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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1933
Page
9
The New York Giants secure the pennant with Bill Terry as manager after John Mc Graw retires and selects him. Terry demands to be boss, shapes a strong pitching staff led by Hubbell Fitzsimmons Schumacher and Parmalee, and overcomes injuries to clinch the title amid a season of trades and grit.
The New York Giants clinched the National League pennant after Pittsburgh lost to Philadelphia. Giants beat St Louis 12 3 on the road as Pirates dropped to 65 losses and face remaining games with little chance to improve. Washington still leads the American League but Yankees win two games keep pace. Senators need two decisions or Yankees failures to clinch. The season features strong pitching from Hal Schumacher Roy Farmeloer and a celebratory return home with a city parade. Jimmie Foxx hits his 46th homer for Philadelphia, Werber drives two doubles and a triple for Boston, Ed Brandt shines for the Braves, and Brooklyn crushes Chicago 12 3. Crowds at the middle school tournament averaged over 60,000 over nine days.
New York Sept 20 For the first time since 1906 the World Series managers will be players William Harold Terry of the Giants and Joseph Cronin of the Senators lead their clubs on the field Cronin carries the Washington banner into the championship drive where Bucky Harring the boy wonder left off as pilot of the pennant winning Senators of 1924 25 They whipped the world champion Yankees They expect to take the Giants Terry replaces McGraw and will be the onfield boss He insists the team wins because of pitching and playing hard Cronin softer spoken but highly skilled leads with Clark Griffith behind him as adviser The two managers are contrasted Terry a veteran in absolute charge of strategy Cronin in his prime with a deep knowledge of the game and a capable staff Meanwhile Barney Rosz defends his lightweight title likely within months in Chicago Also notes Cronin’s reliance on Griffith and the Old Fox’s decisive influence.
National League leaders include Klein Phillies batting .368 with 207 hits and 115 RBIs. Martin Cardinals tops runs with 119. Vaughan Pirates leads triples with 14. American League leaders show Foxx Athletics batting .356 and 151 RBIs, Manush Senators with 210 hits, Foxx HRs 46. Gehrig Yankees 130 runs, Grove Athletics 22 7 in pitching.
Yesterday’s action features Oscar Mellilo driving Browns past Senators 4 0 while Larry French fanned six in Pirates win over Phillies. Jimmie Foxx hit his 46th homer as Athletics toppled Tigers, Gene Moore collected three hits for Cardinals, Lou Gehrig drove in six with 36th homer for Yankees. Ed Brandt and Tony Cuccinello also contributed notable lines.
Spud Davis and Jimmie Foxx broke a batting slump by collecting four and two hits respectively. Foxx also belted a homer. The Big Six standings show Klein Phillies Athl Edd Foxx Davis Manush Simmons Terry leading in games, at bats, runs, hits, and batting averages with Foxx at .356 and Davis at .340.
Tonight at 8 at the stadium Hancock faces Paramount Cabbies in the Washington County League playoff opener for the second half title. Hinkle will start for the Upstaters, Mentzer for the Cabbies, with four umpires assigned. The winner advances to meet Williamsport Wildcats for the league crown.
Bill Young's All-Stars blank the Wildcats 10 to 0 at Stadium. Woods fanned 16, allowed three hits, while Sterner's outfield play and Rowe's triple and homer highlighted the win. Lindsay, Metz, Low, Tan, St. Clair, Guessford and Myers rounded out the lineup.
Football fans of the Cumberland Valley Athletic League learn the season schedule. Oct 21 Waynesboro at Winchester and Cumberland at Martinsburg set the opening matchups. The slate lists Hagerstown at Winchester on Oct 38 and continues through late November with key cross games among Martinsburg, Waynesboro, Cumberland, Winchester, and Hagerstown.
Chicago Cubs challenge the Chicago White Sox for the city baseball championship after Cubs president William C. Veeck sent formal notice to Louis Comiskey who accepted. Sox are reigning champions since 1931 and won a spring series this year. Opening date likely October 4.
Co B Maryland National Guard players start early practice as league games begin next week and run until two weeks before Thanksgiving. Top players will form a company team, with steady practice leading to a Thanksgiving night debut. Games are being booked. Maurice Ward, 672 Highland Way.
Philadelphia news reports a proposal to bar youths under 16 from marathon swims. Frank Percival, elected secretary of the association, says the long grind strains youthful hearts. The piece also defines a gland as an organ that makes a substance for proper body function.
Equi poise will run one last race for sentiment's sake and then retire to Kentucky. After a first seasonal defeat in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the chestnut son of Pennant, a longtime champion, will start in the Havre de Grace Handicap on September 30 to end his career with a victory.
Funkstown Fleetwings elected Maynard Iseminger as manager and Bud Ridgely as captain at a soccer meeting last night. Regular practices set for Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Eligible Funkstown residents may try out in the McFaddin Soccer League.
An important meeting of the Antietam Athletic Association is scheduled for tonight at seven o'clock. All members are urged to attend as final arrangements will be made for the series with the American Legion nine of Martinsburg, a team that recently captured the Martinsburg city title.
The card lists only one game with Gamen Today covering Chicago at New York while other matchups like St. Louis at Washington Detroit Philadelphia and Cleveland are listed as beat. The report notes only one game scheduled indicating sparse action for the day.
Philadelphia meets Pittsburgh while Heaton faces Chacianati and other matches are set with Chicago New York and Cincinnati also on the slate. Charles Ellington of Kings N C, who became a street car worker at thirteen, retires after eight years in service.
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