Author: david bancroft

    JULY 4, 1941 TWO HOLIDAY TWINBILLS ARE RAINED OUT, INCLUDING BOST. AT PHILA   Mother Nature said no to any Fourth of July baseball, for eight American League teams. Washed out were double headers between Boston and Philadelphia and Washington and New York.   Cleveland swept the Browns, 9-8 and 3-3; while Chicago spilt with Detroit,…

    GM# 71 JULY 3, 1941 VS. BOSTON RED SOX CALIGIURI NOTCHES 11TH WIN DESPITE STRUGGLING AGAINST BOSTON     BOS.    2 5 1     PHI.    3  8 0 WP-FRED CALIGIURI(11-1) LP-LEFTY GROVE HR-DOM DIMAGGIO   In a special game, two of Philadelphia’s legendary, former players, returned to Shibe Park to take on their old team. Lefty Grove, winner of near 300 games…

GM# 70 JULY 2, 1941 VS. WASHINGTON SENATORS ATHLETICS SCORE 2 RUNS IN BOTTOM OF 9TH TO EDGE SENATORS, 2-1 WASH 1 5 0 PHIL 2 12 1 WP-PORTER VAUGHAN(1-1) LP-WALT MASTERSON On the verge of losing 1-0 to the Senators, the Athletics dug down and scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning,…

GM#69 JULY 1, 1941 VS. WASHINGTON SENATORS WASH 1 6 1 PHIL 7 10 2 WP-BULLET JOE ROGAN(7-4) LP-STEVE SUNDRA Bullet Joe Rogan earned his third complete game of the season as the Athletics beat the Washington Senators, 7-1. Rogan also did well at the plate, going 3-4, with a double and two singles. Buck…

JUNE 30, 1941 ATHLETICS DARK TODAY; JUST TWO A.L. GAMES PLAYED Chicago defeated Detroit, 7-6 and St. Louis battered Cleveland, 12 to 6, in the only two games played today. The Yankees remain six games back of Philadelphia in the American League.

GM#’S 67, 68 JUNE 29, 1941 VS. BOSTON RED SOX ATHLETICS BACK IN WIN COLUMN AFTER TWINBILL SWEEP OF RED SOX BOS. 5 11 1 PHI. 6 10 0 WP-BUMP HADLEY(5-3) LP-EARL JOHNSON HR-JIM TABOR, BOBBY DOERR BOS. 1 5 0 PHI. 10 16 0 WP-SATCHEL PAIGE(14-1) LP-JOE DOBSON HR-TED WILLIAMS; JOSH GIBSON 2(23) The…

GM# 66 JUNE 28, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES YANKS GAINING GROUND ON ATHLETICS WITH 5-4 WIN AND SERIES SWEEP N.Y. 5 10 1 PHI. 4 8 0 WP-ATLEY DONALD LP-BULLET BOB FOSTER(8-3) SV-JOHN MURPHY HR-CHARLIE KELLER 2; JOSH GIBSON(21), BOB JOHNSON(6) Charlie “King Kong” Keller, homered twice and drove in every one of the…

GM# 65 JUNE 27, 1941 VS. NEW YORK YANKEES ATHLETICS DROP THIRD STRAIGHT GAME; LOSE TO YANKS, 9-1 N.Y. 9 11 0 PHI. 1 6 1 WP-MARV BRUER LP-JOE ROGAN(6-4) HR-TOMMY HEINRICH The Athletics have reached a bump in the road, having lost three games in a row for the first time this season. They…

GM# 64 JUNE 26, 1941 VS. DETROIT TIGERS ATHLETICS BULLPEN FOLDS LIKE A CHEAP SUIT AS TIGERS ROLL, 11-4 DET 11 13 1 PHI 4 6 0 WP-TOMMY BRIDGES LP-JOE WILLIAMS(0-4) HR-RUDY YORK, PAT MULLIN Satchel Paige started the game and left after six innings, with a 4-2 lead. Things went quickly south, though, as…

GM#63 JUNE 25, 1941 VS. DETROIT TIGERS TIGERS BEAT CALIGIURI 5-2, HIS FIRST LOSS ALSO ENDS TEAMS WIN STREAK DET 5 9 1 PHI 2 10 1 WP-SCHOOLBOY ROWE LP-FRED CALIGIURI(10-1) Two winning streaks ended today. First, the Athletics’ season high, eight game winning streak ended, with a 5-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers and…