retired the side, but it was all over. Final: Red Mountain 8, Schenectady 3.

Saturday was a bit calmer. Ballpark security was nowhere to be found (still at the airport I suppose), and Buck Ross and Eddie Smith were set to square off. Pretty much a yawner: Schenectady 4, Red Mountain 3.

Sunday, a double dip! Bump “In The Night” Hadley vs. Joe “Crack House” Krakauskas in the opener. Dolf Camilli opened the scoring in the 2nd with a 2-run homer to put the Coyotes up 2-0. A seven-run second inning for Schenectady erased that lead. The Coyotes started chipping away at the lead, however, finally chasing Hadley in the 6th with 1 on, 2 out, 2 home, and trailing 7-5. But the Electrics picked up single runs in each of the 7th, 8th, and 9th innings to put it out of reach 10-5. The Coyotes needed the nightcap to split the series and have a reasonable chance of catching Duh-Luth for second place.

Steve Sundra took the mound for Red Mountain, and Nels Potter stood in their way of a win. Schenectady picked up a run in the third to open the scoring, then another in the fourth. With the score tied 2-2 in the 7th, Lavagetto led off with a double. Bobby Doerr singled to right, and an error by Joe Vosmik allowed Lavagetto to score the go-ahead run. Three runs in the eighth off Johnny Broaca, however, killed the Coyotes. Final: Schenectady 5, Red Mountain 3. Oh poo!

Sidewinders 1 @ Millionaires 2…(by Jeff Papas)

The champion Sidewinders visit Duluth to meet the Millionaires while tuning up for the coming World Series.

Game 1 - Duluth 7, Palm Springs 2 Gibby Brack hit a pinch-hit three-run double in the sixth as the home team went on to an opening win. Duluth scored five times in the sixth to make a losing pitcher of Bucky Walters (20-9). Jo Jo Moore hit his third homer in support of spot starter Hank Kelley (2-0).

Game 2 - Palm Springs 3, Duluth 2 Consecutive RBI doubles by Ival Goodman and Terry Moore keyed a three-run third that helped the Sidewinders to the win. The Dutch Master, Johnny vander Meer, pitched a complete game to win. Johnny Lanning (10-8) took the loss and Johnny Mize pulled into a three-way tie for the NL home-run lead with his 34th of the year in the ninth. Mize already leads the NL in batting average and RBI.

Game 3 - Duluth 9, Palm Springs 1 Duluth hammered Paul Derringer (19-9) with eight earned runs and twelve hits to win the last game of the season. Carl Hubbell (8-5) pulled one last great game out of his veteran arm by working eight innings of three-hit ball. Billy Jurges had four hits including his fifth homer. Duluth (87-66) finishes 7.5 games behind the champion Sidewinders (95-59)

SEPT 24-27

Millionaires 1 @ Browns 3...(by Bill Holcomb)

Game 1) The Browns win 7-2. Schoolboy Rowe went 8.2 strong innings for the win. Ted Williams went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Jim Turner was chased in the 3rd and took the loss.

Game 2) St. Louis leads 6-0 after 5 innings and hang on for the 6-5 win. Goody Rosen led the way for the Brownies going 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Roy Hobbs homered for the Millionaires. Dario Lodigiani went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI. Max Lanier, making his first start of the season, got the win. Red Barrett got the save. Danny MacFayden took the loss.

Game 3) Duluth came from behind to post the 9-7 win. Hobbs hit a 3 run homer. Ernie Lombardi goes 3 for 4 with a 2 run long ball. Lodigiani smacked a 2 run homer. Williams went 3 for 5 for the Browns with a 2 run double. Pitcher Willis Hudlin hit a 2 run homer as did Ollie Bejma. Reliever Johnny Lanning was credited with the win while Al Smith took the loss.

Game 4) Bejma wins it for the Browns with a 2 run walk off homer in the bottom of the 9th. Hal Trosky blasted a 2 run homer for St. Louis. Hobbs smashed a 2 run homer for the Millionaires. Barrett earned the win in relief for the Brownies. Clyde Shoun took the loss.

Coyotes 1 @ Stars 3..(by Mark Cohen)

The Stars took 3 of 4 from Red Mountain, but losing the opener eliminated them from the pennant race.

Game One: Coyotes 8 Stars 3 Dutch Leonard went the distance as the Coyotes pounded out 17 hits. Medwich, Doerr and Koy knocked in 2 runs each. Cliff Melton took the loss.

Game Two: Stars 3 Coyotes 1 Denny Galehouse pitched another strong game, scattering 6 hits. Steve Sundra pitched well for Red Mountain but took the loss.

Game Three: Stars 10 Coyotes 7 Detroit built up a big lead and then the defense tried to give it away. Lefty Gomez earned the win with a save from Passeau. Gee Walker's grand slam led the way for Detroit.

Game Four: Stars 10 Coyotes 2 Claude Passeau won his 20th, beating Joe Krakauskas. Zeke Bonura led the 11-hit attack with 4 hits and 2 RBIs. Selkirk homered. Leo Durocher led the Coyotes with 3 hits (2 doubles)

Grays 0 @ Resolutes 4...(by Mike Cascarano)

Resolutes 3 Grays 1.....Feller (19-10, 3.38) out duels French (8-14, 5.11) and K's 10 in the process. Moses and Brown have the big hits for the Resolutes as the Grays suffer their 9th straight loss.

Resolutes 5 Grays 1.....Higbe (5-6, 4.96) a big disappointment this season earns a rare late season start and pitches 6 rather good innings. Whithill (5-6, 4.19) takes the loss. It's Brown 2 for 5 RBI and Cooney 2 for 4, 3 RBI leading the way offensively. Grays lose 10th in a row.

Resolutes 8 Grays 5.....T. Lee (15-9, 3.57) wins and Lawson (6-8, 6.11) loses. It's Brown again going 3 for 4, RBI and Lewis 3 for 4, 3 RBI leading the charge today. The Grays actually outhit the home team 13/9 but lost their 11th in a row!!!

Resolutes 9 Grays 2.....Pearson (13-4, 3.15) over Hollingsworth (0-1, 3.00) as Foxx cranks HR #29 and goes 3 for 5, 3 RBI in the win and Lou Finney adds 3 hits. Resolutes "out of town scoreboard" is out of order, so they are unaware of what Mark Cohen's Detroit Stars are doing in the Red Mountain series, but the Resolutes will have fresh arms in Ruffing, Grove and Feller going in the first three games of the BIG series in Detroit next week.

Also, congratulations to the NL champ, the Palm Springs SideWinders...who just happen to be the defending baseball champion from 1938!!!. Great job again LOU

SIDEWINDERS REPEAT AS NL CHAMPS…..(by The Baseball Curmudgeon)

Facing a road trip to visit Roy Hobbs and the Duluth Millionaires, the ‘Winders looked to take care of wrapping up the pennant at home against Montana. It took until the third game of the series, but the celebration did finally take place.

Sept 24…Rookie Mort Cooper (12-9) flipped a 3-hitter in a 3-0 whitewash. Billy Herman hit his 4th HR of the year in the win over former Sidewinder/Totem Hugh “Losing Pitcher” Mulcahy (6-10).

Sept 25…Vito Tamulis returned the favor for the T’Jacks as he 3-hit the Sidewinders, 7-0. Home runs by rookie Joe Gordon (36), John Berardino (8) and Rick Ferrell (5) did in George Caster (8-3).

Sept 26…A beanball war as the frustrated T’Jacks Jack Knott (11-6), a former mate of the ‘Winders, thumped Jeff Heath, Frank Crosetti and pitcher Freddie Fitzsimmons and was ejected in the 5th inning. Fitz was removed after tossing 5 innings of 3-hit ball and the support of a Stan Hack HR (4) and RBI singles by Terry Moore and John Peacock. Hugh Casey finished up with 4 innings of excellent relief hurling and alsdo drove home a run in the 7th inning for the 4-1 clincher.

After the contest, the restaurants and bars in Palm Springs were festive way into the evening with stars like Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and musician Fred Waring celebrated with the players and fans. Now, the Sidewinders must wait and see if they will have a rematch with the hated Lancaster Resolutes or the Detroit Stars.

Sept. 27…With a revamped lineup, Palm Srpins sent Paul Derringer to the hill and he picked up his 19th win in a 3-1 triumph over Ken Chase. Singles by Oscar Grimes and Stan Hack and an infield grounder by George McQuinn brought home 3 runs in the 7th to offset a Joe Kuhel RBI (117) double in the first.

Electrics 2 @ Gems 2…(by Stu Blake)

Game 1--- Hadley v Mungo…. Van Lingo Mungo "scatters" 10 hits, 5er, Lloyd Waner 2rbi, and Mel Ott 2-2 rbi, leads Staten Island to a 6-5 win

Game 2--- Potter v Hamlin…. Joe D 3-4, 3rbi, Gehringer 3-4, 2rbi,and a solid effort by Luke Hamlin 3 hits, and pick up win #17, as the Gems win game 2 11-1

Game 3--- Wagner v Lee…. The "kiss of death" was in effect again,as soon as soon the Gems put up a 11 spot, they get shut down. Wagner goes the distance , 9hits, 2er, and drives in 2runs. Eric McNair goes 3-5,2rbi, Schenectady rolls to a 9-3 victory

Game 4--- Bob Bowman v Roger Bowman…. Bowman was the winner 7 hits,1er, Frank McCormick 3-4, Joe Vosmik and Al Lopez each drive home a run. 2-1 Electrics

Whales 1 @ Cowboys 3…(by Chuck Partington)

Sept. 24…. The Cowboys take this game 4-3 as Dean does a great job in relief. Bolling hits 2 homers to lead the attack.

Sept. 25…. Cowboys take game two scoring 2 in the 8th to go ahead for good. [6-4] Harder gets the win, his 10.

Sept. 26… Cowboys win third in row 9-8. Four home runs by Cowboy batters spell the difference. Newsom picks up win #17.

Sept. 27… Whales win this one 10-2 as their hitters finally produce

SEPT 19-23

Resolutes 4 @ Browns 1...(by Bill Holcomb)

Game 1) The Resolutes use a 22 hit attack and Red Ruffing limits the Browns to only 3 base knocks in Lancaster's easy 14-0 win. Jimmie Foxx slammed a 2 run homer and Buddy Lewis added a solo shot. Jack Kramer lost for the 20th time.

Game 2) Lancaster wins 4-3 behind a strong effort from Bob Feller who gave up 2 hits while fanning 6 Brownies. Lewis came up with a big two run triple in the 7th and Jimmy Brown knocked in a run on a single to put the Resolutes up 4-1. The Browns made it close when Bobby Estalella hit a 2 run double in the 8th, but it wouldn't be enough. Willis Hudlin pitched fairly well in a losing effort.

Game 3) The Resolutes used the long ball to hammer out a 5-4 win. Foxx hit two solo shots, Wally Moses hit a two run dinger, and George Case added a solo shot in the 7th which proved to be the winning run. Ex-Brown Lefty Grove went 7.1 innings for the win. Clint Brown pitched the final 1.2 for the save. Lee Grissom took the loss.

Game 4) The Browns' bats awaken as they collect 15 hits enroute to an easy 12-2 win. Cecil Travis led the way going 4 for 4 with 4 RBI. Hal Trosky went 3 for 4 with 4 runs scored. Birdie Tebbetts chipped in going 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. Lefty Mills carried a no hitter into the 7th when Jim Tabor broke it up with a two out single. Mills went on to go 8.2 innings for the win. Thornton Lee took the loss.

Game 5) Monte Pearson was just good enough to post the win and Brown came on to get his second save of the series with 3 hitless innings as the Resolutes take the getaway game, 6-4. Foxx went 3 for 3 with an RBI and 3 runs scored. Lewis knocked in 2 on a 1st inning single and a sac fly. LeGrant Scott went 2 for 5 for the Browns with 2 runs scored. Tebbetts collected a pair of RBI singles. Kramer lost his second game of the series and his 21st of the season.

Coyotes 4 @ Gems 1...

Grays 0 @ Millionaires 6...

Timberjacks 2 @ Electrics 3...(by Don Rahn)

September 19, 2001 - Schenectady 6 Montana 4 (12 innings) - Frank McCormick broke a 4-4 tie with a 2-out, 2-run, walk off homer against Montana reliever Joe Heving in the bottom of the 12th inning. Schenectady had tied the score in the bottom of the 9th on an Al Lopez RBI single.

September 20, 2001 - Montana 4 Schenectady 1 - Schenectady's Eric McNair stroked a 1-out HR in the top of the 9th inning to break up Montana starter Whit Wyatt's bid for a no-hitter. Wyatt finished with a 2-hitter to improve to 10-5 on the year. Joe Gordon hit a 2-run homer in the 1st inning for the Timberjacks.

September 21, 2001 - Schenectady 4 Montana 3 - Electric CF'er Paul Waner's RBI single scored Tommy Mattick from 2nd base with the game winning run in the bottom of the 9th inning. Bob Bowman improved to 8-10 with a complete game win for Schenectady.

September 22, 2001 - Montana 9 Schenectady 2 - Joe Gordon paced a 13-hit Timberjack attack with a single, 3 doubles and a pair of RBI. Ken Chase improved to 11-10 for Montana with a complete game win. Bill Werber added three hits, three runs and a pair of RBI for Montana.

September 23, 2001 - Schenectady 2 Montana 0 - Buck Ross (2-6) tossed a 6-hit shutout as Schenectady wins the rubber game in this 5-game series after the teams split the first two. The Electrics runs both came in the 2nd inning on a bases loaded walk and a run scored on a GIDP

Stars 2 @ Cowboys 3...(by Chuck Partiington)

Sept. 19 Detroit 8 11 0 Tucson 4 9 2 Cowboys up to old tricks with poor defense and pitching.

Sept. 20 Detroit 2 4 1 Tucson 4 9 2 Mel Harder is sharp in this one going the distance. He now has 9 victories for the season.

Sept. 21 Detroit 5 12 1 Tucson 3 8 1 Gomez is effective enough to win it..

Sept. 22 Detroit 1 5 2 Tucson 2 5 1 Bobo Newsom pitches well enough to earn his 16th win as the Cowboys even the series.

Sept. 23 Detroit 5 10 2 Tucson 8 20 2 The Cowboys keep banging out the hits in this one. The result is a victory and they take the series.

Bad Guys Sweeeeep….(by John Heneghan)

#1…. Palm Springs walloped Chicago 8 to 3 today at Weegham Park. Chicago's fill-in infield made 5 errors to contribute to Curt Davis's 21st loss. Jeff Heath hit number ten.

#2… Palm Springs lowered the boom again with another 8 run barrage against Chicago pitching. The final was 8 to 4 as George Caster won number 8.

#3… Tommy Bridges went nine for win number seventeen as Palm Springs beat the Whales 4 to 2 in front of a very sparse crowd today in Chicago.

#4…Palm Spring's Paul Derringer won number 18 as the Sidewinders stung Chicago for the fourth straight time by the score of 5 to 3

#5…Bucky Walters won number 20 while tossing a one hitter against the once proud Chicago Whales in the final game of a five game series . Danning and Crosetti homered in the 7 to 0 slaughter.