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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1936
Page
9
Floyd Young drove in five runs including a seventh inning homer as the Pittsburgh Pirates toppled the New York Giants 7 to 4, ending the Giants' 15 game winning streak. Red Lucas earned his 12th win, while Lefty Smith took the loss for New York.
The New York Yankees beat the Detroit Tigers 6 to 4 as Red Rolfe belted a grand slam style homer with two aboard. Frank Crosetti left the game with a wrist injury after a slide at second base. Lefty Gomez earned his tenth win despite relief by Pat Malone in the seventh.
Cincinnati crushes Brooklyn 12 to 2 at Crosley Field in the rubber game of a three game set. Les Scarsella homered and had four singles driving in three runs. Babe Herman added four RBIs on three singles. Benny Frey earned his eighth win as Max Butcher and Winston were roughed up, with Scarsella and Herman the standout hitters.
Boston Bees rally for five runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 6 to 4. Baxter Jordan and Tony Cuccinello delivered hits, Hal Lee was awarded a base on balls, and Al Lopez cleared the bases with a two out triple after Root’s first pitch hit Joe Coscarart. The loss snaps Chicago’s streak but leaves New York Giants tied with St Louis for second as Pittsburgh ends the Giants’ 15 game run.
Philadelphia AP report: the Indians beat the Athletics 13 to 2 in the first game as Johnny Allen struck out 11 for his 17th win, Roy Hughes and Bad News Hale each had three hits in a 14-hit attack. Rain halted the day’s finale with Bob Johnson belting his 20th homer of the year in the Athletics’ half of the fifth.
Chicago Cubs announce the signing of 18 year old Irving Cherry University of Illinois left hander. He will report next spring. Cherry, a Chicago native, pitched for a local semi pro team this summer.
Bur gess Whitehead the 26 year old second baseman for the New York Giants has played in every game this season. His defense steadies the infield and his bat sits around .275 while his 14 stolen bases lead the club.
Rock Island beat Davenport 12 to 5 as the Rock Island bats exploded in the late innings. Willoughby held the Robin Hoods to four early hits before the visitors rallied with nine hits in a decisive stretch. Mills pitched poorly in the first, then settled, while Rye and Williford led Rock Island with multiple hits.
The Des Moines Demons beat the Sioux City Cowboys 5 to 0 with one hit and six extra-base hits. Elmer Phillips pitched a complete game, allowing nine hits all singles and recording his second shutout in three starts. Phillips did not strike out a batter, mirroring a similar feat by Arnold.
Chicago faces New York in a four game set at Wrigley as leaders clash. Giants ace Hubbell and Schumacher join Hubbell in the rotation while Cubs send Larry French and Bill Lee. Curt Davis is sidelined by illness.
Stout delivers a dominant pitching performance recording ten strikeouts while yielding four hits and one walk in a complete game effort. Earl Coughlin reports the details of the mound masterclass.
Allyn Stout dominated with four hits allowed and ten strikeouts as the Raiders defeated the Waterloo Hawks 5 to 0. Howard and De Forest delivered decisive timely hits, extending the Raiders' distance behind the Blue Sox and Rocks in the pennant race.
Standings show Davenport 28 19 6 wins losses and Cedar Rapids 30 36 435 in a summary of Saturday results with Cedar Rapids defeating Waterloo and Des Moines, Des Moines also tied. Sunday matchups list Waterloo at Cedar Rapids Rock Island at Davenport and Sioux City at Des Moines.
New York at Chicago, Brooklyn at St. Louis, Boston at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia at Cincinnati highlighted by game pairings and team records. Lopsided scores include New York 73 Chicago 51 and Brooklyn 50 Pittsburgh 64 while St. Louis 17351 and Philadelphia 0 feature in the standings.
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